Godfather game strategy guide

Make use of that strength in numbers! There are a couple others worth mentioning when it comes to buildings to upgrade. You want to have some stealthy units available to you, and upgrading this building can help you with this. Nobel Chemical allows you to create Bombers, and once again, this becomes more important later rather than sooner. Shops should be upgraded so you can earn more profit and more money to buy stuff , and the Nightclub allows you to collect free props, which could help you unlock more Capos.

Sure, all those missions could distract you from the main storyline, but you should always try to stay on track as much as possible by completing the story missions, and listening when Don Vito tries to remind you of them.

Once all three buildings are demolished head back over to Clemenza and talk to him to finish the mission. Use this time to head around the city and continue taking over more stores and rackets, collect items, and destroy the drug fronts. Eventually you will get a call from Monk telling you to go get a drink with him at Corcoran's Perch in Midtown. Head in to the back room and talk to Monk.

Talk to Monk at the bar and he tells you that his sister has been asking about you. Also as you leave another Hit mission is available by the man at the door.

Head out to the Corleone Compound and speak to Tom Hagen to start the next mission. Crouch down immediatly when you get control and follow Rocco, wait until he moves so you don't get seen. You will eventually make it to the stables. Rocco will tell you to keep watch out front, head back to the door you just came from to start a cutscene. After the cutscene a guard will come running inside the stables, strangle him before the other guards are alerted.

Rocco will come out of the stall with a horses head to deliver to Woltz. Head up the stairs and strangle the guard at the top of the stairs standing around. Go left and up the stairs to enter the kitchen, but wait until the butler leaves the room. Head through the large open doorway and turn to the right. Strangle the guard standing at this doorway and move up the spiral staircase to stangle another guard at the top. Don't go in front of the next doorway, get against the wall and look in the next room for the maid.

You will have to wait until she leaves to sneak in to the room. Carefully head over to the doorway where she went and wait until the conversation is over. The maid will enter another room on the right as the guard continues to walk down the hall, strangle him to move on. Carefully sneak in to the room the maid just went in to and go behind the guard on the balcony here but don't kill him.

Head down the rest of the hall and wait for Rocco to head your way as he avoids the maid to deliver the package, watch the cutscene to finish the mission. Go up to the second floor and talk to Tom Hagen and he will tell you that Don Corleone wants to give you the apartment on this floor.

Head inside and talk to Frankie Malone, once you are done here head back to the Corleone Compound, step in to the blue marker to start the next mission. Turn right on to Canal Street and take it to Broadway.

Turn left on Broadway and head north and take a slight right to branch on to 4th Street. Turn right on to 25th Street, and the first left on to Third Street to reach the restaraunt and park in the blue spot a little ways away. Sneak down the alley and take out your Garrot Wire to stealthly kill the Tattaglia. When you go around the corner, watch out for the Tattaglia in the window.

Sneak by without him noticing you, then take out the next guy in the alley. Head to the back door and talk to the man standing by it to have him unlock the door.

Sneak through the kitchen and take an immediate right to reach the bathrooms. Head over to the toilet and walk in to the blue marker to activate the next cutscene. After the cutscene kill the Tattaglia's that are attacking and go through the door on the side wall to go upstairs. Take out the Tattaglia outside and turn right to run down the street to where Michael Corleone is waiting for you in the car.

Quickly get in the car and drive out of there. Take Michael Corleone out to the dock's in Hell's Kitchen and park in the blue marker. Head out there to get promoted to Soldier, you will now be a part of the family.

Answer the phone to get a call from Frankie, she has a surprise for you at the house. Head back home to your place in Midtown to see what Frankie has to show you and step in to the blue marker to start the mission. The Tattaglia will take Frankie and get away.

Head out of the room and start heading down the stairs while taking down the advancing Tattaglia. Go behind the counter on the first floor and get the capo to tell you where Frankie is being held. Once you find out, kill him and then get to the phone on the other side of the wall. Run outside and hop in the car that is waiting for you.

Drive over to 40th and Lexington to pick up Monk. After the cutscene start driving to the church that Frankie is being held at. Lose the Tattaglia taht are chasing you and park in the blue marker by the church. Before heading in to the church head over to the right and enter the graveyard. Head back out of the graveyard and go around the left side to reach the stairs down to the crypt. Go through the hall and stop just before the main crypt room.

Take cover on the wall and kill off all the Tattaglia in the room to proceed. Start making your way down the hall and then up the stairs to reach the blue marker and start the next cutscene. Head out of the churchand talk to the Corleone man to hear that Sonny Corleone wants to talk to you. There will also be another Hit ready to work on as well. Head out to Stromboli's in Hell's Kitchen and step in to the blue marker to in front of the alley to start the mission. You will see dead Tattaglia laying on the ground.

Head up the stairs to the second floor and talk to Sonny. You can either beat up the Capo into talking or just take his meter all the way up, either way you'll get a cutscene and then have to drive to the funeral home in Midtown. Head out to the Funeral Home and park in the blue marker.

Turn away from the Funeral Home and cross the street. Go down the sidewalk to the right, still staying on the same street as the Funeral Home. Soon you will come to a flower bed with a nook on the left, just after the game tells you that you are leaving the mission area.

Head back over to the Funeral Home and take cover on the left wall. Kill both Tattaglia that are guarding the front door and take cover on the side of the front door. Open it and take out the Tattaglia inside this room. Head inside and kill the Tattaglia in the room to your right. Now turn around and kill the three Tattaglia in the rooms down the hallway to unlock the elevator door. Make sure you have killed the enemy in the garage as well before you head up the elevator. Take the elevator and Bruno Tattaglia will knock you down automatically.

When you get back up he will run in to the other room. Quickly hide behind the wall and take out his two guards. Once they are disposed of shoot Bruno in the kneecap to get over to him safely. Now drag him over to the fire pit and throw him in to kill him off. After a while you will get a phone call from Sonny telling you to meet him at the Corleone Compound. As you get to the compound two black cars will cut you off just before getting through the gates as they start to fire on the compound.

Drive to the back low wall and take cover to start shooting at the Cuneos until you have eliminated all of them. Enter the house in the far back and talk to Sonny in the living room. Sonny then tells you to go meet him over at Lucy's place in Midtown to discuss the Tattaglia problem a little more. On your way out Jaggy will tell you how to take out the enemy familes compounds by bombing both buildings. Head out to Lucy's and park in the blue marker to start the mission.

Drive Sonny over to the bar to take care of some Cuneos. Park at the blue marker within the time limit and head inside the bar. Clear out the upstairs part of the bar and then head back towards the front door to take the door on your right. Head down the stairs and kill more Cuneos. In the first room in the basement shoot the explosive crates to kill all of the people in it and move to the next door.

Interrogate the Cuneo in the room and he will tell you that all he knows is that Cuneo has been giving them weapons. After the cutscene run back upstairs and dash for the car, or take a few shots at the Cuneos just outside.

Sonny will already be in the car waiting for you, take off driving. Get through the blockades and chase the Racket boss to the railyard. Park next to the racket truck outside the building, get up to the building and kill the Cuneos inside. Get in and go through the back door cautiously and get to the back loading dock. Kill the Cuneos in here and head up the stairs to reach the blue marker and start a cutscene.

Kill the man or leave him and exit the room. Go through the door on your left before heading downstairs and take the elevator up to the roof. Take all ten hidden cash bags out of the wire cage by walking in to them and then head down the stairs to leave the building. Get back in the car and drive to the docks and park on the blue marker. Start heading down the dock and kill the group of Cuneos just standing around talking. As you make your way around the corner to the right, watch out for a truck that drives through the stack of barrels ahead.

Take down the Cuneo that comes out of it. Get on the wall of the warehouse and open the right door to gain entry. Head to the end of the warehouse and break to gain it as your own. Watch the cutscene at the end and you will finish the mission. You are also told that Sonny has gone on ahead back to the Corleone Compound and is waiting for you there.

By now you should have all of the fronts and rackets, not including warehouses and hubs. Take over all of the Tattaglia owned areas and then take out the Tattaglia Compound to hit them hard and take over Brooklyn.

Walk in to the blue marker at the house to start the mission. Once Sonny reaches the tollbooth a cutscene will start, showing the death of Sonny. Quickly drive up to the tollbooths and get out of your car.

Run over to the booth on the right and go inside to grab three hidden cash bags. Drive after the assassins and shake off any chasers you get. You will chase them in to Hell's Kitchen Industrial Park. Head through the opening in the back gate to reach the building in the far back and enter the side door. Head upstairs and turn to the right to kill another Tattaglia in the corner, but don't kill the tollbooth attendant. Interrogate him and he will tell you they went to a club on the west side.

You will have 5 minutes from the point of where you get off the property of the warehouse to get to the Tunnel Club in Hell's Kitchen. Once you reach the club park in the blue marker to continue on. Get behind your car and kill the Tattaglia guarding the entrance, or walk up and strangle him, then enter the club.

Head in guns first and start taking the Tattaglia down, run to the left and hide in the cubby holed corner after you kill the man here. Make your way in to the club room to take out a lot more men. Go down the stairs beside the stage and enter the basement. Kill all the Tattaglia down here and move in to the side rooms to take out all the low-ranked people and the door to the Underboss will unlock.

Head inside and talk to the woman in the corner to have her convince the Underboss to tell you what you want to know. Talk to the Underboss to learn that Don Barzini is in control of the Tattaglias. Once you learn this, you have five minutes to make it back to the Corleone Compound. Just take 34th east to Broadway and go south. Then turn right on to Canal and left on Washington to make it back in time and up to the house.

A cutscene will start to play to end the mission. You are told that Michael Corleone is back at the Corleone Compound, you should go pay your respects.

When you reach the compound Don Corleone would like to talk to you. Michael is now the Godfather and tells you that he has decided to have you become his Capo. You will also be able to get a Hit mission on your way out of the door. Once you complete all of the Hits that are currently available you should be able to access some Favor Missions as well. Head over to the hotel and park in the blue marker to start the mission.

Now head over to the hotel and take cover by the front door as you open it to kill off the Barzinis inside. Cautiously head up the stairs as the first door opens with a Barzini. Kill him and the guy in this rooms back room, then head further up the stairs.

Kill the Barzinis as they come down and move up to clear out another room full of Barzinis. When you make it to the top of the hotel walk in to the blue marker to start the cutscene. Once the cutscene is over you must hunt down Monk to take him down. Head out of the hotel and steal a car to head over to Monk's location within the time limit and park in the blue spot to start a cutscene.

Monk will take off running as some Cuneo come to attack you, kill off the attacker and head up the stairs after Monk. Kill all of the Cuneo up in the second floor bar as Monk yells to you. Head down the stairs on the other side and enter the first door on your left to enter the main bar room. Kill off the remaining Cuneo as well as Monk himself, then get outside to end the mission.

You will also get the last set of Hit missions to work on if you have completed all of the others. Head over to the group of three guys where Tom is talking to Tessio and Willie Cicci. Willie has a gun on Tessio as Tom walks over to the low wall, go talk to him. Head out to Tessio's house to meet up with Willie Cicci to start a plan to attack the Barzini waiting for Michael. Park outside the bar to activate the next mission. Turn around and hide along a wall to shoot them down as Tessio escapes.

Quickly kill them off and go around to the right and carefully enter the bar to kill the other two Barzini inside. Take the elevator down to the basement and go in to the hall. Use the wall next to the door and kill off the Barzini inside as Tessio makes a run for the door and up the stairs in the back. Go in to the hallway and kill the Barzini guarding the stairs. Go up the stairs and kill some more Barzini that have now appeared in the hall as Tessio runs up the side stairs to the bar which also has two new people as well.

Kill them off and then go talk to Tessio, he tells you it was strictly buisness. Kill Tessio to end the mission.

Head up to the third floor and go in to the blue circle to activate the next mission. Go over to the hotel worker in red and pressure him in to telling you the password.

Head down the stairs all the way to the basement and tell the bouncer the password. Head inside the hidden casino and go down the hall to enter the main room.

Turn to the left and go down the stairs behind the wall. Talk to the security guard with the symbol above his head just to your left to get him in to the stairwell looking for a wallet. Now head to the right and talk to the security guard over there to tell him that someone lost some keys in the stairwell. Jump over the counter and plant the dynamite to blow the vault up and jump back over the counter.

Take out a gun and start taking out the security guards. Once the dynamite goes off jump back over the counter and collect your money. Use the counter as cover as you kill a lot of security guards running in to the area.

Once you get it a little cleared up hop back over and make your way up the stairs and on to the first floor of the hotel. Run right out the front doors as fast as possible and go east stealing the first car you get to, the cops will start to surround the hotel so you don't want to stay to long.

After about three blocks you will make it to the safehouse to give Michael the money you got for him. Enter the apartments and talk to Michael and Clemenza on the first floor.

Go out the back door and get in to the Police Car they have waiting for you. Now carefully drive to the corner of Second and 34th Street and park in the alley. Crouch down and sneak in through the back door. Use the Garrot Wire on the guards to move in undetected.

Head over to the corner of the wall and wait for the second guard to come down and turn his back to you as he heads back up the stairs, strangle him.

Quietly head up the stairs and strangle the third guard at the top. Enter the room to the left of the stairs and shoot Moe Green in the head. Head downstairs and kill any security guards that get in your way. Get out through the back door again and kill another guard as you head back to the Police Car. Now quickly out drive the cops to Corcoran's Perch. Talk to Clemenza and finish the mission.

Head over to the church and enter the blue circle by the cemetary to start the mission. Quickly get in a car and drive to St. Alban's hotel and talk to Clemenza. You must now drive to another hotel and pick up Don Stracci.

Clemenza will cover the lobby as you head up the stairs. Talk to the Stracci and he will open the second floor for you.

Go over to the room on the left and talk to the Stracci there to open the door. Talk Don Stracci to have him walk to the elevator, take it downstairs with him and then kill him. Help Clemenza kill off the other Stracci and then talk to him to be told you must go see Willie Cicci in Hell's Kitchen. Quickly drive out there and talk to Willie Cicci to be told to head over to the Savannah hotel in Midtown. Park in the blue square and talk to Willie Cicci he will head over to the hotel and go inside.

Instead of following him, wait behind your car for Don Crueno to come out and gun him down. Kill the Cuneo guarding the area and then head in to the garage that Willie Cicci opened. Go upstairs to the first floor and help Willie Cicci kill off the rest of the Cuneo. Talk to Rocco but he won't know percent where you have to go. Run outside and speak to the hooker to your right. She will tell you to head to St. Sebastain hotel around the corner. Head over to the hotel and use the wall on the front door as cover.

Open the door and kill the Tattaglia inside the lobby. Head up the stairs to the second floor and kill the Tattaglia waiting in front of the elevators.

Go up another flight of stairs to kill another Tattaglia. Before heading in to the rooms on the third floor, kill the Tattaglia waiting on the stairs to the fourth floor. Use the wall for cover and shoot all the enemies in the left room. Enter the right room as Rocco helps clear out the enemies. A prostitute will run out of the back room as Don Tattaglia holds a gun to another prostitutes head. Get against the wall and give a good headshot to him. Drive the Police Car to the courthouse and park in the blue marker.

Wait until Al Neri gives you the cue to pull out your weapon and fire. Shoot all the Barzini guards and then chase after Don Barzini himself to start a cutscene. After the cutscene kill Don Barzini and then quickly run up the courthouse stairs to grab the hidden cash bags. You must now stay running away from the police for 2 and a half minutes.

Quickly go steal a car and get to the Corleone Compound to get protection from the family. Once the timer runs out for outrunning the police you must now get back to the church for the baptism within three minutes. Once you make it there you will finish the last of the main storyline missions. After the cutscene you will be promoted to Underboss.

Once you have completed all the takeovers you must head to Hotel Aliote in Little Italy for an important meeting. After the cutscene you will be promoted to Don of NYC. Don Corleone has a favor to ask of you. He wants you to go remind the Police Chief that he is on the Corleone's side.

He is a smoker and good with women. Head out to Harry's Bar and go through the door next to the bar. Go down the stairs and enter the room below to find the chief smoking trying to work his charm on a girl. Talk to him and he will shoosh you away, so talk to the girl. Once she leaves talk to the chief again and he will tell you some extra info on a Corleone getting in to some trouble. He tells you that Fredo Corleone had his car impoounded and it has some evidence in it that would link Fredo to a murder.

Buy some molotov's and head out to the New Jersey Police Station. Before entering the impound lot throw a molotov at the police cars to make them explode and kill off the cops in the area. Head to the back and kill the two cops back here if they are still alive. Throw another molotov in the right corner where the car is being held and blow it up to complete the favor.

Donato Stracci has some very valuable items on the second floor and needs you to get them out of the burning building. Jump in the window on the right side and head to the back wall. Go inside the back door and watch out for an explosion straight ahead. Slowly enter the far back room and turn to the right, as you head towards the warehouse another explosion will go off.

You must now hop down to the lower truck loading part. Stick to the right wall away from the fire so your shoes don't melt and then head around to the stairs.

A civilian will come running down the stairs and get hit by an explosion, killing him instantly. Head up the stairs as the second floor has an explosion. Enter the second window on the right and head to the wall straight ahead to enter the door in the corner.

Go inside the room and grab the object on the floor and head back through the upstairs room, to take the stairs down. Since you can't come back out the front of the store, head around the side in the garage and use the back door to leave the building.

Talk to Donato Stracci to finish the favor. He needs you to go take care of a riot over at the Verona Import Co. Head over to the warehouse just north of the compound. Beat all of them up to an inch of there life so they run away in fear to deal with the mayhem. Get in the truck he has packed full of evidence and drive it down to Paulie's apartment he gave you earlier in the story missions.

Head at the dead end of 25th Avenue and 23rd Street. Drive the car right in to the market place and smash all the stalls within it. Now head across the street to the alley and kill the Tattaglia inside it to get to the truck. Blow up the truck to finish off the favor. You must now get to a juror and convince him that there isn't enough evidence. Once you get to City Hall bribe the cops standing around and then talk to the jury member.

Give him a couple light jabs and punches to get him to the breaking line and interrogate him and make him throw out the case. Go in the side door and kill the Cuneo inside.

Open the door to the right and kill the man inside this office and move forward in to the lobby area to watch some police die from a Cuneo. Remember that you can't do much by way of clothing or accessories yet because we have no funds at the present time, but we'll be able to come back to that later. No worries! Our final product can be found in the lower right screenshot, if you're curious what we came up with.

Also, we kept the name Aldo and will be referring to him as such The Don ends up dispatching a man named Luca to find your character His mother has complained that he's been caught up with the wrong crowd, and after all, no Sicilian man can refuse a request on the wedding day of his daughter.

Eventually you will have at the other two men. The first fight will be a training fight, so his health meter won't immediately appear. Follow the on-screen prompts until he is no more. Make sure to collect the money he drops as well, your first collection of wealth in the game.

Work on the second guy hereafter and grab the money he drops upon his expiration also. Run up and speak with Luca as the game tells you to. After Luca's words on maps and location, you'll get your first new objective - Get to the Corleone safehouse. This is easy enough.

While there are some things you can do right away for fun, we recommend you simply run for the safehouse now. The safehouse is on your map locate the blue dot with a black X. Head north up Bowery Street and then swing a left up Grand Street. Your location will be a short distance up Grand Street on the left side, just past the corner created by the intersection of Grand Street with Mulberry Street.

Enter the safehouse to complete the first objective and to learn a little bit more about the purpose of safehouses in general.