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I think my favorite thing about this game. Was once you got a huge reputation. You didn't car jack people. You'd go to a dude and say hey man I need you car. And they'd just give it to you saying yeah you got it Mister Montana.
@@asinski324 I know, but it started with him pissing off Sosa. He knew Sosa was gonna send people and he still only had a few guys as bodyguards (they didn't look like good security guards in the movie). So long story short he was gonna get killed anyway; he had a short temper and the paranoia from the coke didn't help either.
@@RsKnDR0991 I mean, if he didn't kill Manny, and saved Chi Chi, he would've probably survived the standoff, considering that he took quite a lot of guys by himself.
@@YashovardhanSinghParihar That's cause it came out in the days when game makers made a huge amount of money off of video game rentals so lots of devs inflated the amount of time a game would take with repetitive side missions or just made the game so hard you'd struggle to get through it anyways or both in some cases.
This game was destroyed by the critics mainly for being a “gta clone”. However, it got better shooting mechanics and gameplay than GTA, there are more interactions with the NPC, it featured TWO maps (without counting the final mission), its voice cast was HUGE, the amount of dialogues gigantic, the OST featured an insane rooster of artists, and it really makes you FEEEEL like a crime kingpin (for example, instead of hijacking cars like a thug, Tony would call one of his henchmen to bring him one of his luxury cars, and then they would bring the car sometimes loaded with weapons and with a crew of boot licking bodyguards).
This game was great because it was one of the few games where you could taunt and insult your enemies in combat as they insulted and taunted you. Give and take.
Lol i remember walking around the pool n i called a Canadian dude a maple sucking moose fucker.... video games didnt really cuss back then so i lost it
My Uncle cant recommend this game enough, he talks about it everytime i mention good video games. He is 54 and isnt very good at video games but he completed this game. Edit: I feel like I already mentioned it and it's no longer up but he actually 99% completed this game with no guides or anything. Couldn't believe how hard it must have been lol
Nice, older games like before 2006ish are quite tough to complete. I assume its because the games were much shorter so making them harder would make it seem like they're longer?...
@@bimmer8602 this game had a surprisingly long campaign. Especially for the time. Definitely longer than any gta made at the time. Probably even just as long as 4 even.
This was one of my favorite PS2 games. Building an empire that actually felt like building an empire. It kept me engaged the entire time I was playing.
Plus you can stash their weapons in your car's trunk, even if you still can't buy them. Also that henchman who brings your car can pop drug dealers without earning heat (so you can recover that 100g after a deal)
@@qiff6667 no I mean your car's driver whenever you call for it, not the uniformed henchman. That guy can kill drug dealers without you getting gang heat
@@qiff6667 I know. Use the .38 when trying this out. After a good coke deal, shoot the dealer *once* and make sure he stays alive. This will aggro your driver. Let *him* finish off the dealer, then you get your coke back without getting heat.
To much cigars he coudnt shout like when he was younger he gave likeness (that Godfather didn't get with Michael) but he chose the man out of a few contenders to voice him
@@ccvjd3909 At least Red Dead was more a role playing game than cyberbunk was. but I agree with your statement nonetheless. nevermind the fact Laslow left the team some time ago.
My favorite quote from Tony Montana is the one where he demands people to give salutations to his short-heighted nonfamilial companion whom he has developed an interpersonal bond with
@@deadpoet22 nah actually his friend is the death caused by the shrapnel from the grenade coming into contact at high velocity with the bodies of his enemies
@@lucidlocomotive2014 no, really now. The little friend is the devastating emotional and psychological ripples that will tear through the friends and loved ones left behind by those killed by the grenade that comes out of the under barrel attachment, specifically.
This game is everything GTA V failed to be, the immersion in building your own empire and recruiting more guys, building up your connection and going from being broke to owning all of miami is just unrivalled, even san andreas didn't capture that aspect as well as scarface, honestly one of best games ever made I still go back to it and complete every year or so
Nonsense. GTA V was never trying to be Scarface to begin with, it never had to. And Scarface doesn't come without flaws either. Just because you can't become an 1980s kingpin in GTA V doesn't mean it "failed."
@@commietearsdrinker they failed to make a good game, they made a cringe pop reference millenial themed game and tried to make gangsters out to be super secret agent spies who commit crime via smart phones, focused more on Micheals retarded family than any actual aspect of gta likeness, the characters are bland, unrealistic and 2 dimensional compared to previous games, they made a massive open world that feels completely hollow and lifeless and has no immersion compared to vice city or san andreas i wasn't saying gta v was trying to be scarface I was saying how bad quality games are nowadays compared to the passion/soul in older titles like san andreas/scarface/vice city
definitely one of my favorites. It does feel a little repetitive, but the randomized missions kind of make up for it. The artwork and voice acting really holds up. Something about 80's and video games just feels right. To me this game stands right next to vice city. My attraction to open world games started with Driver 1. Vice City and Scarface both have similar qualities in scenery and era, so they just make sense to me to have fun with. Scarface introduced so many new mechanics that felt like Vice City 2. It's a blessing that we even got a Scarface video game in the first place!
8:08 Tony loves his mother so much, he is able to communicate with her in his final moments despite not having with a head or even mouth to talk from. F's in the chat for Tony 😇
this game was the only game where I felt bad for dying/getting the protagonist killed. each thing Tony says with his last breath really tugs at my heartstrings
The whole game is his final moments after getting shot during the mansion attack. At first sight it seems like you are just given control of the character and can survive the attack if you play well enough. However if you look carefully at everything going on you will notice that the entire story is just a hallucination. Here are a few clues I found: 1. When Tony goes after Sosa's partners on of them says "You're supposed to be dead. Sosa killed you." 2. Tony meets a man who calls himself The Sandman (voiced by the same actor who played Manny). The Sandman is a mythical character in European folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes. In this case it could mean that Tony is "sleeping", is in a coma to be more precise and he is imagining himself getting revenge on Sosa. 3. Tony receives a catalog containing different product he can order. One of those products is a stuffed flamingo, but the catalog describes it as "stuffed pelican". In the movie Tony is seen watching flamingos on TV and he says their are pelicans. The reason the catalogue makes the same mistake is because it was created by Tony, in his imagination.
I am pretty sure Sonny jim is gonna recreate the end of scarface when the australian censoship police comes for him for playing And reviewing all these types of games
What particularly impressed me back then was the insane amount of different dialogues you could have with random pedestrians, which almost rivals today's RDR2 (not kidding), and I loved the taunting mechanic, which could also be applied in car traffic, a feature I've never seen again in any other game. The constant cussing and swearing during firefights to build up your rage also added a very distinct flavour to combat, and even though it was essentially a GTA clone, many of the gameplay elements were great improvements and actually ahead of its time, like the ability to call yourself a new car, an arms dealer or a hitman.
"GTA clone" my ass... That's like saying side-scrollers after Super Mario Bros. are Mario clones. Just because the game is an open world crime simulator with third person shooting and car jacking/driving doesn't mean it's instantly just some pathetic GTA clone.
@@superplayerex2431 "... just because the game is an open world crime simulator with third person shooting and car jacking/driving..." I rest my case. 😁 Btw, did you even read how that sentence ended?
@@Fiat_Lux_23 Yeah, sorry, I couldn't read the rest of your words because they're all bullshit. GTA isn't just the only crime simulator game out there, kiddo. Games like Scarface and Saints Row solidified that well in their time. I won't be standing here and listening to you badmouth some of the greatest games of that era, especially the ones set in the "open world crime simulator" genre. They're far more than just some shitty GTA clones, so go and give some respect to them, kid. There's far more than just GTA in the world. I rest my case.
"Scarface just has so many subtle details in its design. For example, if you look very closley, you can actually see that Al Pachino's head is not actually attached to his body."
@@SetnaktSpears My suggestion is go pawn shop hunting or to swap meets. When I find cheap classics it's from some old man trying to get rid of his kids games that dont get used anymore. Last sunday I got Star Wars Empire at War for 3 bucks and it came with the expansion. People dont usually know what they have at swapmeets or at the goodwill
@@mrblonde609 The ability to have a driver/pilot bring you a vehicle to your location was also used in this game and in Just Cause long before Rockstar used it GTA Online.
Scarface is the only gta-esque game i played in which money is valuable from beginning to end. You always need more than you have and you have to work to get it (thankfully, without the whole thing turning into endless grinding) I wish more games in general had a more balanced economy, im tired of always drowning in worthless money.
You can gain health by visiting the various blood bank trailers and paying for a transfusion. You can also get a tiny bit of health back by taking a leak by the dumpsters in alleys.
The dialog/NPC interactions in this game certainly stood out back on release. To this date it still holds the record for most F-bombs in a videogame. Playing on the "family friendly" Wii seemed like it might be a sin - though did make aiming an absolute joy if only in 480p.
I will never forget testing that game on the Wii when I worked at Nintendo. I would turn the volume up so everyone around me could hear the cursing! LMAO
I beat this game like 72 times when I was a kid, good times. For some reason my parents wouldn't let me play GTA but they had no problems with me playing this.
I loved this game! I still remember my father barging in our room asking “What the fuck is going on?!” After he over heard me and my brother talking about how much coke me and my brother just sold and how we were shorted and ahold kill the buyer later! Haha Great times!
I can imagine a new year's eve party at your house: lots of booze, lots of cocaine, lots of Reuben sandwiches, lots of single moms in skimpy outfits and Doom 2016 soundtrack playing from the loudspeakers.
I’m so happy this is still remembered fondly. We severely need a remaster. Seeing as Radical ent, Sierra and the others went down I’m not holding my breath but it’d be so damn amazing to see it back
a little grindy? even with all the territories it takes EIGHT FULL distributions just to afford some of the investments.....many of which are endgame which means ye can't even use'em at any point during. that aside: I *LOVE* taking a cruise out in the keys listening to johnny cash and waylon jennings on a loop.......great times!
@@thevashfan12392 i remember that if you fully optimize every aspect of your deliveries you could make a lot of money in a really short time, i finished the game with 100% completion once and it didn't took me too much time. That was a long time ago though so my memories might be fuzzy lol
@@agrippa2012 so did I but it literally took hours of distribution which was just too much to justify going over it again maybe some day because it's still a really fun game but jesus, it was hard I extremely optimized my distribution route down to only maybe losing one store in the process (which was usually one I'd already collected from so no loss there)
@@thevashfan12392 eh, fair enough. I felt that the grinding was pretty reasonable, but than again what one would consider "reasonable" can vary wildly from person to person.
@@agrippa2012 well, the only other thing is I was doing the grinding from like reputation 4~5 (whichever one that only nets you approx. 2 mil per full distribution) back then I think I only unlocked south beach and I was grinding for maddening hours but once you beat the game it's like 20~40 mil per full distribution which is a hell of a lot less hassle (IIRC the most expensive asset is like 300 mil?)
Way ahead of its time and had some really interesting mechanics. You really felt like some sort of gangster. Played the shit out of this when I was around 13 and would buy a remaster of this in a heartbeat. Don't care what the critics think, it's a fantastic game.
By far one of the best PS2 ever made and it was ahead of it's time the developers did a great job making this game it needs a remaster or at least a port.
This was one of my favorite games back on the ps2, this game definitely need more attention and a remaster!! I'd gladly pay $60 for a remaster of this game
I played this when I was young ,it felt like a more deeper gta style game and I loved it ,it did stuff that gta didn't at the time and is still worth a playing today
Good review. The game succeeds at what it tries to do, its biggest downfalls being the ultimately repetitive gameplay loop, and the fact that when you gain rep and become a real kingpin with an empire of sorts, you still have to micromanage everything when they should've leaned more into the "empire" part and let you hire people to do everything while you do bigger things and manage the empire from the top. Basically a Part 2 after the grind. But that would've required a bigger vision and budget.
This was one of the first games I owned on the PlayStation 2. The driving mechanics and graphics really blew me away at the time. I'm hoping there will be a functioning remake/remaster one day. Running this thing on PC is a small headache.
@@marakalos3838 there are no playboy magazines in mafia DE since it's the 30s, but there are collectible cigaret cards and comic books (real and made by developers) i find them more interesting than playboy magazines tbh
@@talpatv512 Okay. That's more than fair enough for me. I'm currently saving to purchase it, and CK2 DLC. CK2 is gonna kill my wallet but Mafia 2 DE will be SO worth it.
The Reggae soundtrack in the game was a godsend to reggae fans. One of the best reggae radio stations in any game. I absolutely LOVED this game. Perhaps too much based on past life choices.
This game needs to be remade.. so much innovation went into scarface the world is yours like being able to play as your own hitmen, the customisation options, hundreds of ways to spend your money.. and the gameplay was just non stop fun, never got boring at all. If you get bored in miami for some reason just sneak your way into the bahamas lol. You had so much to do when you think about it, its just waaay too underrated.
Such great memories of this game. I remember renting it from a local video rental store on Halloween, and had to have it under the tree at Christmas. Was the only thing I wanted that year.
"What are you look at? Beat it!" LOL I forgot about all the tedious cocaine collecting situations in the game. You forgot to mention that both Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong had voice roles, as well as several of the actors that played in the original movie, a couple portraying their roles from it. The PS2 game has a making-of bonus disc as well.
Many didn't know, that Cayo Perico Heist content were actually Inspired by this game, as I expected robbing many Antiques within back and fort the island is just same thing as Drugs Smuggling in Scarface lmao
Such an amazing game. The sound track is fantastic. The whole selling drugs concept was a fun simulator like experience with running drugs via boat in the islands.
I remember my friend brought this in PS2. The intro is "WOW", being curious me I searched the movie too. Ya, they should polish & remake this. Tony Montana character is much more suited in this kind of game than all GTA characters yo.
i love how tony shooting the enemy on the left or right only using his right hand like how badass when you shooting someone with ak 47 only with one hands
Played this non stop for several months when it first came out. Still one of my all time favorites I ever played. You did however miss an easter egg in the game. You could swim, but do it to long and you start hearing the Jaws theme playing. Then a great white would eat you if you couldn't get out of the water in time. lol
Every game I see that get lambasted for being a clone of something popular, I always take them with a grain of salt since it could be a better game then the original one.
I really love the idea of rebuild tony empire. make his way to the top again, push it to the limit (i'm sorry lol) one of the best gta inspired game ever.
The thing about the music being so hiphop-oriented is because scarface (the movie) has become hugely popular amongst a lot of rappers who saw tony montana's rise and fall and thought "this guy's a role model", and around the time the game came out there was even a remastered version of the film that came out, but which replaced all of the original soundtrack with hip hop music. People didn't like that very much so the next re-release came with the original soundtrack as it should be.
Great review as always but i noticed a little mistake: the renderware engine was not used for the first three gta games but the first gta games that were in 3d or let's say real 3d.
To prevent enemies from attacking your businesses you just need to destroy all gang hideouts in the given territory. Game has amount of those hideouts listed in statistics. So just drive around, find all of them, then destroy. Then you'll also have enough cash to buy the businesses. Bonus tip: Shooting from vehicle makes the vehicle take the damage, not you.
I love the Scarface movie and I love the game as well. Finished the game many times and are still playing it now. It has many repetitive side missions but it is never dull, and if you're good at them you'll make more money fast and don't have to do them so often. The game world has more life and souls than GTA. You can pretty much talk to every NPC in the game. There are 8 levels of reputation levels and the NPCs will say different things according to Tony's reputation. Simply flashing a gun out in the public will alert the people and summon cops, and don't think you can escape by killing the cops, because their bigger guns will kill you eventually. The gunfight is the liveliest among other games. It's rare to see a game that counts taunting as a game mechanics. Every encounter with enemies is a new experience, with how they throw insults at you and you kill them instantly while taunting them to increase your balls, makes the fight a lot less feel like a fight against soulless AI. Shooting different body parts is another plus. Shooting games are getting boring with how they always target the head and it's getting ridiculous, at least for me. The game makes us have a choice of what body part to target, which gives the players different taste. The lock-on targeting system is unique. Though I rarely uses it, it appears to make the game easier and more enjoyable. One of the missions in the game is the drugs distribution mission and even if it is tedious it never lacks excitement and adrenaline, and it requires the whole game world map knowledge to master the mission and do it smoothly with minimum damage. And I don't see the need to jump. It makes no difference, it's still an awesome game even if the character can't jump. And reloading is a tactical move in real life. You get a full clip of rounds in expense of being vulnerable for a moment. Slowing your movement while reloading makes a whole lot sense and actually works as a challenge for players who tend to reload after every shot or two, reminding them that guns are not a bullet hose. Overall, it's an underrated game deserves a remaster.
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i would suggest total overdose next
Huh didn't this game come out 20 years ago
I've got mad respect for y'ah channel but....."HOW HELL ARE YOU GOING TO TALK SHIT ABOUT LL COOL J?!?!?"
I think my favorite thing about this game. Was once you got a huge reputation. You didn't car jack people. You'd go to a dude and say hey man I need you car. And they'd just give it to you saying yeah you got it Mister Montana.
So realistic. Who in their right mind would tell Tony Montana "no"?
Or he can just call his whiskey ghost $10M limo
@@fbi6567 Yeah, I always called my own cars
I had no idea about that, I always call for a car delivery
I did not know that I always called up a guy to deviler a car
This game would sell like hotcakes if they remastered it. That goes for almost all awesome ps2 games though...
Good job series x boosts all old games ,4k ,texture filtering ,etc etc
@@shaundavidssd doesn't make sense
Still waiting for this to drop digitally on Xbox 😂
They did Mafia, which blew my mind. Maybe someone in the future will find this gem and remaster it.
Facts !
Fun fact: the voice actor for tony is the same one that voices the payday 2 tony
Yeah, so many classics from back in the day that barely anyone would recognize. Heard of Gun or The getaway?
Fun Fact: The same voice actor for Jacket from Hotline Miami is the same voice actor for payday 2 Jacket.
@@nobodyknows0314 and he voice acted Gordon Freeman
@@nobodyknows0314 Wrong, because Payday 2 Jacket actually has lines.
"Cloaker non-operational!"
The moral code is extremely important to the character. Like, it’s ultimately what got him killed in the film.
Moral code, but also a lack of vision and not having an army
He got killed in the movie because he didn't bother to check how a guy managed to sneak onto his balcony and kill his sister.
@@asinski324 I know, but it started with him pissing off Sosa. He knew Sosa was gonna send people and he still only had a few guys as bodyguards (they didn't look like good security guards in the movie). So long story short he was gonna get killed anyway; he had a short temper and the paranoia from the coke didn't help either.
@@RsKnDR0991 I mean, if he didn't kill Manny, and saved Chi Chi, he would've probably survived the standoff, considering that he took quite a lot of guys by himself.
@@asinski324 he wasn't taking on The Skull under any circumstances honestly, he was the best assassin under a massive crime syndicate for a reason
This is one of those games that just have absurd amount of SOUL. You just see that the developers loved every single moment of creating this game.
Hell yeah. It's really sad that the developers loving the game they're doing isn't that common nowadays.
But you have to do a lot of side missions to unlock the main missions in this game which makes this game boring for me
@@YashovardhanSinghParihar That's cause it came out in the days when game makers made a huge amount of money off of video game rentals so lots of devs inflated the amount of time a game would take with repetitive side missions or just made the game so hard you'd struggle to get through it anyways or both in some cases.
I bet it was a nightmare working on considering how hard ps2 was developing for but it turned out great and we all love it.
@@theninjamaster67 oh well now i get it I always wanted to finish this game but never did it because of those huge amount of side missions 🥲
This game was destroyed by the critics mainly for being a “gta clone”. However, it got better shooting mechanics and gameplay than GTA, there are more interactions with the NPC, it featured TWO maps (without counting the final mission), its voice cast was HUGE, the amount of dialogues gigantic, the OST featured an insane rooster of artists, and it really makes you FEEEEL like a crime kingpin (for example, instead of hijacking cars like a thug, Tony would call one of his henchmen to bring him one of his luxury cars, and then they would bring the car sometimes loaded with weapons and with a crew of boot licking bodyguards).
And you can decorate your mansion as well!
Now I want to play it even more
Who was the insane rooster?
@@HelloThere-bj9rw 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"This isn't a gta clone" litterally calls Tony Tommy in the video. 8:20
This game was great because it was one of the few games where you could taunt and insult your enemies in combat as they insulted and taunted you. Give and take.
I love how gang members shift from a calm Italian accent to shouting curses in Spanish when in combat
@@MarvinT0606 You hear a guy speaking perfect english like an american but when you piss him off, he shouts in spanish that he'll eat your skull.
Lol i remember walking around the pool n i called a Canadian dude a maple sucking moose fucker.... video games didnt really cuss back then so i lost it
50 cent blood on the sand did the same thing
In gta 5 story mode it also happens
My Uncle cant recommend this game enough, he talks about it everytime i mention good video games. He is 54 and isnt very good at video games but he completed this game.
Edit: I feel like I already mentioned it and it's no longer up but he actually 99% completed this game with no guides or anything. Couldn't believe how hard it must have been lol
thats kinda heartwarming tell more dude
Woah.. Completing this game is kinda hard though
Nice, older games like before 2006ish are quite tough to complete. I assume its because the games were much shorter so making them harder would make it seem like they're longer?...
@@bimmer8602 this game had a surprisingly long campaign. Especially for the time. Definitely longer than any gta made at the time. Probably even just as long as 4 even.
Shieet you ever snorted with your uncle? Sounds like a *dope* guy.
This was one of my favorite PS2 games. Building an empire that actually felt like building an empire. It kept me engaged the entire time I was playing.
It's a classic game (scarface) I just modded it, come see how it looks in 2022 on my channel
Selling coke is one of my favorite parts if the game
Indeed. Was a truly underrated gem.
A (seemingly) little known fact about this game: While Tony won't kill random folks, his driver, assassin, and enforcer all will.
Plus you can stash their weapons in your car's trunk, even if you still can't buy them. Also that henchman who brings your car can pop drug dealers without earning heat (so you can recover that 100g after a deal)
@@MarvinT0606 you still earn heat by doing that, but his missions lowers gang heat.
@@qiff6667 no I mean your car's driver whenever you call for it, not the uniformed henchman. That guy can kill drug dealers without you getting gang heat
@@MarvinT0606 thats the enforcer.
@@qiff6667 I know. Use the .38 when trying this out. After a good coke deal, shoot the dealer *once* and make sure he stays alive. This will aggro your driver. Let *him* finish off the dealer, then you get your coke back without getting heat.
Hey Dad, me and mum are glad you’re making content during these trying times. Come home soon. - Your son, Jim
lol
Keep it sunny, Jim
Yo he is still getting dat milk dont make him rush or he gonna drop it and then he gonna have to go to the store again and u know how long dat takes
😆
Ma homie, Tony
Thought this was the official Mafia Video Game UA-cam channel lol
@@fineanddandee lmaooo smae
Stfu
@@AkeoT9 no u
@@fineanddandee SAME
Al Pacino said he couldn't do the Scarface voice anymore. They tried to get him.
they should have aske Anthony Cumia
Yeah, poor guy's voice is shot. He sounds like Old Snake.
well, he did handpick André Sogliuzzo to provide the voice for Tony Montana
To much cigars he coudnt shout like when he was younger he gave likeness (that Godfather didn't get with Michael) but he chose the man out of a few contenders to voice him
I truly can't believe this game is never talked about when discussing great open world games
This, The Warriors, and The Godfather are legendary games.
Rockstar a dead company since they got bought. Gta 5 was a step down and I don't have high hopes for the next one in the series
Whats something these games all have in common? No jump button.
@@SerbStar2011 you can jump on Warriors?
YES!
@@ccvjd3909 At least Red Dead was more a role playing game than cyberbunk was. but I agree with your statement nonetheless. nevermind the fact Laslow left the team some time ago.
"Whose world is this? the world is yours, the world is yours!!"
It's mine, it's mine, it's mine
Whose world is this?
I was expecting that Nas reference to pop up.
I HEARD NAS when I read this.
Illmatic
I sip the Dom P, watching "Gandhi" 'til I'm charged.
My favorite quote from Tony Montana is the one where he demands people to give salutations to his short-heighted nonfamilial companion whom he has developed an interpersonal bond with
The little friend chambered in 5.56?
@@miguelangelbermudezmora9286 actually his little friend is the grenade launcher attachment specifically
@@lucidlocomotive2014 actually, his little friend is the explosion caused by the grenade that exited the grenade launcher attachment, specifically
@@deadpoet22 nah actually his friend is the death caused by the shrapnel from the grenade coming into contact at high velocity with the bodies of his enemies
@@lucidlocomotive2014 no, really now. The little friend is the devastating emotional and psychological ripples that will tear through the friends and loved ones left behind by those killed by the grenade that comes out of the under barrel attachment, specifically.
This game is everything GTA V failed to be, the immersion in building your own empire and recruiting more guys, building up your connection and going from being broke to owning all of miami is just unrivalled, even san andreas didn't capture that aspect as well as scarface, honestly one of best games ever made I still go back to it and complete every year or so
100%
What competition does this game have? Modern games trying to do the same thing fail....
Nonsense. GTA V was never trying to be Scarface to begin with, it never had to. And Scarface doesn't come without flaws either. Just because you can't become an 1980s kingpin in GTA V doesn't mean it "failed."
@@commietearsdrinker they failed to make a good game, they made a cringe pop reference millenial themed game and tried to make gangsters out to be super secret agent spies who commit crime via smart phones, focused more on Micheals retarded family than any actual aspect of gta likeness, the characters are bland, unrealistic and 2 dimensional compared to previous games, they made a massive open world that feels completely hollow and lifeless and has no immersion compared to vice city or san andreas
i wasn't saying gta v was trying to be scarface I was saying how bad quality games are nowadays compared to the passion/soul in older titles like san andreas/scarface/vice city
gta 5 is nothing about building an empire, its a "one more job and we quit and live in peace" gone wrong
definitely one of my favorites. It does feel a little repetitive, but the randomized missions kind of make up for it. The artwork and voice acting really holds up. Something about 80's and video games just feels right. To me this game stands right next to vice city. My attraction to open world games started with Driver 1. Vice City and Scarface both have similar qualities in scenery and era, so they just make sense to me to have fun with. Scarface introduced so many new mechanics that felt like Vice City 2. It's a blessing that we even got a Scarface video game in the first place!
8:08 Tony loves his mother so much, he is able to communicate with her in his final moments despite not having with a head or even mouth to talk from. F's in the chat for Tony 😇
Kkkkkkk
this game was the only game where I felt bad for dying/getting the protagonist killed. each thing Tony says with his last breath really tugs at my heartstrings
Same here
The whole game is his final moments after getting shot during the mansion attack. At first sight it seems like you are just given control of the character and can survive the attack if you play well enough. However if you look carefully at everything going on you will notice that the entire story is just a hallucination.
Here are a few clues I found:
1. When Tony goes after Sosa's partners on of them says "You're supposed to be dead. Sosa killed you."
2. Tony meets a man who calls himself The Sandman (voiced by the same actor who played Manny). The Sandman is a mythical character in European folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes. In this case it could mean that Tony is "sleeping", is in a coma to be more precise and he is imagining himself getting revenge on Sosa.
3. Tony receives a catalog containing different product he can order. One of those products is a stuffed flamingo, but the catalog describes it as "stuffed pelican". In the movie Tony is seen watching flamingos on TV and he says their are pelicans. The reason the catalogue makes the same mistake is because it was created by Tony, in his imagination.
This is one masterpiece of a game with mechanics that GTA IV would later use. It also has the GREATEST opening level in any videogame EVER.
@@arkgaharandan5881 what do you mean buying assets?
@@arkgaharandan5881 oh OK.
The cops in the radar? That gotme shocked too.
Plus the blood on Tony and the NPCs clothes when they get shot.
A masterpiece? This game was definitely not that great.
@jordyn seawright he got his balls shot off, he has no nuts
I am pretty sure Sonny jim is gonna recreate the end of scarface when the australian censoship police comes for him for playing And reviewing all these types of games
What particularly impressed me back then was the insane amount of different dialogues you could have with random pedestrians, which almost rivals today's RDR2 (not kidding), and I loved the taunting mechanic, which could also be applied in car traffic, a feature I've never seen again in any other game. The constant cussing and swearing during firefights to build up your rage also added a very distinct flavour to combat, and even though it was essentially a GTA clone, many of the gameplay elements were great improvements and actually ahead of its time, like the ability to call yourself a new car, an arms dealer or a hitman.
GTA Clone bruh
"GTA clone" my ass... That's like saying side-scrollers after Super Mario Bros. are Mario clones. Just because the game is an open world crime simulator with third person shooting and car jacking/driving doesn't mean it's instantly just some pathetic GTA clone.
@@superplayerex2431 "... just because the game is an open world crime simulator with third person shooting and car jacking/driving..."
I rest my case. 😁
Btw, did you even read how that sentence ended?
@@Fiat_Lux_23 Yeah, sorry, I couldn't read the rest of your words because they're all bullshit.
GTA isn't just the only crime simulator game out there, kiddo. Games like Scarface and Saints Row solidified that well in their time.
I won't be standing here and listening to you badmouth some of the greatest games of that era, especially the ones set in the "open world crime simulator" genre. They're far more than just some shitty GTA clones, so go and give some respect to them, kid.
There's far more than just GTA in the world. I rest my case.
@@superplayerex2431 Understood, you're slightly deranged. 👉🤪
Nevermind.
"Scarface just has so many subtle details in its design. For example, if you look very closley, you can actually see that Al Pachino's head is not actually attached to his body."
When I first got a PS2 as a kid I went out and found Scarface in a pawnshop for 5 bucks. Best game ever.
Crap I paid $15 at a pawnshop for my Xbox copy.
Scarface and other old hidden gems are expensive as all hell, emulate them if you want to play them
Five bucks? You're killing me here! It's $36 USED on Amazon right now ($106 for a new one)!
@@SetnaktSpears My suggestion is go pawn shop hunting or to swap meets. When I find cheap classics it's from some old man trying to get rid of his kids games that dont get used anymore. Last sunday I got Star Wars Empire at War for 3 bucks and it came with the expansion. People dont usually know what they have at swapmeets or at the goodwill
Based childhood
Im surprised you didnt mention how if you swim too far off the shore a shark would eat you
I remember that 😆
Loved that shit lmao
Scared the shit outta me the first time that happened lmao
@@Quack_attack_ same
@@Quack_attack_ You and me mate !
the talk button in this game is way better than GTAV, it actually leads to a conversation
Shows how advanced the game was in some aspects. It took Rockstar 11 years to implement the same feature in Red Dead 2
@@mrblonde609 The ability to have a driver/pilot bring you a vehicle to your location was also used in this game and in Just Cause long before Rockstar used it GTA Online.
Scarface is the only gta-esque game i played in which money is valuable from beginning to end. You always need more than you have and you have to work to get it (thankfully, without the whole thing turning into endless grinding)
I wish more games in general had a more balanced economy, im tired of always drowning in worthless money.
You can gain health by visiting the various blood bank trailers and paying for a transfusion. You can also get a tiny bit of health back by taking a leak by the dumpsters in alleys.
I remember that you could sell your "balls" too and get some money, if I remember right
@@hyperworld3140 whoa, I don't remember that. 😲
But that sounds like something Tony has a lot of. 😁
You could take a leak at dumpsters? Never knew that! Reminds me of "Mafia", where you could piss in restrooms in a couple of missions.
@@mrblonde609 yup.
We need more games like that
The dialog/NPC interactions in this game certainly stood out back on release. To this date it still holds the record for most F-bombs in a videogame. Playing on the "family friendly" Wii seemed like it might be a sin - though did make aiming an absolute joy if only in 480p.
Yeah, most of them are so goddamn random you can't help but chuckle at them
I will never forget testing that game on the Wii when I worked at Nintendo. I would turn the volume up so everyone around me could hear the cursing! LMAO
I beat this game like 72 times when I was a kid, good times.
For some reason my parents wouldn't let me play GTA but they had no problems with me playing this.
Backwards Parents Logic 101 lmao
This game, The Thing, and Peter Jackson’s King Kong. The 3 weird but good boys
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay shits all over those
I never did get to beat butcher Bay after I missed one of those cigarette packs -_-
@@BROTRRer how could I forget you’re absolutely right
King kong was fireeeeee
@@Dragonfury3000 don’t actually know that one. Gonna have to look it up now
nobody knows about this game every time I bring it up, this and Thirteen. keep doing god's work
I remember my step father playing this game a long time ago and theres a somg from it that I liked and still can't get out of my head
This games is still sitting in my shelf lol I hated it back then
One game that i loved that nobody knows, is cold winter, i just dont know if it was really good or i was to young to find it shitty
Just checked, still a masterpiece
XIII has a rebreak, it sucks, but probably help XIII‘s fame
The music in this game is so damn good.
Shame that there are so many modern songs and hard rock songs that don't fit the 80s at all.
I loved this game! I still remember my father barging in our room asking “What the fuck is going on?!” After he over heard me and my brother talking about how much coke me and my brother just sold and how we were shorted and ahold kill the buyer later! Haha Great times!
The eyes chico, they never lie.
Every day above ground is a good day.
The chicas, they for fuun
"The first three GTA games"
GTA3, Vice City, San Andreas. As we all know the GTA series started with GTA 3 😏
Were the previous games made with the Renderware engine? Because that's what he's referring to.
@@andrewamp1 They were not.
@@Ghost_Of_SAS ta-da!
@@andrewamp1 ta-da what
A @@Ghost_Of_SAS
I can imagine a new year's eve party at your house: lots of booze, lots of cocaine, lots of Reuben sandwiches, lots of single moms in skimpy outfits and Doom 2016 soundtrack playing from the loudspeakers.
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Adon Smith That sounds like a nightmare to you? Fuck dude I’d think I’d died and gone to heaven.
This game was so much fun, i remember i loved how different the vehicles were. The red little car got me place quick, played it a lot in my teens.
I’m so happy this is still remembered fondly. We severely need a remaster. Seeing as Radical ent, Sierra and the others went down I’m not holding my breath but it’d be so damn amazing to see it back
This game was so awesome, a little grindy and difficult tho. A great game to deal coke
a little grindy? even with all the territories it takes EIGHT FULL distributions just to afford some of the investments.....many of which are endgame which means ye can't even use'em at any point during.
that aside: I *LOVE* taking a cruise out in the keys listening to johnny cash and waylon jennings on a loop.......great times!
@@thevashfan12392 i remember that if you fully optimize every aspect of your deliveries you could make a lot of money in a really short time, i finished the game with 100% completion once and it didn't took me too much time. That was a long time ago though so my memories might be fuzzy lol
@@agrippa2012 so did I but it literally took hours of distribution which was just too much to justify going over it again
maybe some day because it's still a really fun game but jesus, it was hard
I extremely optimized my distribution route down to only maybe losing one store in the process (which was usually one I'd already collected from so no loss there)
@@thevashfan12392 eh, fair enough.
I felt that the grinding was pretty reasonable, but than again what one would consider "reasonable" can vary wildly from person to person.
@@agrippa2012 well, the only other thing is I was doing the grinding from like reputation 4~5 (whichever one that only nets you approx. 2 mil per full distribution)
back then I think I only unlocked south beach and I was grinding for maddening hours
but once you beat the game it's like 20~40 mil per full distribution which is a hell of a lot less hassle (IIRC the most expensive asset is like 300 mil?)
This game fixed the movie's biggest mistake: the tiger returns in the Last stand.
It would be awesome if there was a scene of the tiger attacking some one in the ending of the film
@a.i.videosandcryptoworld9025 it happens early in the video game during the mansion shootout
Still probably the best GTA clone and DEFINITELY the most underrated. Crack open some nose beers and play this game at all costs
Better than gta 4
I love this game, but far as the best GTA clone, I gotta give it to Saints Row 1&2.
How is it underrated when the majority of reviews/feedback for it was very good?
@@JimmyJames10-k7v why would you compare this to 4 it didn’t even came out at the time why not SA
@@moncay3238 gta 4 is overrated af even a 2006 game is better
"From personal experience I can confirm cocaine is one hell of a drug"
Yea i thought i was trippin
@@goofvangoober9297 lol had to run it back
At least he's honest, I suppose.
Took my by surprise, I always took Gman as a pot and booze kinda guy, maybe acid but not coke.
Gman confirmed white girl.
No Australian can legitimately confirm anything about coke. All we have here is cut mixed with more cut.
Way ahead of its time and had some really interesting mechanics. You really felt like some sort of gangster. Played the shit out of this when I was around 13 and would buy a remaster of this in a heartbeat. Don't care what the critics think, it's a fantastic game.
I played this on Wii with 1 to 1 motion controls chainsawing a guy in half.
Say hello to my little friend Sonny Jims.
jonny sims
Hmmm i guess Cyberpunk has to wait a little more .. something about this old games just tickles me
@@I_Cunt_Spell is this considered retro gaming ? Fuck i feel old...
@@I_Cunt_Spell Wait this is considered retro. I feel old
You're better off waiting till 2022 judging by how bad the game is rn.
Retro is the future lad. if you want a break from modern gaming, look no further. roms, mom and pop shops, etc.
By far one of the best PS2 ever made and it was ahead of it's time the developers did a great job making this game it needs a remaster or at least a port.
The opening credits of this game with "Rush Rush" by Debbie Harry playing is so classic.
Gotta have that shark scare get ya at least once.
*wilhelm scream*
Lmao
This was one of my favorite games back on the ps2, this game definitely need more attention and a remaster!!
I'd gladly pay $60 for a remaster of this game
I would love a remake of this game
this !!! for the love of god.
I hope they do
Another generic open world game. Exactly what we need....
It's called gta V. Just use a little imagination, like the people who made this.
@@deadpoet22 lol. c'mon man, why roast this game so much
I played this when I was young ,it felt like a more deeper gta style game and I loved it ,it did stuff that gta didn't at the time and is still worth a playing today
Good review. The game succeeds at what it tries to do, its biggest downfalls being the ultimately repetitive gameplay loop, and the fact that when you gain rep and become a real kingpin with an empire of sorts, you still have to micromanage everything when they should've leaned more into the "empire" part and let you hire people to do everything while you do bigger things and manage the empire from the top. Basically a Part 2 after the grind. But that would've required a bigger vision and budget.
Loved this game back as a kid, my mom not so much 😂😂😂
Them miami gangs yelled TOO LOUD!
@@Invidente7 "CHIIINGKATEEE!!!!!"
This was one of the first games I owned on the PlayStation 2. The driving mechanics and graphics really blew me away at the time. I'm hoping there will be a functioning remake/remaster one day. Running this thing on PC is a small headache.
You do realize they're gonna censor every fun thing out of this if they ever decide to remaster it, right?
Naaah, i mean mafia remake is more gory than the original, RE2 remake too
@@talpatv512 Are the yitties out in the Playboy collectible magazines?
Seriously, I haven't played it or bought it yet. I'm curious.
@@marakalos3838 there are no playboy magazines in mafia DE since it's the 30s, but there are collectible cigaret cards and comic books (real and made by developers) i find them more interesting than playboy magazines tbh
@@talpatv512 Okay. That's more than fair enough for me. I'm currently saving to purchase it, and CK2 DLC. CK2 is gonna kill my wallet but Mafia 2 DE will be SO worth it.
The Reggae soundtrack in the game was a godsend to reggae fans. One of the best reggae radio stations in any game.
I absolutely LOVED this game. Perhaps too much based on past life choices.
This game needs to be remade.. so much innovation went into scarface the world is yours like being able to play as your own hitmen, the customisation options, hundreds of ways to spend your money.. and the gameplay was just non stop fun, never got boring at all. If you get bored in miami for some reason just sneak your way into the bahamas lol. You had so much to do when you think about it, its just waaay too underrated.
Nobody:
My google images search bar in 2008: *Vida guerra ass*
“Nobody” added nothing to the joke
Nobody:
James: “NoBoDY aDdEd nOtHiNg tO tHe jOkE”
Confirmation that Gman not only delivers solid lines, but rails them too.
The original Ubisoft open world game... and still 1000% better than anything they make
Better, the original Gameloft open world
Such great memories of this game. I remember renting it from a local video rental store on Halloween, and had to have it under the tree at Christmas. Was the only thing I wanted that year.
I can confirm that I have looked up Vida Guerra's Playboy shoot.
"What are you look at? Beat it!" LOL I forgot about all the tedious cocaine collecting situations in the game. You forgot to mention that both Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong had voice roles, as well as several of the actors that played in the original movie, a couple portraying their roles from it. The PS2 game has a making-of bonus disc as well.
"You're not in Mainland anymore tho, Anything Goes!"
The most Aussie thing to say
Many didn't know, that Cayo Perico Heist content were actually Inspired by this game, as I expected robbing many Antiques within back and fort the island is just same thing as Drugs Smuggling in Scarface lmao
Omfg, I can’t believe I was hoping someone would make a video on this hidden gem
check gaming pastime review of scarface too, his review is pretty good
I did mine 7 years ago
There's multiple reviews on this game, mate.
This game really needed a remake / remaster... I'd play the shit out of it.
Such an amazing game. The sound track is fantastic. The whole selling drugs concept was a fun simulator like experience with running drugs via boat in the islands.
Dude your thumbnail guy really nailed the art on this one.
8:20 Tommy? Someone really likes Vice City, huh.
"vast emptiness of Night City"
OOF
Lollll
ha
Im writing this in October 2021 and its still true
I remember my friend brought this in PS2. The intro is "WOW", being curious me I searched the movie too.
Ya, they should polish & remake this. Tony Montana character is much more suited in this kind of game than all GTA characters yo.
I was about 13.I played the game first then watched the film waiting for this all to happen 😂was shocked when he just gets shot in the back.
I used to play this more Than GTA, the gameloop was mesmerizing to me
I had such a blast with this game back when it came out on PS2. You've brought back some fond memories with this one. Great review, mang.
I loved playing this years back and am grateful that this was randomly recommended to me. This was definitely a gem.
This game is a masterpiece. Such good memories about this one. It is vice city reborn.
Man, watching the 'making of' videos for this game, this was a passion project for the team. Gotta respect that
i love how tony shooting the enemy on the left or right only using his right hand like how badass when you shooting someone with ak 47 only with one hands
its the same animation from 007 everything or nothing
its really impressive because i like both games
One of my favorite games as a kid. The voice actor was amazing too, I thought he was the real Tony!
Played this non stop for several months when it first came out. Still one of my all time favorites I ever played. You did however miss an easter egg in the game. You could swim, but do it to long and you start hearing the Jaws theme playing. Then a great white would eat you if you couldn't get out of the water in time. lol
Fun fact: the singer of Motörhead, Lemmy Kilmister is voicing a dealer in the game
6:57 its been 16 years and games now cannot even come close to the level of detail here. The way he moves while shooting and the NPCs reactions
Man this game was so much fun, an underrated epic of the PS2 era
Every game I see that get lambasted for being a clone of something popular, I always take them with a grain of salt since it could be a better game then the original one.
Fun fact: The guy who voiced Tony in this ends up voicing Tony in Payday 2 in his character pack (which is now removed) and heist
He's does the voice better in Payday 2 than in here.
Why is it removed?
Its sad cus some people will never be able to use kingpin
Thankfully though if you've already bought it you still get to keep him.
I had to rush and buy that pack multiple times just so my friends won't miss the chance to play as Tony...
I LOVED this game! This to me is one of the most underrated games of all time! I’m actually thinking about replaying it sometime this year lol.
Who ever makes your thumbnails is a lovely artist, they look so gooood
I really love the idea of rebuild tony empire. make his way to the top again, push it to the limit (i'm sorry lol) one of the best gta inspired game ever.
6:27 disclaimer: GmanLives did not use the cocaine, he has in fact ingested Coca-Cola created in the late 1800's that has cocaine.
One of the best games I've ever played back in the day. I would love a remake of this one.
My mans has the best thumbnail game on youtube
The thing about the music being so hiphop-oriented is because scarface (the movie) has become hugely popular amongst a lot of rappers who saw tony montana's rise and fall and thought "this guy's a role model", and around the time the game came out there was even a remastered version of the film that came out, but which replaced all of the original soundtrack with hip hop music. People didn't like that very much so the next re-release came with the original soundtrack as it should be.
Great review as always but i noticed a little mistake: the renderware engine was not used for the first three gta games but the first gta games that were in 3d or let's say real 3d.
To prevent enemies from attacking your businesses you just need to destroy all gang hideouts in the given territory. Game has amount of those hideouts listed in statistics. So just drive around, find all of them, then destroy. Then you'll also have enough cash to buy the businesses.
Bonus tip: Shooting from vehicle makes the vehicle take the damage, not you.
This is still one of my favorite games. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat if it got a remaster.
I love the Scarface movie and I love the game as well. Finished the game many times and are still playing it now. It has many repetitive side missions but it is never dull, and if you're good at them you'll make more money fast and don't have to do them so often. The game world has more life and souls than GTA. You can pretty much talk to every NPC in the game. There are 8 levels of reputation levels and the NPCs will say different things according to Tony's reputation. Simply flashing a gun out in the public will alert the people and summon cops, and don't think you can escape by killing the cops, because their bigger guns will kill you eventually. The gunfight is the liveliest among other games. It's rare to see a game that counts taunting as a game mechanics. Every encounter with enemies is a new experience, with how they throw insults at you and you kill them instantly while taunting them to increase your balls, makes the fight a lot less feel like a fight against soulless AI. Shooting different body parts is another plus. Shooting games are getting boring with how they always target the head and it's getting ridiculous, at least for me. The game makes us have a choice of what body part to target, which gives the players different taste. The lock-on targeting system is unique. Though I rarely uses it, it appears to make the game easier and more enjoyable. One of the missions in the game is the drugs distribution mission and even if it is tedious it never lacks excitement and adrenaline, and it requires the whole game world map knowledge to master the mission and do it smoothly with minimum damage. And I don't see the need to jump. It makes no difference, it's still an awesome game even if the character can't jump. And reloading is a tactical move in real life. You get a full clip of rounds in expense of being vulnerable for a moment. Slowing your movement while reloading makes a whole lot sense and actually works as a challenge for players who tend to reload after every shot or two, reminding them that guns are not a bullet hose. Overall, it's an underrated game deserves a remaster.