Scarface Videogame Gets First Screens, Details

Thanks to Reuters/Hollywood Reporter for its brief story mentioning the "violent 1983 gangland saga" Scarface is being turned into a videogame, courtesy Vivendi Universal. Apparently, "The third-person shooter, developed by [Simpsons Hit & Run developers] Radical Games with a storyline from David McKenna ('Get Carter [remake],' 'S.W.A.T.'), is scheduled to ship in fall 2005." In addition, 1UP/EGM has a sneak peek at screenshots, revealing a visual style not a million miles removed from a big-selling franchise already significantly inspired by Scarface.

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You know what MOB game I'd love to play?

[PreDefined]

A hybrid RPG/Action/Adventure version of Once Upon A Time In America.

Re:oh boy more remakes!

[servognome]

Dude, they're completely different games.
Gather resources, create buildings, pump out troops, zerg rush, win. Its the essentially the same game, just different graphics and "plot"
I was illustrating how easy it is to create an "original" game, just like you said because the mechanics can be the same just with different window dressing.
The original poster was using the tinfoil hat argument that we are seeing remakes because of copyright infringment. My counter to the argument was that you can create an "original" game by just changing some graphics and gave some examples where the play style is similar to an existing game, with only some minor gameplay and graphical differences.
Copyright isn't something that comes into play when creating new games, unless the developer is stupid and does something blatantly obvious.