helpplease Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Back at around the millenia there was a rivalry between GTA and the Getaway. The latter had vastly superior graphics, although the open world was somewhat lacking in comparison. Would be great if team Soho came back and gave GTA a run for its money. GN 92 and kontol_kering 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranceking26 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I remember watching a friend play it back when it came out. It looked good but had no HUD and you had to check the indicator lights to know which way to go. I liked how they recreated London and the vehicles of that time period. It wasn't that bad a game, but I much prefer the 3D era GTA's. kontol_kering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) I never played it, but saw many scans of The Getaway: Black Monday in magazines back in 2004 and wanted to try it. Shame I didn't had a PS2 then. The game had licensed cars, so I guess they coudn't make them explode or do crazy things. EDIT: This should be moved to the gaming subforum. Edited January 9, 2015 by Nicolas Chiribelo Did you see the frightened ones? Did you hear the falling bombs? Did you ever wonder... ...why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algonquin Assassin Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Black Monday was sh*t IMO. The first one was much better. However I never undersood why it was compared to GTA at the time. It was open world in a sense that LA Noire and Mafia II are. The city provides a backdrop to the story. I remember when there were talks of The Getaway III, but it got cancelled. Maybe someone might resurrect the I.P one day. TheOneLibertonian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdant Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) I've got Black Monday on the PS2 but I never bothered too finish it. I mainly enjoyed the feature of just roaming around London as Eddie. Edited January 9, 2015 by Verdant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Viking Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Back at around the millenia there was a rivalry between GTA and the Getaway. The latter had vastly superior graphics, although the open world was somewhat lacking in comparison. Would be great if team Soho came back and gave GTA a run for its money. Hell yeah I remember the game, bits and pieces anyway. I remember one particular mission where I had a big shootout with some Jamaican gangsters for instance. The best thing about it though imo, was the setting. The world wasn't grand but it was a nice Getaway (pun intended) from the American settings. ThaBirdCoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maya Echo Visari Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Woah.. What a blast from the past.. I only owned Black Monday. I'm pretty sure the series itself, (in the past I'm implying), was very underrated if I'm not mistaken. Black Monday was very gritty, the story engrossing and I thought it was great. The English was so well spoken that as an American, it was a little hard to keep up with but not too hard. A very atmospheric world for a PS2 game. I got to the end, but as Eddy I failed to save a particular party in a previous mission, and I made enemies with an officer you really don't want to be enemies with! The only issue I really had with the game was that.. They really didn't hold our hand at all. I don't know if the series is notorious for dropping utterly no hints, tips or tutorials, but Black Monday was quite an experience to play blind. Edited January 10, 2015 by SevDoggX matajuegos01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Daniels Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Great series. Can't understand why they cancelled 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Leone Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Was a bit before my time (first gta game 2005),but I played the first one and preferred Mafia 1. It is getting a lot of love in this thread, but I lm not a fan. I liked The Godfather 1, it wasn't really a story game but I liked the gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Femme Fatale Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I remember it...My cousin bought it the year it was released...it was pretty good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpplease Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Was a bit before my time (first gta game 2005),but I played the first one and preferred Mafia 1. It is getting a lot of love in this thread, but I lm not a fan. I liked The Godfather 1, it wasn't really a story game but I liked the gameplay. Admittedly the best elements of the Getaway were the graphics and story. They were very realistic at the time and people were wondering why GTA couldn't look like that. That being said I think GTA's graphics hold up more, as is the case when graphics are more stylized. It had some really good ideas though. The recovery system (holding the wall whilst Hammond takes a breath) was interesting and the plot (kidnapping your son) actually kind of justifies massacring people. The lack of a map and radar were huge downfalls though, matajuegos01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillBellic Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 It would be great if it was to be resurrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Montana Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I enjoyed the first one, Didn't play Black Monday. I really hope somebody pulls a True Crime/Sleeping Dogs move and brings the series back. UshaB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matajuegos01 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Loved both, I'm still hoping they release the getaway 3 someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneLibertonian Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I loved The Getaway. It was like GTA with real cars and cool accents. I doubt that they will make a third due to one of the creators of the game went to form Team Bondi and made LA Noire, which is an awesome game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choymz Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Dear lord if they make a new getaway i will explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossman_518 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Excellent game the getaway was. It had a way of pulling you into the environment like no other game I have played. The city, the fact that there was no hud definitely created a unique and enjoyable experience. I would love if they did an HD remake for current and or next gen consoles. That would be awesome. I remember playing free roam in that game for hours on end and being fully submerged in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Weren't they making a third one set in Amsterdam or something, or was that just a tech demo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormingz Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) I remember in order to regain health in the getaway, you had to lean against a wall to catch your breath, very unique game. Edited January 12, 2015 by Stormingz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADropInTheOcean Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 The Getaway is the GTA London we never got. Easily one of the best "GTA clones" ever IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osho Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Never played the game, but having read through the reviews some of the things they attempted to do sounds really cool thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarnageRacing00 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) The Getaway is the GTA London we never got. Easily one of the best "GTA clones" ever IMHO. I think that award goes to Saints Row. A mostly humorless game with an open world as a mission hub does not a GTA game make. The Getaway is more in league with Mafia. Edited January 12, 2015 by MichiganMuscle77 Maya Echo Visari 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nath22 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 It was more inspired by British crime films than it ever was GTA, but every open world game then risked being called a GTA clone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamieleng Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) I remember when there were talks of The Getaway III, but it got cancelled. Maybe someone might resurrect the I.P one day.There was more than just talk, there were two teaser trailers, one of which hinted that it might feature Amsterdam as well. I never played Black Monday, but I had a blast playing the first one & driving around a city I knew quite well (at least I did back then) felt quite surreal. I would buy a new installment on the PS4 in a heartbeat. Edited January 12, 2015 by jamieleng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbeau Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 When the game came out I really enjoyed it. I remember I was really impressed by the graphics at the time. I would have prefered to have a hud, but it was still playable once you get to play more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acky. Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Had both The Getaway and The Getaway: Black Monday on PS2, and still do, absolutely loved the games, thought the graphics were excellent for the time they were released. Awesome story, but limited in ways that would restrict it from being "open-world" (much alike to Mafia II, LA Noire, etc). I also was hoping SOHO continued to make the game and I was upset that the 3rd installmant of the series never made it. I hope it's soon back in development, would love to see what it could be like with the software at their fingertips nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavle Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I played it mostly for the licenced cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I played the hell out of black Monday. I liked the car selection (especially the lancia Rally cars) Also the rag doll physics were funny and the fact that you could take hostages was nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webster. Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I remember when it came out and I was just a kid at the time, I watched my friend play it and I wanted the game so badly. I asked my mum if I could have it but she said no. Many years later I found the game and played it (hoping it was still going to be brilliant despite how old the game was) then I compared the graphics to the new era graphics and thought it was completely sh*t Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_sff4949 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Great game for it's time with some pretty challenging missions, good plot, voice acting, and awesome locations, although the lack of free roam really set it back for me in comparison to GTA and that car blinker alone to navigate the city drove me crazy (no pun intended) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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