When Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. for the PSP was first announced in late July, we really only had a general sense of what sort of game FarSight Studios is putting together. Indeed, we ran an interview with the game's associate producer that helped clear things up a bit, but it wasn't until we finally got our hands on the game this past week that we really got a sense of how the game works.
Rather than being an action-oriented shooter like its big brother on the consoles and PC, Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. is a straight-up strategy game. It draws a whole lot of influence from some classic video and board games, like RISK, M.U.L.E. and so forth, and really is something entirely different than what you'll find anywhere else on the system.