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Scarface The World Is Yours

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I truly believe Scarface: The World Is Yours would have been a blockbuster had it not been released after the 360's release. Many of my friends have said to me: "I'd get it if it was out for the 360". While, I totally understand not wanting to revert to the inferior graphics of the PS2 or Xbox, this game warrants at least a rental. I had hoped that it would at least be playable for the 360, but as of this writing it is not. 10/10/2006.

Scarface: The World is Yours does a lot of really nice things and rivals the fun and ease of play of GTA and Saints Row. While it doesn't compete with the graphics of Saints Row, the depth of game play could easily surpass it. The tutorials are built into the game story nicely and after 2 hours of play time, I realized I was still being tutored. It's that seamless that I didn't even notice it!

The game starts out (if you choose) with a combat tutorial back in the 70s. Tony is in a military boot camp off in Cuba and within five minutes you learn how to target specific parts, obtain balls and to toss yourself into Rage mode. As soon as you complete this level, the game sets you up with the storyline with pictures and quotes from the movie. This was a nice touch as you're watching these; you are also being shown the opening credits. If you haven't noticed yet that this game feels like playing the part, you soon will. As soon as the credits and scenes work up to the famous end sequence where Tony says `Say ello to my little friend', you get thrust into the action with enough balls to toss yourself into Rage mode and a quite powerful rifle. Instead of forcing you through the original, you pick up where the ending began and you get to construct an alternate ending.

This was an awesome way to work the storyline of the movie into a game. After all, no one wants to regurgitate what's been done in the movie otherwise we'd just buy the movie!

On to the Game play!
Tony's got the attitude straight out of the movie. He talks tough and vulgar. It's easy to feel like your really playing the part in the movie and you can talk to anyone on the streets with real voice conversations. Some of these get repetitive, but its far better than text based conversations.

The majority of the joystick controls are familiar and the tutorials will get you through the navigation several times before ending. My only complaint with the navigation is the Y button is used to exit menus. I'm used to B doing this for most of my Xbox games.

Aiming with the left trigger is pretty easy and when you find yourself unable to see who is shooting yourself, using the left trigger will highlight your target. You can also target specific vitals which will grant more balls. (Balls are used to increase your Rage mode bar)

Rage mode, while it sounded a little corny to me really does give the game the feel of the movie. When your health is getting low, hold down B and you're immediately tossed into a 3rd person viewpoint with unlimited ammo and invulnerability. This can be really helpful to finish off missions.

One of my favorite aspects to Scarface is the feel of building your empire. As you acquire properties, you can install surveillance or goons to protect the property. This is even taken a step further, hire a driver and you can use your cell phone to have him bring you a car. As you get money, Tony's not afraid of using it or flaunting it and this game makes you feel wealthy.

Another item that is unique and interesting is the negotiation meter. As you deal with suppliers, dealers and bankers you use a meter similar to a swing meter or kicking meter in sports games. The closer you get to the end of the meter, the better rate you get and the further (or if you go over) away the worse.

Banks are save points in this game and you can launder money through them on a case by case basis. The better your negotiations, the better the rate and once the money has been cleaned, the cops won't be able to take this money from you. You'll quickly learn that money is something you'll have lots of in this game with many areas to spend it as well. One of the initial missions has you hauling 50k away from a rival to deposit into the bank.

I've only put in three or four hours, but this game is that impressive. I'm still just touching the surface on this title and I highly recommend dusting off the old Xbox and giving this title a try. If this game had come out on the 360, people would have been saying "What is Saints Row?" It's that good and you're only hurting yourself by ignoring it because of the lack of 360 support.

While the game engine is similar to GTA, Scarface is not trying to be GTA. It is made by a totally different company and tries to do its own thing. For example, if you love to run around and kill innocent bystanders, you won't like scarface. This game is built around killing enemies & earning money power and respect.
Some parts of the game are even better than GTA. In a shootout, the targetting system is much better and requires some more skill. You can actually aim at their heads and blow them off, or shoot their arms to disable them. In vehicles, it's even more impressive because you actually need to use skill and aim. Unlike in GTA where you just hit the target button and pull the trigger and you're pretty much guaranteed to hit the enemy.
As far as missions go, the skill level and fun factor is about the same as GTA. I really like how you can become Tony's enforcer, driver, or assassin and complete missions as these different characters to build Tony's empire. It adds some variation and lets you expand on what you enjoy in the game. For example, if you like to shoot and kill, do the enforcer missions...like driving, do the driver missions, and snipers can do assassin missions.
I also like how you don't have to protect all your property all the time. Just hire thugs for a few grand and they will defend your turf for you so you can do more important missions and get money and coke to build your empire.
The map isn't as large as GTA San Andreas', but it is still pretty darn big (about the size of Vice city...heck it's actually Miami). Overall, this game might seem like another GTA, but it's a whole new level of action shooter and much more involved in my opinion.

First, the guy who said it's a Grand Theft Auto rip off doesn't know what he's talkig about. Grand Theft Auto actually ripped off the movie in so many ways, just take a look at GTA: Vice City and compared it to the movie. Anyways back to the game, Scarface is fantastic. I love how they made you take a different ending from the movie, playing the game feels like watching Scarface 2. I love how Tony talks to people and reacts, it's exactly like the movie. The only minor flaw is when your out in the streets the game downshifts to a lower resolution in order to avoid slow downs, but it still looks great for the old xbox. Indoor areas look a lot sharper, kinda like max payne 2 while the outdoor looks like driver 3. Still the game is worth every penny, I feel sorry for the 360 owners who sold their xbox. I used to own a 360 and sold it for the lack of games, yet I feel this game is much funner than 3/4 of the 360 games. This game has a lot of swearing and violence!! I love it!!! great soundtrack too!! straight out of the movie, hell it gives me chills when I go berserk into first person mode and tony starts yelling like he did in the gun fight scene, it's awesome. Buy it!!!

This is a really good game. The score in particular is excellent. As of this writing, it is now officially backwards compatible with the XBOX 360. What are you waiting for? Buy this!

i loved the movie Scarface...and i think this game is the Ultimate Compliment to the film. the depiction of the mansion is like icing on the cake. and whoever they got to mimic Tony Montana's voice did an EXCELLENT job. some of the things said in this game are just hilarious. basically, all you do is sell dealers the drugs, collect the money and store it in the bank. wash, rinse, repeat...but its got so much flare from the movie, you wont get tired of it. i recommend this to anyone who liked the movie and has an xbox...or if your just unpleased with GTA4 :l pick this up.

i rank this up there with GTA:SA and The Godfather, you should be able to find a copy on ebay...

iLL .

The product arrived in a short period of time and was as the seller described.
This game was purchased for my older son & he could not be happier with it's condition
& quality. A greast buy!! I recommend the seller

this game is a game that i played on ps2 before so i new i would like it on xbox i would recommend it to my friends and family to play the game came came in great condition and looked like new i will buy more games and other things from amazon in the future

Bloody filled with drugs and you can't go more then 15 seconds without hearing the F word.This game is really fun and will last you a long time.

Tony Montana lives to fight another day. Not a normal movie game, a good story picks up the bullets for a cocaine cowboy.

Picking up very close to the movie's end, the drug empire dream of Tony Montana has come to an end. Sosa, a rival drug pin king commences a hostile takeover of Montana's property, leaving Tony with nothing but some bullet holes and the shirt on his back. Remerging with the aid of underworld contacts, Tony starts to retake Miami, continuing the story by revisiting familiar scenery. There all here, Freedom Town, the hotel room, the chainsaw, the nightclub, the cars, the weapons, clothing plus the yayo, fitting in the story with respect to the classic. Montana is just as he was in the film, violent & pissed; he's still both and then some with the ever growing hunger for revenge on those who wronged him. The story isn't very original but is perfect for a follow-up story, despite the movie ending change.

Play does match that of the GTA series. Random citizens can't harmed, only run over, however in each city four district gangs scattered over twenty different locations are waiting for a surprise hello from Tony's "little friend". Montana must also rebuild his image by meeting cocaine suppliers for product only to distribute around to small dealers around town, transactions are a simple mini-game of a rotating dial to the correct area for maximum payoff, and the same with police bribes & games saves. Drug running aside, there is profit to be had in purchasing neighboring business which can also be used as drug fronts. Gang killing and drug running aside....again, no again because that's all to be had, meet the supplier, get the stuff, give the stuff to the street dealers, shoot rival gang members, buy some property, simple and the same for all districts and locations.

Looks and sounds are good. Not "Vice City" colorful, the city does look nice; some areas are better looking than others just not worthy of a second drive thru. Tony sounds just like Tony, all the characters from the movie sound like they originally should, weather the same actors returned or not and while they don't look like the real thing, no mistaking who's who. Targeting is a little different than other titles, the target will move out of the line of fire which leads to plenty of missed target or sudden deaths, an easy approach to this problem is quickly holding/releasing the targeting trigger. Car controls are a little stiff; cars don't turn on a dime leading to more than a few car crashes while shooting from vehicles isn't much better than simply ramming into a fleeing enemy.

Scarface is a good game given the fact that it throws the general rules of following a movie out the window. Picking up more like the second half, it does deliver on the promise: catching the magic of the original story. You play as a ruthless gangster who cuts down anybody in his way, straight to the point. True, the game can be called a Grand Theft Auto clone, what was supposed to be done about a sequel to one of the most violent gangster flicks....a point/click adventure with no violence or profanity? Never would've made it past a second thought, this product has no two ways about itself, it is exactly what people will think it is.

Last Words: B, a great sequel game to a popular film. Not the most original game around, movie fans will definitely welcome it, those trying to get away from GTA won't find themselves too far from familiar territory.

Personally I would have LOVED to see Tony Montana in a Next-Gen gaming experience because that would have made an enormous difference to what this one has. The reality in the game would have been to die for. I paid for more than what I expected and am glad I bought here because this game is very hard to find now-a-days. I'm very happy with my purchase!!