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The Godfather II

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The Godfather II
The Godfather II cover
Developers
EA Redwood Shores
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows April 7, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 63
IGDB 65
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Open world
Art styles Realistic
Themes North America
Series The Godfather
The Godfather II on HowLongToBeat
The Godfather II on IGDB
The Godfather II guide on StrategyWiki
The Godfather II on MobyGames
The Godfather II on Wikipedia
The Godfather
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The Godfather: The Game 2006
The Godfather II 2009

The Godfather II' is a singleplayer open world game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. It is a sequel to EA's The Godfather: The Game and based on the 1974 film The Godfather Part II.

It was released in North America on April 7, 2009, followed by the release in Europe on April 10, 2009.

General information

The Godfather Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
CD key
Can only be used x times
SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM, unknown machine limit. A De-Authorization Tool is available.
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Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\EA Games\The Godfather™ II\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24830/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\The Godfather™ II
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24830/pfx/[Note 1]
Czech version stores its files in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Kmotr® II

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-Game Graphics Options Menu
In-Game Graphics Options Menu

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
HUD is spanned at 21:9
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
On/Off
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Caps frame rate at half of refresh rate. Disable it and Force Vsync externally.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No framerate caps.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-Game basic control Options Menu
In-Game basic control Options Menu

Audio

In-Game Audio Options Menu
In-Game Audio Options Menu
In-Game Language Options Menu
In-Game Language Options Menu

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound Effects, Music.
Surround sound
5.1 Surround
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
If you use the car radio stations, you can receive notifications on YouTube due to copyright, it can be deactivated by not turning on the radio.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Fan translation.
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
16 The official multiplayer service was shut down.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Custom Match
Direct IP

VR support

Devices State Notes
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues unresolved

Stuttering with Vsync enabled

Issues fixed

The game does not start on certain laptop models

Follow the following procedure. (Windows 10 and 11)[1]
  1. Download the Windows ADK.
  2. During installation, it gives the option to select multiple tools; the only one needed is Compatibility Administrator.
  3. Once installed, open the Start Menu folder named Windows Kits, and launch Compatiblity Administrator (32-bit).
  4. Select "New database" under "Custom Databases".
  5. Right click on "New Database", then go to "Create New" > "Application Fix".
  6. Provide the full path of godfather2.exe and give it a name of choosing.
  7. Skip past the compatibility mode options.
  8. In compatibility fixes select ProcessorCountLieForHybridCPU.
  9. Save the database from the Database menu and give it a name when prompted.
  10. Select File > Install. Then search for the .sdb file that you had previously saved and select it. The fix will now automatically be applied whenever the game is launched.
  11. Run the game.
Note: In Windows 11, the patch you previously installed for the .exe fix appears as a different program in Add or Remove Programs.


Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800
ATI Radeon X1600
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/24830/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References