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53 out of 57 people found the following review useful: Oh dear, another licenced game. (PC version), 9 October 2006 Author: J McClane from United Kingdom
The licecned games tend to be pretty poor as the developers know it will sell purely on the fact it's based on a popular film/TV show. Then adding to that the dreaded "GTA clone", cos let's be honest here NO ONE can pull off a GTA -esque game other than Rockstar North. So it already has a lot to live up to.Quick, the backstory....You play as Tony Montana in events set after the end of the film. Fans of the film will know that is pretty much impossible. But this game goes the "what if?" route by offereing what could have been if the film had ended differently. So this works as a kind of "psuedo-sequel" to the picture. Anyway, Tony has lost everything he built up in the movie and is now left back where he started, at the bottom of the pile. Tony wants vengeance on those that wronged him, and he wants his empire back too....game on!While this will be compared to GTA (mianly Vice City)...I think that is unfair. This does have the bare basics gameplay that GTA has...but at the same time it's also very different. GTA has always had a very cartoon, over the top style to it. This game is much more realistic as it takes place in the same universe invented by the film. Your basic GTA standard clone style gameplay is here, run around a free-roaming city, steal cars, etc. But it also adds some nice "new" ideas too. I'll not bore you with the basic gameplay style, if you have played 1 GTA clone...you have played them all. So I'll get straight into some of the interesting features this game offers. The side missions are very varied. As you lose everything Tony "earnt" in the movie, you have to rebuild his empire from the ground up....including his mansion. When you do finally get it back...it's a dump (due the the events at the end of the film and the start of the game), so you have to renovate it and get it back up to a high standard. And you do this by spending money on items and furniture which you can place around the mansion. A nice little diversion on the violence the game does contain. You can also buy new cars that you keep and can call a driver to deliver to you as and when you need them. Adding to these you can also hire staff in the shape of henchmen, hire an assassin and even take control of them too...makes a change from being Tony. All of these things help build you reputation and respect so you rise from the gutter back to the top. There are also things like street racing sub-missions and others (just like every other GTA clone). Drug deals, deliveries, etc...all here too. Take out rival gangmembers to "clean up" the streets leaving them open for Tony to take over. You can even buy bussineses as "fronts" for what is really going on, but these are left open for attacks from rivals...so you can upgrade them with added security.Speaking of attacks, the aiming system is really good too. You don't just lock on and shoot at the enemy. You can aim at individual body parts and each part has a different effect. Shot the leg and the guys will be limping, shot the arm and you'll find their aim impaired, shoot the head and well...you get the idea. You can even aim low and shoot their "cojones"...oww. Then there is this thing called "balls"...which Tony has in spades. Kill some bad guys and do a Tony -esque taunt, you get "balls". Do some dangerous but skillful driving, you get "balls". Once the "balls" meter is full, you can unleash it in only a way Tony can do, a screaming, rage fueled blowout of a bender "Say hello to my little friend". Something else done differently (and better) than GTA are the police chases. The AI of the police is very good. And you can actually out-run and out-drive them via skill. Makes the game much more interesting as well as the chases.But one of the things I LOVE about this game is Tony himself. The developers not only make him look and sound like Tony from the movie (dispite no Al), but he also "acts" like him too. Every mannerism Movie Tony had, Game Tony also has. The way he walks, talks, his taunts. Everything that made Tony Montana such a great movie character has been duplicated in game form....right down to little details like the tattoo on his hand. All of which just adds to the charm of this game. You can even have really impressive converstions with the endless NPCs within the game...and each converstion will be different. Go to a bar and try to pick up some girls in the way only Tony Montana can pull off..."You want some Ice cream?". It's pointless...but really good fun. They have even included Tony's "morals" from the film. Yes Tony is a bad man...but he still had standards, like not killing random people and only those that desereve to die. So in the game, you can not go around on a murderous rampage killing inoccent bystanders...well not as Tony anyway. Another little touch I like.Overall, this is a great game. Sure it has it's flaws, all games do. But for the chance to play as Tony Montana...this game is pure genius just for that alone. It's by far one of the better GTA clones and also one of the better licenced games too. Gamers will love the game. Fans of the film and games will just adore it even more. There is plenty to see and do outside of the main story, you really get your money's worth here.
14 out of 15 people found the following review useful: A Great game based on a great movie, 6 October 2006 Author: yourbigpalal83 from Long Island, New York
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Tony Montana is back with a vengeance in Scarface: The world is yours for the box, ps2 and PC systems, and what a return it is. Based on the now classic Brian DePalma film Scarface, which has served as a gangster bible and a source of inspiration to rappers and fans alike, the game continues the great story telling done in the film, but with a twist...Tony Montana not only survives the final shootout at the end of the movie, but manages to escape. Sure, this challenges the canon established at the end of the first film, but viewed as a "What if?", it makes for a great game.Tony, now striped of his empire, morning the loss of Manny (who he killed in the first film) and his sister, must restart from scratch to rebuild his drug empire and reclaim "His world" as he puts it, and take revenge on Sosa, the drug kingpin who's death squad took him out in the movies.Durring the course of the game, you will run and gun, shoot, build up your "Balls" and work business to reclaim the drug trade of 1983 Miami. This is done in a series of clever ways, not all involving blasting away at anything that moves, although its always fun to.This gives the game depth and dimension. Although your skills with a various sorts of weapons comes into play a lot (and with a license like scarface, you would expect tons of gun play) but you also have to have a keen business sense, setting up fronts, earning respect, buying and selling ya yo, etc. This is done in the form of mini games, most of them pressing the B button (on the box at least) at the right time to integrate, negotiate, or intimidate. Once you have your money, you can use it to buy any number of things, to the needed (like weapons, cars, coke, etc) to the needless (like pimping out your house, various items for show, etc) That said, i was kind of disappointed in the lack of a personal soundtrack mode, like the grand theft auto games had on the box, although you do get a wide selection of music in the game.Having played about 5 hours or so into the game with plenty of game play still left, i can honestly say i enjoy it, and plan on keeping it in my collection, next to games such as the godfather, Saints row, Gun, and the grand theft auto trilogy. Well worth the 50 bucks!
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Seen one GTA Rip-off, you seen them all., 27 July 2009 Author: The_Light_Triton (Black_triton14@hotmail.com) from In a Chair in my room
but you never saw Scarface: the world is yours.S:TWIY picks up where the movie left off IF the ending was different (i wouldn't reveal the end of scarface now, wouldn't i?) and tony escapes his mansion, only to have to rebuild his empire from the ground up. along the way, he deals drugs, kills his enemies, breaks up gangs through street shootings, buys fronts, launders dirty cash, does everything the emperor of a criminal empire would do.First off, the Sounds. They're good. The soundtrack is a mixed bag of classics and songs you've probably never heard of, but they're there anyways. you have the whole scarface soundtrack (featuring songs that didn't make it into the movie) and you have modern metal wonders like Senor Peligro by Ministry. then you have a bunch of reggae that you'll probably never listen to, but it's there.The graphics...a little bit under par for the PS2, but remember, graphics do not make a game. if graphics made a game, then superman 64 would be a lot better than Super Mario bros...which is not true, cause superman 64 is the worst video game of all time and SMB is near the best.Finally, the gameplay...the most important element. it pretty much takes everything away from grand theft auto, and adds little things, like manual taunting and the "balls" feature where tony goes nuts after he's killed and taunted a bunch of bad guys. once tony activates his balls, he becomes invincible for a few short seconds and gains health for every kill he performs. the camera goes to a temporary 1st person view and the aiming is manual, but it's easy. all in all, the gameplay is a little better than par.the only Con i can lay on the game, is that the farther you get into the game, the more frustrating it gets. for example, dealing 100 grams of coke to a coke dealer is easy, and it turns a hefty profit early in the game, but then when you unlock the big suppliers, you'll eventually have to sail between Miami and the islands. when you've made the deal, getting back to Miami takes a lot of patience. initially, you have to avoid pirates hoping to score a quick 10 Keys of coke, and if you manage to avoid them, then once you're within reach of Miami, the DEA will be on patrol. once they see you, it's game over. getting even further in the game, eventually you will have to get past the dealer's enforcer. if you can't, no deal. and if you screw up 3 deals in a row, the dealer and his posse will beat the crap out of you, and the dealer will take a pee on you. fun times.Bottom line, if you're a scarface fan, buy it cause it will not disappoint. if you're a GTA fan, buy it. if you're more of a simple gamer, i don't recommend it because the game is vastly complicated. fun, but vastly complicated.8/10
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Scarface - The World is yours, 27 January 2008 Author: hobokeninterzone (hobokeninterzone@hotmail.com) from Slovenia
At first, I didn't want to play this games because of some bad reviews (Gamespot gave a game 6 out of 10 etc.), but eventually I decided to play it and I was really surprised by the result. Scarface: The world is yours is overall a really good game despite a lot of flaws threw the process of playing this game.Now... the main problem of the game is the story, it's just nothing special, I had a feeling like the developers didn't put a lot of effort to make a good story, so they just rewrite the end of the script of the legendary movie Scarface (I'm a fan of the movie), so Tony Montana, a aggressive drug kingpin in Miami, now survives the massacre at his mansion. Basically the whole game is about bringing your own empire back, so there is not much of a story here. All you have to do threw the whole game is selling drugs, buying night clubs, bars, shops, restaurants etc. And in this way the game is quite good and interesting, but most of the missions in the game are all the same and side missions become more repetitive and boring threw the game play. Basically, the whole game is all about shooting a lot of gangs and making a lot of money. This game is like GTA Vice City without interesting or even funny missions.The music in the game is great, the graphics are superb, the look of the city is really something special, the cars (this is GTA style game) are easy to control, but there is not a lot of different models so a lot of vehicles look exactly the same. The voice acting is fantastic, the actor who is giving a voice for Tony Montana is really great and overall I would say this is a good game with some major flaws, but after a few hours you'll get used to them.With better story and more interesting missions this would be a classic, but it's still a great game.
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful: My review of this game, 21 June 2007 Author: SouthParkFan92 from Canada(Montreal, Quebec)
Rated M for Strong Graphic Violence and Language and for Some Sex and Drug content.I would say Scarface is my favorite movie.The movie is amazing.Pacino plays a great role as a foul-mouthed cuban immigrant Tony Montana who tries to make it in the Miami drug world during the 1980's.The film was 3 hours long,it was entertaining,had great acting and a great storyline and I loved it!.When the game came out I was excited.However it got a 6.4 on gamespot so I would not want to spend $60.00 on it.I bought it for $20 just recently and I have been playing it.The game changes the ending of the film.(SPOILERS for the Scarface movie) in the end of the movie.Tony Montana died but in this one you get to play as Tony in the final shootout in the mansion and you have to blow away all of Sosa's henchmen including "the skull".The rest of the game is basically you rebuilding your criminal empire and trying to get revenge on Sosa.The game is almost like a Grand Theft Auto clone.You must do missions,buy assets,you can steal cars etc.But it is a bit different from GTA because you cannot kill pedestrians.This is one of the negative aspects of the game.I understand Tony is a man who does not like harming innocent people but it would have been more fun if you could kill pedestrians.There are gang members everywhere and you must kill them to take over their turf.There are drug dealers which you can sell drugs to or kill them.You can also kill the cops.The game takes place in the 1980's and there are only a few songs from the 80's.It has the entire OST of the Scarface film and some other 80's hits but their could have been much more.We didn't really need Reggae or country music.You don't have to be in your car when you listen to music.You can listen to it when you're walking or shooting people.The controls take some time getting used to but their alright once you get the hang of it.Another cool feature in this game is the blind rage mode.There is a "balls" meter on the bottom right hand corner of the screen.You can get "Balls" by taunting people you kill or by driving very close to another car.There are a few ways to get "balls".When your meter is full,you can go into a first person shooter mode, you have unlimited bullets and you cannot be damaged.Every enemy you kill in rage mode will give you +200 health.Scarface The World Is Yours is a good game that's worth playing.
0 out of 2 people found the following review useful: The best movie game but not perfect., 26 December 2006 Author: hotmail_806 from United States
warning,contains SPOILERS. Hello,I just finished SCARFACE 100% and it was really good.This games has its ups and downs.the ups are that AL PACINO chose a really good voice actor for Tony Montana.Also,the game makes it look like Tony did live by starting at the mansion shootout,which was good but tony did not blast the entrance like in the movie and the person who got killed was not chi-chi.The level was good overall.The character models were good for some but not good for others.Like George,he did not have a mustache and is skinny and SOSA does not look like the movie character a bit.I guess facial things could happen in 3 months.Also the game never explains how Tony knew Felix,how SOSA lost the heat,and so on.The good is the combat.It makes it more fun and the game allows you to take Miami by the balls.The downside is jacked up prices and repetitive side missions.It also follows the story as if Tony were alive.OVERALL 8.8/10
0 out of 4 people found the following review useful: very good, 28 December 2006 Author: Derekkelvin from United Kingdom
The good points about the game are free roam because i like games like grand theft auto so this was great for me but some of the missions seem pointless like going out to protect a boat while it gets shark fins it is very stupid and also why would pirates want to attack you because you are getting shark fins anyway overall the scarface the world is yours game was stunning and one of the best games i have ever had in my life and also i have done all the missions now so i am going to try and net millions and millions TB//kelvin lately i have had this game on xbox 360 and i have not been able to come off of it. This game is tremendous, also the way it continues the plot from the film, any scarface fan should love this game
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