Though starting you on a different foot than the main part of the Godfather universe – namely, making you a nobody, who’s saved by Luca Brasi. Under his tutelage, you’re taught the finer points of Gameplay – namely brawling with your fists, using brawn to crush opponents (against walls, crates, or just via the convenient traffic), and are given work. As the storyline progresses, you’re generally given the role of the “Silent Part” or, the character who you’d see in every scene of the Godfather Movie, you know, the one that has absolutely no relevance. Of course, after each of the game’s semi-poorly rendered cur-scenes, one of the members of the family comes up to you, and tells you of what to do. Take for example when Johnny Fontaine needs to make it big. You’re tasked with sneaking around the mansion, and assisting in the delivery of a quite bloody horse’s head. It’s being a faithful go-to guy in this manner, that’ll help you rise through the ranks of the family.

Perhaps the only disappointment here is the lack of focus on Michael Corleone in the later portions of the game. Considering his significance in both the next two movies, the quasi-ending of the game just doesn’t make sense. As to his absence, it can be attributed by Al Pacino’s refusal to return to be the voice of Michael, and as such, his speech is always either through an associate, or flagrantly ripped from the movie. Slick. For the most part, the accuracy is all the way there, though, and, as it’s been said before by many out there on the net – it’s downright cool to be able to take part in some portions of the game that mimic those that define the movie. Regarding the delivery of this whole storyline, everything is done through rendered cut scenes, which take you from a fixed camera angle and let you, watch the action as it unfolds. Unfortunately, due to the underpowered engine found within the game, scenes such as the meeting of all the mafia heads from New York and New Jersey turned out to be but mere pittances of what they should have been. Though disappointing in its delivery though, you can’t say that the Godfather doesn’t have a strong story, although we do wish that EA had chosen to capture the essence of the whole Trilogy, rather than just the first part.