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Yeah, you read right. I've got a final version of The Getaway, and I am pleased to say that it lives up to all expectations.
Graphics are not the photorealistic renders that we were promised all those years ago, but they are gorgeous. Very smooth, as fast as they need to be, with only minor (but annoying when it happens) pop-up and draw-in; certainly with the trees in the Park.
The different vehicles handle very differently, and have more "realistic" handling compared to GTA3/Vice City. By that I mean the handling is tigheter, more "grippy", yet at the same time, less forgiving. Driving a Double Decker bus is a hoot!!
"On foot" mode feels a lot like GTA3/Vice City, except when it come to battle, where it turns into MGS2! Well, not quite, but the battle element is certainly better than GTA3/Vice City.
So, there is lots of London to cover, loads of vehicles to nab, graphical gorgeousness, driving on the left...there must be something left to moan about. Well, actually there are three things:
1) Game structure. It is very, very linear, and sometimes ends up being a bit like MGS2. Watch this, play this, watch some more etc.
2) Few missions; only 24. Sure, they are sometimes split into 2 or 3 episodes, but the variety is a bit lacking.
3) No on-screen navigation. All you get (in outside view) is indicators telling you to take the next turn. This is crap, and they should have nicked GTA3/Vice City's small radar map that scales the faster/slower you go.
Apart from that, it's a damn good game. There is a free-roam mode, where you can actually get up to a lot of mischief and cause mayhem (should please the GTA3 veterans amongst us!)
Any Qs, just post away :o)
Graphics are not the photorealistic renders that we were promised all those years ago, but they are gorgeous. Very smooth, as fast as they need to be, with only minor (but annoying when it happens) pop-up and draw-in; certainly with the trees in the Park.
The different vehicles handle very differently, and have more "realistic" handling compared to GTA3/Vice City. By that I mean the handling is tigheter, more "grippy", yet at the same time, less forgiving. Driving a Double Decker bus is a hoot!!
"On foot" mode feels a lot like GTA3/Vice City, except when it come to battle, where it turns into MGS2! Well, not quite, but the battle element is certainly better than GTA3/Vice City.
So, there is lots of London to cover, loads of vehicles to nab, graphical gorgeousness, driving on the left...there must be something left to moan about. Well, actually there are three things:
1) Game structure. It is very, very linear, and sometimes ends up being a bit like MGS2. Watch this, play this, watch some more etc.
2) Few missions; only 24. Sure, they are sometimes split into 2 or 3 episodes, but the variety is a bit lacking.
3) No on-screen navigation. All you get (in outside view) is indicators telling you to take the next turn. This is crap, and they should have nicked GTA3/Vice City's small radar map that scales the faster/slower you go.
Apart from that, it's a damn good game. There is a free-roam mode, where you can actually get up to a lot of mischief and cause mayhem (should please the GTA3 veterans amongst us!)
Any Qs, just post away :o)
Yeah, you read right. I've got a final version of The Getaway, and I am pleased to say that it lives up to all expectations.
Graphics are not the photorealistic renders that we were promised all those years ago, but they are gorgeous. Very smooth, as fast as they need to be, with only minor (but annoying when it happens) pop-up and draw-in; certainly with the trees in the Park.
The different vehicles handle very differently, and have more "realistic" handling compared to GTA3/Vice City. By that I mean the handling is tigheter, more "grippy", yet at the same time, less forgiving. Driving a Double Decker bus is a hoot!!
"On foot" mode feels a lot like GTA3/Vice City, except when it come to battle, where it turns into MGS2! Well, not quite, but the battle element is certainly better than GTA3/Vice City.
So, there is lots of London to cover, loads of vehicles to nab, graphical gorgeousness, driving on the left...there must be something left to moan about. Well, actually there are three things:
1) Game structure. It is very, very linear, and sometimes ends up being a bit like MGS2. Watch this, play this, watch some more etc.
2) Few missions; only 24. Sure, they are sometimes split into 2 or 3 episodes, but the variety is a bit lacking.
3) No on-screen navigation. All you get (in outside view) is indicators telling you to take the next turn. This is crap, and they should have nicked GTA3/Vice City's small radar map that scales the faster/slower you go.
Apart from that, it's a damn good game. There is a free-roam mode, where you can actually get up to a lot of mischief and cause mayhem (should please the GTA3 veterans amongst us!)
Any Qs, just post away :o)
Graphics are not the photorealistic renders that we were promised all those years ago, but they are gorgeous. Very smooth, as fast as they need to be, with only minor (but annoying when it happens) pop-up and draw-in; certainly with the trees in the Park.
The different vehicles handle very differently, and have more "realistic" handling compared to GTA3/Vice City. By that I mean the handling is tigheter, more "grippy", yet at the same time, less forgiving. Driving a Double Decker bus is a hoot!!
"On foot" mode feels a lot like GTA3/Vice City, except when it come to battle, where it turns into MGS2! Well, not quite, but the battle element is certainly better than GTA3/Vice City.
So, there is lots of London to cover, loads of vehicles to nab, graphical gorgeousness, driving on the left...there must be something left to moan about. Well, actually there are three things:
1) Game structure. It is very, very linear, and sometimes ends up being a bit like MGS2. Watch this, play this, watch some more etc.
2) Few missions; only 24. Sure, they are sometimes split into 2 or 3 episodes, but the variety is a bit lacking.
3) No on-screen navigation. All you get (in outside view) is indicators telling you to take the next turn. This is crap, and they should have nicked GTA3/Vice City's small radar map that scales the faster/slower you go.
Apart from that, it's a damn good game. There is a free-roam mode, where you can actually get up to a lot of mischief and cause mayhem (should please the GTA3 veterans amongst us!)
Any Qs, just post away :o)
Sorry, that was in my dream!! LOL! ;o)
damn u nomino for toying with people's emotions... for shame... :)
in other news.... my friend has it on pirate... even showed me the disc and everything... but i didn't have my ps2 there :(
Hah! :|
Damn you! I was goin to ask where you got it from and then my hopes blew up in my face when you said you were joking.
Once again, DAMN YOU!
:)
Once again, DAMN YOU!
:)