Scarface the world is yours
Discussion
went out and bought it yesterday and haven't been able to come off it since!
what a great game!, got all of Tony Montana's classic one liners, good driving, good character interaction, great features (pimp my mansion, saving laundered money in a bank, taking over turf just to name a few!) whats not to love?!
www.scarfacegame.com
what a great game!, got all of Tony Montana's classic one liners, good driving, good character interaction, great features (pimp my mansion, saving laundered money in a bank, taking over turf just to name a few!) whats not to love?! www.scarfacegame.com
I am going to have to play it, the amount of people they have got to voice the people on the streets is quite amazing too, Ricky Gervais is one and there are a whole raft of others:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0451192/
www.imdb.com/title/tt0451192/
love that soundtrack..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7LOP0XJ-JE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl7A4Y9iXNg
PS2 works great..PC seems to be an issue...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7LOP0XJ-JE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl7A4Y9iXNg
PS2 works great..PC seems to be an issue...
Edited by F.M on Thursday 26th October 15:21
Utterly pathetic game.
I'm sorry but "lets force the user to have inverted mouse controls" doesn't add difficult it adds annoyance, resetting the users preferances after death to be inverted again is just icing on the cake.
Cut scenes, yes, I've seen it lets skip it shall we? Ohh... I can't... that's annoying.
Adding a timer... bad devs. BAD BAD DEVS! "Against the clock" is fine on a puzzle game, sucks ass and is annoying on a shooter.
Graphics. What graphics? Ok. I guess this is all that an xbox or PS2 is capable of but by god does it look primative and pathetic on even a modest PC. You've got clipping errors on the opening scene, the suit doesn't look like it's being worn and is a primative texture slapped on a low poly, low res textured model. You could have leased the Unreal Engine (or Doom3, or Source, or any other engine) but not you had to use something else and boy does it show. Nil points on that front, actually negative points because this game is supposed to be Scarface... the main character should ya know kinda look like him?
What the hell is it with devs and 3rd person shooters? It's the most rubbish interface for a shooter going, it throws out spacial awareness and combined with the crappy camera system (not forgetting this games inverted mouse look controls) means that you have ZERO chance of being able to hold your own against the AI as your too busy fighting the interface to be able to target anything acuratley.
All of these points give Scarface: the world is yours a "ThePassenger" rating of -10/10, it's much better to pick up the game, instantly say "VICTORY!" and put it back on the shelf, then go and pick up Prey.
I'm sorry but "lets force the user to have inverted mouse controls" doesn't add difficult it adds annoyance, resetting the users preferances after death to be inverted again is just icing on the cake.
Cut scenes, yes, I've seen it lets skip it shall we? Ohh... I can't... that's annoying.
Adding a timer... bad devs. BAD BAD DEVS! "Against the clock" is fine on a puzzle game, sucks ass and is annoying on a shooter.
Graphics. What graphics? Ok. I guess this is all that an xbox or PS2 is capable of but by god does it look primative and pathetic on even a modest PC. You've got clipping errors on the opening scene, the suit doesn't look like it's being worn and is a primative texture slapped on a low poly, low res textured model. You could have leased the Unreal Engine (or Doom3, or Source, or any other engine) but not you had to use something else and boy does it show. Nil points on that front, actually negative points because this game is supposed to be Scarface... the main character should ya know kinda look like him?
What the hell is it with devs and 3rd person shooters? It's the most rubbish interface for a shooter going, it throws out spacial awareness and combined with the crappy camera system (not forgetting this games inverted mouse look controls) means that you have ZERO chance of being able to hold your own against the AI as your too busy fighting the interface to be able to target anything acuratley.
All of these points give Scarface: the world is yours a "ThePassenger" rating of -10/10, it's much better to pick up the game, instantly say "VICTORY!" and put it back on the shelf, then go and pick up Prey.
Edited by thepassenger on Tuesday 24th October 14:36
Edited by thepassenger on Tuesday 24th October 19:40
I dunno why the passenger is struggling. The y-axis thing is changable in the options, and the targetting system is miles ahead of any of the >GTA3 iterations. I've definitely gotten more out of Scarface that I have from Liberty City Stories. The firefights are awesome, particularly those that spread seamlessly indoors and outdoors. I had an epic battle with some Dias Brothers mercenaries that started in a carpark, spread to a garage, through a car showroom, and back out onto the street. Firing across the showroom desk, through the offices, across the garage workshop, and back into the yard to blow up a drum of petrol was particularly gratifying.
Despite that, it's definitely a narrative with an environment to serve it, rather than an environment with a narrative tagged on (like GTA). As such, if you aren't following the story, there is much less to do. Oh, and you can't kill innocents - just slap them about and shoot there shit up.
Brilliant fun.
Despite that, it's definitely a narrative with an environment to serve it, rather than an environment with a narrative tagged on (like GTA). As such, if you aren't following the story, there is much less to do. Oh, and you can't kill innocents - just slap them about and shoot there shit up.
Brilliant fun.
Mekon said:
I dunno why the passenger is struggling. The y-axis thing is changable in the options, .
And promptly changes back when you die.
As I said though, that's just the icing on the cake. The unskipable advert for the DVD and overly long "credits" intro that plays (again unskipable) and the generally poor graphics when compared to the likes of Prey, Half-Life 2, Quake 4.... Neverwinter Nights... GTA:VC... and the whole concept of a "3rd person shooter" along with the race against time element... nahh.
I thought it was bloody brilliant, they've got Tony right down to a tee with his body language and i'm loving the taunts!
TBH graphics are poor to me but thats because i'm used to an XBOX 360 on an HD tv but I could still play this game for hours.
Selling "coke" on the streets and buying things for your mansion, I thought it captured the "coming up" very well.
TBH graphics are poor to me but thats because i'm used to an XBOX 360 on an HD tv but I could still play this game for hours.
Selling "coke" on the streets and buying things for your mansion, I thought it captured the "coming up" very well.
Gassing Station | Video Games | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff