Family Gaming


Here's a game you cannot refuse.

The classic Godfather films by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the novels by Mario Puzo are coming to the PS2. The game looks to put players in control of members of the infamous Corleone family, as they battle rival mafia dons and families in the shadowy world of organized crime. It's still not known if you can actually play as Sonny or Michael Corleone, or as Don Vito himself (in his younger, De Niro incarnation). Maybe you can even play as Luca Brazi ("I hope your son is a masculine son...") and go play a 'swim with the fishes' minigame.
It's actually kinda intriguing. Perhaps you can actually re-enact the ultraviolent Toll Booth Assassination and see if you can actually get Sonny to survive. Cool, eh?

So far, screens revealed seem to point to a third-person action shooter, similar to the earlier-released PC and console game, Mafia. Still, this game should be cool if only for the possibility of carrying out multiple, brutal assassinations set to the trademark Godfather theme.

No date's set yet for the release, though the game looks to see play in Japan and the US. I wonder how Marlon Brando's Vito sounds talking in Japanese? Should be something to see. Heh.