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Scarface Videogame Gets First Screens, Details

Posted by simoniker on from the say-hello-to-my-etc dept.

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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  1. You know what MOB game I'd love to play? by PreDefined · · Score: 2, Insightful

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

  2. Re:Scarface Videogame. by oldManSquad · · Score: 2, Funny
    GTA: Vice City?

    noooo really??? you do know the blue lines are for clicking don't you?

  3. Wow. by delus10n0 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Worst. Screen. Shots. Ever.

    Why even bother making this game?

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  4. oh boy more remakes! by Bishop · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just when you started getting bored of all the movie remakes, now Hollywood is pillaging older movies for games. I think part of the problem is the current copyright craziness. It is easy and low risk to buy solid rights to an old movie. The higher risk alternative is to develop an idependant game or movie and get sued out of existance, because the game or movie might slightly resemble some old movie that nobody but the lawyers care about.

    1. Re:oh boy more remakes! by servognome · · Score: 3, Insightful

      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.

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