I think everyone can agree that the best thing about being a mob boss is that you get to boss people around. It's right there in the title, “mob boss.” Because you're feared and/or respected, tough guys do what you say, even if that means blowing up some building, shaking down some store owner, or taking out some troublesome made man from a rival family. It's good to be boss. Normally no fan of movie to game adaptations, I never looked at the first Godfather game from a couple years back. When this new one came around last week though, and I heard it was kind of like Sims Mafia Don, I thought that sounded like something for me. I like telling people what to do. I love the Godfather films. Perfect!
OK, so it's not perfect, not by a long shot, but it is a solid, fun game.
This article appears in Apr 22-28, 2009.