The Godfather II Walkthrough

The Godfather II walkthrough
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LEGAL THINGS
VERSION HISTORY
GAME WALKTHROUGH
Prologue:  NATIONALIST CUBA
Part 1 - TAKING BACK NEW YORK
Part 2 - A QUICK TRIP
Part 3 - FUN IN THE SUN
Part 4 - POLITICS MAKES FOR STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Part 5 - CUBA LIBRE
Part 6 - O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?
Part 7 - CHAOS IN CUBA
Part 8 - THE ENDGAME
WEAPON LOCATIONS
EXECUTION ADVICE
FAQ
WHO WROTE THIS?
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LEGAL THINGS
This guide Copyright © 2009 Sébastien Couture.  This document was submitted to
the following websites:
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It may not be posted on any other site.  If you spot it somewhere else, please
contact me at crankyseb@yahoo.com.
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VERSION HISTORY
May 1 2009 - Version 1.00 posted on Gamefaqs site
May 10 2009 - Version 1.01 posted.  Same walkthrough, just added a few websites
to the "Legal Things" section and corrected some typos.
May 13 2009 - Version 1.02 posted.  Again, same walkthrough, just added a few
more websites to the "Legal Things" section and corrected a lot
more typos.
May 15 2009 - Added www.supercheats.com to the Legal Things section.  This
walkthrough sure is getting popular!
May 31 2009 - Added www.cheats.de to the Legal Things section and corrected a
few more typos.  I really should have proofread this more
carefully.
June 4 2009 - Version 1.1 posted.  At a reader's request, I added a new section
after the main walkthrough listing the location of all the
weapons in this game.  Also corrected a mistake I made about the
owner's weakness at the Juan Sizzllio's racket in Cuba.
August 18 2009 - Version 1.1.1 posted.  A few more typos fixed, a couple more
sites added to the "Legal Things" section.
January 1 2010 - Version 1.2 posted.  Added a tip J.B. Krause sent me about
getting a jeep in Cuba.  Thanks J.B.!
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GAME WALKTHROUGH
Prologue:  NATIONALIST CUBA
A quick recap of the first Godfather game's events is narrated by your
character, Dominic.  After it's done, the first thing you do is create your
mobster using the mobface system you might already be familiar with if you've
played the first Godfather game.  You can change your character's hair, skin
tone, eye color, give him an overbite, etc…  There's not much to say about this
portion of the game except that you shouldn't hit the start button until you're
satisfied with your mobster's look.  It's an easy mistake to make to simply
change his hair, press Start and start the game without making any other
changes to Dominic.  In case you're curious, none of these changes affect the
game in the least.  And you can change your appearance after you've started the
game anyway.
Our story proper begins in Cuba on the eve of Castro's takeover.  Hyman Roth
has called a meeting of the heads of four crime families.  In attendance are
Rico Granado, Samuele Mangano and two other mobsters wearing yellow sweaters
who are part of Roth's mob.  Representing the Corleone family are yourself,
Fredo Corleone, Michael Corleone and the protagonist from the first game, Aldo
Trapani.  Roth speaks of how the families can profit from Cuba and parcels out
his operations for when he retires.
After his speech, you get control of your character and get your first
objective:  Talking to Michael.  This is rather easily attained, as he's
standing right there.  He tells you to go talk to Aldo.  Before you leave the
balcony, you can also talk to Fredo and Roth, if you wish.  After you leave the
balcony, feel free to introduce yourself to Rico Granados and Samuele Mangano
too.  Make your way to the ground floor where you'll find Aldo near the dance
floor.  He'll share his apprehension about the communist rebels.  As he speaks,
Fredo and Michael will saunter up.  No sooner is the conversation over than
Cuban president Batista announces he is fleeing the country.  Bedlam ensues.
You have to escort Michael, Fredo and Aldo to the airport where a plane will
fly you all out of the country.  The crowd flees to the front of the palace,
but you go out the back way.  As you enter the kitchen, you encounter a
communist guerrilla who is easily dispatched with a few punches, then another
who you can grapple and then beat to death.  Outside, a crowd of enraged Cubans
runs up and begins attacking a car chassis with no wheels.  Since you now have
a pistol, you can shoot them if you want, but you're better off ignoring them
and making your way out the gate and onto the street.  Ahead of you, two more
communists are running up and will shoot at you.  Once you dispatch them, make
your way to the intersection where you'll find some cover to dispatch the three
or four soldiers there.  When they're history, head over to the bridge and
lower it by shooting the bridge operator.  You'll find him to your right in a
control room with a big window you can shoot him through.
Move forward to the next intersection.  The game will inform you that you can
sprint, but that's not a good idea at this point because the firefight you're
approaching will cause vehicles parked nearby to explode in a sec.  If you get
there too soon, you'll be hurt by these explosions, so wait until the cars go
up before rushing in.  The soldiers here drop shotguns and maybe even a
tommy-gun that you can pick up.  Make your way to the airport gate, which is
closed.  Aldo will cut it open with an acetylene torch.  As he moves towards
the airplane, a sniper shoots him dead, and then you, Michael and Fredo shoot
the sniper.
On the plane, Michael talks about how Roth's plans for Cuba are finished and
how the families will now be at each others throats.  Fredo says he's ready to
step up in the business, but Michael ignores his ambition and makes you Don of
New York instead.
Part 1 - TAKING BACK NEW YORK
We jump ahead six weeks as another CS informs you that you have a new problem
in New York, Tony and Carmine Rosatos.  Once capos under Pete Clemenza, these
two have left the Corleones and started their own families.  Frank Pentangeli
thinks Roth is behind them, but Michael disagrees.  He tells you to recruit a
made man to help you take care of business.  Talk to Frank and he'll tell you
more about made men.  In the office are two candidates for your mob, medic Joe
Primanti and arsonist Roy Giordano.  You might be tempted to recruit the medic,
who is more valuable in the long run, but recruit Giordano.  Then wander around
the house for a sec.  The dining room should have extra ammo for your pistols
and magnums.  Michael is by the front door, and if you talk to him he'll
discuss Frank's suspicions about Roth.
Head out the door and you'll find a black Cadillac waiting for you, but don't
get in just yet.  There's a reason you recruited that arsonist and here's where
it pays off.  Turn to your left and face the compound gate.  As you approach
it, you'll see a row of bushes to the right of the gate.  When you approach
this foliage, a fire icon will appear.  Order your made man to burn it down.
Oddly enough, this blatant and dangerous vandalism won't draw any ire from the
Corleone soldiers around the compound (I guess being boss of your own family
lets you get away with a lot).  Once the bushes are gone, you'll find an
upgraded shotgun on a bench.
Go back to the car and get inside.  That Caddy, by the way, respawns after a
while so if you ever need a car you can come back here and get one.  There's
also an armoured version in another part of the compound, but you can't
actually get in it until much further on in the game, so forget about it for
now.  If you want a car and don't feel like hoofing it all the way back to the
compound, you can always just grab a parked one or stand on the street and wait
until one comes along to carjack it.  Once you do so, however, you'll want to
drive off without delay as cops will arrive after a while and chase you around
if you're still in the area.
Take off and drive the two blocks to the Sweet Life bakery.  Go into the back
room where you'll find a bouncer.  Grab him and beat him around a bit to
intimidate him into letting you into the brothel.  After he's done so, he'll
cower away from you so you can just ignore him.  Go inside and you'll find
scantily-clad women, horny patrons and Rosatos guards.  How you dispatch the
guards is up to you.  If you pull a gun, they'll do likewise, so I found it
easier to simply run up and beat them to death.  As you go through the game
you'll find that some rackets have guards who'll start shooting no matter what,
but for now you have the choice of gunplay or no gunplay.
Once you've dispatched the four or five guards, go into the office where you'll
find the owner and a safe.  You can't do anything with the safe right now, so
focus on the owner.  You have to intimidate him into letting you take over the
racket.  Do so by grabbing him and holding on until he cracks.  If you want to
speed up the process a little, feel free to throw a punch or two at him.  But
don't overdo it or you'll either kill him or rile him up to the point where he
won't knuckle under.  If either happens, you'll have to take off and come back
later to take over the racket, and in the meantime the family that controls it
will have sent along more guards.  Also, they'll sometimes send reinforcement
guards to a racket you're in the process of attacking, and these guards tend to
come in guns-a-blazin'.
Anyway, now that you've taken over the racket, you should assign some guards to
it in case Carmine Rosatos decides he wants it back.  Then leave.  If you like,
you can talk to some of the ladies there.  Many will be cowering away from you
but any that aren't you can flirt with and see if they respond.  It makes no
difference in the game if they like you or not, but you might find it amusing.
Upstairs, Frank's waiting for you to tell you about Fronts.  There are three
businesses that act as fronts for the Carmine Rosatos mob and your job is to
take over two of them.
Your choices are the Appliance King shop, the Empire Room bar and Richie's
Tavern.  For now, leave the Empire Room and take over the other two instead.
The owner of the Appliance King is vulnerable to property damage, so smash up
some TVs when he's in the room, then grab him until he cracks.  The Rosatos
guards at Richie's Tavern aren't in the tavern itself but rather on the roof.
So is the owner, and he's vulnerable to grabs and leans, so grab him, drag him
over to the ledge and lean him over.  He'll crack in no time, but make sure you
don't throw him off.
Now that you've got three businesses under your control, you might notice that
they probably don't produce enough income to justify hiring the maximum amount
of guards they can accommodate.  My rule of thumb is to hire as many guards as
you can up to the limit of your daily income.  So if you're income is, say,
$2343, your guard expenses should be $2300.  Make sure all your rackets and
fronts have guards, and if you have to trim a few from a front to keep a racket
at maximum strength, than that's the way to go.  Don't worry about money for
now, as there are plenty of other ways to make money in this game.  So far,
you've only made money by extorting shopkeepers and picking up loose cash
dropped by people you've killed, but other revenue streams will open up soon.
One of them is the bank you might have noticed is in town.  Don't go there yet.
You can't get at the money there and all you'll do is bring down police heat on
you.
Now that you've taken over the two businesses, pay phones all over town,
including the one on the ground floor of Richie's Tavern, will be ringing.
Pick up the call and you'll find it's Michael telling you to come back to the
compound.  Meet with Michael and he'll advise you to hire guards for your
rackets and fronts (which you've already done).  He'll also tell you it's time
to recruit another made man.  On the way out, you can talk to Fredo if you
want, and he'll tell you that you can sometimes bribe cops to look the other
way while you're up to your wacky shenanigans.
Head out and drive over to the Tribeca Park basketball court where you'll find
your next recruit, Bill Bardi, a demolitions expert.  Recruit him.  Now your
next objective will be to take over La Maison Rouge and complete your
Prostitution crime ring, but let's hold on a sec.  There's no rush for you to
do that just yet.  Instead, head back to Richie's Tavern.  The bar is on a
street corner and the street heads off to the east before it turns southwards.
Go to that corner and look to the northeast.  Between the two big buildings
you'll find a trio of tables, like a restaurant.  Wandering around that area is
Alvin Uzzano, another mobster you can recruit as a made man.  Trouble is,
you've only got room for two thus far.  Open up the Don's View, take a look at
your family and set your arsonist as Marked for Death.  Trust me, you're not
gonna need an arsonist any more.  Uzzano is an upgrade across the board as he
has two specialities (safecracker/medic) and has an advanced gun licence, which
means he can use better weapons like the upgraded shotgun you picked up.  So
grab your arsonist, beat him to death and recruit Uzzano.  Don't feel too bad
about the arsonist you just killed, as he's not as dead as the game says he is.
Now that you've got a safecracker at your disposal, you should go back to the
businesses you've already taken over and open the safes inside them.  The one
at Richie's is on the ground floor next to the staircase, the one at Appliance
King is in the back room and the one at Sweet Life is in the office with the
owner.  Each safe has $1000 in it, so now you've picked up $3000 and you didn't
have to kill anybody for it.  Sweet!  From here on in, make sure you crack the
safe whenever you take over a racket or front, as they all have safes.
You might be wondering if having a safecracker means you can hit the bank yet.
You can if you want to, but it's still a bad idea, so keep away from it for
now.
Since you've got some money burning in your pocket, upgrading yourself and your
made men is a good idea if you haven't done so yet.  A good upgrade is Ready
Weapon, which will make you and/or your made men reload their guns faster.
Another good one for you to acquire is the Extortion Expert upgrade as this
will make it easier for you to rack up more cash when you take over a business
without pushing the owner too far.  And another thing I like to do is change my
made men's clothes so that I don't get them confused with the guards I'm
attacking.  You might have noticed that the guards in other mobs all wear the
same colors (like Carmine Rosatos` guys wear mostly orange and brown) so make
sure your made men don't have those colors on or you might find yourself
pumping bullets into one by mistake.
That done, it's time to get back to your business.  Head over to La Maison
Rouge.  You won't be able to get in through the front door, so head on over to
the back.  You'll probably encounter a guard as you do so, so just run up and
beat him up.  The only way to get in is by blowing up an entrance in the back,
which is why you needed to recruit Bardi the demolitions expert.  Once he's
done his job, enter the building and go into the kitchen.  Remember how I said
some rackets you can take over without drawing a weapon?  Well, this isn't one
of them, so draw your shotgun and get ready to shoot.  If your made man can't
use the advanced shotgun, the magnum isn't a bad choice either, but its range
isn't great.  Anyway, they'll be about ten guards or so in the joint, half of
them on the top floor popping out of two doors at the east end of the hall.
Here's where the shotgun really shines.  Once they're dispatched, you'll find
the owner in the eastern room.  Punch her around until she's low on health and
then grab her if you like.  She'll hand over the business and you'll get your
first crime ring reward:  Brass knuckles.  You'll do more damage when punching,
so be careful when roughing up shopkeepers from now on.
The game then instructs you to take over the rest of the rackets.  But on the
way out of your new brothel, you'll probably get a message that the Sweet Life
bakery is under attack.  So drive on over and get rid of the attackers.  It's
just a couple of them on the outside of the building, and you can usually get
at least one of them simply by running him over with a car.  Attacks like these
are why you need guards to protect your businesses.  Disposing of the attackers
in front of witnesses will bring police heat down on you.  So go inside the
bakery and answer the ringing phone.  It's Michael and he wants to see you, but
not at the compound.  Drive over to the marker and you'll find Frank meeting
you outside an apartment house which becomes your safehouse.  It's got spare
ammo lying around, which is always nice.  Also, if you ever need to lose cop
heat, just duck in and they'll leave you alone.  Most important, when you do a
bank job, you have to return to your safehouse before the money you boosted can
be spent.  So now you can do bank jobs if you wish, though I'd still hold off
for a while.
Once you're inside the safehouse, Michael will tell you it's time to hit
Carmine's men.  To get rid of an opponent's made man, you have to know what
their kill condition is and dispatch them in that specific way.  Talk to Frank
and he'll explain how you can find out these kill conditions from people on the
street.  Look for people on the street with a key icon over their heads and
talk to them.  They'll tell you what they need from you and once you do it,
you'll find out the location and kill condition of a mobster.  You can look up
the mobster in the Don's View and mark him for death, at which point his
location will appear on the mini-map.  Marking your target for death is also a
good idea as these mobsters are usually accompanied by other goons you have to
fight through, so it's good to know who's the guy you need to kill a certain
way and who are the other mooks you can just blast away at.
Getting rid of an enemy mob's made men early is a good idea as if you wait,
these made men will often be involved in attacks on your businesses.  Your
guards will fall like bowling pins before a made man when one attacks your
rackets.  The only thing that you can do to counter a made man attacking your
business is to dispatch made men of your own to help defend it or go there
yourself, which can be inconvenient if you're in the middle of a job.
However, there is one advantage to having enemy made men attack your business.
Normally, you have to go to a made man's hangout to kill him.  This isn't such
a big deal when you're targeting soldiers, but capos and underbosses are
usually surrounded by a dozen guards or so.  On the other hand, when they're
attacking your business, they only have two or three extra bodies to protect
them.  So if you get a message that your business is being attacked, check your
enemy's family tree in the Don's View and see where everybody is.  If you see
that one of the made men is attacking your business, mark him for death and
take note of what his kill condition is.  Then go over to your business and
take the guy out that way if you can.  Sometimes, the kill condition will be
something impossible at that business, like throwing somebody off a building or
running them over with a car.  In that case, you probably shouldn't bother
going over there.  Just send some made men and go about your business.
Once you're done talking to Frank, you'll find a guy across the street from
your safehouse who needs a favour.  Agree to do it and then take the Caddy
provided to do the job.  Like the car at the Corleone compound, this black
Cadillac will respawn.  There's also often an armoured version of the car
parked next to the safehouse, but it's just as unusable as the one at the
compound.
There are five types of favours you can do for people on the street:
Assassinations, where you kill somebody, Intimidations, where you have to beat
somebody up without killing them, Sabotages, where you have to do property
damage to a store, Burglaries, where you have to open a safe to get something
inside and Demolitions, where you have to blow up a building.  There's not much
to say about the first two, aside from the fact that you might get police
attention.  Also, if you ever have to kill somebody near a hospital, you'll
have to prevent nurses and doctors from running up and reviving your target
before the job is considered finished.
As to the last three, Demolition jobs are pretty rare.  To complete them , you
need to have a demolitions expert plant a bomb next to the gas pipes on the
outside of the target building.  Sabotages and Burglaries always take place
inside a racket/front, so it's not a good idea to accept jobs from people in an
area where you don't control most of the businesses.  On the plus side, if the
burglary is at a store who's safe you've already cracked, you'll find the safe
closed and cracking it will not only complete the job, but net you some extra
money too!  For now though, you need to do the favour for this dude, so let's
get back to that.
Once you've done the favour, whatever it is, open up the Don's view, find the
made man of the Carmine Rosatos family with the key on his picture and mark him
for death.  It's Franklin Credi, and you'll find him next to the Federal
Building.  Unlike most of the targets you'll have to liquidate as the game goes
on, he's all alone.  So just run up to him and strangle him.  Once you've done
so, the pay phones will start ringing again.  Ignore them for now.  Go into the
federal building and crack the safe in the room on the right.  Then wander
around looking for other people with keys over their heads.  Do three more
favours for them and you'll have the locations and kill conditions of the rest
of the Carmine Rosatos mob.  You can also do favours for the people with money
icons above their heads, which, as you might have guessed, will net you some
money.
The three mobsters you've got info on are Clyde Lando, Jimmy Guidalatto and
Norman Rossi.  The first two are fairly easy to get rid of.  Clyde is hanging
around a freight yard right next to the Corleone compound.  Easiest way to get
him is to start at the Sweet Life bakery and drive south through the
construction.  A guard will be loitering outside the yard so run him over, then
drive in and run over Clyde who's in the back.  Another Rosatos guard will
shoot at you, so you can either have your crew shoot him from the car or simply
leave.  Jimmy is in a park next to the East river with only one guard.  You can
just run up to Jimmy, throw him in the river and then beat his bodyguard to
death.
Now Norman Rossi, on the other hand, might be a tough nut to crack.  For one
thing, he's got more than a dozen guards watching out for him and they'll start
shooting at you as soon as they see you.  For another, he's on the top level of
a building under construction, so you have to fight your way through the guards
from the ground floor up to the top.  And finally, his kill condition is that
you have to do a pistol execution, which requires you to be standing right next
to him at the time (Check out EXECUTION ADVICE later on in this guide for more
on executions).  This can be hard to pull off when his guards are shooting at
you.  Best way to do this is to shoot Rossi a few times with the pistol from a
distance to stun him, and then run up and finish the job.
Mark Rossi for death in the Don's View but otherwise leave him alone for now.
If you're lucky, the Rosatos will attack one of your fronts while you're doing
something else.  Since you've killed all their other made men, they'll send
Rossi and it'll be easier to kill him when he's attacking your business.
You'll still have to use a pistol execution, but he'll have less guards by his
side.  If he's not sent to attack you, just leave him for later.
Answer the phone after you've killed Clyde and Jimmy.  It's Carmine Rosatos and
he wants a truce.  Meet him and Frank at Richie's Tavern.  The meeting turns
out to be a set-up and Frank ends up on the wrong end of a garrotte. The chance
arrival of a cop saves your life but he calls in his trigger-happy buddies.
Run up the stairs to the roof where your crew is waiting, then make your way
across the rooftops.  You'll have to whack some cops as you go, and you'll pick
up the sniper rifle too.  You'll eventually make it to a staircase near the
overpass.  Cops on the overpass will take potshots at you, but you can ignore
them.  Make your way down the fire escape and then jump into your safehouse to
make the cop heat disappear.
Your phone will be ringing, so pick it up and then go see Michael at the
compound.  He denies being behind the attack on you and Frank.  He tells you to
recruit another made man.  You'll find three in the kitchen, including the
arsonist you beat up to make room for Alvin Uzzano.  Told you he wasn't dead.
Don't recruit him though.  Get the engineer instead.  Just as every racket has
a safe, it also has an electrical board.  Having an engineer sabotage the
electrical board prevents that racket from calling reinforcements when you take
it over.  Also, engineers can cut through fences with acetylene torches like
Aldo did in the Cuba prologue (though unlike Aldo, they don't become sniper
meat immediately thereafter).  Going through fences will often let you enter
rackets from the back and make it easier to fight the guards inside.  And
finally, having an engineer cut the power to a bank will cut the alarm and
avoid the massive cop heat I keep warning you about.
So now you're finally ready to hit that bank.  Park a car outside the north
side of the bank and cut the power.  There's also a crack in the wall you can
order your demolitions guy to bomb.  Once it goes up, you can run in and order
your safecracker to open the safe.  While he's hard at work, grab the $10000
lying around.  The safe contains another $2500.  Before you can spend it, you
need to go to your safehouse, so hop in your getaway vehicle and drive to your
place.  If you do this quickly enough, the cops will ignore you when you leave
(as opposed to doing all this with the electricity still on, which would bring
in more cops and they'd be shooting you up something fierce).  Spend the money
on upgrades.  The bank will be out of commission for a while, but will
eventually regenerate it's wall.  And while the safe won't give you anything
more, the $10000 in the vault will likewise respawn.  So check out the bank's
status on the Don's View from time to time and when it's up and running, rob it
again.
If you haven't taken out Norman Rossi yet, now's a good time to do so.  Exit
your safehouse and find the construction site.  Before you go in, you might
notice there's an apartment building beside it.  Around the back of that
building is a fire escape you can climb to the top of.  It's a good vantage
point to shoot some guards with the sniper rifle.  Make sure you have Rossi
marked for death so that you don't accidentally snipe him.  Once you're out of
targets or rifle bullets, run back down the fire escape, around the building
into the construction site to work your way up the levels.  Like I said before,
plenty of guards here.  Execute Rossi and that should leave only Carmine
Rosatos himself in the family tree.
At this point, you might notice that the Don's View has three new icons on the
map.  These represent individuals you can do favours for in exchange for a
special service.  The first, Ken Jameson, is located in the alley behind the
police station towards the Appliance King.  Go speak to him and he'll ask you
to vandalize the Appliance King.  Once you do so, you'll be able to get him to
call off the cops when they're chasing you and you're not near your safehouse.
The next one is located at the Tribeca Park basketball court where you picked
up Bill Bardi.  His name is Victor Grosser and he wants you to bomb the bank.
You'll find the gas pipes on the south side of the bank's exterior.  Make sure
you've robbed it before you do the job, as it will be out of commission for a
while after you bomb it.  Once you've done as he asks, you can call him to have
him rebuild bombed buildings instantly.  It's not such a hassle right now, but
later on mobsters will bomb your buildings and this might cost you a
bullet-proof vest or an ammo belt at the wrong time.
Before you go talk to the final guy, go over the bridge and park your car near
SaniCo Incineration.  Go around back and climb up to the roof.  There's another
ladder that leads down to an office and you can use it to launch an assault on
the Rosatos guards.  Most of them you can kill from here, and the final two are
in the adjoining room.  Also in the room is the owner, who's weakness is being
shot.  You don't wanna kill him though, so aim for his leg, shoot him with the
pistol and take the racket.
Now go and see Leon Brinker, a Washington lobbyist, whom you'll find to the
east of SaniCo Dump and Disposal.  He wants you to steal some documents out of
a safe at SaniCo Incineration, the place you just took over.  Do it and the
next time one of your made men is shot up so bad he's sent to the