Yuna_Firerose 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 I rented it, since eh...it sounded good. Intro cut scene...exciting. Especially since I have a thing for accents... *ahem* THEN comes the actual game....which frustrated me to no end. The first thing you do in the game is a car chase. Simple, yes? Not at all. You're supposed to chase this red car, which looks like a tiny dot on the screen, at high speed while about a thousand cars are on the streets. And if you run into any of them, you're yelled at. ("Get off the fuckin' road!" Hell, I got called a wanker by some irate driver. You make a turn and you skid like mad. Most of the times you can't even see the car...you're just driving and going by... The ever-helpful.... TURN SIGNAL~! Your light signals when you're supposed to turn. 'Cept you're SO focused on the red freakin' dot that when you notice the damn blinker, it's pointing at a wall. Helpful. So, when in a high-speed police car chase, you're going to signal which way you're going to turn? See...it makes perfect sense. I figured out a trick during turns though... don't hold down the x button. Finally after about 50 tries I complete the car chase.....then get into a shoot down. After about three tries, I figured out a tiny secret. Lure the two guys out, then run them the fuck over with the shiny red car. Yes, I'm mean that way. Problem: if your car getes busted up...so do you. And this guy looks funny as hell when limping. So, time to use an aid-kit, or a potion, or SOMETHING to heal, right? Wrong. Everyone, get ready for the most genius idea in a game..... To heal up.....you lean against the wall. Stand by a wall, press x, and listen to the guy breathing.....then stand there.....and continue waiting. The creators didn't want to use first aid kits since those would be "unrealistic". So, not only is leaning against the wall a genius idea, but folks, apparently it's "realistic". [/mini rant] That's about as far as I got in the game, since I took it back (willingly..it was due tomorrow) today and got Suikoden III. Anyway...I'm curious as to what everyone else thought of the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest EQ Report post Posted February 16, 2003 My friend bought it. I played it once and hope to never play it again. The control is horrible. Give me GTA anyday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuna_Firerose 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 I liked GTA, but the mission that turned me off was finding those damn whores and taking them to someone's party. I never could do it without driving like a maniac, which would of course scare the girls off. Damn bitches. I'm thinking of renting Vice City...what's it like? Oh, and the sad fact about Getaway is that it's five years in the making...made before GTA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smell the ratings!!! Report post Posted February 17, 2003 I rented the game this weekend, and I can in fact confirm that it sucks the balls. But I think everyone should rent it anyway, just so you can see the Lean in action. Seriously, this guy gets popped about 5 times, and he just leans against a wall....breath.....breath....makes a face....UGNGGGNHGHH!....and he gets up and is good to go. I swear to god it looked like he was shitting out the bullets. Another lame thing Yuna forgot to mention (or didn't play long enough to notice), was that the turn signal doesn't go off untill you miss the turn. Come up to a fork...go left...right turn signal comes on. Doh! Make a U-ie, hit a guy, get chased by cops. In closing, this game sucks. However there are riotous British accents. "Th'Fuck we need 'em fah mate?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lil Naitch Report post Posted February 17, 2003 Vice City Rocks all types of Ass. I actually got The Getaway for free- Gamestop was having a deal- turn in two PS@ or X-Box games and get the getaway for free, so I did it. I got a little farther than you Yuna- I finished off the chase/gunfight, and made it to the second mission, where you have to blow up a club. Thing is they made it so f'ing hard- you had to take the doorman hostage, than drag him inside. But as you're doing this, you have to make sure the cops don't see you, or you get into another gunfight. After you spend about 15 minutes trying to drag the guy in, which is near impossible due to the controlls, you get to kill a bunch of bad guys inside, which is near-impossible in its own right. I finally got fed up and returned it, and instead got Sim City 4 for free, which is an even better deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest EQ Report post Posted February 17, 2003 I liked GTA, but the mission that turned me off was finding those damn whores and taking them to someone's party. I never could do it without driving like a maniac, which would of course scare the girls off. Damn bitches. Well, you don't have to get every girl to the party. Only 4 (I think that was the minimum). If I remember correctly, you get like a 5G bonus if you get every girl, but you don't have to in order to pass the mission. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuna_Firerose 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2003 Vice City does rock, but why did they make the cops so intelligent? You run over one cop..boom..you're surrounded by three cars in a second. So what do I do? I drive away...on...my golf cart! Oooh, I'm cruisin' now! And while they're chasing me, I'm frantically trying to find a good song. *sigh* If that doesn't work, then I just crash my car into theirs a few times till it flames, then...get out and watch the fireworks of about three cars, plus one golf cart, exploding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the 1inch punch Report post Posted February 17, 2003 I gave up on the Getaway after 10 minutes, which is a new record for me It dies indeed, suck balls, but here in Ireland (and England) its being hyped to the moon, as the "British GTA" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Mighty Damaramu Report post Posted February 17, 2003 They made the cops challenging because you know...it's more realistic and challenging that way. The game isn't designed to be a cakewalk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest fazzle Report post Posted February 17, 2003 Eh, I kinda liked The Getaway. You just gotta turn off the GTA mindset, because if you want GTA you'll get pissed off that you can't run through everything while on the car, and can't easily gun down everyone on foot. That said, I still only got to like the 5th mission. The one where you're in the police station as the phone repair man. *notices he's made it into Yuna's sig* w00t! I'm sigworthy! Hrm, for some reason I was expecting something....bigger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Annoyed Grunt Report post Posted February 18, 2003 Damn, the controls look like shit even in the commercial Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lil Naitch Report post Posted February 20, 2003 It would be a good dick-around game if it had free roam... Oh, wait. It does. You only have to BEAT THE FREAKING GAME FIRST! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
