During a William Blair & Company's investor meeting earlier this week, EA boss John Riccitiello mentioned that their EA Redwood Shores studio is currently hard at work on a sequel to Godfather, conveniently called Godfather II. Surprise!More interesting is what Riccitiello then went on to say about Godfather II's interesting gameplay twist, telling investors that "you can play this game both at the street level, much like a GTA-style game, but you can also play it top-down, almost like you're in an RTS, controlling the strategy of the boroughs so you can see what's going on..." He also mentioned that it's a game they'll be "talking a lot about this fall", pretty much slating it for a 2009 release.
GTA-style Godfather with a hint of RTS? Color us confused yet intrigued.
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6-18-2008 @ 3:11PM
RudyHuxtable said...
My hop would be the RTS component would involve sending out soldiers to shake down businesses and get protection money. Or sending soldiers to rival territories to take over, etc. I could see this working if, IF, they don't make the RTS elements top down.
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6-18-2008 @ 3:13PM
joey said...
TOP DOWN? as in GTA and GTA II?
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6-18-2008 @ 3:23PM
STD Spanky said...
color me aroused!
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6-18-2008 @ 4:18PM
Adam said...
This is really interesting. I played the first one and they had much of the gameplay mechanics pretty well refined but they just couldn't hit the nail on the head. I remember thinking that they were really close to making a fun game, but just couldn't quite pull it off. Hopefully this one will be different.
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6-18-2008 @ 5:13PM
b33eazy said...
Mafia 2 will easily kill GF 2. It had much better gameplay and story.
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6-18-2008 @ 5:16PM
Maverick Saturn said...
Sounds confusing :S
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6-18-2008 @ 5:56PM
Jimmy James 70 said...
I'm pretty much over EA games. Too much in-game advertising (Fight Night 3). And they ask you to pay additional $$ for guns (Godfather).
It's too bad cause I liked both of those games. Due to EA's greed, I'm staying clear of their games.
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