This game is really fun and I honestly don't think it is all that bad. They say that all these games are really innapropriate but most of this stuff is what happens in real life. I can play this and every other game but not GTA. My parents won't let me play because of the strip halls in the game. I wouldn't even look at that. Any advice to convince them?
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The Godfather: The Game
(2006, Video Games - Action/Adventure, Rated M, Play it on: PlayStation 2)
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Gory game may satisfy movie's fans -- adults only.
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of The Godfather: The Game was written by Aaron Lazenby
Parents need to know that this game far surpasses the violence in Francis Ford Coppola's mob masterpiece. The game features 22 execution styles; enemies can be "kneecapped" and "wallpapered." Players spend most of their time slapping around local shopkeepers and attempting to intimidate them into paying protection money. All of this is in addition to the standard Grand Theft Auto template of carjackings, violence against innocents, and cop-killing.
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- Families can talk about how the Academy Award-winning film and cast (Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall both lend their voices to the game) influence the perception of the game. Is the violence and vulgarity legitimized by The Godfather name? Can movie-based video games ever be something more than an extended marketing vehicle for their source material?
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What’s the Story?
Players control a young hood whose mother asks Don Vito Corleone to find a place for him in his more established -- and somehow more respectable -- crime family. Players work their way up in the syndicate's structure by extorting businesses controlled by rival families, performing contract killing, and generally hustling on the street. When Vito Corleone faces a life-or-death crisis, players make a name for themselves in the organization and begin their fight to become crime king of New York.
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Is It Any Good?
Fans of the movies may have fun with the Godfather-based material: Familiar faces and scenes pop up, and dialogue is often straight from the movie. Players chat with hotheaded Sonny Corleone or drive the hapless Fredo around town. They hide the gun for Michael to retrieve and visit Hollywood to deposit a bloody -- uh, present -- in the bed of an uncooperative producer.
But there aren't enough of these moments. Mostly players operate around the Godfather story, not getting involved in its unfolding. Missing that connection, The Godfather: The Game seems to exploit the most brutal aspects of the films without expanding its narrative. What we're left with is a well-executed and fun-enough Grand Theft Auto knock-off (with all the associated liabilities) dressed up in a snappy pinstriped suit.
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Released on 07/06/2006, price $39.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: M (for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes)
ESRB rating: M (for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes)
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- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
Really fun game
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
You lot forgot.
Horses head? Cutting the head off a horse? At the start using tommy guns to dismantle a man? Its nuts.
- I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
- Safety is an issue
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
da rater
It is a great game but there is lots of blood,shooting, and explosions. They could have worked better on the graphics too
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give it
i live with my mom
people hate me. i have a playstation2.
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
great game very long
this is a great game its very long. The violence in this game is not as bad as it sounds there is no torture and i watched my 3 kids play it there is blood and a lot of f words you can kill cops and innocent people but its amazing i have 3 kids age 8 12 16 they all play it its different than grand theft auto there is almost no sex in this game
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