Everybody wanted a piece of that GTA-like pie, at that time. GTA-style games were hot at the time, so they (EA) made a 'Godfather' type of GTA-like. The mistake was going into the direction of an action game, rather then a strategy game. Dudalb: I don' t have a high opinion of the 'Godfather' game, but disagree that you cannot make a good game from the novel and the movie.
