The Getaway 2 Comments by Kristan Reed

What's the money on this being a PS3 launch release?

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/has to walk away before obvious joke surfaces.

Uh... huh. If it's as bad as the first one then punching myself in the face for a few hours would be a more enjoyable use of my time.

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What's on the demo disc, Kristan? ;-)

I thought the first one was OK....not brilliant but worth a few hours of my time. Glad I didn't buy it though.

It is set in TCL, so it would be daft not to give it a try...

I enjoyed the first one, played to through to completion - which I couldn't say for too many games at the time. Give the game a break ;-)

"Uh... huh. If it's as bad as the first one then punching myself in the face for a few hours would be a more enjoyable use of my time."

Hear, here! Russian Roulette would probably be a more enjoyable waste of time...

Never did play the first one, but this sounds much improved.

Might be a bit ambitious for a PS2 title - Tiger_Walts may be right that this turns out to be a PS3 launch title.

"The focus this time has been to add more detail. There really was no point in expanding the city outwards to the suburbs. For one thing, it's not much fun driving around Wembley." I second that, after a particularly nightmarish trawl around Ikea yesterday. I really did lose the will to live. You're lucky I'm even here to tell the tale. You never know, Sony might relent and set an entire mission in the Wembley Ikea that tasks O' Connor with massacring the trolley wielding throng, taking time to make sure that those that clog up the aisles get the head shots."

Hilarious! I've really got to move out of this place.

"I really did lose the will to live. You're lucky I'm even here to tell the tale. You never know, Sony might relent and set an entire mission in the Wembley Ikea that tasks O' Connor with massacring the trolley wielding throng, taking time to make sure that those that clog up the aisles get the head shots."

I think you'll find that that Ikea is in Neasden not Wembley. I was there on Saturday.

Let's hope they put a rear view mirror in this time. And let you skip the cut scenes.

"Might be a bit ambitious for a PS2 title - Tiger_Walts may be right that this turns out to be a PS3 launch title."

I was actually referring to the often shifted release date of the first one, it was slippier than a greased eel on a waterslide.

Despite the many flaws I really did enjoy the original, and was grateful that it wasn't another game that tried to copy GTA even if that's what the massed GameFAQ posting ranks of tards wanted . Forums over the world were filled with idiots asking "is this like GTA".

Anyway I rambling now I can't remember my point. It was something along the lines of, liked the first game, looking forward to the sequel. etc.

(edit: too many negative clauses in a sentence making it mean the opposite of what I meant) :o)

RELEASE THE TARDS!

/Sits... waits...

I thought the Ikea was in Brent Park? Directly between Wembley and Neasdon.

The 1st one was good but ruined by the bloody awful controls when on foot and attempting to fight. Hopefully they've played kill.switch to learn how to do shooting and hiding behind walls better.

Ikea's in NW10, which afaik is Willesden.

;-)

So, when is a developer going to make a freeform cit sprawling criminal-genre game set in Helsinki?

We've got brutal criminals, really! we do! *
We've got fast cars! **
Illicit trading on daaangerous narcotics!***
Seedy locations!****
Corrupt officials!*****
Curse in authentic urban-slang Finnish!

Set it during the summer, due to the 20 hour sunlight you wouldn't even have to program a day-night cycle! Later, release a midwinter expansion pack where you get 20 hours of gloomy darkness instead! Joy!

Sooo much potential! Instant-hit materiel I say!

*Bicycle thieves, underaged drinkers, the ocassional drunk driver, Ecstasy dealing pimp Estonians, Social Democrats, and a rare hideously overweight local lager-swilling white supremacist biker skinhead...

**Most likely a 1983 Toyota that someone bought from their grandmother, painted a white stripe over, added a chrome exhaust pipe, lowered the suspension, and installed a subwoofer in the trunk... or a fancy Vespa! (There's yer motorbikes!)

*** 15 year-olds trading tobacco-snuff they bought from their family trip to Denmark or Sweden! Cheap home-brewed vodka from across the border with a label slapped on for good measure!

****Kebab restaurants, Karaoke Bars, real Finnish Saunas and worst of all... PUBLIC LIBRARIES!

***** Insane income-tax, and *gasp* TV-license payments!

Getaway was bloody terrible. More bugs in it than 'Hoppity Goes To Town'. I agree that it seems to be the most argued over game that I can think of in my friend circle, and the result is that the people that don't actually care whether it is a good game, and just care about the subject matter, seem to like it. They are also the ones that prefer FIFA over PES, and lined up to buy 'Medal Of Honour RS'. Bland. Boring. Bland... Did I say boring?

Will it have motorbikes?

Can I ask...

WHO REALLY CARES WHERE IKEA IS???

I mean, carry on the Ikea vein and we'll see directions and product lists... sheesh...

My brother likes The Getaway tho. I don't. I think it IS personal taste but I'm not a GTA fan either... (Good game. I enjoyed it. Just not a game I can play regularly...)

I seem to remember you couldn't look right when entering a roundabout / junction. Which just struck me as a downright irresponsible way to drive a car.

Also shouldn't there be some sort of public outcry about the 'kill the type storyline' al la gta? Or did we do that when it came out?

I thought the first one was unbearably flawed, but nevertheless was a potentially excellent game. I really hope that this one fulfills that potential, although the fact that they do not have to map the whole of London again, may mean they can improve the rest of it.

I also thought that although the combat sections were poor, they weren't as bad as GTA, and in fact the driving bits were the most frustrating!

To be fair though - anyone who goes anywhere near Ikea on the weekend needs their head read...

I can't believe no one has said:

"SHUT IT YOU SLAGS!"

Ahem.

Anyway I quite liked the first one. Flawed? Yes, but none the less enjoyable...

Played it at a fiends who really liked it, never appealed that much to me though. I sure hope that the cutscenes are made interruptable or at least that you can restart a mission without going through those 4 minutes of agony, over and over again. I can't understand why they would want to make it like that.

The original was definitely flawed, but there was something about it that kept pulling me back for one more go. To me, what drove me almost insane was the dying music - anybody recall the "nya nyaa nyaaaaaaaa" nonsense? ARGH...!

Please Sony, look into removing this *cough* musical *cough* setpiece for the sequel. And while you're at it, see if you can remove the guy that put it in there too. Oh, and I want to see PLENTY of BT vans this time round ;)

As a swede, I'd like to point out that visiting IKEA on a weekend is really, really, really stupid. It doesn't matter where said IKEA is situated, no one should visit IKEA on a weekend.

Wednesday, now that's an IKEA visiting day.

ive not got high hopes for this one at all.

the original while a technical marvel with the pretty accurately mapped inner city london(why couldnt you go south to the elephant and castle?) i couldnt help but get the feeling team soho forgot that there was also a running and shooting part that had to be worked on. piss poor controls, poor level design and god damn awfully designed gameplay mechanics. why did you heal by leaning against a wall??? lazyness imho. they couldnt have been arsed fixing the flawed control system so they slapped on the most patently ridiculous health system(maybe it was a subtle dig at the state of the nhs?).
im glad i didnt waste any money on that monstrosity but for some reason the friend i borrowed it from dosent want it back.

I liked the first one.
They need to fix the controls, (and bugs, obviously) and Camera.

If they do that it should be fine.

Also, it kinda pisses me off that people should complain that htey couldn't go certain places cause they were too far off the map, since to drive from one side of the city to the other took such a ridiculas amount of time anyway.

(Remember having to get to that bloody BT van, after having to watch that bloody 20 minute cutscene where all he does is talk on the phone? Christ!)

Played it at a fiends who really liked it, never appealed that much to me though. I sure hope that the cutscenes are made interruptable or at least that you can restart a mission without going through those 4 minutes of agony, over and over again. I can't understand why they would want to make it like that.

iirc, you can skip cutscenes (or at least, some of them) in the original game by pressing R3.

edit: bah, too slow!

edit 2: re: the skipping thing as per tiddles' post

I don't actually go to Ikea AT ALL.

No offence, but I find flatpack frustrating at the best of times. A store full of flat-pack stuff? Thats not a store, THATS MY PERSONAL IDEA OF HELL!

EA should buy this game. I think it would suit them. 'The Getaway 2: Getaway faster'.

Utter arse. I remember the first time I played Getaway, I'd had an argument about the insane amount of hype that had been floating about it, and then playing it at ECTS that year, and how utterly let down I was (again). And he was like yeah but no but yeah, cos you're just a GTA fan-boy... Anyway, we loaded the sucker up, and in my first driving section the game locked up and my car just went round in circles, as did I crying with laughter on the floor.

Next time they should be less bothered about recreating sandwich bars in the right places, and try making a game that doesn't play like a 3 legged Giraffe that has been beaten with a 'Crap Game' stick (Whatever the feck that is).

No offence, but I find flatpack frustrating at the best of times. A store full of flat-pack stuff? Thats not a store, THATS MY PERSONAL IDEA OF HELL!

Or could it be your 'Personal IKEA of hell!'... See what I did there?... I'm here all week, next stop vegas.

markypants, don't call us... we'll call you...

...

probably.

iirc, you can skip cutscenes (or at least, some of them) in the original game by pressing R3.

The friend who had the game was never big on reading manuals, but knowing this might make make me pick it up now when it's platinum.

Yes Guppy, but the screenshots were only just released, and to date, this is the only info available about the game.

And not everyone wants to spend £6 on a magazine to read one feature do they? Stop complaining. We're free.

I heard one of the missions is called "Slaughter at the BT Tower!" *cough*

Bah, if all the UK journos didn't work in London, it would have scored at least 30% lower. ;)

I have never been so disappointed in a game as much as I have in The Getaway. One of the rare occasions I got sucked in by the hype.

I honestly hope The Getaway 2 falls on it's face.

Bah, if all the UK journos didn't work in London, it would have scored at least 30% lower. ;)

Apart from the fact that all the Future lot (EDGE, OPS2M) work in Bath...

Perhaps GamesTM will balance the picture this time around with their Bournemouth-centric views?

Quote by ozgamer

I have never been so disappointed in a game as much as I have in The Getaway. One of the rare occasions I got sucked in by the hype.

I honestly hope The Getaway 2 falls on it's face.


Amen to this... the Getaway just wasn't... well, it was the gangster equivilent of a bollywood movie...

It's a nice idea, this Getaway 2, I'll admit that much. But not all nice ideas should be made...

there was something faintly embarrasing about the "scary gangster" voice acting in the first one ... like watching yr dad disco dance at a wedding reception.

Edit: ffs