EA's "Godfather" game

Menno · Post by **Menno** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:17 pm

From the New York Post

March 12, 2004 -- Bada-bing, bada-beep. Electronic Arts wants to make gamers an offer they can't refuse.
An executive from the video-game company told an investor conference that EA was working on a title based on "The Godfather." The game would be one of the company's first "mature"-rated distractions, and a direct response to the popularity of the "Grand Theft Auto" series.

A spokeswoman for EA would say only that it was "in the early stages of development of a game about a crime syndicate."

No release date has been announced.

The other question is whether video game fans, many of whom weren't even born when Francis Ford Coppola's epic was released, will be pulled right back in. "It's still very popular," said Schelley Olhava, an analyst with IDC. "People quote 'The Godfather' all the time."

EA syphoning and capitalizing on an already-established genre? NO WAY DUDE! [sarcasm]

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:03 pm

Whoever doubts The Godfather selling capacity is a moron.

Of course EA will produce a "quality" game and will rack up millions of $$$.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:06 pm

I don't get it. Wouldn't the Godfather game just be a more mature Mafia with some elements of expanding your empire involved?

Unless, of course, there's all kinds of family ties-type stuff. But I can't see that selling.

Menno · Post by **Menno** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:08 pm

atoga wrote:I don't get it. Wouldn't the Godfather game just be a more mature Mafia?

It'll probably have fatso Marlon Brando on the cover, but otherwise it'll probably be very similiar and "innovative" [meaning a mish-mash of 'Mafia' and 'Grand Theft Auto'].

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:40 am

Menno wrote:
atoga wrote:I don't get it. Wouldn't the Godfather game just be a more mature Mafia?
It'll probably have fatso Marlon Brando on the cover, but otherwise it'll probably be very similiar and "innovative" [meaning a mish-mash of 'Mafia' and 'Grand Theft Auto'].

DIE!!!!!

I think it will probably sell with EA even if it sucks, but if its good then the sales will probably be 2 times that.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:00 am

atoga wrote:I don't get it. Wouldn't the Godfather game just be a more mature Mafia with some elements of expanding your empire involved?

Unless, of course, there's all kinds of family ties-type stuff. But I can't see that selling.

YOU DO NOT QUESTION!!!! YOU BUY!!!!

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:38 am

Can't see a reason why they should start poking this kind of a theme, unless they were going to release something as fine as the original 'Mafia'. But hey, Mafia 2 is in development(?), so why would we need a Godfather-game? Like someone said, it'll propably be just a GTA-clone.

Role-Player · Post by **Role-Player** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:19 pm

Or :shudder: a Kingpin clone. Boring and lacklustre shoot'em up with excessive profanity (because, y'know, profanity = t3h mature!).

Silver · Post by **Silver** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:09 am

Kashluk wrote:Like someone said, it'll propably be just a GTA-clone.

Yeah let's play some more DnD games, or play PnP with John. Godfather rocks, no doubt it will be quality.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:24 am

No matter what the setting, movie based games usually tend to suck.
Maybe not as bad as the other way around (games to movies), but obvious suckiness is still clearly visible.

Silver · Post by **Silver** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 11:30 am

And how does this 'suckyness' present itself oh wise Mr. Kashluk?

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:50 pm

Well, let's see...

~ Terminator 3: War of the Machines
~ LOTR: War of the Ring
~ Enter the Matrix
~ Charlie's Angels

There's a few examples of that "obvious suckiness".

- Oh not so wise Mr. Kashluk

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:15 pm

what about E.T? That rocked the hizzle.

Phias · Post by **Phias** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:11 pm

EA has really lost any credit as a respectable game designer or publisher. They seek to dumb down the industry, or add new, crappy ideas.

They really just market their merchandise to a child audience, meaning that their version of "The Godfather" will doubtfully be a true representation of the film. But is it ever?

I still can't believe how much money they made with their amazingly crappy Harry Potter games. Utter crap.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:57 pm

Harry Potter games were cool!!

Teh Sims suck though.