This is helpful for defending your properties from the local gangs attacks. The map of the game shows you the location of this gangs, so you can eliminate them and gain there territories. Again this job resumes in killing all their members and collecting their money and drugs. Each region of the city contains a number of properties and one storehouse. There you can store your drugs and then distribute them in huge quantities. This will help you in earning lots of money. But don't be scared. There are a lot of objects investments to spend the money on them. Like in GTA series, after your character dies, you will be respawned to the nearest point you were last time. But you will lose all your money and drugs that you had on you. The best way to save your 'dirty' money is to 'laundry' them on the bank.

Whenever you go to the bank you have to play a minigame in order to obtain a lower rate. A meter will appear with different percentages. You have to fill this meter to a success zone. This can be done by pushing and holding the T button. If you don't release it in time you will obtain a higher rate and lose some money. The same minigame is used also when you want to buy or sell drugs to a supplier, disarm bombs and when you have to fast-talk your way past the police. If this is a clever implementation is up to you. Anyway is challenging when you want to sell your drugs with a higher price.

Heat

The most important factor to be taken in consideration is the heat. This factor influences your relations with the gangs or with the police. The heat related to the gangs will increase by every member that you kill. The heat related to the police will increase by every killed pedestrian or by every destroyed car. The heat with the local gangs will influence how much money you will get for selling drugs to dealers. The heat with the police will affect the percentage taken by the bank in exchange of your depository. After some time the heat meter can become full, and the gangs or the police will take major solutions against you. So you have to do something in order to decrease these meters. Either you buy and sell drugs to the gangs, or bribe them. The only solution against the police is to bribe them. Be careful that this might become really expensive.

" All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break them for no one."

Scarface is the only game that has 'balls' meter.

This meter actually shows you how much rage you have gained after every mission. Besides missions, you can increase this meter by doing stunts with your car, or by driving aggressively. In the middle of a fight, if the gauge of this meter is full, then you can perform a special attack from a first person view. This attack will help you kill any enemy from a single shot. This attack is useful when you get surrounded by dozens of enemies. Taking in consideration also the fact that the aiming is getting worse in such situations, I advise you to use this ability as much as you can. After you have bought some henchmen, you can use them do secondary missions instead of Tony. But instead of being a solution for saving your money, the only person that can deposit them to the bank is Tony, so you will have to change you character in order to save your money.

Conclusion

Although the console versions of this game are a really success, the PC version is suffering from a bad convertion. The developers tried to create a much more cooler game than any GTA, but using Tony Montana was not a solution in achieving this.