behind the times, but Getaway: Black Monday!
Discussion
Isn't one of the guys behind the game a member of this site?
I thought it was quite poor, it was way too easy and didn't bring enough new stuff to better the first one (which I really liked).
I'm looking forward to the new game from their studio, 8 Days. See the awesome trailer here: www.wimp.com/eightdays/
I thought it was quite poor, it was way too easy and didn't bring enough new stuff to better the first one (which I really liked).
I'm looking forward to the new game from their studio, 8 Days. See the awesome trailer here: www.wimp.com/eightdays/
Trouble is that the stories were great, trailers were really awesome and got you hyped up to play them, it was just the poor gameplay mechanics that let them down, who didn't want to live out their own Lock Stock? Driving the cars was frustrating, compounded by having to drive them through London where you often had to sit through traffic jams to advance, the timer ticking away constantly making you ever more frustrated.
The shooting segments weren't much better either, wasn't keen on the hudless environment where you waited til the characters shirt was quite red and then stood by a wall for a minute until it cleared up, it's not like he's out of breath, he's riddled with bullets! Was far too easy to misjudge just how wounded you were and get killed off forcing you to replay the whole segment, the characters also looked heavily constipated when they ran.
The shooting segments weren't much better either, wasn't keen on the hudless environment where you waited til the characters shirt was quite red and then stood by a wall for a minute until it cleared up, it's not like he's out of breath, he's riddled with bullets! Was far too easy to misjudge just how wounded you were and get killed off forcing you to replay the whole segment, the characters also looked heavily constipated when they ran.
ouch! Looks like I'm on my own then!
I don't like the driving sections as the cars feel too heavy and sluggish, but that's real life I guess.
I also think they walk too slow and agree about the part where the poor guy is riddled with bullets, but I like the fact you can't just walk over an icon or press a button and be instantly better - if you had to bandage yourself up then that wouldn't be so bad. And you can't recover fully in this one (no idea about the first) but you can recover a bit.
And I find the HUDless screen is good too. much less cluter, and much less worry about how much ammo you have and that kind of thing, you just have to get on with it.
Not sure about the story yet, seems a bit clunky.
Also, I've had no hype for the game and a lot of friends telling me not to play the 1st one as it was so poor. Didn't even know there was a second one till Monday.
I'm playing it at work as an excuse to learn the roads of London - I have no idea where things are around here really, or hw to get from one to the other. They guys here keep saying things like "That's going to Islington and you want to be heading left here" - I find that pretty amazing.
I don't like the driving sections as the cars feel too heavy and sluggish, but that's real life I guess.
I also think they walk too slow and agree about the part where the poor guy is riddled with bullets, but I like the fact you can't just walk over an icon or press a button and be instantly better - if you had to bandage yourself up then that wouldn't be so bad. And you can't recover fully in this one (no idea about the first) but you can recover a bit.
And I find the HUDless screen is good too. much less cluter, and much less worry about how much ammo you have and that kind of thing, you just have to get on with it.
Not sure about the story yet, seems a bit clunky.
Also, I've had no hype for the game and a lot of friends telling me not to play the 1st one as it was so poor. Didn't even know there was a second one till Monday.
I'm playing it at work as an excuse to learn the roads of London - I have no idea where things are around here really, or hw to get from one to the other. They guys here keep saying things like "That's going to Islington and you want to be heading left here" - I find that pretty amazing.
Graham said:
Im quite tempted to buy a copy now its in the bargain bucket... i quite liked the first one but i was put off buying it at release price by the reviews..
is it better to play or worse than the first one ?
Better i'd say
But thats like saying standing in dog sh!t is a bit better than having a bird crap on your head. Both situations are quite bad.
jitsukadave said:
I'm playing it at work as an excuse to learn the roads of London - I have no idea where things are around here really, or hw to get from one to the other. They guys here keep saying things like "That's going to Islington and you want to be heading left here" - I find that pretty amazing.
i did like that aspect, the real streets, even the real snow hill police station (from the outside anyway, don't know the layout inside)
i was a courier at one time round the city. at one or two points i was looking for little alleyways that don't exist in the game though
Yeah, there's the building I used to work in on Oxford street, but the littler back roads are missing still, it does have the main roads and some of the back roads.
It doesn't quite get to my new office at the studios in Camden though, which is a bit of a shame, as that's where I need to learn to help me cycling from the station
still, it does have the main roads and some of the back roads. It doesn't quite get to my new office at the studios in Camden though, which is a bit of a shame, as that's where I need to learn to help me cycling from the station
jitsukadave said:
ouch! Looks like I'm on my own then!
I don't like the driving sections as the cars feel too heavy and sluggish, but that's real life I guess.
I also think they walk too slow and agree about the part where the poor guy is riddled with bullets, but I like the fact you can't just walk over an icon or press a button and be instantly better - if you had to bandage yourself up then that wouldn't be so bad. And you can't recover fully in this one (no idea about the first) but you can recover a bit.
And I find the HUDless screen is good too. much less cluter, and much less worry about how much ammo you have and that kind of thing, you just have to get on with it.
Not sure about the story yet, seems a bit clunky.
Also, I've had no hype for the game and a lot of friends telling me not to play the 1st one as it was so poor. Didn't even know there was a second one till Monday.
I'm playing it at work as an excuse to learn the roads of London - I have no idea where things are around here really, or hw to get from one to the other. They guys here keep saying things like "That's going to Islington and you want to be heading left here" - I find that pretty amazing.
funny that ive brought both copies out here to Russia while at work
Russians love it !!!
then most of them drive hitting cars anyway !!!
got as far as the police station in the first game .....but kept getting killed
cheers
forever_driving said:
Isn't one of the guys behind the game a member of this site?
That'll be me... I will defend the first Getaway to the grave, but the second one was rushed out the door and deserves all the criticism it receives.
Are you still with London Studio? Got any secrets regarding the new 8 Days game?
dick dastardly said:
Isn't one of the guys behind the game a member of this site?
That'll be me... I will defend the first Getaway to the grave, but the second one was rushed out the door and deserves all the criticism it receives.
Are you still with London Studio? Got any secrets regarding the new 8 Days game?
Sorry, bit late... and sorry I left the London Studio ages ago... and sorry I don't know anything about their new game.
Sorry
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