Scarface: The World Is Yours PlayStation 2
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75 out of 100

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8.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 84 Ratings

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  • Summary: In a complex world filled with excess and greed, players can take the role of Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film. Highly acclaimed screenwriter, David McKenna, has written an original event-driven storyline for the interactive game that leads the player through a sordid underworld. The Scarface video game creates a gameplay environment that authentically recreates the historical time period of the film, touching on politics, news items and events of the day. Players travel through the steamy, often violent streets of Miami, the irie islands of the Florida Keys, the Bahamas and various other locales and interact with a world full of seedy and dangerous characters to procure information, negotiate business deals, smuggle contraband and avoid rivals and DEA on a mission to rebuild their fallen empire. [Vivendi Universal]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 46
  3. Negative: 1 out of 46
  1. GameShark
    100
    With all that is found through out Scarface: The World is Yours, there is a huge amount of things to do and more action than you can shake a stick at.
  2. Game Over Online
    86
    The open-ended gameplay is solid from start to finish, the production values are top notch for a current generation title, and the game just oozes charisma. You don’t even have to be a fan of the Scarface film to enjoy Scarface the video game.
  3. Play UK
    71
    This has the most swearing we've ever encountered in a videogame so if that appeals then pick up a copy. [Issue#146, p.91]
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  4. games(TM)
    40
    Brian De Palma’s film was an indictment of violence and capitalist greed; here they are your primary goal – the developer is relishing in the brutality and profanity and severely missing the point in the process. [Dec 2006, p.123]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 3 out of 20
  1. hollowfication
    10
    this game look just like gta fused with godfather 2 i like this game enough wish only voice character would be al pachino but as said some impersonator did his voice did real good job… Expand
  2. CorinneS.
    10
    Scarface: The World is Yours picks right up from where the movie ended. Like The Godfather: The Game, Scarface let's you control the actions of the man you are playing (In this case, Scarface). The buildings and even Tony's mansion are exactly portrayed as they were in the movie. I recommend this game to anyone who played The Godfather!!… Expand
  3. NathanB.
    8
    Scarface survives to come back and rebuild his empire, bit by bit, by stealing back what was stolen from him by the developers of GTA Vice City. All in all, a worthy purchase if you've never played any GTA games. If you have, however, you may be disappointed. On the positive, Scarface improves and tweaks a lot of the GTA game mechanics. Long drug runs are fun and challenging. Calling up your car is a novelty. Distributions runs mean you have to balance cash spent on security with that spend on wiping out gangs. Buying exotics is new. Managing you gang heat and cop heat is another interesting twist. Profanity laden conversations with civilians are well done, and the golf swing meter for conversations is interesting for a while. The bank is a welcome feature. Hunting down the location of gangs is also well done. The story line is incredibly open as well, as unlike GTA there is a looser narrative and more focus on sandbox play. However it falls short in other ways. There are no motorcycles, and the weird law enforcement system means no rampages or seiges with the police. There's no ability to do insane stunts ala GTA, and Scarface can't even jump or climb (although he can swim!). The lock on system is useful but a bit tricky, and the game has its fair share of glitches. Some of the missions are a bit samey after a while too. All round still a lot of fun, and quite a challenge as your empire expands.… Expand
  4. splat2012
    4
    I found the game annoying to play. Missions were annoying especially when it tells you to do two different things at one time. "Lose the cops" "protect so and so" flee the cops fail the mission protect the person you risk getting screwed by the cops. Lost a few good lump sums of money and drugs because the game messed up. Driving and targeting is great but I rarely play the game now because the programming sucks.… Expand

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