![]() ![]() At its heart the movie “Scarface” is essentially a morality tale, showing not only that you reap what you sow in this world but that if you can’t trust your own family and loved ones jealousy and paranoia will leave you fucked. We’re about to delve into one of the most violent worlds imaginable, a world that has inspired rap tales both fantastically violent and decadent for two decades, but one that has also inspired many cautionary songs about the pitfalls of being a drug dealer. Before we go any further please bear in mind that this game is RATED M FOR MATUREwhich means your theoretically thugged out gamer friend better at least be old enough to rent the movie this game is based on – ideally 18 and up. If I’m not mistaken there’s even a big powdery pile of blow on his desk, although his nose doesn’t look frosted with snow at this point. It’s strikingly detailed and evokes the feeling of the film right away, from the rows of surveillance camera monitors flickering behind him to the drawn open curtains overlooking his palatial estate to Montana’s slumped and seemingly resigned posture. Do you understand?Īfter a movie trailer and the obligatory opening credits for all of the producers behind the game roll, “Scarface: The World Is Yours” opens with a shot of Tony Montana sitting in war room of his multi-million dollar mansion. You got that? All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don’t break them for no one. Tony Montana: I never fucked anybody over in my life didn’t have it coming to them. Your on-screen character might even get to recite a few of those classic lines: Imagine that – a video game where you get to BE Tony Montana. You walk down the store aisle and who do you see mean muggin’ you right off the rack? Why it’s none other than Tony Montana himself, a character made infamous in the 1983 cult film “Scarface” as portrayed by Al Pacino. Your target recipient is ages 17 and up, likes hip-hop and gangster movies, and won’t go for any cutesy fartsy artsy shit like Katamari Damacy no matter how much you try to convince them it’s great (and it is). If they don’t there are certainly no shortages of the console compared to it’s beefier upgrade, but let’s just assume for the moment you’re just shopping for a game and not the system itself. alone, chances are if you know somebody who likes to game they own a PlayStation 2. With an installed userbase estimated at no less than 20 million in the U.S. So let’s be practical about this – even though you can’t have the world and everything in it there are still plenty of ways out there to spend your hard earned dollar. In 2006 that’s a pretty tall order, since the #1 most wanted items on almost everybody’s holiday shopping lists are PS3’s and Wii’s, and unless you’re willing to camp outside a store 24/7 in the freezing cold and snow or pay 10 times market price on eBay you’re just not gonna get one. ![]() ![]() Tony Montana: The world, chico, and everything in it. Tony Montana: Me, I want what’s coming to me. ![]()
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