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Title: The Getaway
Post by: fastson on May 01, 2002, 08:12:09 AM
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Title: The Getaway
Post by: Ace on May 01, 2002, 08:21:56 AM
When?
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Post by: MAKAVELIUK on May 01, 2002, 09:11:34 AM
Me want now i cant wait til e3 to see it running
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Post by: project86 on May 01, 2002, 09:43:07 AM
It looks fantastic, but what the heck is in the plot of the game? Do you know what the game is about?
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on May 01, 2002, 09:50:00 AM
if this is running at 60fps..
:eek:

this is basically GTA3 without the tongue in cheek dark humour about it

just from memory the story is something like your daughter/wife/dildo is kidnapped, and you are blackmailed into doing work.. or you want vengence, or something like that..

i really hope it plays well, as the graphics are superb, and teh gameplay should be top knotch..

i guess GTA3 will have stolen its thunder.. this should have more parts much more in depth than GTA3, but i doubt it will have all the little options and everything of GTA3..

more like Driver

/me wants
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on May 01, 2002, 10:12:28 AM
The game looks ok of course... but the previous pics showed long time ago were 10x better. E3!
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Post by: seven on May 01, 2002, 10:48:07 AM
Here\'s some info from where those screens came from:

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«The Getaway» ist eine Mischung aus englischen Gangsterfilmen wie «Snatch» und dem PS2-Klassiker «GTA3». Als Kleinkrimineller muss der Spieler mit dem Auto durch London rasen und verschiedene Missionen lösen. Besonderes Augenmerk legen die Entwickler auf eine authentische Umgebung. Über 70 digitalisierte Quadratkilometer der englischen Hauptstadt können ab diesem Herbst vom PS2-Gamern befahren werden.


The Getaway is a something in the likes of an english gangster movie like Snatch and the PS2 hit game Grand Theft Auto 3. As a small criminal you start your journey by driving through the detailed streets of London while participating in various missions. London itself has been modeled into a 70 square km virtual city. In other words, every detail of the city has been modeled into the game.

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Dem Spieler ist dabei die Wahl des fahrbahren Untersatzes überlassen. Zwar stehen auch die typischen schwarzen Taxis oder die roten Doppelstockbusse zur Verfügung. Aber zur effektiven Verfolgungsjagd kommt man nicht um einen schnellen Sportwagen oder gar ein Polizeiauto herum.


Just like in GTA3, you can choose what cars you want to hijack. From the typical black taxis to the red buses - it\'s all there.

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Ein beträchtlicher Teil des Spiels findet aber auch ausserhalb des Autos in verschiedenen Lagerhallen, illegalen Casinos oder Rotlichtspelunken statt. Vor allem in diesen Innenlevels vermag die Grafik zu beeindrucken. Jede Lichtquelle wirft an allen Objekten ihre Schatten. Auch die Bewegungen der Gangster sind brilliant animiert und machen Lust auf mehr.


The game not only boosts an incredible outsight scenery, but also lots of scenes where the player can go into various buildings, such as illegal casinos, red district pubs and others. The graphics in those buildings apperantly, are pretty impressive as each light source throws an individual shade on each object. The animations of the gangsters are also quite brilliant.

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Die Hauptdarsteller von «The Getaway» bewegen sich fast wie echte Menschen. Zu diesem Zweck wurden die unzähligen Zwischensequenzen im Spiel von fünf echten Schauspielern aufgenommen und danach im sogenannten Motion-Capturing-Verfahren ins Spiel eingefügt.


The main characters of "The Getaway" move almost like real people. TO achieve this, real actors (5 of them) have been motion-captured for all the various cut-scenes in the game.

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Auf den ersten Blick macht das Spiel einen ausgezeichneten Eindruck aber trotzdem ist bis zum Release noch einige Arbeit nötig. Beim Probespielen im Soho Studio von Sony in London machte sich vor allem die mangelhafte Kollisionsabfrage bemerkbar. Des öfteren gab es im Spiel Autokollisionen aus heiterem Himmel, während in der nächsten Szene der scheinbare Totalcrash mit einer leichten Berührung endete.


The games looks very impressive to date - eventhough there is still alot of improvement left until its release. While playing the game at the Studio of Team Soho, we noticed that there were a lot of car crashes by the AI out of the blue while walking through the streets of London.

Source: Blick Online - Switzerland (http://www.blick.ch/PB2G/PB2GA/pb2ga.htm?snr=28908) (Thanks Fast for the link)

Sounds good doesn\'t it?! :D

I love the screens btw: the cars seem to reflect the surroundings and the fact that each object in the buildings have their own realistic shades sounds very cool indeed.
Title: The Getaway
Post by: project86 on May 01, 2002, 10:54:39 AM
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Originally posted by seven
Here\'s some info from where those screens came from:



The games looks very impressive to date - eventhough there is still alot of improvement left until its release. While playing the game at the Studio of Team Soho, we noticed that there were a lot of car crashes by the AI out of the blue while walking through the streets of London.

Source: Blick Online - Switzerland (http://www.blick.ch/PB2G/PB2GA/pb2ga.htm?snr=28908) (Thanks Fast for the link)

Sounds good doesn\'t it?! :D

I love the screens btw: the cars seem to reflect the surroundings and the fact that each object in the buildings have their own realistic shades sounds very cool indeed.

That just about answers my question. Thanks man for the update.;)
Title: Can\'t wait for this game!
Post by: Simchoy on May 01, 2002, 11:27:34 AM
Looks and sounds impressive. True, doesn\'t look as good as the previous screens (which most people, even here, didn\'t believe would be achievable in realtime anyways) but still very impressive looking.

Of coarse, it will inevitabily be compared to GTA3. IMO, even with the simularities, should still be a great game on its own. Certainly looks great graphically.
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Post by: Ace on May 01, 2002, 11:32:23 AM
What\'s the release date for this game?

I\'m to lazy to search it out.

Ace
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Post by: seven on May 01, 2002, 11:36:04 AM
said something about late this year. No idea... probably september or october but I really don\'t know for sure. We\'ll find out at E3 I guess...
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Post by: Heat on May 01, 2002, 11:50:14 AM
Looks pretty good. I may look into it near the time of release.
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Post by: fastson on May 01, 2002, 12:09:58 PM
Woho..

Sounds awesome.. Thanks for the translation seven :)

:eek:
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Post by: Bozco on May 01, 2002, 01:10:56 PM
With  how long they have been working on it, it better be the best damn game ever.
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Post by: kopking on May 01, 2002, 01:29:09 PM
yeah been waiting ages for his gae..lets hope it blows our socks off!!!! hope that you can use more stealth, cos it was lmost impossible to sneak up on peep on gta3
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Post by: SwifDi on May 01, 2002, 03:00:40 PM
I just scratched it on my list of most anticipated games. That makes 24, :laughing:!
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Post by: Heat on May 01, 2002, 03:13:39 PM
i got 4 on my list
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Post by: ddaryl on May 01, 2002, 05:15:17 PM
The gamne also allows you to play from 2 different character angles

the 1st being the retired criminal who is balckmailed

the other being the shady cop chasing you down

Hows that for replay value

Glad to see the game is coming around..... about time
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Post by: luckee on May 01, 2002, 06:40:35 PM
Ive wet myself yet again. I want this game already so I can finally stop ruining my clothes!!
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Post by: kokopuphz on May 01, 2002, 07:44:05 PM
that\'s a great 3d model of the inside of the automobile (the best I\'ve ever seen) but seriously... the inside of a car????  hmm...  i dunno, but I\'m curious as to how the inside of the car is going to come into the game..
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Post by: ddaryl on May 01, 2002, 08:44:08 PM
http://www.spong.com/framehead.asp?go=news&mode=full&type=n&prid=3190

read this guys quite interesting

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Sony mismanagement or thank you to gamers?

We have learned that SCE’s upcoming PlayStation 2 title The Getaway will be unable to make a profit, due to the huge amount of cash the company has spent during production.

The Getaway is without doubt the most intriguing of all planned PlayStation 2 titles in production at this time. From the very beginning when the game first entered the public domain, controversy seemed an integral part of the title’s make up.

The initial flare came when Sony released shots taken from the game in 2000. So good were these screens, it became evident that they were doctored photos. As we exclusively revealed last year, this was simply a marketing cock-up and a breakdown in communications between the development team the marketing department.

And Sony’s reaction to this blunder? Well, it was simply amazing. It just said, “wait and see, the game will look as good as we have said.” Incredible. So Sony battened down the hatches and got to work. Although we do not know the exact figure spent on The Getaway at this time, members of the development team have freely stated, off the record, that it is “an unrecoverable sum.”

As Sony announces huge profits, largely powered by the success of the PlayStation 2, it can afford to make something special, a game that will set new standards and serve to make the PlayStation 2 the must-have machine. Even if The Getaway cannot fund its development costs through retail sales, the knock-on effect of the PlayStation 2 hosting one of the greatest games ever created, though not directly related to, or tangibly connected to The Getaway, will be well worthwhile.

This news should be welcomed by the gaming community and digested without cynicism. The value of the games industry on a global basis is huge, yet more and more companies are living hand-to-mouth, releasing games at as fast a rate as possible, to keep cashflow healthy. Given Sony’s consolidated position, it can afford to lavish expense on a killer app.

Hopefully this will set a precedent across the games world.

At this point in time, The Getaway is still some way off, though we might just see something at E3.
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Post by: 182Ways on May 01, 2002, 09:13:57 PM
Nice pics, but the textures on that 3rd one could use some work.

I\'m going to bet that The Getaway will turn out to be either extremely great or considerably bad.  For some reason, I don\'t think it will be just "average."
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Post by: kokopuphz on May 01, 2002, 09:20:13 PM
and i\'m a little worried, because simply pouring resources into a project doesnt make the project run any faster or any better.
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Post by: ddaryl on May 01, 2002, 09:28:07 PM
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Originally posted by kokopuphz
and i\'m a little worried, because simply pouring resources into a project doesnt make the project run any faster or any better.


Huh ???

What ???

of course it does, please explain how it wouldn\'t
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Post by: ddaryl on May 01, 2002, 09:29:46 PM
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Originally posted by 182Ways
Nice pics, but the textures on that 3rd one could use some work.

I\'m going to bet that The Getaway will turn out to be either extremely great or considerably bad.  For some reason, I don\'t think it will be just "average."




textures.... ?????

I think they\'re pretty sweet for the PS2.
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Post by: kokopuphz on May 01, 2002, 09:42:53 PM
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Originally posted by ddaryl
of course it does, please explain how it wouldn\'t

Well, if the original design of the game is not good, or if the core programmers aren\'t the smartest people, then no matter how many people and money you spend on a single project, the outcome can still be less than something designed and built by a much smaller yet efficient team.  For example, my company has a really big project that its working on, and its very important and stuff like that, so they\'ve gone full blown and are using about 500 people to make the project run, but the truth of the matter is is that 500 people won\'t solve a problem that 2 people can\'t.

I\'m not saying whether the Getaway will be good or no, just hoping that people at Sony aren\'t using their resources in the wrong way.
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on May 01, 2002, 10:39:38 PM
the reason this game has been so expensive to make is purely because of the premise of the game.  it is set in realistically captures 70 square kilometers of London (50sq miles).. this means that they have been out with a digital camera, day after day taking photos of shop fronts etc. etc.  everything from the local HMV musc store, to light posts and post office boxes have been captured.. if its in London.. it is in this game..

which is why they will never make a profit, unless they do a major sequal

i just hope the game plays fast.. an arcadey feel would probably be preferred  from me, but i think it will be realistic, so it will be different from GTA3

and thanks for the info Ddaryl, playing as the cop chasin him could be absolutely sweet.  its great to see after putting in all the money to capture the city that they are trying to make the most of it..

i hope it does turn out well..
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Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on May 01, 2002, 10:41:13 PM
looks like GTA3 on steroids, which isn\'t a bad thing :)
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Post by: kopking on May 02, 2002, 10:34:14 AM
souds cool being able to lay it from 2 different perspectives
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Post by: DirectXbox on May 02, 2002, 11:41:27 AM
Wow!!!  Look at the reflective bump mapping!!!

No, wait...

Yuck, that was just a booger on my monitor!
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Post by: Bozco on May 02, 2002, 12:23:47 PM
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Originally posted by DirectXbox
Wow!!!  Look at the reflective bump mapping!!!

No, wait...

Yuck, that was just a booger on my monitor!


Lets all point and laugh at the loser, oh and has xbox killed PS2 yet???;)
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Post by: kopking on May 02, 2002, 12:36:35 PM
lol..the x box which ps1, dc outsell......... also colour gameboy ( not advanced) almost out sells it



he only game that is excellent is halo, and thats coming out on pc
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Post by: fastson on May 02, 2002, 01:17:22 PM
Yeah.. What happened to the PS2 killah you were talking about.. Oh was it a year ago?

:laughing:
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Post by: DirectXbox on May 02, 2002, 01:37:41 PM
Ah!!! It\'s just like the good old days.  I\'m not going to get this halfway decent thread about a halfway decent game with halfway decent graphics coming out for a halfway decent computer entertainment system locked, so I\'m going to keep mum, m\'kay?
Title: So why the **** did you reply to this thread in the first place?
Post by: Simchoy on May 02, 2002, 01:46:44 PM
****ing troll. :rolleyes:
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Post by: DirectXbox on May 02, 2002, 01:48:14 PM
So, um, in the Getaway, what are you getting away from?
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Post by: The Stapler on May 02, 2002, 01:50:17 PM
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Originally posted by DirectXbox
I\'m going to keep mum, m\'kay?
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Post by: Simchoy on May 02, 2002, 01:51:31 PM
Okay, now you are just posting ****...oh wait, you have always been doing that.

Well, if you have read what the article says, you would know the premise of the game...but somehow, unless its coming to the Xbox, you won\'t give a rats ass. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Deadpool on May 02, 2002, 02:12:09 PM
Arent we talking about the awesome game Getaway.  DirectXbox dont be an idiot, oh to late!  Were talking about the game not asking stupid questions.

The Getaway is gonna rock!!!
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Post by: SwifDi on May 02, 2002, 02:18:19 PM
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Originally posted by ddaryl
http://www.spong.com/framehead.asp?go=news&mode=full&type=n&prid=3190

read this guys quite interesting

 


Awesome. Feels good to have are asses kissed for a change. Although the icing would really be on the cake if they mailed it to us free. :D
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on May 02, 2002, 09:38:50 PM
heheh, DXB funny..

to answer your question, most presumably you would be getting away from the police.. as that is the type of game it is..

DXB, please just stick to Console Debating for your threads, you really dont have anything to add in the main forum, thanks  :)