Scarface: The World Is Yours

 PlayStation 2
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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 166 Ratings

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  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 some impersonator did his voice did real good job
  2. 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 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    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 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.    … Expand
  3. 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 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 itScarface (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.    … Expand
  4. EdwardG.
    Oct 9, 2006
    10
    This game will definitely hook you! IF and only IF you were a fan of the movie everything from money accumulated from your yayo runs to Montanas turf wars will have you playing a Scarface marathon! I went 13 hours straight!
  5. NathanB.
    Nov 8, 2006
    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 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
  6. DD
    May 28, 2007
    10
    SWEET game. Best console game I have EVER played. You can do almost anything!
  7. DanD.
    Oct 11, 2006
    10
    Absolutely amazing, a must buy!
  8. TKTyler
    Oct 12, 2006
    9
    The game is better than I expected. Combat is fun, driving is a little too arcade for me but it doesn't piss me off. The character of Tony Montana is great and the dialogue is f***ing funny. I just figured out how to lip off people on the street if they disrespect me and earn some balls back. I dunno, I've been playing the game all week and I'm pretty far into it now but I The game is better than I expected. Combat is fun, driving is a little too arcade for me but it doesn't piss me off. The character of Tony Montana is great and the dialogue is f***ing funny. I just figured out how to lip off people on the street if they disrespect me and earn some balls back. I dunno, I've been playing the game all week and I'm pretty far into it now but I still find it fun.… Expand
  9. JayC.
    Oct 14, 2006
    9
    This game is great, definately better than The Godfather, True Crime LA, and True Crime NYC -- And if I dare say, better than GTA 3 in the way that though GTA 3 revolutionised sandbox games Scarface improved upon this (I mean, it's been 5 years since GTA 3). I don't know how PSM, Play Magazine, Gamespot and some others gave it such low scores. That's pathetic. A 5/10 is a This game is great, definately better than The Godfather, True Crime LA, and True Crime NYC -- And if I dare say, better than GTA 3 in the way that though GTA 3 revolutionised sandbox games Scarface improved upon this (I mean, it's been 5 years since GTA 3). I don't know how PSM, Play Magazine, Gamespot and some others gave it such low scores. That's pathetic. A 5/10 is a crap game, not even decent, something like Aeon Flux or Catwoman or simply a bad game. Scarface is quality. The balls meter is great and works effectively, the graphics though not the best -- Tony Montana has never looked better. Audio/Sound is top notch, Montana's voice-over sounds exactly like Pacino. People who complain about the game's vulgar language and content has probably never watched the movie. It's how it's meant to be, Tony Montana baby! And by the way, a note to Metacritic.com -- The average of all these 22 reviews is 78.36 (rounded to 78) and not 75/100. Please update it if possible, thanks !… Expand
  10. TimDale
    Sep 8, 2006
    9
    Great game that doesn't just put you in an open world for the sake of having one. You actually have to think while playing to balance your cop, gang heat as well as many other things on your way to being #1 again and taking out Sosa.

    Too many cool things to say about this game. Yes it's actually a game not a crappy roam around the world game for no reason. Also it looks awesome.
  11. AaronG.
    Jan 12, 2007
    10
    This game is excellent, gives something that GTA games are missing, I like the fronts and distributing coke. Building yourself up, its amazing.
  12. R.G.
    Mar 29, 2007
    9
    It's very fun, good music I love it! Just like playing a GTA game.
  13. DominicA.
    Nov 1, 2006
    10
    Excellent game I'm hooked! Yeah the graphics could be better but the gameplay and Tony's voiceover is spot on the game is just great. Plain and simple. Best movie game out there!
  14. Tim
    Nov 17, 2006
    4
    I rented it at the same time as Bully, so my view my be skewed,, but I didn't play very far, as the game seemed fairly tedious with the load screens, cut scenes and general gameplay. Sure, the graphics are better than Vice City (if you wanted more detailed posteriors, for example), but Scarface is generally void of VC's cutting humor and engaging gameplay. Yes, it's violent I rented it at the same time as Bully, so my view my be skewed,, but I didn't play very far, as the game seemed fairly tedious with the load screens, cut scenes and general gameplay. Sure, the graphics are better than Vice City (if you wanted more detailed posteriors, for example), but Scarface is generally void of VC's cutting humor and engaging gameplay. Yes, it's violent and sure, you get to hear a lot of cursing in a cheesy Cuban accent, but in the end, I shut it off because it simply wan't that much fun.… Expand
  15. BrianB.
    Nov 2, 2006
    10
    This game is awesome. everything about is screams "GTA with polish". all the mechanics in this game flow seemlessly well, the fighting, driving, shooting and even the mini-games involved when selling llello to a hippie on the corner, all work well. This game gives you that feeling of being immersed as tony montana, while you rebuild your empire and eventually OWN the whole of Miami. This game is awesome. everything about is screams "GTA with polish". all the mechanics in this game flow seemlessly well, the fighting, driving, shooting and even the mini-games involved when selling llello to a hippie on the corner, all work well. This game gives you that feeling of being immersed as tony montana, while you rebuild your empire and eventually OWN the whole of Miami. It's an experience no one who watched the movie should pass. Pick it up!… Expand
  16. SimonG.
    Oct 16, 2006
    10
    Well I must say, it has surprised me how good this game is like the above its a must buy, and also I went 10 hours straight. Love it and it really did drag me into the game. If you loved the film or vice city your love this.
  17. RachThePoil
    Dec 16, 2006
    3
    Stay away from this game for now. The PC version is unplayable as it is now. The frame rate is very poor even if you have a very fast system with a good video card. You can
  18. CorinneS.
    Nov 30, 2007
    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!!
  19. TJB.
    Dec 21, 2006
    10
    I thought this game was excellent! IT's definetly the best movie-based game i've played. keep up the good work Radical!
  20. splat2012
    Mar 17, 2012
    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 nowI 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
  21. LuciusMcGibbon
    Jan 4, 2020
    10
    For someone like myself who loves the movie, this game is a can't miss. It's basically GTA starring Tony Montana and a bunch of cocaine. It's a sequel of sorts, basically The Revenge of the Bad Guy. You have to go through all the names you know and love: Nacho Contreras, Gaspar Gomez, the Diaz brothers, and eventually, that f?&*in' Sosa and go straight (back) to 'da top. It has all theFor someone like myself who loves the movie, this game is a can't miss. It's basically GTA starring Tony Montana and a bunch of cocaine. It's a sequel of sorts, basically The Revenge of the Bad Guy. You have to go through all the names you know and love: Nacho Contreras, Gaspar Gomez, the Diaz brothers, and eventually, that f?&*in' Sosa and go straight (back) to 'da top. It has all the trappings of your typical sandbox crime game, for better or worse, but none of those other games let you play as Tony f&^ing Montana, the godfather of shooting people in the streets.

    Andre Sogliuzzo is brilliant as the voice of Tony. He really turns this game into a magical experience for fans of Al Pacino's mush-mouthed performance. It has easter eggs galore from the movie, and it really delivers everything it should to Scarface fans.

    "Uh, catch or check? Jos' kidding mang, catch is all I got."    … Expand
  22. huntibor
    Mar 31, 2013
    9
    Good gameplay, atmosphere, graphics, sometimes FPS view, good music, but dumb AI. This accounts for the 2006 games. Playing the game throws a lot of interesting quests, a lot of car, etc.. The atmosphere of good music is good and the film has the feeling. When you have less life, you become a FPS view and shoot him a bunch of people (without, however, TPS view). The AI ​​is a bit stupid,Good gameplay, atmosphere, graphics, sometimes FPS view, good music, but dumb AI. This accounts for the 2006 games. Playing the game throws a lot of interesting quests, a lot of car, etc.. The atmosphere of good music is good and the film has the feeling. When you have less life, you become a FPS view and shoot him a bunch of people (without, however, TPS view). The AI ​​is a bit stupid, 'cause we can not kill people in the streets crawling with (I remember). The game is worth 9 points I think. In addition to Driver Parallel Lines, the Godfather of one of the best games of 2006.… Expand
  23. Ffelipe
    Nov 1, 2016
    9
    The first game that I played that reward you for be a rich guy, buying mansions, cars, weapons, improvements. As a interesting history, an excellent game play and a lot of things to do
  24. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Nov 17, 2021
    8
    This video game Scarface sequel is highly derivative of GTA: Vice City. But it's also a lot of fun despite the lack of originality. It's as profane and violent as the movie and the Tony Montana voice impersonator is actually decent. If you can't get enough of GTA clones, than "The World Is Yours" is worth looking into. I would give it an 8.3 out of 10.
  25. Flashyboy89
    May 19, 2023
    9
    My favourite movie of all time and a damn good game. Major kudos to the devs who made this game. Much love.
  26. NAK19
    Aug 26, 2023
    8
    What a game thats just so worth playing. If you want more of Scarface you can walk around the mansion, Drive all cars from the film. Its just like GTA. Its very different at the same time though. Just dont make the mistake of calling it better than GTA.
    Sure it maybe more fun or you might like it more but its just fact GTA has better Map, Characters, Voice Actors, Missions and    What a game thats just so worth playing. If you want more of Scarface you can walk around the mansion, Drive all cars from the film. Its just like GTA. Its very different at the same time though. Just dont make the mistake of calling it better than GTA.
    Sure it maybe more fun or you might like it more but its just fact GTA has better Map, Characters, Voice Actors, Missions and Customization. A game worth playing able to run it on your PC easy. Make sure to put Anti Aliasing in Settings.    … Expand
  27. OriginaltXz
    Jul 26, 2020
    9
    This is a simply exquisite game, it is faithful to the movie and maintains its concept very well, it has quite original mechanics and decent graphics and details for its time, it is not perfect having some things to correct and / or improve but it is nothing of the kind. another world, definitely a highly recommended game that deserves a port or remastering to new generations
  28. RetroRekin
    Jan 29, 2021
    9
    Whilst not as in depth as the GTA games, Scarface is a brilliant open worlder which oozes the feel of the film. It's a continuation of the original movie as a result of an alternative ending. Highly enjoyable and holds it's own against the established brand in open world crime gaming.
  29. lSAGGERl
    Mar 3, 2021
    8
    Muy buen juego y de mucha acción similar a los Grand Theft Auto de la época. Muy buenas canciones y muy entrenido y divertido.
  30. RTCWFAN
    Jun 6, 2023
    9
    Lovely game adaption of one of the greatest Mafia movies of all time. Also it is the best GTA clone ever released. Overall rating: 8.7.
  31. Yaters
    Jul 6, 2023
    10
    Still better then GTA Vice City! Many forgot bout this game I have not still Legendary!
  32. coolmattsinegar
    May 3, 2023
    10
    Matthew Alexander "Matt" Sinegar [SIN-NA-GAR] (An EXTREMELY Mature & EXTREMELY Heterosexual (Straight) African-American/Black Man):
    Scarface: The World Is Yours Is LITERALLY Always One Of My All-Time Favorite Mafia & Gangster Games.
    Tony Montana Is Literally Always One Of My All-Time Favorite Gangsters.
  33. VLG
    Aug 22, 2023
    4
    Just your average GTA-inspired game. Not much to say. I had a couple of friends that played it, so i watched a lot of it... never felt the need to play it myself.

Awards & Rankings

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

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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
  1. Play Magazine
    50
    Say hello to our little friend, great disappointment. [Oct. 2006, p.60]
  2. PSM Magazine
    50
    The game just fails in so many areas. [Nov. 2006, p.82]
  3. Game Informer
    85
    It’s every bit as profane, violent, and over-the-top as the movie, and delivers not only the gunplay you’re expecting, but as much depth as almost any other game in the genre. Like the film that inspired it, it’s sometimes a bit clunky, but makes up for it in bravado and style.
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