Gaming Forums => General Gaming => Topic started by: GoldenPhoenix on April 08, 2009, 02:42:54 AM
Title: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 08, 2009, 02:42:54 AM
I just picked the game, haven't gotten a chance to play it but considering the first game is still one of my favorite Sandbox titles (far more enjoyable then even GTAIV), I had to pick up the sequel which takes a more strategic approach to the genre. Anyone else getting this?
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: ShyGuy on April 08, 2009, 03:11:13 AM
I'm curious to hear impressions.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stratos on April 08, 2009, 05:10:17 AM
I'm hoping for a belated Wii release in the next couple months but if I don't see a sign soon I'll get the PC version.
I loved the first on Wii. I love that era and find it a lot more interesting than the big GTA games.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 08, 2009, 09:32:26 AM
I just picked the game, haven't gotten a chance to play it but considering the first game is still one of my favorite Sandbox titles (far more enjoyable then even GTAIV), I had to pick up the sequel which takes a more strategic approach to the genre. Anyone else getting this?
no (even if it came to wii) but i am intrested to hear what makes it so special that a wii version couldn't be made. When i first saw the ads for it on tv, i kept thinking to myself that the graphics weren't that great, so the wii not being an HD powerhouse couldn't be the sole reason it wasn't on the console.
Is the game world something massive that no ones ever seen before? Is the AI just absolutely incredible?
I just reeeally wanna know what makes this too good for wii, because as i said before the graphics just aren't that great for "next" gen title.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stratos on April 08, 2009, 06:57:11 PM
The Wii version of the original only sold around 120k-130k. Though it seems to gain about 10k a month the last couple months I've noticed.
I'm hoping they decide to try again on Wii since EA said they are shifting over resources to mostly support Wii with all their games.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: ShyGuy on April 08, 2009, 06:59:43 PM
The videos I have seen look almost identical graphically to the first one.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 08, 2009, 09:16:26 PM
The videos I have seen look almost identical graphically to the first one.
exactly why i'm waiting for GPs impression on the game. I'm sick of devs saying wii is under powered but then give us crap like this. These characters look waaay too blocky for something HD.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 09, 2009, 02:41:33 PM
The videos I have seen look almost identical graphically to the first one.
exactly why i'm waiting for GPs impression on the game. I'm sick of devs saying wii is under powered but then give us crap like this. These characters look waaay too blocky for something HD.
Yeah the visuals don't appear to be stunning, I still haven't gotten around to playing it yet though. Looks like it is scroing right around the high 7's besides Gamepots really weird 4.5.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: bosshogx on April 09, 2009, 03:38:23 PM
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 09, 2009, 03:44:56 PM
I don't mind milking it because I enjoyed the first game more then GTAIV, same goes with Saints Row 2 which is well worth it to pick up if you felt GTAIV took itself too seriously.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: ShyGuy on April 09, 2009, 04:47:22 PM
EA rep is ugly.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: DAaaMan64 on April 09, 2009, 06:21:14 PM
I really liked the First game on Wii. I wish they would release the sequel too :(
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 10, 2009, 09:24:13 AM
I really liked the First game on Wii. I wish they would release the sequel too :(
I too enjoyed the first game (on Wii. incredible controls) but whats with the strategy elements in the second, what exactly does that entail? That would be the key factor in me ever purchasing this for the next wii console (when EA decides to port it over).
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 11, 2009, 05:35:00 PM
Ok peeps, I actually got to play the game for about 3 hrs and so far it is just as good if not BETTER then the first one. Not sure what Gamespot was on but the game is tons of fun. All the features from the first game have returned so your main purpose is to take over businesses and take down the other Don's. The strategy elements are that you build a team of up to 3 others, they each have specialities. A demolition guy is good, at well, blowing stuff up and finding other ways to enter a building through explosive means. You also have a safe cracker, an engineer who can stratagem things like the power to a build. You also can have a guy that is pretty much about brute strength and is mainly an expert in beating people up. As you go through the game and get money you can upgrade these guys to the next level where they can learn an additional skill. It all works really well with the game.
One new feature is as you take over businesses you will get special rewards like brass knuckles, bullet proof vests and steel plated cars. The thing is that the opposing dons can have these things to, in order to disrupt it you need to take out one of their businesses which will eliminate the award (the same is applied to you). As take over businesses you can assign any number of guards to protect it from being taken over again (so you no longer have to worry as much abyou out sprinting across town trying to save a building that is being attacked). You can also send one of your "family" members (the guys with the various skills) to help out.
Also a neat little feature is that each Don has their top family members. Now instead of killing them any way you want they NEED to die a special way unless you want them to come back later. To get this information you need to do favors for random people which can include everything from robbing a place, beating someone down (but not killing them) to going into a business and wrecking the place. The first big family member I killed I had to run over with a car which I found out from one of these favors.
So in conclusion if you liked the first game there is more then enough to make this worthwhile. So far I think it is MORE fun then GTAIV. Also the visuals aren't nearly as bad when you see it in motion, it has a fluid framerate.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on April 11, 2009, 06:13:13 PM
If only there was a Wii version :/. The level of immersion that the Wii version brought the original Godfather game was amazing.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stratos on April 11, 2009, 06:15:58 PM
I still think the game will come to Wii eventually. Didn't the first Wii version come out a few months later?
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 11, 2009, 06:20:08 PM
I still think the game will come to Wii eventually. Didn't the first Wii version come out a few months later?
Yes it came out on PS2 first.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: ReverendNoahWhateley on April 11, 2009, 07:31:26 PM
Can you name your goon and modify his appearance, like in the first game? If so, I'm buying this.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 14, 2009, 10:36:07 AM
EA sends out illegal gifts to media outlets to promote Godfather 2 (http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/publisher-please-give-us-back-our-illegal-weapons/1304911)
I was originally going to post this in the PATHETIC State of Gaming 'Media' Thread as a joke, saying that now the "media" are actually criminals due to the above story, but decided against it. So its here now. Lulz?
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stogi on April 14, 2009, 10:51:19 AM
Aren't swords and spears illegal? Why is it possible to ship those and not brass knuckles?
Secondly, GP, should I play the first before playing the second?
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 14, 2009, 02:59:17 PM
Aren't swords and spears illegal? Why is it possible to ship those and not brass knuckles?
Secondly, GP, should I play the first before playing the second?
I hope not I've bought several replica swords from eBay (Yeah I collect various replica swords). No playing the first does not matter, this game is self contained. The first game integrated more with the first movie while this one is more stand alone.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stogi on April 14, 2009, 03:33:11 PM
I see.
No ****? You collect swords. So do I!
I collect samurai swords, though I do have a Brave Heart type Scottish sword (the big two handed ones) and a giant ax. I have 5 samurai swords so far. I also have a couple Sudanese swords and an Egyptian Arabian sword (big curved blade).
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 14, 2009, 03:41:02 PM
I collect samurai swords, though I do have a Brave Heart type Scottish sword (the big two handed ones) and a giant ax. I have 5 samurai swords so far. I also have a couple Sudanese swords and an Egyptian Arabian sword (big curved blade).
Most of mine are fantasy replicas like the bat'leth from Star Trek, and other fantasy themed swords. I also have a dual chained spike mace, a geeky lightsaber replica of Anakin's, and other odds and ends.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 14, 2009, 03:51:33 PM
HOLY CRAP THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON other than nintendo THE WORLD IS ENDING! EVERYBODY RUN
i have a Master Sword replica but who here doesn't?
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stogi on April 14, 2009, 03:59:58 PM
Me
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 14, 2009, 04:00:11 PM
HOLY CRAP THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON other than nintendo THE WORLD IS ENDING! EVERYBODY RUN
i have a Master Sword replica but who here doesn't?
I don't. So your comment makes me sad
HOOO-WAAH! SCORE!
I now have a weapon to use against your arguments!
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stratos on April 14, 2009, 05:08:59 PM
I would hope swords and spears aren't illegal because my martial arts master and half of the other students would be in a lot of trouble. I prefer to have weapons I can use instead of decorative ones though there are a few I've been tempted to get. The replica Master Sword is pretty neat, though I always thought Link's Gilded Sword from Majora's Mask looked better than the Master Sword.
That's funny that EA went and did that with the brass knuckles. Butterfly knives and switch blades are also illegal in a number of states. My roommate collects knives so we keep tabs on what is allowed in what state since we live in Portland, Oregon but he visits folks in the Sacramento, California area and I visit a lot of family in the Seattle, Washington area so between us we need to be familiar with three different state's weapon laws.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 14, 2009, 06:29:32 PM
I would hope swords and spears aren't illegal because my martial arts master and half of the other students would be in a lot of trouble. I prefer to have weapons I can use instead of decorative ones though there are a few I've been tempted to get. The replica Master Sword is pretty neat, though I always thought Link's Gilded Sword from Majora's Mask looked better than the Master Sword.
That's funny that EA went and did that with the brass knuckles. Butterfly knives and switch blades are also illegal in a number of states. My roommate collects knives so we keep tabs on what is allowed in what state since we live in Portland, Oregon but he visits folks in the Sacramento, California area and I visit a lot of family in the Seattle, Washington area so between us we need to be familiar with three different state's weapon laws.
Which ones the gilded sword again? is that the Razor sword that won't break? They have that too...
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stratos on April 14, 2009, 06:34:18 PM
I would hope swords and spears aren't illegal because my martial arts master and half of the other students would be in a lot of trouble. I prefer to have weapons I can use instead of decorative ones though there are a few I've been tempted to get. The replica Master Sword is pretty neat, though I always thought Link's Gilded Sword from Majora's Mask looked better than the Master Sword.
That's funny that EA went and did that with the brass knuckles. Butterfly knives and switch blades are also illegal in a number of states. My roommate collects knives so we keep tabs on what is allowed in what state since we live in Portland, Oregon but he visits folks in the Sacramento, California area and I visit a lot of family in the Seattle, Washington area so between us we need to be familiar with three different state's weapon laws.
Which ones the gilded sword again? is that the Razor sword that won't break? They have that too...
This one: (http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww295/SuperStratos/guilded_sword.jpg)
I was really sad they didn't include it in Soul Calibur 2 and they added some ridiculously generic swords instead.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 14, 2009, 07:17:21 PM
oooh forgot about that one. nvm i havent seen any replicas of that.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stogi on April 15, 2009, 12:17:51 AM
Everyone knows that the best zelda sword is the Double Helix sword
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stratos on April 15, 2009, 12:59:07 AM
Fierce Deity Link is the best Link. But that helix sword is unwieldy. It's almost as bad as Clouds pathetic attempt at compensation. The gilded sword or even the master sword are more practical weapons.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: ShyGuy on April 15, 2009, 02:13:14 AM
I remember I was carrying a machete when the cops knocked on my friend's door. They told me to drop the weapon.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stogi on April 15, 2009, 02:20:02 AM
Fierce Deity Link is the best Link. But that helix sword is unwieldy. It's almost as bad as Clouds pathetic attempt at compensation. The gilded sword or even the master sword are more practical weapons.
It's actually quite light because it lacks a middle, but it's still very strong due to the balance of the curves in the blade. /bullshit
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Myxtika1 Azn on April 15, 2009, 02:45:11 AM
In the hand of a Fierce Deity, even a toothpick is a weapon.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 15, 2009, 10:19:43 AM
fact: There are actually three Godfather films. "Either" implies two.
No, there was no third Godfather movie. Just as Star Wars never had any prequels and Dune only has three books.
Hmmm that is so tough to answer because it is so hard to determine cost vs benefit for people. I'd personally say get the sequel, it does everything the first does, has some new stuff and fixes what didn't work in the first game.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 21, 2009, 12:51:25 PM
fact: There are actually three Godfather films. "Either" implies two.
No, there was no third Godfather movie. Just as Star Wars never had any prequels and Dune only has three books.
Hmmm that is so tough to answer because it is so hard to determine cost vs benefit for people. I'd personally say get the sequel, it does everything the first does, has some new stuff and fixes what didn't work in the first game.
GP, what exactly didn't work in the first one? I don't recall any one glaring design issue. There were a few buggy technical issues, but no design ones I saw.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 23, 2009, 02:42:03 PM
fact: There are actually three Godfather films. "Either" implies two.
No, there was no third Godfather movie. Just as Star Wars never had any prequels and Dune only has three books.
Hmmm that is so tough to answer because it is so hard to determine cost vs benefit for people. I'd personally say get the sequel, it does everything the first does, has some new stuff and fixes what didn't work in the first game.
GP, what exactly didn't work in the first one? I don't recall any one glaring design issue. There were a few buggy technical issues, but no design ones I saw.
Well one was the repetitive design of the businesses you take control of, it has been been pretty much rectified in this, there is far more variety. Also I felt some of the side missions were too difficult for their own good like bank robberies, with the insertion of various roles you can accomplish something that more "realistically" in that there is more then one way to enter and escap a vault.Your right in that the first didn't have HUGE flaws (I think it is a fantastic game) but the few that it did this seems to have improved on.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stratos on April 23, 2009, 06:06:38 PM
How were bank robberies difficult? Bribe the Chief and just walk out with the money. The cops greet you all friendly like when you walk out of the bank and tell bystanders to move along as there is nothing to see here. Though I never figured out how to get into the back rooms of those special banks. I even tried beating up the president upstairs and nothing came from it except his blood stained my favorite shirt.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 23, 2009, 06:21:36 PM
Well I'm referencing more when you DO NOT bribe the cops. This is exciting without being overtly frustrating like it was in the first.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: EasyCure on April 24, 2009, 09:32:55 AM
How were bank robberies difficult? Bribe the Chief and just walk out with the money. The cops greet you all friendly like when you walk out of the bank and tell bystanders to move along as there is nothing to see here. Though I never figured out how to get into the back rooms of those special banks. I even tried beating up the president upstairs and nothing came from it except his blood stained my favorite shirt.
pfft. you don't rob a bank and give your money away fool!
I had no problems robbing the banks once i came up with a specific strategy:
-Park your get away car in the alley, on the sidewalk if possible.
-Go in thru the side door and place dynomite on the safe
-QUICKLY take out the guards behind the partitians
-Run like hell to your car before any cops show up and take off.
Hows that so hard? You musta been a crappy shot lol
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stratos on April 25, 2009, 01:57:35 AM
But how do you rob the special banks? The ones where the tellers are behind glass walls and the back doors leading to where the tellers stand is locked.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 25, 2009, 04:12:59 AM
But how do you rob the special banks? The ones where the tellers are behind glass walls and the back doors leading to where the tellers stand is locked.
Blow up the back wall. Oh wait that is only in Godfather II. ;)
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: Stratos on April 25, 2009, 05:21:53 AM
But how do you rob the special banks? The ones where the tellers are behind glass walls and the back doors leading to where the tellers stand is locked.
Blow up the back wall. Oh wait that is only in Godfather II. ;)
:P Meanie. You got my hopes up. I was about to drop everything and try it before I even finished reading you comment. Glad I did finish reading it.
Title: Re: Godfather 2
Post by: ShyGuy on May 16, 2009, 03:23:06 PM
Corleone bump! I played this last night on the PS3. Pretty good, I like the 3D view of the city. Game play is very similar to the first game, they transferred over the weapon menu and combat system from the Wii game. Music is pretty good, suprised at the amount of nudity in the game. Missions are varied but the smaller map is a bummer. one of the thrills of the old game was driving through neighborhoods you hadn't taken over yet.
