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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: mystical on December 07, 2002, 05:02:51 PM
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Well thats right, I got the full version of The Getaway today from Woolworths. They and some other stores got the stock a week early, and luckily for me they still had one copy left to sell.
Damn the game is so damn good, I am enjoying playing it very much :D :D :D
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How\'s the framerate?
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Its going to be a long wait.(January 21 here) Tell is it more like GTA3-VC or Mafia?
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For some reason i\'m not interested in this game at all, could be the London setting and the English accent, one of those i could take, but those two combined :boom: no thank you :laughing: :laughing:
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I\'m not interested in it either, but I\'m always happy to see another potential killer app arrive on the PS2.
I\'m looking forward to a more detailed review, mystical.
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I think I\'ll purchase it after getting PLATINUM.
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
How\'s the framerate?
The framerate is good for the most part but in some areas where there is a lot of items to render it slows down considerably (luckily not enough to effect gameplay).
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Originally posted by jiggs
Its going to be a long wait.(January 21 here) Tell is it more like GTA3-VC or Mafia?
Don\'t worry Jan 21 will come soon enough :)
It\'s not really at all like VC, I would say its more like Mafia. Dunno though, hard to compare, their all their own games :)
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We started selling it on friday as soon as the stock arrived. I didn\'t take it home though.
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Originally posted by Kurt Angle
We started selling it on friday as soon as the stock arrived. I didn\'t take it home though.
You didnt take it home....why not?
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I forgot it!!!!!
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Originally posted by Kurt Angle
I forgot it!!!!!
Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You better get it soon :)
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Does the full version allow you to select a free roam mode from the start?
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how well is it selling? :) If it really is that good, I hope it enjoyes a big success.
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can you do other things besides missions. are ther interiors? i take it there is still no map (so ****ing dumb) even in real life you can buy a map.
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Originally posted by Kurt Angle
Does the full version allow you to select a free roam mode from the start?
No you cant select free roam from the start, only once you have completed all of the missions. Although on some of the missions it doesnt matter how long you take so you can drive around at your leisure.
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Originally posted by SSC
can you do other things besides missions. are ther interiors? i take it there is still no map (so ****ing dumb) even in real life you can buy a map.
The game comes with a map
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even if not, it\'s London! Buy a map of london or go to a website and print it out. :)
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Good that you got it, but can you please tell us a bit more about it!!
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Im thinking of buying right when its released..
Im choosing between TG and LOTR:TTT :)
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I got it on order. I\'ll probably get it day before or on release. I would go get it tomorrow but I cant be arsed to cancel my order. And I\'m getting it for £32
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I had it reserved at GAME but I saw it Woolworths and it was the last copy so I bought it for £40. GAME lost my sale lol
If you want more details just ask specific things and I will try to help :)
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Is the controls and camera better than in the demo like the review said.
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Originally posted by Heat
Is the controls and camera better than in the demo like the review said.
The camera seems to be very slightly improved, its basically the same. You get used to it though.
Controls are easy to me anyways, never were a problem?
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Originally posted by Azeroth
For some reason i\'m not interested in this game at all, could be the London setting and the English accent, one of those i could take, but those two combined :boom: no thank you :laughing: :laughing:
I want it... more than any GTA game even, for exactly those reasons.
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Originally posted by mystical
The game comes with a map
a paper map or an in game map. my vice city paper map is sitting collecting dust because it\'s useless.
so what about the free roam? can you do side missions? can you go into bars, clubs etc. what is ther to do in free roam besides shoot pedestrians and jack cars?
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Well this game was put on sale at work this past friday. Now head office have told us to remove it from sale until the 11th, which is the official release date.
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I used the VC paper map to find assets, know my way around now. Where you work kurt? I work in comet, we havent had any copies in yet, £30 when we do though, and my staff discount!!
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I work at curry\'s but I only get 10% discount!
So I only get £4 off a £40.00 game:(
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What happened to Globalization? eh? :p I want it NOW!
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I only get 10% too, pretty crap innit, £27 aint bad tho :p
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Yeah its a paper map SSC :p
About the free roam, I\'m not sure what extras are included as I have not yet completed the whole game.
Damn Team Soho telling everyone to remove the game?!?!?!
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Should be getting mine later today, it\'s 6:33 am now, Play.com usually give it day before or day of release.
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Im happy to announce that I\'ll hopefully get the game tomorrow. I just ordered the game and it was sent today..
So lets hope my game does not get stuck with all these x-mas postcards. :)
Cant wait!
Oh and I have a question.. How many weapons are there? I\'ve found a AK-47 and a shotgun in the demo.. Are there any more?
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Got it this \'noon (12.12.02). Can\'t say much about it yet though, cuz I haven\'t even made it to the warehouse. Til now I\'m a lousy driver. Kept on crashin\' til I went up in flames :laughing: :eek: :(
(driving left side really is having to get used to) Anyway, the production value looks really tight (which it ought to be at that budget and prod. time) Indeed it comes with a paper map of good ol\' London and a kind of card on which the reallife
cast is portrayed. The game does also feature a 50/60 Hz option in disguise, becuz ye can choose between PAL/NTSC mode. Oh, btw, the framerate looks good. For comparison I got F1 2002 from EA with it. Now THAT game features a horrible framerate !Ok, now I gotta master those realistic controls :bounce:
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Ah damn.. This game is HARD! Poouh..
I’m stuck on a mission right now and I was wondering if someone could give me some help?
*SPOILERS*
I’m back at the warehouse after I crashed that prison transport.. Mark says he has to look for Alex, so I’m supposed to go up to Charlie’s office.. Problem is there\'re a lot of guards hanging around.
I got to the stairs (sneaked around the boxes and broke the neck of one of the guards) but then one of the guards walked down and spotted me.. Mission ****\'n failed :(
Am I supposed to hide under the stairs?
Great game btw.. Its way more mission based than the GTA games.
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I\'m with Fastson...... hard :mad:
Still on the 3rd mission :embarrassedandalittleturnedon:
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Ok, played it some more.... I\'m now at mission # 2 or 3 I guess.
The driving \'n stealing cars is getting better and better :wedge:
The only downside is that sometimes, due to the storyline I guess, the police are chasing you from the start of a driving mission. So, if let\'s say, you intended to not have that, by driving according the law and thus not rise suspicion -> you get chased anyway (probably becuz your \'mug\' has been on the telly and you\'ve been recognised while driving), which results in the hazardous racing in which one often crashes or bumps into anything. Also, about ppl b1tching about framerate and not-enough-cars-people-pedestrians-on the-street -> they\'re wrong becuz I bump into lots of pedestrians while driving.
So theirs quite enough \'life\' in the game version of London, which looks very good btw (yeah.. I\'ve been there in reallife).
Gameplay in shoot outs is getting used to as well. Slowly it\'s growing on me, but I still have moments when I get shot from an
angle by a bad guy :eek: which I couldn\'t see or hear coming :mad:
The \'look-around\' camera (R2 button) is way more restricted than
it\'s counterparts in say, MGS2 or Ico. Especially when your character backs up against a wall in stealth mode like Snake I miss the \'look-around\' option. Aiming is done by tapping R1. In frantic shoot outs it\'s often a matter of tapping that button as fast as you can while shooting becuz otherwise Mark keeps aiming at the same baddy who\'s already dead on the floor while there\'s tonnes of other commin\'at ya shooting. So, to keep alive I tap R1 as much as possible and do the roll/dive move alot to. The rolling moving also increases Mark\'s speed a bit becuz his running really tends to bog down after just a few shots. Indeed it\'s a tough game. But I like it already :thepimp: If you \'ave (haha that Cockney english !) the right hardware, you can have the game running in progressive scan mode. The game features that option. :cool:
While the story fits in the \'realistic\' genre, it does imo indeed have comedy/humour in it. But I think that\'s something not to spoil here on the board.:hat:
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I tried setting it to NTSC but the image quality got significantly worse cuz of the lower resolution the NTSC systems use..
Anyways its a perfect port so why would you run it at 60Hz? :)
Anyone know how to make your own VGA cable? I wanna try the P-Scan thingy on my monitor :D ;)
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Originally posted by fastson
Am I supposed to hide under the stairs?
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I found when I played that mission I didnt need to hide under the stairs. Simply go up and snap the next guys neck.
Its all about stealth :)
Bloody good game :D
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Ah thanks.. I got past it late last night..
I did hide under the stairs though (took the guy who stands by the door with me and broke his neck) ..
My pulse was pretty near heart attack level when I was running around on the 2nd floor :D
I just completed mission 8 now.. Best one so far :)
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D\'oh! I forgot you could grab people. I\'d grab em in the balls!!
Oh.. and is there any way to get health back?
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
D\'oh! I forgot you could grab people. I\'d grab em in the balls!!
Oh.. and is there any way to get health back?
Stand next to a wall and Mark will lean towards it and regain health..
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Oh ****! That will help.
I tried putting my back to the wall (press X).. and nothing happened, so I thought it wouldn\'t work..
****it.
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no, the X button is to back up against a wall to sneak around a corner. Only if Mark is hurt and he NEEDS more health he\'ll automatically lean against the wall if he\'s standing just close to
it.
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Finally got it, I just finished the bit where your at that bar.
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Marks last mission (12) is a bloody nightmare.. Mission 11 aswell!
Missions 7 and 8 are the best sofar! :)
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I\'m on mission 11 :)
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I\'m stuck at misssion 4 :( Breaking out Jake Jolson. How
do I recognise the van in which they transport him ? And
what do then ? Becuz I just keep hearing those blips till I
run outta time....
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Originally posted by Knotter8
I\'m stuck at misssion 4 :( Breaking out Jake Jolson. How
do I recognise the van in which they transport him ? And
what do then ? Becuz I just keep hearing those blips till I
run outta time....
Just drive fast as hell to where your blinkers direct you. I was almost out of time when I finally found the prison transport (on the first try even!).
After you find it, ram it like crazy, it can take a while but don’t give up. When you see black smoke coming out of the truck you’re nearly there..
The game will cut to a cut scene and some funny shitnitz will happen :D
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Thanx Fastson ;) It worked. The tricky part is, the convict
transport is down that left sideroad, which can easily be
overseen when driving so fast to catch up the convict van.
Anyway, I\'m totally into this game now. I really like it. It\'s a
bit buggy though cuz it crashed on me twice already :eek:
Not anything serious...but I think team Soho would \'ave liked
it to iron out little stuff like this if they had some more time.
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I personally think it is to "real". I do not like photoskins at all. If it had more of a "game" look i think i would be much more interested in it. I also dont like the fact that I cant just free roam like in GTA. If its ever greatest hits ill get it, but im not putting out $50 for that when there are much better tittles out.
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Originally posted by Mobius One
I personally think it is to "real". I do not like photoskins at all. If it had more of a "game" look i think i would be much more interested in it. I also dont like the fact that I cant just free roam like in GTA. If its ever greatest hits ill get it, but im not putting out $50 for that when there are much better tittles out.
You can free roam, some missions are not time sensitive. You can also free roam once you have completed all of the missions.
How can a game be too real?