2008 Woodie Awards
"Scarface" for PS2
Video Game Review
Todd Costello
Issue date: 11/3/06 Section: Life
Originally published: 11/2/06 at 7:23 PM EST
Last update: 11/2/06 at 8:15 PM EST
Drug dealing, money laundering, buttering-up cops, and the occasional killing of a gang member.
Tony Montana addresses all those social priorities in, "Scarface: The World Is Yours", and Vivendi Games' Sierra Entertainment makes Tony do it in style.
The infamous gangster icon of America and "Grand Theft Auto" clash in this game and takes on aspects of GTA as you live through the eyes of Tony Montana.
The game takes off where the movie "Scarface" leaves off. Your mansion is getting raided and you're standing there with your AK-47 shooting your way out.
Instead of dying, Tony survives the attack and finds himself back on the streets, minus all of his money and possessions.
The goal of this game is to re-build Tony's empire and street credibility.
You do this through the means of making drug sales, buying local shops and stores, and the occasional termination of local street gangs.
The gameplay is very similar to GTA. If you're a button-masher who mainly enjoyed going around shooting innocent civilians and having sex with random hookers, you may be a little disappointed.
When trying to shoot innocent people, Tony won't do it and refrains from killing the innocent, and hookers aren't as easy as in GTA.
In fact, "Scarface: The World Is Yours" may have the most vulgar language I've ever heard in a video game. Every sentence out of Montana's mouth has the "f-bomb" in it.
There is even a taunt button where Tony will scream profanities to gain points in his "balls meter." This cleverly-named meter, when filled, allows Montana to go on a rampage that makes it a lot easier to kill enemies, while making it harder for you to get hurt.
The fighting sequences, in general, are easy to control and very fun. Ammo isn't too much of a problem and there is a nice range of weapons for you to choose from.
Voices for the game are dubbed by Hollywood big-shots, ranging from Diora Baird to Vida Guerra.
The game is very fun to play. The only downside is repetitiveness of missions.
For most of the missions, you need money. To get money, you're out killing gangsters and selling drugs over and over again until you have enough money to buy whatever.
Still, the game is simple and interesting enough to allow anybody to play and instantly have fun with.
If you're totally unaware of the movie "Scarface", and feel the plot would be over your head, just remember these words of advice from Tony Montana to help you through the game, "You gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, you get the woman."
4 stars out of 5.
Tony Montana addresses all those social priorities in, "Scarface: The World Is Yours", and Vivendi Games' Sierra Entertainment makes Tony do it in style.
The infamous gangster icon of America and "Grand Theft Auto" clash in this game and takes on aspects of GTA as you live through the eyes of Tony Montana.
The game takes off where the movie "Scarface" leaves off. Your mansion is getting raided and you're standing there with your AK-47 shooting your way out.
Instead of dying, Tony survives the attack and finds himself back on the streets, minus all of his money and possessions.
The goal of this game is to re-build Tony's empire and street credibility.
You do this through the means of making drug sales, buying local shops and stores, and the occasional termination of local street gangs.
The gameplay is very similar to GTA. If you're a button-masher who mainly enjoyed going around shooting innocent civilians and having sex with random hookers, you may be a little disappointed.
When trying to shoot innocent people, Tony won't do it and refrains from killing the innocent, and hookers aren't as easy as in GTA.
In fact, "Scarface: The World Is Yours" may have the most vulgar language I've ever heard in a video game. Every sentence out of Montana's mouth has the "f-bomb" in it.
There is even a taunt button where Tony will scream profanities to gain points in his "balls meter." This cleverly-named meter, when filled, allows Montana to go on a rampage that makes it a lot easier to kill enemies, while making it harder for you to get hurt.
The fighting sequences, in general, are easy to control and very fun. Ammo isn't too much of a problem and there is a nice range of weapons for you to choose from.
Voices for the game are dubbed by Hollywood big-shots, ranging from Diora Baird to Vida Guerra.
The game is very fun to play. The only downside is repetitiveness of missions.
For most of the missions, you need money. To get money, you're out killing gangsters and selling drugs over and over again until you have enough money to buy whatever.
Still, the game is simple and interesting enough to allow anybody to play and instantly have fun with.
If you're totally unaware of the movie "Scarface", and feel the plot would be over your head, just remember these words of advice from Tony Montana to help you through the game, "You gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, you get the woman."
4 stars out of 5.
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