It is a well-known phenomenon in the gaming industry to develop video games based on celebrated movies. “Scarface: Money. Power. Respect.” is a great example of such a game that has originated from a popular movie. Although the movie was released a long time back, it is still remembered and admired for its spectacular portrayal of an out of control drug kingpin. This popularity has inspired the development of this turn-based strategy game for the PlayStation Portable.
As stirred from the film’s theme, the game revolves around managing a drug dealer’s business. The gameplay is simple and easy to follow, but still very engaging and entertaining. You have to use your brains to manage an illegal business activity, which can provide a change from the standard affairs of defeating monsters or evil spirits. While Scarface titles on the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PC all continued the Scarface storyline and saga, the PSP version does no such thing. Hence, you will be disappointed if you are expecting to play as a reincarnated Tony Montana. In fact, the PSP version of Scarface is not attached with the story very much; instead it offers more strategy based options to enhance the playability.
If you choose a single-player game, you will get a choice to play a sequence of 10 scenes or a cartel challenge. In the case of the movie scenes, you will be given a set of objectives for each scene, which is actually a clip from the movie. The main objectives in Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. typically revolve around eliminating a character or defeating a rival, while there may be some additional secondary objectives. To complete your objectives, you will again be given a particular task like winning battles, earning a particular sum of money or even capturing the stated territories.
If the cartel challenge is your choice over the movie scenes, you will get to choose the desired cartel. From the three game modes in the cartel challenge, the race to a fortune requires first player to earn a set sum of money. In a fight to the finish, a player can continue playing till all cartels except one have eliminated from the scene. In the third mode, which is named as drug war, there are certain rounds to be conquered.
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