The Godfather II
After being promoted to the Don of New York by Michael Corleone, players expand into new cities as they build their families by extorting businesses, monopolizing illegal crime rings, and defeating new families to become the most powerful mafia family in America. To help players manage their empire, The Godfather II introduces "The Don's View" - an innovative strategy metagame that allows players to survey the entire world as they grow the family business. The Don's View allows players to build, defend and expand their crime rings while keeping an eye on the movements and plans of rival families. Players also learn to master the business of organized crime by building a family of "made men," hiring employees, issuing orders, and advancing their best men. The Godfather II is set in a stunning open-world environment and builds on the popular gameplay mechanics of the first game. The series' signature BlackHand control system now offers even more visceral brutality in melee combat and introduces a new combo system, pressure tactics and executions. In The Godfather II, the player fights alongside his hand-picked crew, each with their own skills and knowledge. Each family member specializes in a specific area, such as demolitions, arson, engineering, first aid and more. As The Don, you control the family and send some of your men on missions, while you go into battle with others. The combination of strategic organized crime gameplay and brutal BlackHand action promises to set The Godfather II apart from other open-world games. Play The Godfather II in online multiplayer mode and become the true Don of the Dons. Take your money, weapons and crew from the single player mode online and wage a mafia war against up to 16 players from around the world. Play as one of the family's crew specialists and put your best strategies to the test as you take over territories and beat back your rivals. Earn upgrades and money to use in single player mode.
Story
In 1958, three years after the events of the first game, elderly mobster Hyman Roth calls a meeting with the Corleone, Granados, Mangano and Almeida families in Havana to discuss their future Cuban business prospects under the cooperative government of Fulgencio Batista. Roth announces that he plans to divide his business between the four families once he retires. However, the guests get caught up in the ongoing Cuban revolution and Corleone underboss Aldo Trapani is killed in the chaos. Don Michael Corleone, his brother Fredo and Trapani's second-in-command Dominic manage to escape in a private plane. Michael appoints Dominic as his new underboss and puts him in charge of the family's business in New York City.