The Godfather is set to be an excellent game. Original actors and an open city, players will be able to raise the ranks in the Corleone family and ultimately become Don! It is hard not to compare the game to other titles like Mafia and GTA, because it has elements of these. However this game is very different to GTA, in time, setting, story, characters, weapons, everything really (therefore it can NOT be called a GTA rip off). The good comparisons will come when it is released and compared to great game Mafia.
The system requirements for this game, as stated by EA Games, were released in a Q&A interview as sent via e-mail to people signed up to the newsletter. It is very slack that EA have not released the requirements properly and made them accessible easily. However, these are the requirements stated off the EA Forums:
System Requirements: OS: Windows XP or 2000 CPU: 1.4 Ghz or faster Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor RAM: 256 MB or more DVD Drive: Requires a 2× or faster DVD Drive Hard Drive: At least 5 GB of free space Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card Video: DirectX 9.0c compatible video card (see below*) *Detailed Video Card Info Video card must have 64MB or more memory and one of these T&L capable chipsets: ATI Radeon 8500 or greater; NVIDIA GeForce 3 or greater (except GeForce4MX); Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 or greater DirectX 9.0c is included on this DVD and may require the latest drivers for your video and sound card.
This game is set to go big! (Preview)