Scarface: The World Is Yours

 PlayStation 2
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 46
  3. Negative: 1 out of 46
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  1. 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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  2. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    70
    This is a big game, a good 40 to 50 hours long, and those hours are almost all good. But like the over-the-top voice actor gamely imitating Al Pacino, Scarface falls just a little short. [Nov. 2006, p.116]
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  3. Armchair Empire
    70
    For those of you diehard fans who can quote Scarface the same way other people quote Monty Python, Scarface: The World Is Yours is exactly the game you've been waiting for for the last quarter century.
  5. PALGN
    70
    Scarface: The World is Yours may not do anything new but it does it somewhat well.
  6. The Sydney Morning Herald
    70
    Like the film, Scarface is brutal and often ridiculously over-the-top. It uses the GTA template effectively but may feel too familiar for Vice City veterans.
  7. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    65
    "GTA" cribbed from Scarface and Scarface returns the favor, except Scarface has better controls on-foot, in-car, and in-boat. [Nov. 2006, p.122]
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  8. GameSpot
    64
    Once you get over the whole rewriting-the-end-of-the-movie thing, Scarface: The World Is Yours is a competent but usually uninteresting action game.
  9. 1UP
    60
    Worth a tour if you really loved the movie, but maybe less so if you've already played the hell out of Vice City. We can't really blame Scarface for the familiarity of the setting, but the fact remains that we've been here before.
  10. VideoGamer
    60
    The drug dealing aspect is really the game's only defining feature, and with the rest of the game being merely competent in all areas, the Scarface licence is left to do all the hard work.
  11. Gaming Age
    58
    The only thing I didn't like was the chainsaw melee engine. On one mission, you're forced to use the chainsaw in a revenge situation and the control is just difficult to get used to. The range is very short as it should be, but you can't move quickly while sawing so if you accidentally start sawing too far away you really get messed up.
  12. Play Magazine
    50
    Say hello to our little friend, great disappointment. [Oct. 2006, p.60]
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  13. PSM Magazine
    50
    The game just fails in so many areas. [Nov. 2006, p.82]
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  14. RewiredMind
    50
    It's a game trapped in the past. Not the 80's as such, but in a time long before GTA showed the world what spatial freedom was all about. Freedom is a word that Radical has toyed with, not exploited. Ergo, in the case of Scarface, the world is never truly yours.

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#47 Best PS2 Game of 2006
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#19 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2006
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#10 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2006

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User Score
8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 166 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 146 out of 166
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 166
  3. Negative: 12 out of 166
  1. hollowfication
    Jun 6, 2012
    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 somethis 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… Full Review »
  2. Duke_Nukem
    Sep 26, 2015
    10
    Scarface (1983) was a great movie with one of the best roles of Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Playing GTA Vice City (2002) reminded me a lot ofScarface (1983) was a great movie with one of the best roles of Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Playing GTA Vice City (2002) reminded me a lot of times of this movie but it didn't have Tony Montana. Enter "Scarface", the game... and what a game it is! Scarface: The World Is Yours looks better than GTA Vice City (and GTA San Andreas) and the gameplay is at least as good as those two games. Is it better? Well, lets say it's different and all three games are great!

    The voice of Tony Montana is not done by Al Pacino, but some voice actor who did a good job at recreating his distinctive voice. The music in this game is very nice, i recognized a lot of songs from the movie. The driving and shooting are good for a PS2 game.

    The game really feels like a sequel to the movie. In the movie Tony Montana lost everything, his empire, the money, his best friend, his girl and his sister. But in Scarface: The World Is Yours Tony is back, ready to take what belongs to him and build up his drugs empire once again.

    You get to play in the city of Miami and also on the Cuban Islands. This brings a nice variation in the gameplay. A nice touch is the Blind Rage: shooting and taunting enemies will build up the Rage meter and once it's filled, Tony becomes temporarily invincible.

    Unfortunately there is no multiplayer free roaming in this game, like the excellent multiplayer mode in GTA San Andreas. It would have been nice to do some rampage in the city with a friend, maybe one player as Tony and the other player as his best friend Manny (before he was shot down)? But it's not really a must for this game, as it is the single player story mode and free roam are sufficient to keep you busy for a long time.

    Scarface: The World Is Yours is one of the best games on PS2 and a very good movie to game adaptation. I rate this game a well deserved 10 out of 10.    … Full Review »
  3. SayGoodnitetothebadguy
    Oct 10, 2006
    9
    I see the critic's have finally caught up to speed on how great this game is. When I first checked the page for reviews I think they hadI see the critic's have finally caught up to speed on how great this game is. When I first checked the page for reviews I think they had it scored in the low 60's still with just a piddling of reviews, mostly bad. These early-birds must have played a pre-release date version of the game without all the kinks ironed out because I tell you this: Scarface is a blast.
    Sick of playing some cookie-cutter thug in the GTA games, with no identity or distinguishing personality to speak of? Well, fret no more. Here's your chance to actually become Tony Montana and work towards a goal of rebuilding your own empire rather than constantly running missions for some mob boss, politician, crooked cop or any other number of people looking to take money out of your hard-earned mission winnings. In Scarface, every red dollar you make goes into your pocket and goes towards your cause of trying to revive the glory days of your ginormous drug empire. This is one of the most satisfying parts of the game because each time you risk your ass in one of these missions, you're not just doing it to merely earn the 'respect' of your peers as in GTA: SA, you're doing it to put money in your pocket, yayo up your nose and a fine honey in each fist.
    The game's soundtrack is very faithful to the movie, offering tons of real tracks from back in 70's and 80's but also contains many more songs from dates ranging from the 50's straight through to this day and age of the new millenium.
    Shooting in this game also puts GTA to shame, taking only the best elements of that game's targeting system and perfecting it by adding in the much more agreeable free aim form of the Godfather game. Not to mention being able to target various parts of your enemies bodies for extra points. Kidney shots are definitely key.
    All in all, this game is a definite winner. From the moment you slide the disc into your console and watch the opening movie with scenes straight from the movie classic, you will immediately be immersed in Tony Montana's world. There's nothing like running around a free-for-all Miami as Al Pacino's most notorious character, knocking down anyone that dares stand in your way and macking on the females that saturate the beach paradise environment. No more will you be a slave to running missions for the benefit of your superiors. In Scarface, the only person that matters is you and your quest to regain everything that's coming to you: the world, Chico, and everything in it.    … Full Review »
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