A few days ago, the chief executive of Electronic Arts, John Riccitiello had pointed out that Godfather II would have RTS-like features. Now EA along with Paramount Digital Entertainment has divulged more details about the Godfather II. The game will outdo the movie as it goes into the world of organized crime in Florida, Cuba and New York in the sixties.
Hunter Smith, Executive Producer, Godfather II commented, “In the 1960’s, a mafia Don was only as strong as his family. We found the hierarchical culture of organized crime intriguing. Running an organized crime family in a world defined by family loyalty is something that we felt could introduce a new strategic element to the genre. That is what the Don’s View is all about, laying out a strategy to pick off the competition one by one. The Don’s View is so exceptional, it could fundamentally change the rules of open-world games by merging action and strategy to make something entirely new.”
Sandi Isaacs, Senior VP, Interactive & Mobile, Paramount Digital Entertainment said, “The Godfather has become an exceptional gaming franchise for the Studio. The videogame takes the story and gameplay to the next level with an innovative open-world action strategy that is both compelling and intriguing for gamers.”
Godfather II sees gamers play as Don of New York. It features an innovative strategy meta-game called as ‘The Don’s View’ where gamers can run the entire world as they grow their family business. The can build a Family of Made Men as they hire the crew, hand out orders and promote their best men. Godfather II has dazzling open-world environment and builds up on the gameplay mechanics of the original game.
The BlackHand control scheme in Godfather II has new combo system, pressure tactics and executions. Gamers will be able to fight alongside their hand-picked crew in the action game. Different family members specialize in particular fields like demolitions, arson, engineering and first-aid.
The Godfather II has been developed by the Redwood Stores studio of EA. It will release for the PS3, Xbox 360 and the PC in February 2009. More details of the sequel to the Godfather game will be revealed next week as an episode about the game will debut on GameTrailers TV.