Earn dosh by selling coke
Aside from these gun wielding rampages, there's a huge amount of tasks on offer including driving from point to point in order to carry out or pick up missions. Driving has been handled well, but you'll still need a very steady hand as you turn corners using the Wii controllers and there are some decent car chases through the packed streets to be had. Once you've got some money in your pocket you'll be able to pick up better cars as you rise up the ranks. The feeling of picking up your first decent car and driving around the sun drenched streets of Miami, listening to the nostalgic soundtrack with $50K in your back pocket is enough to make you hungry to earn more money, so it won't be long before your back on the streets carrying out all sorts of objectives in the pursuit for fast cash.
The bulk of Scarface The World is Yours sees you trying to earn money in order to rise up the ranks. Tony starts off his career buying and selling relatively small quantities of coke. Drug dealing in the game is carried out through a hustle meter where you need to press your button at exactly the right moment in order to secure the best price for your goods. It's a fairly boring and repetitive action that adds little to the game, but unfortunately it's something that you need to do whenever you strike a deal. The money that you earn illegally in the game is labeled as dirty money, so you'll have to regularly pay a visit to the local bank where you have a deal with the owner that will turn your dirty money clean in return for a small percentage. Once again it's a repetitive task, but does add a touch of realism to the game.
Other ways of earning cash and reputation on the streets range from taking over businesses to popping a cap in the ass of a local dealer. As you progress you'll see the difference the money has made as you unlock better cars, weapons and begin to get calls from ladies who are attracted by your power. The game progresses steadily, almost too slowly at times and its hard work to get to the top as you'll need to carry out dozens of missions in order to rake in the necessary cash. Despite the slow pace of the game, when you do get to the top of your game, it is worth the effort as you do feel like 'the daddy' driving the most expensive cars and hanging out with beautiful women.
While many of the missions in Scarface are entertaining, exciting ventures there are an equal number that are just plain dull and involve traveling across the map to reach a destination where you'll witness a cut-scene and then have to move onto the next location. This isn't helped by the fact that the map in the game isn't the most user friendly I've ever seen. Once you've begun a mission you'll see a marker on the map and then be able to drive to the location following the arrows that conveniently tell you when you need to take a left or right turn. Unfortunately the arrow system doesn't always work and I often ended up in dead-ends having to back track and drive around until another arrow pointed us in the right direction. These long journeys are also not helped by the fact that saving the game can only be carried out at certain locations.