The Godfather II Playstation 3 Review

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The Godfather II has a realistic environment set in an era of organized crime strewn with individuals that are part of an interesting and engaging world of violence and sex that, while entertaining and satisfying for the most part, should be kept away from the kids.

The seedy underworld makes for gripping game content that takes you through adventures where you're tasked with taking out Fidel Castro, overthrowing competing families' businesses, and a neat multiplayer mode called Don Control that allows you to compete against up to seven other families for control of territory.

Electronic Arts hasn't done the best job of making The Godfather II a fun and entertaining experience for gamers and many parts of the experience they mangled worse than RICO mangled organized crime. The game has a lot more in common with a raunchy teen film than the content I remember from the movies or original game; women are constantly being hit on during game play and topless ladies are everywhere to be seen, even parading down the streets.

The bugs included with The Godfather II are many. You'll see two characters occupying the same virtual space, such as one instance where two topless girls were combined into one to create a three-breasted virtual creature. You can shoot the bottom crate of a stacked group and the top crates will hang in the air, and vehicles can suddenly vanish from view. Your bullets can be blocked by invisible objects, even if your target is no where near cover, the list goes on.