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Do yourself a favor, Don't pass this one up!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 20
Date: October 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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.

This is not GTA, don't try to compare to GTA

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: October 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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.

Here's proof that the old xbox still had it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: October 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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!!!

Good Game, Great Score

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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!

Ahhh...Finally...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ahhh...Finally I got my hands on this game. Well, let me just say, it exceeded my expectations. The grahics, are stupendous. (for an original xbox game) I love the game play to it too. Some people are dissapointed you can just gun down random pedestrians, (like grand theft auto) but it dosen't bother me any. Because if you've seen the movie, Tony Montana never did kill pedestrians! So, to make this short, buy it...its PIMPIN.

And a shout out to all you hatas out there, THIS IS NOT A GTA SPIN-OFF!
It's quite different.

Good for awhile, too repititive

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Scarface is a good game for non-serious gamers, but if your buying for the long run, this game won't cut it. Although the missions are fun, they lack variety, and it is too repetitive. I also wouldn't reccomend this game for young teens because of it's strong drug content. Overall it's okay, but not a Grand Theft Auto beater.

SHAME OF YOU VICE, CITY SHAME OF YOU..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: October 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i have to say that the universe of scarface is more than ten years old that the vice city rockstar theme, and all of story, scenes and world was entirely ripoff of this classic. inclusively the original soundtrack was included in gta 3 in the flashback radio station. then who steal who?. this game is fantastic and full of fun, and is way better than recently over hyped games like Just cause.

Don't expect much for your money.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: October 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game for the most part is a blatant ripoff of grand theft auto.
The graphics are not that good & the missions you must complete are sometimes really boring or just plain confusing. If you want a real street action game try the latest GRAND THEFT AUTO. If you can pick up this scarface game for under $10.00 it's worth it. Otherwise don't expect much for your money.

I expected much better

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 11
Date: October 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Fot all the hype I have seen promoting this game I expected much better.
It seems as if they rushed to put this game out without really fine tuning it. The only thing amusing about this game is all the conversations Tony can strike up.

Scarface game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My son seems to love this game, he's 16 and very hard to please, but is always playing it. Thanks.

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