THE GODFATHER: THE GAME TIPS & TRICKS
Movie and television references
When in Little Italy it is possible to find a man with red hair a mustache and a fedora hat who is named Edward Rooney from Ferris Buellers Day Off.
Movie and television references
There is a blonde woman walking around in a black dress named Pamela Anderson in Midtown
Movie and television references
There is a man with black-gray hair named Mike Brady (from The Brady Bunch) in Midtown.
Cheat mode
Press Start to pause your game, then submit one of the codes below. There is a five minute lockout before a code can be re-enabled
No heat when stealing cars
Reach the "Underboss" rank to have no heat when a parked car is stolen.
Tattaglias compound
When you think you are ready for the challenge, take on a compound. The Tattaglias in northeast Brooklyn might be the weakest family in New York, but that does not mean they are going to let you walk right in. Bring some bombs along and blow up the support pillars in the basements. You may start a mob war, but if you are successful you will have a new safe house with a group of guards.
"The Don Is Dead" mission
Break the windows in the barber shop before start the mission. This will allow for easy shooting once the Don is shot. The recommended gun for this and any other close range shooting mission is the magnum.
Extorting businesses
If you have not taken over all the businesses and rackets, wait until you have reached the "Don of New York" rank. You will be able to take over anything without having to smash anything up or "convince" the person that it is a good idea. They will say "Yes" immediately
Taking over compounds
When the time to destroy the rival family compounds, the easiest way is to blow up one building at a time. Make sure you have all weapons with full ammnition.
Taking over compounds
To take a warehouse, just drive a car into the blockades and keep running over people. If it catches on fire, turn your door side away from the enemies, then get out and find a new car
Barricades
Use the following trick when you go to a hub, warehouse, or compound with people and cars blocking your way. Get a truck and run into the cars and people until it catches on fire. Then, finish off the other people that are still alive.
Barricades
When destroying barricades, stand close enough that you can lock on to a person. Take either dynamite or a Molotov cocktail and throw it. It will blow up the cars next to the people. Continue doing this until you have reached the warehouse, compound or Hub
Safes
You must blow all safes to become Don Of New York. Blow all the safes when you are taking over businesses that have one. By doing this you will not have to search for safes after you completed most of the missions. Also, you will get an amount of money, 1,000 respect and dynamite by blowing them up.
Car chases
When you are being pursued by enemies in a car, let them drive up on your side. Usually they will come up near your rear on your left or right. Then, look ahead and lure them into an accident. Usually they will smash into something like oncoming traffic or a wall if you time it correctly. They will eventually come back and catch up to you, but if you keep doing this you can get them to blow themselves up (because you cannot shoot out your car at them).
Shooting enemies behind cover
When you are locked onto an enemy who is hiding behind a crate or low object, keep locking on but use the Right Analog-stick to move the crosshair to a part of their body that is sometimes sticking out, like their head or arm. This will help you kill them easier
No heat for entering parked cars
When you reach the rank of Underboss, when you enter parked cars you will not get any heat
Ammunition
All the safe houses that you pay for have ammo caches. When low on ammunition or health, you can go into these houses and restock. They are the orange houses on the map, and most are in hotels.
Recommended weapons
Do not waste money on safe houses. You can make it fine with just the ones you get in the story. Instead, save money for clothing and weapons. All the best weapons cost a lot but are well worth it. The Saturday Night Special is a better revolver and it will cost $75,000. The Assassin's Pistol is better gun and costs about $200,000. The Python a better magnum will cost $250,000. The Dillinger is a machine gun that costs $450,000. Finally, the Street Sweeper, which works like a shotgun, sells for $500,000 and will kill most people in one shot.
Recommended weapons
The pistol at level 3 works like a semi-automatic gun. It carries fourteen bullets and has more firepower. This is perfect for taking over businesses. The shotgun at level 3 has more ammunition, more firepower, and is perfect for taking over warehouses, etc. Prioritize weapons upgrades before safehouse buying. One house in each city will suffice in the start. However, you will have to buy them all in the end.
Health
The more health, the better.
Streetsmarts
Prolong the victims breaking point (and by doing so, increasing your weekly income earnings). Remember to always try to buy them out first.
Fighting
increase you negotiation pressure by 10% for each upgrade.
Speed
Not so essential. Only faster reloading is interesting here.
Shooting
For better aiming speed and precision but not essential for taking over businesses.
.38 Snub-Nose
Colt Detective .38 Special/Smith & Wesson M & P 2in revolver
Pistol
Colt M1911A1 semi-auto .45 pistol
Magnum
Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver in .357
Long-barrel Shotgun
Remington 870 pump-action shotgun
Tommy Gun
Thompson M1921/1928 sub-machine gun in .45