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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land As much as some of us may not have wanted to like the video game version of The Godfather, it was a quality product, handled rather elegantly by EA. Game of the year it was not, but it certainly wasn’t the disaster that The Godfather purists may have been hoping for. The Godfather II will hopefully ramp up the quality on par with how good the explosions look.
The Godfather: Part II is the only sequel in Hollywood history to win an Academy Award for Best Picture (Lord of the Rings and Silence of the Lambs don’t count). That alone is a tough act for a video game to follow; but Godfather II the video game also has to go up against Grand Theft Auto – the heavy-hitter of both mobster and sandbox gaming standards. Even if every gamer in the world has read Mario Puzo’s Godfather (they haven’t) and gives credit where credit’s due for mob clichés (they don’t), Godfather II would still have to do something different from GTA to stand out.
It feels good moving up in the world.
One minute, you’re scrounging around on the bottommost rung of the seedy underbelly of the rancid back alley of a crime syndicate. The next, you’re hobnobbing and canoodling with the big shots in the upper echelons of the elite of the cream of the crop – drinking Cristal and playing blackjack while a small army of cocktail waitresses fetches you drinks and fried ravioli.
The Godfather II first look event was definitely a step up for yours truly. That’s not to say I haven’t gone to half a dozen press events, drunk myself silly and seen great games; but this is the first time I’ve done it for Kotaku as their new San Francisco correspondent.
Which means I got a look at Godfather II without having to fight a pack of raging hooligans for the privilege.
