The Sopranos: Road to Respect

About The Sopranos: Road to Respect

The player is able to take missions from the main characters of the series at certain points in the game. Road to Respect differs from other mob-influenced games in that it is a linear, story-driven action game as opposed to Grand Theft Auto's open-world type gameplay. Players are able to play Texas Hold 'Em with members of the family and visit the Bada Bing! but otherwise have no other side activities to participate in. The game focuses almost exclusively on the Mafia aspect of The Sopranos as opposed to the series' focus on both life in and outside the criminal world.

The game begins with Tony Soprano offering Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero's son Joey LaRocca (the player character) a place in the Mafia after discovering that he's become a petty thief and punk. While dealing with a rude customer, Joey accidentally bludgeons the man to death and has to hastily dispose of the body with fellow associate Reggie. The victim turns out to be Mario Buscetta, nephew of Angelo "Angie" Buscetta, the boss of the Philadelphia mob. Angie orders his bodyguard to whack Joey, but the latter manages to overpower and kill the assassin. However, Tony insists that Angie have some form of satisfaction, so Joey, against his wishes, is forced to whack Reggie at his apartment.

A few days later, Tony's son A.J. has a drug deal go bad on him; his partner wasted the drug money, prompting the black dealers to kill his partner and steal his dad's car. Joey, who had agreed to keep an eye on AJ, retrieves the car and kills one of the dealers, only to have the car stolen by Angie's men. While Joey is fearful that the theft of Tony's truck may get him whacked, Tony says that A.J. admitted responsibility. Tony has Joey retaliate for the theft by burning down one of Angie's businesses, a porn studio run by his brother Dino.

Angie then returns Tony's car, completely wrecked, and containing Joey's girlfriend, Trichelle, beaten and raped. Joey then tracks down Angie and throws him off his yacht at the docks to drown.