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Genre: Action
System(s): PC
ESRB: M
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The Godfather: The Game is a video game based on Mario Puzo's novel and the 1972 film of the same name.
The game is notable in that it features the return of several original actors from the film doing original voice acting. The actors involved include the late Marlon Brando (as Don Vito Corleone), James Caan (as Sonny Corleone), and Robert Duvall (as Tom Hagen). Prior to his death, Marlon Brando provided some voice work for Vito, which was eventually deemed unusable and was dubbed over by a Brando impersonator. Al Pacino refused to reprise the role of Michael Corleone due to the rival publisher VU Games attempting to hire Pacino to voice Tony Montana in its upcoming Scarface: The World is Yours game. In addition, Mark Winegardner, author of the novel Godfather Returns, is providing story editing and insight into the fictional world of the Godfather.
Since the project's very beginning, many gamers assumed that the game would follow the film in the footsteps of the lead role, Michael Corleone. Instead, Electronic Arts chose a different path. It was announced in 2005 that players would create a mobster of their own, customizing their character's physical features in a very in-depth program known as "MobFace" (even though you can customize the character's build and attire as well). Also, the game would not be the traditional mission-style type but a sandbox game, in a huge free-roam world "with memory", and nonlinear gameplay (similar to games in the Grand Theft Auto franchise).
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