The Sopranos: Road to Respect

The Sopranos: Road to Respect is a 2006 video game by American developer 7 Studios based on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007). The game's storyline takes place between the fifth and sixth seasons and centers on Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero's illegitimate son, Joey LaRocca, as he works his way up in the Soprano crime family.

Road to Respect was published by THQ for the PlayStation 2; a version for the Xbox 360 was set for release, but was canceled.^[2] The game received mostly negative reviews.

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!. The game focuses almost exclusively on the Mafia aspect of The Sopranos.

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 working as a bouncer in the Bada Bing, Joey accidentally beats a man to death after he insults Paulie. The victim turns out to be Mario Buscetta, the nephew of Angelo Buscetta. Angelo is the boss of the Philadelphia mob. Angie orders a hit on Joey, but Joey kills the hitman during a rooftop chase. However, Tony then forces him to whack his friend Reggie after he and Silvio conclude that some kind of punishment is necessary.

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 vows vengeance. At the docks, he finds Angie and throws him off of his yacht, killing him.

Through various intervals in the game, Joey is visited by the ghost of his dead father Salvatore, who warns him about some of the trouble ahead. For eliminating the rival boss Angie, Tony approves Joey becoming a made man of the Soprano clan. Just before the ceremony, Joey is visited one last time by Salvatore, who is not bitter about his son joining the same mobsters who killed him, and only wants the best for him.

An alternative ending is unlocked should Joey lose all of his respect; the game has a brief scene of him on a boat with Tony and Paulie, asking if he can keep his eyes.