Brando actually recorded voiceover for this before he died, but it was of such poor quality (due to his declining health), that they chose to scrap it & replace him with a voiceover artist.
He is still in the game as an easter egg tho. Brando's final performance can be heard after the mission he gets shot and you visit him in the hospital. If you hang around long enough close to his room,you get to hear Vito talking to Michael,and its the original Brando recording
he like that moron in my friend group while we talking facts or scene in movies he always sarcastic say "Oh so you read about on the internet great bravo" to make him sound smart or some lame shit but it just annoying everyone what a ass.
This game was just so stupidly fun on the Wii. I loved flailing my arms around to throw bottles or punch people repeatedly. Especially since the Wii version has a glitch where you can rapidly punch an NPC while talking to them and it does nothing to them.
My cousin and I have had many laughs from that glitch. It's especially fun to do on the doormen at clubs ("Have a good time!") and that crooked police sergeant that give you hit contracts. With him, just hit him with your car and hold down the target-lock button as you talk to him. Your character will automatically get him up on his knees and hold him by the collar, and as long as you keep him grabbed, you can beat the crap out of him XD Also, the first hit he gives you can be repeated. Just use the phone in the safehouse you get after completing the mission and fast travel to a different one. Then just go to where you first met him, and there he'll be again, ready to task you with throwing the same guy off the same roof!
Over the last year I've been collecting wii games and yeah there are quite a few hidden gems and pretty cheap too ive only paid more than 20 bucks a few times
I remember playing this one on the PS2 when I was a kid. Loved the movie. If I remember, I think this was one of the first open world games I had played. What I really loved about it, though, was that you weren't one of the main characters. You were a nobody that helped set some of the set piece movie moments up. The guy that put the pistol in its place for the hit at the resturant? You. the guy who helps stand guard at the hospital? You. The one driving after Sunny before IT happens, you. Loved it. All the extra guys in the movie become your character.
I've only played the sequel and I liked it. My older brother gave it to me for Christmas. After I finished it, my brother started playing it and he loved it. Eventually he got his own copy for the PS3 (my copy was for the 360).
This is actually one of my favorite games. My favorite thing about it is that you can run up to random people on the street, grab them by the throat, and just look in their eyes while you choke them out. Its super fucked
Luca Brasi was totally voiced by Garry Chalk, the Optimus Prime that 90's kids probably grew up with, since most of this was recorded in Canada, expect to hear some Scott McNeil and Michael Dobson too. (Godfather Ii is MUCH better, also the Scarface game, both developers destroyed by EA and Activision respectively... Wow. )
Fun Fact: In The Godfather film the actor who played Luca Brasi, Lenny Montana, was actually an enforcer in the Italian mafia. Because the film was opposed heavily by the Italian-American Civil Rights League, including Joe Colombo and Frank Sinatra, the film had to make concessions including removing the word “mafia” from the script, and allowing Montana to hang around on set. Because the original actor died of a stroke, and because Montana was a 6’6” former professional wrestler, Francis Ford Coppola fell in love, and actually casted him in the movie. The scene at the wedding where Luca is frantically rehearsing what he’ll say to Don Corleone was actually a scene added by Coppola when he watched Montana, a very big fan of Marlon Brando, repeatedly practicing his lines as to not embarrass himself in front of one of his heroes.
The only model that really doesn't like the actor is Michael Corleone Apparently Al Pacino either he couldn't be at the studio for face modelling or he didn't wanted.
@@davidgomez7882 I think it was due to him having already lent his likeness to Activision for the Scarface game that came out around the same time. Contractual restrictions, basically.
During the mission "Intensive Care", Marlon Brando reprised the role of Don Corleone, albeit briefly. James Caan, Abe Vigoda and Robert Duvall also reprised their roles yet Al Pacino didn't reprise his role since his voice greatly changed and he gave his likeness for Scarface: The World is Yours
Love your content man. I work at a used video game store and watching your videos gives me some insight on some of these games I've never played. Some I even remember playing when I was a teen. I actually just priced this game the other week before I was furloughed.
I really liked the Godfather game, but mainly because as you continue to gain more and more territory, you can see it expanding on your map. That sounds weird, I know, but it always made me want to continue taking over the map when I could see that it was working. It's like the old games "Gangsters", when each territory was color coded. Loads of fun.
I have The Don’s Edition for the PS3, which is the definitive edition. I’ve always been fascinated with The Godfather, and even with it’s problems, I think the game is a nice love letter to Part 1. Rest In Peace, Marlon Brando.
I love this game. I have played the whole game twice in the Wii, once in the PC and the PSP version too. I think is a very enjoyable experience specially if you like the movie or the book.
my favorite video game was featured on the Nintendo 64 and it was based off of a series of books called the x wing series by Michael a stackpole and aaron allston and the video is called star wars x wing rogue squadron
It's a shame it got such a bad rap because it deviated from the movie. Maybe it wasn't very faithful but it was very fun nonetheless. I personally loved gathering information from each mob member and following the requirements so they stay dead.
the line about saving your anger and taking your revenge as an adult is so good. esp since we know from The Godfather Part II what he knows about waiting for revenge. makes you wanna kiss your fingers and go MWAH _perfetto_ nice delivery too. idk if that was a line directly from Brando or not, but some of the VAs are the original actors (Caan, Duvall, and Vigoda as Sonny, Tom Hagen, and Tessio). OTOH, some are doing a good impression, and some are doing a BAD impression. Doug Abrahams does a lot of heavy lifting in the VO, and they all turned out really well. P.S. oh god, i want an organized crime godfather-type game for Vampire: The Masquerade now. "$500 in 1945 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $7,169.86 in 2020." So i guess not a millionaire per se, but that's a tidy sum of money. def a little more than pocket change. oh yeahhh the driving missions are probably the hardest in general. YEAH this game is cool. not a masterpiece, but cool. you could go either way on it. On the one hand, the gameplay is repetitive as hell, and that Barzini compound is a MOTHERFUCKER to try and crack even at high levels. OTOH, you could make Matteo Musclio the new Don of New York by the end of the game.
For some reason, this scene at th-cam.com/video/OImJ3PLDQFk/w-d-xo.html starts in a backalley in Xbox, 360 and PC and not on the top of a house. Don´t know why this is exclusive to the Wii?!?
Ah, the Open-World game with copypasted roads/interiors and roughly 10 cars. They shouldn't have blown all their budget on the fire effects! Shitposting aside, the game was a hell of a lot of fun then and even now. I did a 100% run 7 years ago and while it was very rough it was certainly a fun experience! Game has some nice details such as in-cooperating the main player character into scenes from the movie, you even come across an FBI wanted-board/cross-section that has the player's identity on it (Even dubbing him "The Player", probably one of most blatantly anachronistic 90's terms in the whole game) and despite their efforts to get Marlon Brando into the gamer they only used one line when the don was in intensive care where he laments his own mortality. Which is even more haunting when you consider Marlon Brando voiced that while also sitting on his own extended death bed.
Holy shit i loved the first godfather. AS A KID BTW Lmao it was the first game i saw a CAC in so literally seeing my dad inside a video game beat the shit out of mob members blew the cool meter in my brain Ps2 version was my boi
Fuck this game. I sat through the 20 minute intro scenes and tutorial areas SO MANY TIMES trying to figure out how to use a 360 controller with it. Boooooo Godfather booooo
I played it on the Xbox back then and it's probably in my Top 10 of the OG Xbox games But fuck.......this version is really hard to look at and I think it's a litlle bit sensored and I also remember that the second Gf game was Hot garbage
These games have aged like dried dog shit. I played through the ps3 version recently and omg. Awful. Useless side characters, bad story beats, the Don Dies off screen and it’s barely mentioned. Ugh. Would love to see a deep dive on this one someday.
Observe the manner in which these individuals had brutalized my progeny.
big brain
Behold, mine progeny, laid to waste, torn asunder!
Working Class Pooh
Vs.
This guy (Socialite Pooh)
Brando actually recorded voiceover for this before he died, but it was of such poor quality (due to his declining health), that they chose to scrap it & replace him with a voiceover artist.
He is still in the game as an easter egg tho. Brando's final performance can be heard after the mission he gets shot and you visit him in the hospital. If you hang around long enough close to his room,you get to hear Vito talking to Michael,and its the original Brando recording
Like Pluviam said, he has one line in the game. It's genuinely haunting, I recommend looking it up.
@@fatcat1 whats with the weird hostility to people politely sharing fun facts?
he like that moron in my friend group while we talking facts or scene in movies he always sarcastic say "Oh so you read about on the internet great bravo" to make him sound smart or some lame shit but it just annoying everyone what a ass.
This retelling of Fatal Fury is incredible.
Ah yes, the untold story of Binging with Babish joining the mafia
This game was just so stupidly fun on the Wii. I loved flailing my arms around to throw bottles or punch people repeatedly. Especially since the Wii version has a glitch where you can rapidly punch an NPC while talking to them and it does nothing to them.
You could do the same thing to certain NPC's on PS2 as well!
My cousin and I have had many laughs from that glitch. It's especially fun to do on the doormen at clubs ("Have a good time!") and that crooked police sergeant that give you hit contracts. With him, just hit him with your car and hold down the target-lock button as you talk to him. Your character will automatically get him up on his knees and hold him by the collar, and as long as you keep him grabbed, you can beat the crap out of him XD
Also, the first hit he gives you can be repeated. Just use the phone in the safehouse you get after completing the mission and fast travel to a different one. Then just go to where you first met him, and there he'll be again, ready to task you with throwing the same guy off the same roof!
@@DeltaSpark8 Awesome. XD
I’ve beaten the Xbox original, the black hand edition on wii and the dons edition on ps3. I enjoyed this game more than I should have lol.
The Wii did have some great games after you get through the shovelware
Quite a lot of great hidden gems actually
Over the last year I've been collecting wii games and yeah there are quite a few hidden gems and pretty cheap too ive only paid more than 20 bucks a few times
I remember playing this one on the PS2 when I was a kid. Loved the movie. If I remember, I think this was one of the first open world games I had played. What I really loved about it, though, was that you weren't one of the main characters. You were a nobody that helped set some of the set piece movie moments up. The guy that put the pistol in its place for the hit at the resturant? You. the guy who helps stand guard at the hospital? You. The one driving after Sunny before IT happens, you. Loved it. All the extra guys in the movie become your character.
This game is a criminally underrated Wii classic! Glad to see it getting love. Gave me many hours of fun.
Matt's knack for crime is uncanny
I LOVE the Wii version. It was hella fun with the motion controls, ngl.
I've only played the sequel and I liked it. My older brother gave it to me for Christmas. After I finished it, my brother started playing it and he loved it. Eventually he got his own copy for the PS3 (my copy was for the 360).
Duuuuuuude,
You GOTTA Play Scarface on the Wii!!!
Agreed
Yoooooo!!!! This game was a blast! Thanks for playing this Matt brings back memories
Matt you get +40 respect points for not once going "Nyeah Coppers!" during the entire video.
I liked the wii version more then the other version
That part with the truck driver was actually really interesting. I want to see part of the game from Luca's perspective
there's a Scarface game too and it's actually pretty good
you can shoot guys in the nuts and it will tell you that's where you hit them
This is actually one of my favorite games. My favorite thing about it is that you can run up to random people on the street, grab them by the throat, and just look in their eyes while you choke them out.
Its super fucked
Luca Brasi was totally voiced by Garry Chalk, the Optimus Prime that 90's kids probably grew up with, since most of this was recorded in Canada, expect to hear some Scott McNeil and Michael Dobson too.
(Godfather Ii is MUCH better, also the Scarface game, both developers destroyed by EA and Activision respectively... Wow. )
This game was really good for the ps2. Was introduced to the basics of organized crime at a young age 😎
Fun Fact: In The Godfather film the actor who played Luca Brasi, Lenny Montana, was actually an enforcer in the Italian mafia.
Because the film was opposed heavily by the Italian-American Civil Rights League, including Joe Colombo and Frank Sinatra, the film had to make concessions including removing the word “mafia” from the script, and allowing Montana to hang around on set.
Because the original actor died of a stroke, and because Montana was a 6’6” former professional wrestler, Francis Ford Coppola fell in love, and actually casted him in the movie.
The scene at the wedding where Luca is frantically rehearsing what he’ll say to Don Corleone was actually a scene added by Coppola when he watched Montana, a very big fan of Marlon Brando, repeatedly practicing his lines as to not embarrass himself in front of one of his heroes.
I didn't know about Montana being a fan of Brando, that's rather wholesome.
the don corleone model actually looks like him there's a resemblance
The only model that really doesn't like the actor is Michael Corleone
Apparently Al Pacino either he couldn't be at the studio for face modelling or he didn't wanted.
@@davidgomez7882 I think it was due to him having already lent his likeness to Activision for the Scarface game that came out around the same time. Contractual restrictions, basically.
During the mission "Intensive Care", Marlon Brando reprised the role of Don Corleone, albeit briefly. James Caan, Abe Vigoda and Robert Duvall also reprised their roles yet Al Pacino didn't reprise his role since his voice greatly changed and he gave his likeness for Scarface: The World is Yours
This is amazing. Please play more of this, I need to know what happens next for Matt McMafia
Love your content man. I work at a used video game store and watching your videos gives me some insight on some of these games I've never played. Some I even remember playing when I was a teen. I actually just priced this game the other week before I was furloughed.
It is Marlon Brando, apparently he was really interested in the game and even recorded new lines allegedly
I really liked the Godfather game, but mainly because as you continue to gain more and more territory, you can see it expanding on your map. That sounds weird, I know, but it always made me want to continue taking over the map when I could see that it was working. It's like the old games "Gangsters", when each territory was color coded. Loads of fun.
Yes, it's Gary Chalk, Optimus Primal (BW) /Prime (Armada, energon, Cybertron)
Your Don impression is the best Matt I'm crying over here
i loved playing Godfather on PS2 / Xbox 360, so much fun
I loved this back in the day on PC and PS2. It would be fun to see another episode.
Or even a playthrough of Sopranos or GTA Stories
Considering this was on the wii, the characters look really well done.
My top hilarious moments in this video
2:27 - 2:33
2:50 - 2:52
4:01 - 4:03
6:11 - 6:28 LMFAO!
7:18 - 7:23 LMAO! "I thought those were fireworks!"
8:32 - 8:41 Again LMAO!
9:02 - 9:07 LOL!
9:15 - 9:43 LMAO! Damn Matt, all of this just to get to a safehouse XD
10:06 - 10:24 "OH SHIT"
11:15 - 11:21 LOL
15:38 - 15:48
16:07 - 16:13
17.55 - 18:00
18:10 - 18:27
18:52 - 18:56
Great video Matt! Keep it going!
I have The Don’s Edition for the PS3, which is the definitive edition. I’ve always been fascinated with The Godfather, and even with it’s problems, I think the game is a nice love letter to Part 1. Rest In Peace, Marlon Brando.
Im glad you made your chatacter look like The Big Show
I really want a full LP of this, I played hours and hours of this and it's a ton of fun.
This game was actually awesome, I had so much fun with it when I was younger.
more please! this game is like a diamond in a sea of sand, overly underrated classic
Felt like Matt was in the game. Character creator is on point.
I would love to see more of this game!
EA's good times, I simply addicted this game and Battle For Middle Earth 2.
Matt's character looks like my high school chemistry teacher.
Bumbling Mafia Matt is a good Matt
Extort the shopkeeper through wanton destruction of precious antique cans
8:44 that hobo looks like that prisoner you save in Metal Slug
I actually replay the sequel on xbox annually. It's a hidden gem.
I WANT MORE OF THIS, PLEASE!!!
Yeah, man. I would love to see more of this.
I love this game. If the parent groups knew about the controls for this, they would have had this banned
game still holds up ngl
holy shit thats some god hand level punching
I love this game. I have played the whole game twice in the Wii, once in the PC and the PSP version too. I think is a very enjoyable experience specially if you like the movie or the book.
The PSP version is basically a generic shoot'em up game
my favorite video game was featured on the Nintendo 64 and it was based off of a series of books called the x wing series by Michael a stackpole and aaron allston and the video is called star wars x wing rogue squadron
I played it on 360 but I love this game. It's not perfect, but it's solid and the Godfather aesthetic is done very well.
I really enjoyed this game on the wii, you can make exact replica of Agent 47 in the character creator minus the tatoo
The Wii version is just so hard to look at 🤢
wait until you see the ps2 version. a lot more jagged
You should definitely check out The Godfather II. It's legit a good game and expands on the empire building aspects in a really fun way.
It's a shame it got such a bad rap because it deviated from the movie. Maybe it wasn't very faithful but it was very fun nonetheless. I personally loved gathering information from each mob member and following the requirements so they stay dead.
there's The Godfather 1 & 2 and Scarface, doing a "What If" he was alive instead
I just rebeat this using ps2 emulation. I literally made a character that looks exactly like this lol. Bald and beard in life and virtually.
the mob filled adventures of Fat ricochet
Loved the godfather for psp!
I loved this game on ps2.
the line about saving your anger and taking your revenge as an adult is so good. esp since we know from The Godfather Part II what he knows about waiting for revenge. makes you wanna kiss your fingers and go MWAH _perfetto_
nice delivery too. idk if that was a line directly from Brando or not, but some of the VAs are the original actors (Caan, Duvall, and Vigoda as Sonny, Tom Hagen, and Tessio). OTOH, some are doing a good impression, and some are doing a BAD impression. Doug Abrahams does a lot of heavy lifting in the VO, and they all turned out really well.
P.S. oh god, i want an organized crime godfather-type game for Vampire: The Masquerade now.
"$500 in 1945 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $7,169.86 in 2020." So i guess not a millionaire per se, but that's a tidy sum of money. def a little more than pocket change.
oh yeahhh the driving missions are probably the hardest in general.
YEAH this game is cool. not a masterpiece, but cool. you could go either way on it. On the one hand, the gameplay is repetitive as hell, and that Barzini compound is a MOTHERFUCKER to try and crack even at high levels. OTOH, you could make Matteo Musclio the new Don of New York by the end of the game.
Godfather 2 was a short fun one.
Awesome content Matt!
Matteo is 1-0 in Boneyard Matches
Daamn,such an expirience
Played it on pc
I loved the PS2 game
For some reason, this scene at th-cam.com/video/OImJ3PLDQFk/w-d-xo.html starts in a backalley in Xbox, 360 and PC and not on the top of a house.
Don´t know why this is exclusive to the Wii?!?
Ah, the Open-World game with copypasted roads/interiors and roughly 10 cars. They shouldn't have blown all their budget on the fire effects!
Shitposting aside, the game was a hell of a lot of fun then and even now. I did a 100% run 7 years ago and while it was very rough it was certainly a fun experience! Game has some nice details such as in-cooperating the main player character into scenes from the movie, you even come across an FBI wanted-board/cross-section that has the player's identity on it (Even dubbing him "The Player", probably one of most blatantly anachronistic 90's terms in the whole game) and despite their efforts to get Marlon Brando into the gamer they only used one line when the don was in intensive care where he laments his own mortality. Which is even more haunting when you consider Marlon Brando voiced that while also sitting on his own extended death bed.
Luca sounds like mike ermantraut from breaking bad/better call saul.
Also psp if i'm not mistaken. Think I got that one
All stupidity aside... the controls for this game were amazing.
I forgot they basically did a Yakuza style gameplay for this game, or maybe it was a Sopranos videogame...
knights contract
Br this fcking game is one of my all time guilty pleasures ive beaten it about 3 times and honestly bought it at least 5 times since its existence 😅😅
What do you mean you can't play Saint's Row forever?
Holy shit i loved the first godfather. AS A KID BTW Lmao it was the first game i saw a CAC in so literally seeing my dad inside a video game beat the shit out of mob members blew the cool meter in my brain
Ps2 version was my boi
Can you do a Wha Happun? for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon?
Fuck this game. I sat through the 20 minute intro scenes and tutorial areas SO MANY TIMES trying to figure out how to use a 360 controller with it. Boooooo Godfather booooo
Anyone have any spare horse heads?
*Neigh*
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This is a weird port of Yakuza...
YO MATT please do The Warriors game on the OG Xbox! So fucking good and goofy as shit
Somebody stop that awful awful man!!!
Please do the suffering ties the bind what happend
PLEASE 😣😣😣😣
PLEASE play Mafia II!!!
I played it on the Xbox back then and it's probably in my Top 10 of the OG Xbox games
But fuck.......this version is really hard to look at and I think it's a litlle bit sensored
and I also remember that the second Gf game was Hot garbage
Godfather 1 was a pretty mediocre game but number 2 is a bonafide underrated classic. Btw you should play the notorious sopranos game.
im happy they cancelled wwe 2k21
These games have aged like dried dog shit. I played through the ps3 version recently and omg. Awful. Useless side characters, bad story beats, the Don
Dies off screen and it’s barely mentioned. Ugh. Would love to see a deep dive on this one someday.
Need an lp of this. PS2 version tho