Scarface: The World Is Yours

"SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!"

Hello! Here's my new review and this time it's for Scarface: The World Is Yours! I think this is the best and most unique Grand Theft Auto clone. It's unique in many ways and has different twists from the original unlike Saint's Row that is too much of Grand Theft Auto, Scarface has unique things that aren't in Grand Theft Auto! Well, here's the review!

Story - The story of this game starts where the movie leaves off. Instead of Tony dying at the end, he escapes with everyone thinking that he is dead until he comes back in town! He's out for revenge to anyone who contributed in any way to kill him! The story is pretty funny at times but really sad at other times. The story gets you involved as Tony and is very long too. It takes more than 10 hours to finish the first 20% of the game! The story is surprisingly good!

Game play - You gain money by doing missions like protecting someone or killing certain gang members and other leaders or even retrieving items! You can buy fronts to distribute the drugs you gain over time. In the beginning of the game, you can get grams but after that you can start getting kilos and that's when you start getting a lot of money! Every time you kill some one, you can press circle and then you can taunt them and earn balls! Balls are your friend in this game and you can go into blind rage mode after pressing circle and holding it for a few seconds. You have unlimited ammo, health, and you don't get the police after you when you shoot your gun! With each kill you gain some life! After you recover from blind rage mode, the white border around your health meter vanishes and you have to gain more balls. The only way you lose your balls is if you fail an intimidation. Whenever somebody walks up to you, they are either a gang member or someone who you knocked into while walking. You can gain balls by filling the meter but not starting over into the fail zone. This game is amazingly simple but it is also very complicated too!

Controls - The controls are great! They are like a FPS from the game cube, PS2, and Xbox era except that it is a Third Person Shooter. The aiming is so good that manual aim is better than lock - on! The driving is normal unlike GTA's really dumb control scheme. The controls are amazing!

Graphics - The graphics maybe could have been better but they are mostly focused on Tony's coolness! Awesome! The graphics were pretty good but I wished they would've been a little better. Graphics were okay.

Bad - There aren't many bad things about this game. One is that there are duplicate copies of characters you encounter. Another thing is that the people's mouths don't move when they talk! It's not as customizable and the only way you change clothes is via cheat codes! You also can't hijack cars that are in the drive in! That's all I came up with.

Music and Audio - The music spans from a lot of genres and more than one language. The game's music is really cool with artists like Judas Priest, Motor head, and Run D-M-C. The sound effects are also really good. The guns and explosions are very loud and the people around you really do care about their self esteem!

Overall - This game has a few flaws but it is really good. The game is very good at many things like the controls. The Music is diverse and the sound effects are realistic. This game gets an 8/10!

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 05/11/09

Game Release: Scarface: The World Is Yours (US, 10/08/06)