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"The Getaway Black Monday"

Anyone know if it's worth getting?

Ugh.

Getaway is a poor port of GTA.

And sh*te.

Depends on how much free stuff they got given and whether they had the exclusive or not :-D

As a matter of interest, what did this score in OPS2? No doubt it got a stupidly high score.

Taking it back today, if I can't get my money back (got the game at Tesco), I'll take it to GS on Saturday and part exchange it for an SP with GTA Advance.

With such depth and intricacy to the level design, it's a pity they can't do more with it.

Anonymous wrote:
> And my advice is to take that back and get your money back.

I'm considering it. Don't get me wrong, the game does have some good points. Like the area I'm at just now, it's a nice big open space; a scrapyard, and the gunfights are quite enjoyable, and the rag-doll physics are great. But the enclosed levels are frustrating because of the camera, I dread trying the stealth sections later on, they'll be impossible. I'll play through a few more levels before I decide wether to take it back.

I was actually going to get this but, after watching a clip of i'm bloody glad i didn't, it looks absolutely terrible!

Lou Role wrote:
> Decided to take the risk and bought it today. So far it feels pretty
> average, and none of the faults of the first game have been
> rectified. There's been no effort at all to improve the camera, if
> anything it's worse, especially in enclosed spaces.
>
> I'm better off aiming manually as I'm even more accurate than the
> auto aim, which is laughable. Plus, the characters still look as
> though they've crapped themselves when the walk, and it takes a while
> for them to walk down stairs for some reason, which is annoying in a
> gun fight.
>
> Driving sections remain the games strong point, however it's annoying
> when you're in the squad car, sirens blaring, and traffic just flows
> normally, going through lights and stuff. It's as though you're
> invisible to them.
>
> I'll try to play through the game to finish the main story, but after
> that it's going to be traded against something else.
>
> My advice is stay clear.

And my advice is to take that back and get your money back

The first one was naff so I think I'll leave this.

Decided to take the risk and bought it today. So far it feels pretty average, and none of the faults of the first game have been rectified. There's been no effort at all to improve the camera, if anything it's worse, especially in enclosed spaces.

I'm better off aiming manually as I'm even more accurate than the auto aim, which is laughable. Plus, the characters still look as though they've crapped themselves when the walk, and it takes a while for them to walk down stairs for some reason, which is annoying in a gun fight.

Driving sections remain the games strong point, however it's annoying when you're in the squad car, sirens blaring, and traffic just flows normally, going through lights and stuff. It's as though you're invisible to them.

I'll try to play through the game to finish the main story, but after that it's going to be traded against something else.

My advice is stay clear.