Yes, a Vice City clone in a way, but it’s actually a lot more than that and in fact, I actually have to say this is better than Vice City. I loved the Scarface movie, so I knew I was going to love this game too.
This is a fantastic example of you take a What-If scenario and execute it. I love the idea of Tony surviving the mansion shootout and rebuilding his empire to get revenge on Sosa. It’s so awesome to come back and take down all those other guys too, like the Diaz Brothers, Nacho Contras, Gaspar Gomez, and Tony’s scumbag of a lawyer, George Sheffield. The game has amazing progression. You build relationships with people on the street, you get the money, power, and the women, and you can hear how desperate and worried Sosa is with each passing phone call. This shows how Tony learned from his mistake and now the tables turned. Tony definitely learned from his mistakes in the movie. He’s no longer a drug addict and you can hear him regret killing Manny in some dialogue. Sosa still was intimidating, so his phone calls had my worried with how hard he was going to be to fight. I was right because his thugs were no joke, but killing him was easy since I went straight for the head. I wish there was more to the story, but you really do connect with the criminal empire aspect of the game, so that makes up for it.
Scarface was the perfect theme for a criminal empire game to take on and having this be a What-If makes the experience worth it instead of just having it get undermined because Tony died in the film. I love doing distribution missions and walking into the bank to launder millions of dollars into my account like a boss. It’s so fun and it really feels like a game a chance because anything can happen. You’ll have some good days, but there are going to be bad days too and believe, I had a lot of bad days, either me getting killed from a freaking chainsaw (God, I hate those things in this game), getting ambushed from a pissed off gang, or having the car blow up with all the money and drugs in there. This game really captures how hard it is to build a criminal empire and I love it. At first, you have to get cocaine from small-time drug dealers, but by the end, you grow it. You have to get money to buy things and it’s thrilling once you get everything. You have an entire criminal empire, you got revenge on everyone, you own so much stuff, and you have sexy bodyguards once you get 100%. The only problem I have with this aspect of the game is that some businesses get attacked way too often, such as the U-Gin Shotgun Bar. That place got attacked so many times, like who would want to go there now that it’s the most dangerous bar in Miami? Same with Cabana Cigar. I mean, come on, do people really hate that place so much? I also feel the cops are way too aggressive in this game. They can get to the point where they’ll just kill you. And it’s just over a car chase most of the time.
There’s something about the gameplay that makes it so addicting. Tony’s superpower move is really badass because you are invincible and you can kill anyone in seconds without losing bullets. Tony is like the grandfather of Trevor from GTA 5. This game is really crazy. You can shoot off someone’s left nut with a SAW from a distance. I love how different each gun feels so that you can get your own style of what you want. For me, I chose a SAW because that thing obliterates. You also get to taunt your victims and feel awesome. The Pimp Your Mansion feature was an interesting idea, but your items you place down despawn and you have to rebut them and unique items can’t be rebought. If you want a house designing game, just play Sims and make the Scarface mansion there. You also can’t jump, but there’s not really a need to do it in this game, but if there is ever a remaster, it should be added in there. The textures have seen better days, but at least they have that realistic impression. Besides, there’s a mod for PC players that can update the textures. The suits you can wear are awesome. I wish we had more to chose from than what we see in the movie, but it’s fine. There’s an issue with the frame rate switching from smooth to clippy, it doesn’t take away from the experience because the game still works just as fine.
The voice actors did an excellent job at their roles. There’s no way anyone can replace Al Pacino as Tony Montana, but Andre Sogliuzzo did a great job in the role. He was handpicked by Pacino and it’s clear he made the right choice because sometimes, I think it’s Pacino saying the lines. I could say the same thing for Robert Davi as Sosa. He was really intimidating in the role and such a worthy replacement for Paul Shenar. I like that this game finds a way to get Steven Bauer in the mix without him playing Manny since he’s dead, so he plays The Sandman, another drug empire kingpin that helps you get to Sosa. Robert Loggia, who played Frank in the movie, provides some great narration for the first time you enter a business that you’re about to buy.
This game has such an excellent soundtrack too. Along with the movie OST, there is a lot more. Definitely as good as Vice City and San Andreas’ soundtrack in my opinion.
Scarface: The World Is Yours is truly an underrated gem. It’s a big chicken, just waiting to get plucked. It has nitpicks, but it’s the perfect criminal empire building game. The sequel would’ve been awesome to have since it would’ve been set in Las Vegas and it looks like it had better gameplay than The World Is Yours, but I could only dream what it could’ve been. I am still happy with what I got with this game. It definitely deserves a remaster because this game is such an amazing experience.
This is a fantastic example of you take a What-If scenario and execute it. I love the idea of Tony surviving the mansion shootout and rebuilding his empire to get revenge on Sosa. It’s so awesome to come back and take down all those other guys too, like the Diaz Brothers, Nacho Contras, Gaspar Gomez, and Tony’s scumbag of a lawyer, George Sheffield. The game has amazing progression. You build relationships with people on the street, you get the money, power, and the women, and you can hear how desperate and worried Sosa is with each passing phone call. This shows how Tony learned from his mistake and now the tables turned. Tony definitely learned from his mistakes in the movie. He’s no longer a drug addict and you can hear him regret killing Manny in some dialogue. Sosa still was intimidating, so his phone calls had my worried with how hard he was going to be to fight. I was right because his thugs were no joke, but killing him was easy since I went straight for the head. I wish there was more to the story, but you really do connect with the criminal empire aspect of the game, so that makes up for it.
Scarface was the perfect theme for a criminal empire game to take on and having this be a What-If makes the experience worth it instead of just having it get undermined because Tony died in the film. I love doing distribution missions and walking into the bank to launder millions of dollars into my account like a boss. It’s so fun and it really feels like a game a chance because anything can happen. You’ll have some good days, but there are going to be bad days too and believe, I had a lot of bad days, either me getting killed from a freaking chainsaw (God, I hate those things in this game), getting ambushed from a pissed off gang, or having the car blow up with all the money and drugs in there. This game really captures how hard it is to build a criminal empire and I love it. At first, you have to get cocaine from small-time drug dealers, but by the end, you grow it. You have to get money to buy things and it’s thrilling once you get everything. You have an entire criminal empire, you got revenge on everyone, you own so much stuff, and you have sexy bodyguards once you get 100%. The only problem I have with this aspect of the game is that some businesses get attacked way too often, such as the U-Gin Shotgun Bar. That place got attacked so many times, like who would want to go there now that it’s the most dangerous bar in Miami? Same with Cabana Cigar. I mean, come on, do people really hate that place so much? I also feel the cops are way too aggressive in this game. They can get to the point where they’ll just kill you. And it’s just over a car chase most of the time.
There’s something about the gameplay that makes it so addicting. Tony’s superpower move is really badass because you are invincible and you can kill anyone in seconds without losing bullets. Tony is like the grandfather of Trevor from GTA 5. This game is really crazy. You can shoot off someone’s left nut with a SAW from a distance. I love how different each gun feels so that you can get your own style of what you want. For me, I chose a SAW because that thing obliterates. You also get to taunt your victims and feel awesome. The Pimp Your Mansion feature was an interesting idea, but your items you place down despawn and you have to rebut them and unique items can’t be rebought. If you want a house designing game, just play Sims and make the Scarface mansion there. You also can’t jump, but there’s not really a need to do it in this game, but if there is ever a remaster, it should be added in there. The textures have seen better days, but at least they have that realistic impression. Besides, there’s a mod for PC players that can update the textures. The suits you can wear are awesome. I wish we had more to chose from than what we see in the movie, but it’s fine. There’s an issue with the frame rate switching from smooth to clippy, it doesn’t take away from the experience because the game still works just as fine.
The voice actors did an excellent job at their roles. There’s no way anyone can replace Al Pacino as Tony Montana, but Andre Sogliuzzo did a great job in the role. He was handpicked by Pacino and it’s clear he made the right choice because sometimes, I think it’s Pacino saying the lines. I could say the same thing for Robert Davi as Sosa. He was really intimidating in the role and such a worthy replacement for Paul Shenar. I like that this game finds a way to get Steven Bauer in the mix without him playing Manny since he’s dead, so he plays The Sandman, another drug empire kingpin that helps you get to Sosa. Robert Loggia, who played Frank in the movie, provides some great narration for the first time you enter a business that you’re about to buy.
This game has such an excellent soundtrack too. Along with the movie OST, there is a lot more. Definitely as good as Vice City and San Andreas’ soundtrack in my opinion.
Scarface: The World Is Yours is truly an underrated gem. It’s a big chicken, just waiting to get plucked. It has nitpicks, but it’s the perfect criminal empire building game. The sequel would’ve been awesome to have since it would’ve been set in Las Vegas and it looks like it had better gameplay than The World Is Yours, but I could only dream what it could’ve been. I am still happy with what I got with this game. It definitely deserves a remaster because this game is such an amazing experience.