It doesn't last long, but it's a whole lot of Italian Mafia fun while it does...
You can finish the main storyline within a few hours, meaning that there is very little fun to be had, and even the extortion and warehouse takeovers (which extend the life of the game) are finished all too soon. The problem is that the game really starts to grow on you, but just as it is about to make itself one of the best games you have played, you have run out of things to do, which is a shame considering the effort taken by EA to make the game.
The graphics can also be a bit annoying with horrible textures on ordinary citizens and buildings, and the flickering sky when day turns to night. But these problems are trivial as the atmosphere of the movies really are brought to life.
All in all, this is a great game, possibly better the second time you play, if you choose to do so. You can breeze through the main story in a few hours, but taking over New York is so much more fun, and takes a lot longer, but even so, the game is far too short.