Paul Clynes Could they not just create their own cars like in grand theft auto? I know that would take some charm away from the original but I feel like if they put effort into making it a huge cinematic crime experience it would sell incredibly well
But then again the formula of this game is too outdated for today standards. (you cannot, roam the whole London or do side missions like GTA. after completing a mission you are already on the way to for another mission) this game is too linear for a open world game, it ain't gonna work on today's generation. if they remake this then they have to change the whole open world system. which will require to change the narrative as well. (since the story is itself is written for this linear system)
V - Trigger idk Jedi Fallen order and God of War (2018) both had level design that felt kinda like this and mafia 2 to me, I felt like it could be a powerful showcase of the ps5. But companies do have that mindset to when in doubt make their game open world so it probably would have creative differences and fall down
I worked on both Getaway's, it's nice to see another review on it. I made a developer secrets video on this and another going through all the merch I picked up when I worked on it, if anyone is interested :) great video and thank you for doing this.
Oh and the team weren't happy with the final out come. Brendan was more interested in making films than games. We tried to fix some of these issues for the sequel. Funny fact, we got an "A" bug from FPQA that said "There is not gameplay in this game" it made us laugh and cry at the same time😂
Thank you for making my childhood/ teen years. Blew my mind back in the day. I remember being stood in the gameshop for 4 hours building up the courage to ask someone to buy it for me 🤣
@@ahardm05 😅 what a great story. A few of us went down to HMV in London to watch people buy the game. It was awesome. You can't really do that now, unless you wait outside someone's house until their Amazon delivery turns up 😂
I love the accuracy of the licensed cars in this, not in terms of 3D models but what would be actual regular cars in the UK in 2002: Rover 75s, Renault 5s, Saabs, Alfa 156s and Vauxhall Vectras, the latter two being family cars I grew up in, it's actually pretty cool in my opinion
This was the game that I bought with my PS2 when it was new. The photo realism, the mocap, the cutscene work. The sense of scale... It all really blew my mind. I still think how that game made me feel has largely been unparalleled until very recently playing RDR2 on PC.
Honestly I've yet to encounter a game that got that gritty and realistic click. Of course now everything is flashy and graphically way more advanced, but at the time it really was up there and critically underrated in my view. Like you say, that feeling while playing it, a cinematic London experience, I never had it surpassed, certainly not by RDR2. At one point they released an Amsterdam trailer for Getaway 3, suuuper realistic, the street sign, boat, houses etc. very believable (I live there), but alas, it was never to be. Trailer : ua-cam.com/video/PJnGYi08Zvc/v-deo.html
@@Rombbb I never knew about this project. I've only ever played the original PS2 release and not for at least 10 years. Personally I couldn't see an Amsterdam happening, but there is no shortage of grime and crime to centre a plot around. Falling in canals and getting mayonnaise as health packs sounds about right too
@@mrmerlin6287 True, won't be happening, was in 2006. I was thinking about the original a bit more and besides the lighting, mature story etc. what I think was a big part of the realistic impression were all the licensed well-modeled cars, like regular british cars, from a Vauxhall, Rover to a Range Rover. And little details like working blinkers. Imagine if GTA would have real licensed cars, would be 100% more immersive.
@@Rombbb A large part of what made GTA stand apart from games like The Getaway was that it was only loosely grounded in reality. I think what made GTA outlandish and unbelievable was what made it soar into popularity. It was still a game at heart. It wouldn't translate into gritty, life-paced realism and carry as much drama if it had The Getaway treatment. Listening too all those voice actors in The Getaway was like a strange episode of East Enders.
I was just a kid back then and I remember perfectly not having the guts to pass the warehouse level, I was so scared of the game's atmosphere, what a memory..!
The Getaway series & Gangs of London were such underrated games for a long time and it’s FINALLY getting the recognition that it deserves. Love this game
There's a third game in the series, Gangs of London on the PSP, and more recently, The PSVR games, Playstation Worlds: The London Heist and Blood and Truth are all part of the same universe.
"The Getaway" probably suffered most by being released almost simultaneously with "GTA Vice City". Both were (and are) extraordinary pieces of work which played key roles in propelling the PS2 to becoming the largest selling console of all time (a record that it still holds today). 18 years ago videogamers (and everyone else) were far more likely to read instruction books, and so the immediacy of the first scene of "Getaway" seemed to be visionary and filmlike, not confusing or mannered. Movies do not have HUDs and so it seems logical (and brave) that the GTA model should not be copied here. "Getaway" had a very troubled gestation and certainly felt awkward in some aspects, but this was counterbalanced by a very strong story with undercurrents of racism, torture, corruption and morality, in stark contrast to the almost cartoonish culture of "Vice City". The "Sim" character of the vehicle driving in "Getaway" took time to master, but again it added to the realism of the story. The 2004 sequel "Black Monday" seemed weak, probably because the design team failed to take the concept any further in real terms and thus did not surprise the audience as they had with the original. "The Getaway" is today often regarded as a forgotten game but that does not diminish the impact it had in 2002. It made a lot of people think about what a contemporary videogame could aspire to be, and in doing so it embodied a number of false starts. But it is a game still worth playing in 2020, and the visionary attitude of its creators is certainly laudable.
All I remember from The Getaway 2 was the amazing lighting effects in the very first part, almost on a par with the contemporary Doom 3 (though the PS2 could probably only handle such effects in a small, specific area). Also Black Monday put the "cop" chapter first (where other cops don't chase you), giving it a more sensible difficulty curve.
100% agree, even on my first play through the game felt jarring because I was expecting it to control like a GTA game, when it really sets out to do it's own thing. Black Monday was mostly more of the same but I do have memories of some interesting set pieces, I remember doing the council flat mission and thinking what other game would ever take place in a location like this and have it feel so real?
I never been at London but my older brother been there for one week, When ive give him try The Getaway & The Getaway Black Monday he praised how accurate London are in contrast to Midtown Madness 2/Mdnight Club:Street Racing BTW.... 1.Mark Hammond Actor returns to L.A Norie game :) as boxer Albert Hammond(Mark ancestor?) 2.Snow Hill police station likness are bassed on Sun Hill police station from british police TV drama The Bill.
It's so accurate to London, that in the pre-sat nav/google streets days, I used to plan routes and find locations for meetings using the free roam mode!!! It's missing a few of the smaller streets/alleys Etc. but it's amazingly accurate.
I’d love a remaster. Not enough people played it when it can out and I think the interest in it now would make it a moderate success. It’s incredible how accurate London is in this game. Some business even tried suing for featuring them without permission
I remember getting this game in the mid 2000s and being absolutely blown away by it. One thing I really loved was that the manual actually had a glossary of terms used in the game, so that people who lived outside the UK could understand the slang used by the characters. Also I recall that they made a sequel named "Black Monday" as well as a PSP game named "Gangs of London".
9:10 -Meanwhile nowadays: "here 999 hitmarkers in case you don't know if you hit'em" 10:27 - This was another reason why I loved the game, the unforgiving car damage emphasized the "thriller" aspect of it within the gameplay. The absolute tension when the car breaks down and you have to swap ASAP while the enemies come to shoot at you. Priceless.
The sequel to this used to be one of my favorites as a kid. I always thought the story was absolutely amazing. Hope you can get to it as well! :) anyways, great video as always!
Thank you for covering this game and hopefully Black Monday in the future, they are honestly criminally underrated great games in my opinion, cheers! 👍
Black Monday is amazing, it was more racing-oriented and had a fuckton of licensed cars like the Opel Lotus Omega. Also had lots of motorcycles including a 2 stroke Vespa, and race minigames. Ragdoll physics were unique for PS2 too.
Problem is that The Getaway was delayed and didn't get releaseduntil a year after GTA3 while The Getaway: Black Monday was released 2 years after GTA: Vice City which pretty much buried both games under GTA's success.
This game reminds us all of the glory of the video game manual reading it on the way home from Blockbuster(in my case) after picking up the game anyway much love for reviewing this banger of a title here's something that needs that remake treatment. P.s Shout out to anyone who didn't know how to heal for the longest time xD
One of the my favorite titles as a teen, and I never once thought twice about the hud. To be honest I loved the immersion felt like what an adult game at my age would've felt like. To this day I'll still rewatch the gameplay as a movie or just listen to the audio at work. Simple story but very effective dramatics and the voice acting was top notch. Thanks for review.
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I remember always wanting to beat the game so I could use the turn signals. The turn signals were the only directional indicators you really got in the game. I was a kid though so it was quite difficult and I never beat it. I think I got just past the art gallery shoot out mission and otherwise just went around exploring London and causing chaos.
I remember getting this game with the PS2 back in the day. I think the complexity of the game made me not play it for a good few years until I got a bit older and started playing it. Probably one of the best games set in London. Wish there is a game like this in development for the current gen consoles
The Getaway was one of my favourite games when I was younger, the real cars, the gangs and the lack of hud were awesome back then, but yeah, the gameplay is a bit clunky. BTW, I tried Snatch and Lock, Stock but I feel them a bit more comical and less serious than The Getaway (still great movies), I think the closest movie I can think that reminds me of The Getaway is one called "The long good friday"
I remember this game very well. It was the first game I played on the PS2 when my parents bought it for me and my brother. We were around 15 at the time. We were playing a 18+ game at the time, it was pretty dope. The game was crazy hardcore at times, the best things to do I remember was definitely taking cover at the right positions at taking out enemies from cover and leaning on a wall to get your HP back up. It was fun finding rare cares around the city. Wish they do a remake!
I remember being blown away by the graphics and realism of this game when compared to something like gta (the gun play, the atmosphere, the graphics) this game was extremely immersive and movie-like. For sure an underrated classic.. there was really nothing else like it on the PS2 at the time.
When me and my bros played this game as a kid we heard the Jamaicans and were BUMBOCLAAAT they're actually speaking Patois!!! The best part of the whole game is going up against the Jamaicans, as we ourselves hated how much lack of respect we never got.
I always enjoyed this game and Black Monday. One of the biggest curiosities in gaming for me is how did they get licensed cars in a game like this? It is sort of wild.
Ahh this takes me back , i loved this game , sure gameplay wise it a bit clunky & the controls can be a bit frustrating at times , but the story & the humour in this game is where it shines , if you've never played before & like british dry humour & a really good story & voice acting you owe it to yourself to play it
My friend bought this when it came out and I watched him finish it. We were amazed at the real London environment (we are English and know London). But, we never knew you could get health back by leaning on the wall until he had nearly finished the game!
The amount of licenses content is legit so impressive, Oxford Circus, pallets of fosters lager in the warehouse, Jessops photography shop on the high street, all the cars, not to mention anything I didn’t acknowledge
Absolutely loved this game, there's never been any open world game quite like it and I don't think there ever will be, all the licences and the depiction of London made it feel so immersive. Even the cereal boxes were real cereals we have in the UK if I remember correctly. Wish Rockstar with all their money had gave this approach a go just once in a GTA, especially in GTA V/GTAO instead of the endless shitty blatant rip-offs of cars that all feel and drive the same.
in all fairness to gta...everyone tries to sue them over everything so they probably would rather play it safe. They cant even get away with making someone who happens to look like lindsey lohan.
there is no way car makers would allow that , and I actually like the fictional cars in gta , it allows a bigger budget to be spent on something else , and all the cars can have modifications ( if ferrari was in the game , modifications would be close to 0 ) sure it's sad you can't drive around in your dream car , but blame the car makers for that
@@hobowizard3124 I liked the cars in GTA up to V, other than the way they look all cars in a group like supercars or 4-door saloons are almost exactly the same to drive yet they expect you to get immersed and imagine it's the real thing or else they wouldn't rip them off as closely as they do. Think GTA 5's driving physics + terrible car engines are mostly to blame for it really.
@@paulclynes9865 I guess it's the result of having 250+ vehicles , but sure , they can make the handling better , the lotus eclipse inspired car for example could be slower but have better grip , while the fastest muscle car in the game ( whatever it is ) could be very drifty , making it perfect for drag racing and drifting , or make fwd based cars turn harder ( I don't think they would go for understeer since it's not a driving game )
This was a heavy hitter during the GTA clone days. I loved this game along with Scarface some yrs later. But to be honest, it was frustrating. Like everything you had a complaint about was game breaking. That damn car damage was awful. Couldn't imagine playing that nonsense today
I loved open world games that play like GTA. Sure, they may not be as polished or refined, but I always find jjoy in driving a virtual car in a wide open map on my way to the inevitable gunfight.
@@nitromagilou597 Right. As long as they are good, I'm in. But there aren't any open world games similar to GTA anymore. But I don't mind as we get stuff like Mad Max, Days Gone, etc now with even more charm and diverse themes
Not gonna lie, as an American who played this as a kid and loved it, one of the only reasons I wanted to see London when I was in the UK was to relive the memories of this game because I knew how accurately they recreated the city. And it was amazing. All of the places I visited in the game were there, and being there in real life felt like old memories. Like I've been there before. It was so surreal to have nostalgia toward a place I had only experienced in a video game world. When I got back home to the US, I popped in The Getaway to visit the places I had been during my trip, and it was just as awesome to experience. I'll never forget it.
I remember I couldn't even go back to GTA after playing this game. GTA felt so childish in comparison. This game was dark and realistic, real cars, real places in London. The voice acting was great, and the graphics and character models were top notch at the time. I remember being blown away by the faces. It was the L.A Noire of the PS2 era.
I’ve been considering getting this game and a PS2 again. I loved just free roaming the map and exploring. Never really did any of the actual missions in the game. Getaway black Monday I remember being pretty decent too.
I loved The Getaway when it came out!!! I took the difficulty as a challenge of playing like real life like taking covering to not dying and driving through the game world not as a madman racer but treating it respectfully to how the damage was.....dont crash so much and no problem. Yeah there was times where I wanted to scream after trying to get away from the cops and they kept wrecking whatever car I was driving but then I realized don't draw attention to yourself by blowing through red lights and driving like Need for speed, once I figured that out the game became super easy for me by having patience and pulling off what was asked of me. Sitting with a six pack and dub sack ready to be packed in my bowl I embraced the realism they were trying to create and had one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. Love the first Getaway mildly amused by the sequel because they ditched the realism and because the characters heads were huge in comparison to the bodies where I kept expecting it to turn into NBA jam London lol. They need to remake the orginal Getaway with current gen graphics and gameplay I would gladly pay full price for that.
If you'd like other somewhat obscure open-world titles to try out I'd recommend the True Crime series. They're quite janky but still interesting to check out.
Brendon Mcnamara seems like some guy who always got stuck into a bad place in right time. looking by his products, his games were always ahead of their time. he always used some new tech and their storylines were interesting. but everytime his game didn't sale well and his studio got closed. studio management and other aggression stuff aside, he is a very talented visionary guy. nowadays he is hiring people for his new studio sidney based studio. I hope he will found success and don't repeat his past mistakes
love the era of gaming when hand holding wasn't a thing. I played half this game without even knowing you could re-generate your health. got to the level where your in art gallery before being frustrated enough to read a walkthrough.
I would highly recommend you trying The Getaway: Black Monday. That game felt so ahead of it’s time. It was like GTA, set in England, that looked better and you were a Cop.
I got a PS2 two years after it was released and this was my first game. I loved it. It was the trailer for this game that made me want a PS2 and was what got me heavily into gaming again.
One of the reasons it didn't do well at least at launch here in the UK is they published "screen shots" of the game in a gaming mag, maybe playstation magazine I don't remember and these where hyper realistic and not in the final product. I remember at the time everyone at school was hype then seen reviews or played it at electronics boutique and it looked nothing like was promised. Love the channel mate and this game is ok now just wanted to give some info you may not have known as to why the game didn't do great in the UK atleast :)
Imagine being one of the actors on this game in 2002, walking into a computer lab and putting on a dotted jumpsuit to "act." I can only imagine how weird it must've felt, but once seeing the renders i bet they changed their minds real quick. even for rendered graphics, this game stands out in realism (with the cutscenes and acting i mean) I remember being a kid and having the game glitch up slightly and wondering how they did all those intricate animations. (At first i thought it was a frame by frame drawing, just like movies. Oh how different the worlds of media have become.)
The gameplay was challenging, completing the Getaway felt more rewarding than Vice City. And although Vice city is a more fun game and has an awesome soundtrack, the story and atmosphere of the Getaway is just unbeatable. It was the first game I owned for my PS2 and I played it to death and repeated missions for fun, learning how to do them better, something like a challenge mode would have been a nice reward after finishing the game. Heck you unlock freerome after finishing the game and spent ages finding all the hidden cars, the TVR and the tank were very memorable :)
Fun fact: I remember when i was 6,my aunt gifted me this game for ps2. And i only had the ps1. Typical. Then i got one and played the game, the fact that i could crash real veichles blew my mind lol It was my favourite game
Hanferd although thinking about it, wasn’t it the British Telecom van? As they sued and had to recall every copy and re-print with the BT van cut as you use it it to get to the police station and shoot all the police? BT flipped out as they didn’t give permission lol
@@otacon5648 Was it a BT van? Haha shit, I forgot been really long time ago I played it, but yeah I remember that company say "We protect our worker from harm, whether it is real life or videogames"
I'm glad I'm not the only one that had trouble trying to figure out which car was McCormack's on that one mission. The lack of HUD was an interesting concept but really made things a lot harder I feel.
Awesome videos, keep it up! You randomly appeared on my youtube suggestions so hopefully it happens to more people and we will get you to 7 BILLION subs!
This was the very first PS2 game I played as a small kid, before I got my own ps2 later down the road and playing Defender and Virtua Fighter 4. I thought this was GTA for the longest time. That first cutscene was so memorable it stuck in my head +20 years. I used to remember where like a secret car was too.
12:38 - 'How it appears to have none of the video game cliches.' Shows a red barrel like 5 seconds later lol. Love this game and the content! Keep it up man!
I just so happened to have found this game today at a used media store (books, movies, games, music, you name it), and not only was it in pristine condition, but it was only $9!! I bought it solely because I saw this review a couple of years ago, and I can't wait to play this thing!
If only the game had worked as hard on aiming controls for guns, then I would like it more. Also, is it me, or is True Crime: Streets of L.A. a very underrated game? Finally, I would have liked it even more if a person could choose which of the two main characters to start the story from, as the Resident Evil/Biohazard games, among quite a few other titles, more or less do those things well, as well as give completely different feels to the characters that are chosen in those various video game titles.
This game took me literally years to finish as a kid, dropping it for months at a time on certain levels. Loved it though, kinda bc of that. Good review, very true to my memories of the game :)
Games didn't used to give you a tutorial mission or a lot of explanation for that fact. They all came with a manual for a reason back then. And you could forget looking for a guide or walk trough online. Maybe the video game store had a walk trough book, but nobody I knew bought those.
STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYSTATION GAMES. I HAVE VIVID MEMORIES HAVING A SHOOTOUT IN THIS RESTAURANT, AND WHILE WALKING UP A WIDE STAIRCASE, I STOP TO CATCH MY BREATH, WHICH REJUVENATES YOUR HEALTH BAR AS MARK LEANS AGAINST THE WALL WITH ONE ARM. THIS GAME WAS AMAZING. I ENJOYED IT THOROUGHLY.
I got this game during the spring of 2003 after I saw a sick commercial for it on television. Being that I was super into mafia movies growing up, this game holds a special place in my heart. I didn’t even know they made a sequel.
i remember seeing a tech demo of the sequel before the playstation 3 came out. just a single-camera shot of piccadelly circus it looked very impressive at the time & still does now
I feel like this game is dying for a remake to fix the issues
Will never happen because of the licences, licencing this nowadays would cost an astronomical amount.
Paul Clynes Could they not just create their own cars like in grand theft auto? I know that would take some charm away from the original but I feel like if they put effort into making it a huge cinematic crime experience it would sell incredibly well
But then again the formula of this game is too outdated for today standards. (you cannot, roam the whole London or do side missions like GTA. after completing a mission you are already on the way to for another mission) this game is too linear for a open world game, it ain't gonna work on today's generation. if they remake this then they have to change the whole open world system. which will require to change the narrative as well. (since the story is itself is written for this linear system)
V - Trigger idk Jedi Fallen order and God of War (2018) both had level design that felt kinda like this and mafia 2 to me, I felt like it could be a powerful showcase of the ps5. But companies do have that mindset to when in doubt make their game open world so it probably would have creative differences and fall down
@@Quantumaximus That would be just another GTA then...
Just imagine if GTA titles had real life cars...
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I worked on both Getaway's, it's nice to see another review on it. I made a developer secrets video on this and another going through all the merch I picked up when I worked on it, if anyone is interested :) great video and thank you for doing this.
Oh and the team weren't happy with the final out come. Brendan was more interested in making films than games. We tried to fix some of these issues for the sequel. Funny fact, we got an "A" bug from FPQA that said "There is not gameplay in this game" it made us laugh and cry at the same time😂
Thank you for making my childhood/ teen years. Blew my mind back in the day. I remember being stood in the gameshop for 4 hours building up the courage to ask someone to buy it for me 🤣
That's so cool, thanks for help creating one of the most memorable games of my teenage years. Me and my mate still quote this game.
@@ahardm05 😅 what a great story. A few of us went down to HMV in London to watch people buy the game. It was awesome. You can't really do that now, unless you wait outside someone's house until their Amazon delivery turns up 😂
@@Loundsify I'm glad that people have fond memories of the game :)
I love the accuracy of the licensed cars in this, not in terms of 3D models but what would be actual regular cars in the UK in 2002: Rover 75s, Renault 5s, Saabs, Alfa 156s and Vauxhall Vectras, the latter two being family cars I grew up in, it's actually pretty cool in my opinion
That was my favorite part of the game.
Very true. Imagine that with modern cars, realistic physics and todays graphics
too true! Rover 75 was my favourite, dad had one, im still rocking an MG ZS now! haha
Dont forget the gang Lexus LS430 with the body kit
@M. Romuald de Grizaltière there where plenty of Peugeot 205, 106, 406 and a handful of Citroen bx and dx models around at the time
This was the game that I bought with my PS2 when it was new. The photo realism, the mocap, the cutscene work. The sense of scale... It all really blew my mind. I still think how that game made me feel has largely been unparalleled until very recently playing RDR2 on PC.
Funny, this for some reason made me think about rdr2 as well
Honestly I've yet to encounter a game that got that gritty and realistic click. Of course now everything is flashy and graphically way more advanced, but at the time it really was up there and critically underrated in my view. Like you say, that feeling while playing it, a cinematic London experience, I never had it surpassed, certainly not by RDR2. At one point they released an Amsterdam trailer for Getaway 3, suuuper realistic, the street sign, boat, houses etc. very believable (I live there), but alas, it was never to be. Trailer : ua-cam.com/video/PJnGYi08Zvc/v-deo.html
@@Rombbb I never knew about this project. I've only ever played the original PS2 release and not for at least 10 years. Personally I couldn't see an Amsterdam happening, but there is no shortage of grime and crime to centre a plot around. Falling in canals and getting mayonnaise as health packs sounds about right too
@@mrmerlin6287 True, won't be happening, was in 2006. I was thinking about the original a bit more and besides the lighting, mature story etc. what I think was a big part of the realistic impression were all the licensed well-modeled cars, like regular british cars, from a Vauxhall, Rover to a Range Rover. And little details like working blinkers. Imagine if GTA would have real licensed cars, would be 100% more immersive.
@@Rombbb A large part of what made GTA stand apart from games like The Getaway was that it was only loosely grounded in reality. I think what made GTA outlandish and unbelievable was what made it soar into popularity. It was still a game at heart. It wouldn't translate into gritty, life-paced realism and carry as much drama if it had The Getaway treatment. Listening too all those voice actors in The Getaway was like a strange episode of East Enders.
I was just a kid back then and I remember perfectly not having the guts to pass the warehouse level, I was so scared of the game's atmosphere, what a memory..!
Holy shit same
Sameee
How did anyone find this game scary?
@@tenacious645He was a kid.
The Getaway series & Gangs of London were such underrated games for a long time and it’s FINALLY getting the recognition that it deserves. Love this game
The Getaway games were decent. Gangs of London? *nah*
Isn't Gangs of London that PSP game? Or at least that's what I remember.
Gangs of London wasn't all that.
@@nitromagilou597yes it was.
I remember getting lost until I saw the left and right blinkers.
that's the first thing they tell you about lol
@@mrsnippysnoopa8300 😄
For reallll 😂😂😂 took me like a week to figure that shit out
@@mrsnippysnoopa8300 lol I must’ve not heard that cause I was doing the same shit for a few days
For real! Longest intro level playthrough to date, 😂🤣
There's a third game in the series, Gangs of London on the PSP, and more recently, The PSVR games, Playstation Worlds: The London Heist and Blood and Truth are all part of the same universe.
Now this is a great little treat for the end of the weekend
And the end of the decade.
@@Visstnok True and the game being 18 years old now and still the graphics look this good coming from PlayStation 2 hardware
"The Getaway" probably suffered most by being released almost simultaneously with "GTA Vice City". Both were (and are) extraordinary pieces of work which played key roles in propelling the PS2 to becoming the largest selling console of all time (a record that it still holds today). 18 years ago videogamers (and everyone else) were far more likely to read instruction books, and so the immediacy of the first scene of "Getaway" seemed to be visionary and filmlike, not confusing or mannered. Movies do not have HUDs and so it seems logical (and brave) that the GTA model should not be copied here. "Getaway" had a very troubled gestation and certainly felt awkward in some aspects, but this was counterbalanced by a very strong story with undercurrents of racism, torture, corruption and morality, in stark contrast to the almost cartoonish culture of "Vice City". The "Sim" character of the vehicle driving in "Getaway" took time to master, but again it added to the realism of the story. The 2004 sequel "Black Monday" seemed weak, probably because the design team failed to take the concept any further in real terms and thus did not surprise the audience as they had with the original. "The Getaway" is today often regarded as a forgotten game but that does not diminish the impact it had in 2002. It made a lot of people think about what a contemporary videogame could aspire to be, and in doing so it embodied a number of false starts. But it is a game still worth playing in 2020, and the visionary attitude of its creators is certainly laudable.
Yeah, I feel like actually reading the manual would contribute a lot to the gameplay being more enjoyable. Rest in peace game manuals and marketing 😔
All I remember from The Getaway 2 was the amazing lighting effects in the very first part, almost on a par with the contemporary Doom 3 (though the PS2 could probably only handle such effects in a small, specific area). Also Black Monday put the "cop" chapter first (where other cops don't chase you), giving it a more sensible difficulty curve.
Spot on, it's definitely one of Sony's best first party games. Spiderman a close second.
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100% agree, even on my first play through the game felt jarring because I was expecting it to control like a GTA game, when it really sets out to do it's own thing. Black Monday was mostly more of the same but I do have memories of some interesting set pieces, I remember doing the council flat mission and thinking what other game would ever take place in a location like this and have it feel so real?
I never been at London but my older brother been there for one week, When ive give him try The Getaway & The Getaway Black Monday he praised how accurate London are in contrast to Midtown Madness 2/Mdnight Club:Street Racing
BTW....
1.Mark Hammond Actor returns to L.A Norie game :) as boxer Albert Hammond(Mark ancestor?)
2.Snow Hill police station likness are bassed on Sun Hill police station from british police TV drama The Bill.
It's so accurate to London, that in the pre-sat nav/google streets days, I used to plan routes and find locations for meetings using the free roam mode!!!
It's missing a few of the smaller streets/alleys Etc. but it's amazingly accurate.
This game was beyond underrated. I think if they could have made a few more games and polished them, it could have been a great franchise.
Just want to let you know. Cut scenes are skiable (once you've watched them) you just have to hit L3 and R3 at the same time
Legend you are
the entire game was skipable by takin the cd out of the ps2 and using it as a coaster for drinks which was more fun than playing this pos game
@@wtf847 Sounds like someone who sucks at the game
I’d love a remaster. Not enough people played it when it can out and I think the interest in it now would make it a moderate success.
It’s incredible how accurate London is in this game. Some business even tried suing for featuring them without permission
3.5 million copies sold
Thats alot of motherfuckers that played it
I remember getting this game in the mid 2000s and being absolutely blown away by it.
One thing I really loved was that the manual actually had a glossary of terms used in the game, so that people who lived outside the UK could understand the slang used by the characters.
Also I recall that they made a sequel named "Black Monday" as well as a PSP game named "Gangs of London".
9:10 -Meanwhile nowadays: "here 999 hitmarkers in case you don't know if you hit'em"
10:27 - This was another reason why I loved the game, the unforgiving car damage emphasized the "thriller" aspect of it within the gameplay. The absolute tension when the car breaks down and you have to swap ASAP while the enemies come to shoot at you. Priceless.
The sequel to this used to be one of my favorites as a kid. I always thought the story was absolutely amazing. Hope you can get to it as well! :) anyways, great video as always!
Thank you for covering this game and hopefully Black Monday in the future, they are honestly criminally underrated great games in my opinion, cheers! 👍
Black Monday is amazing, it was more racing-oriented and had a fuckton of licensed cars like the Opel Lotus Omega. Also had lots of motorcycles including a 2 stroke Vespa, and race minigames. Ragdoll physics were unique for PS2 too.
Problem is that The Getaway was delayed and didn't get releaseduntil a year after GTA3 while The Getaway: Black Monday was released 2 years after GTA: Vice City which pretty much buried both games under GTA's success.
This game reminds us all of the glory of the video game manual reading it on the way home from Blockbuster(in my case) after picking up the game anyway much love for reviewing this banger of a title here's something that needs that remake treatment.
P.s Shout out to anyone who didn't know how to heal for the longest time xD
One of my favourite games ever. It was so ahead of its time
One of the my favorite titles as a teen, and I never once thought twice about the hud. To be honest I loved the immersion felt like what an adult game at my age would've felt like. To this day I'll still rewatch the gameplay as a movie or just listen to the audio at work. Simple story but very effective dramatics and the voice acting was top notch.
Thanks for review.
I've not seen "Get Carter" But you HAVE to watch "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch" ASAP, they're fantastic films.
All 3 are some of my favorites
Wow holy shit I forgot about Snatch! Such a great crime film.
I honestly LOVED this game!!! remake, YES PLEASE!
yea...no
@@wtf847
gtfo
@@-Toaster- you gonna make me keyboard warrior ?
i dont mean to be so offtopic but does anyone know a method to log back into an Instagram account??
I was dumb lost my password. I would love any tips you can give me!
@Bobby Brantley instablaster =)
Before me and my friend had Internet it took us ages to work out you navigate around using cars indicators as there's no map
i wish this would have a modern remake because only in the getaway can you drive a regular bog standard vauxhall vectra.
I remember always wanting to beat the game so I could use the turn signals. The turn signals were the only directional indicators you really got in the game. I was a kid though so it was quite difficult and I never beat it. I think I got just past the art gallery shoot out mission and otherwise just went around exploring London and causing chaos.
I remember getting this game with the PS2 back in the day. I think the complexity of the game made me not play it for a good few years until I got a bit older and started playing it. Probably one of the best games set in London. Wish there is a game like this in development for the current gen consoles
12:03 nice transition
I thought nobody had saw it.
The Getaway was one of my favourite games when I was younger, the real cars, the gangs and the lack of hud were awesome back then, but yeah, the gameplay is a bit clunky.
BTW, I tried Snatch and Lock, Stock but I feel them a bit more comical and less serious than The Getaway (still great movies), I think the closest movie I can think that reminds me of The Getaway is one called "The long good friday"
My Granddad is driving driving one of the cars in the banger scene in Long Good Friday
Get carter (1971) felt very "The Getaway" to me.
Really love your reviews how you honestly show both pros and cons of a game, no matter how old or new it is. Keep up the good work man.
I remember this game very well. It was the first game I played on the PS2 when my parents bought it for me and my brother. We were around 15 at the time. We were playing a 18+ game at the time, it was pretty dope. The game was crazy hardcore at times, the best things to do I remember was definitely taking cover at the right positions at taking out enemies from cover and leaning on a wall to get your HP back up. It was fun finding rare cares around the city. Wish they do a remake!
I remember being blown away by the graphics and realism of this game when compared to something like gta (the gun play, the atmosphere, the graphics) this game was extremely immersive and movie-like. For sure an underrated classic..
there was really nothing else like it on the PS2 at the time.
When me and my bros played this game as a kid we heard the Jamaicans and were BUMBOCLAAAT they're actually speaking Patois!!! The best part of the whole game is going up against the Jamaicans, as we ourselves hated how much lack of respect we never got.
I always enjoyed this game and Black Monday. One of the biggest curiosities in gaming for me is how did they get licensed cars in a game like this? It is sort of wild.
anyone that played through this game will know the struggle of the level at 11:43
I remember that being a hard section to complete
The number of people who played the game a lot but never ever made it past the first mission after the chase scene
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once I find out how to auto aim everything going easy xp
The last mission was bugged for me ):
S S The third mission bugged out and won’t load. Now I remember why I haven’t touched the game in a while
@jbiehlable Good.
I bought a used copy from gamestop at the time, and the disc was scratched to hell, it would not work past the first 2 missions.
Ahh this takes me back , i loved this game , sure gameplay wise it a bit clunky & the controls can be a bit frustrating at times , but the story & the humour in this game is where it shines , if you've never played before & like british dry humour & a really good story & voice acting you owe it to yourself to play it
Rise and shine marky boy.
You've got work to do.
i was so amaze by this game when i was a kid! also i remember to loved that you can put your blinker on
My friend bought this when it came out and I watched him finish it.
We were amazed at the real London environment (we are English and know London).
But, we never knew you could get health back by leaning on the wall until he had nearly finished the game!
I can relive the 2000s by driving the cars in this game and don't forget simpsons hit and run and this seems like a good bundle
I absolutely loved this game when it was first released. Thought the acting and authenticity of London was incredible at the time!
One of my all-time favorites. Even though i didnt like The Getaway 2 that much im so sad they cancelled the third installment.
The amount of licenses content is legit so impressive, Oxford Circus, pallets of fosters lager in the warehouse, Jessops photography shop on the high street, all the cars, not to mention anything I didn’t acknowledge
Those smoke effects from the cigar were next level.
Fun fact it was recorded from a real guy smoking
Absolutely loved this game, there's never been any open world game quite like it and I don't think there ever will be, all the licences and the depiction of London made it feel so immersive.
Even the cereal boxes were real cereals we have in the UK if I remember correctly.
Wish Rockstar with all their money had gave this approach a go just once in a GTA, especially in GTA V/GTAO instead of the endless shitty blatant rip-offs of cars that all feel and drive the same.
in all fairness to gta...everyone tries to sue them over everything so they probably would rather play it safe. They cant even get away with making someone who happens to look like lindsey lohan.
there is no way car makers would allow that , and I actually like the fictional cars in gta , it allows a bigger budget to be spent on something else , and all the cars can have modifications ( if ferrari was in the game , modifications would be close to 0 ) sure it's sad you can't drive around in your dream car , but blame the car makers for that
@@hobowizard3124 I liked the cars in GTA up to V, other than the way they look all cars in a group like supercars or 4-door saloons are almost exactly the same to drive yet they expect you to get immersed and imagine it's the real thing or else they wouldn't rip them off as closely as they do.
Think GTA 5's driving physics + terrible car engines are mostly to blame for it really.
@@paulclynes9865 I guess it's the result of having 250+ vehicles , but sure , they can make the handling better , the lotus eclipse inspired car for example could be slower but have better grip , while the fastest muscle car in the game ( whatever it is ) could be very drifty , making it perfect for drag racing and drifting , or make fwd based cars turn harder ( I don't think they would go for understeer since it's not a driving game )
This was a heavy hitter during the GTA clone days. I loved this game along with Scarface some yrs later. But to be honest, it was frustrating. Like everything you had a complaint about was game breaking. That damn car damage was awful. Couldn't imagine playing that nonsense today
I loved open world games that play like GTA. Sure, they may not be as polished or refined, but I always find jjoy in driving a virtual car in a wide open map on my way to the inevitable gunfight.
@@nitromagilou597 Right. As long as they are good, I'm in. But there aren't any open world games similar to GTA anymore. But I don't mind as we get stuff like Mad Max, Days Gone, etc now with even more charm and diverse themes
Awesome you did a review for this man! This game was my childhood along with Black Monday. FeelsStrongMan
0:40 fun fact, Porsche Challenge is the very first game to support Dual Analog (predecessor of Dual Shock)
This was my first game on PS2. I still go back and play through it every now and then
Man your channel is basically my childhood. Love your stuff
The Getaway and black Monday were fantastic games sadly they'll never be remastered.
Not gonna lie, as an American who played this as a kid and loved it, one of the only reasons I wanted to see London when I was in the UK was to relive the memories of this game because I knew how accurately they recreated the city.
And it was amazing. All of the places I visited in the game were there, and being there in real life felt like old memories. Like I've been there before.
It was so surreal to have nostalgia toward a place I had only experienced in a video game world.
When I got back home to the US, I popped in The Getaway to visit the places I had been during my trip, and it was just as awesome to experience. I'll never forget it.
I really need a third game to come out. Amazing games both of them
I remember I couldn't even go back to GTA after playing this game. GTA felt so childish in comparison. This game was dark and realistic, real cars, real places in London. The voice acting was great, and the graphics and character models were top notch at the time. I remember being blown away by the faces. It was the L.A Noire of the PS2 era.
13:11 the noise of that shotgun is pure nostalgia for me
I’ve been considering getting this game and a PS2 again. I loved just free roaming the map and exploring. Never really did any of the actual missions in the game. Getaway black Monday I remember being pretty decent too.
I remember I used to sit in the Jamaican weed factory listening to the music.
Haha I can totaly relate. That song was so sick
I loved The Getaway when it came out!!!
I took the difficulty as a challenge of playing like real life like taking covering to not dying and driving through the game world not as a madman racer but treating it respectfully to how the damage was.....dont crash so much and no problem. Yeah there was times where I wanted to scream after trying to get away from the cops and they kept wrecking whatever car I was driving but then I realized don't draw attention to yourself by blowing through red lights and driving like Need for speed, once I figured that out the game became super easy for me by having patience and pulling off what was asked of me.
Sitting with a six pack and dub sack ready to be packed in my bowl I embraced the realism they were trying to create and had one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had.
Love the first Getaway mildly amused by the sequel because they ditched the realism and because the characters heads were huge in comparison to the bodies where I kept expecting it to turn into NBA jam London lol.
They need to remake the orginal Getaway with current gen graphics and gameplay I would gladly pay full price for that.
I need to see you review Burnout Takedown and Revenge
And Point Of Impact too
Edit: Ok what about Split Second? I just remembered it
and stuntman for the ps2
Burnout 2
BABYYYYYYYYYYYYY
This is the best idea anyone has had in the history of ever. Please. Gotta happen.
@Matt M Burnout Paradise is the only one with a remaster. Sucks as if 3 gets remastered and put on PC it likely means fan-made crash junctions!
I’ve also asked for this in one his other videos 🙏
If you'd like other somewhat obscure open-world titles to try out I'd recommend the True Crime series.
They're quite janky but still interesting to check out.
Jay SooS Ooooh I remember getting that one from a friend for free, specifically New York City
I always enjoyed the getaway. If we could have gotten more of them I bet it would be a worthy rival for GTA by now.
I love this game so much, I love the gunfights, and how your character gets all bloody and injured, it's amazing
Brendon Mcnamara seems like some guy who always got stuck into a bad place in right time. looking by his products, his games were always ahead of their time. he always used some new tech and their storylines were interesting. but everytime his game didn't sale well and his studio got closed. studio management and other aggression stuff aside, he is a very talented visionary guy. nowadays he is hiring people for his new studio sidney based studio. I hope he will found success and don't repeat his past mistakes
Maaaaaaaaan that getaway intro ambient jingle triggered so much early teen nostalgia for me, I was not ready.
love the era of gaming when hand holding wasn't a thing. I played half this game without even knowing you could re-generate your health. got to the level where your in art gallery before being frustrated enough to read a walkthrough.
I would highly recommend you trying The Getaway: Black Monday. That game felt so ahead of it’s time. It was like GTA, set in England, that looked better and you were a Cop.
The story sucked though.
Loundsify yeah it wasn’t good.
The car handling was much better in that game but they butchered the story AND soundtrack.
I got a PS2 two years after it was released and this was my first game. I loved it. It was the trailer for this game that made me want a PS2 and was what got me heavily into gaming again.
One of the reasons it didn't do well at least at launch here in the UK is they published "screen shots" of the game in a gaming mag, maybe playstation magazine I don't remember and these where hyper realistic and not in the final product. I remember at the time everyone at school was hype then seen reviews or played it at electronics boutique and it looked nothing like was promised. Love the channel mate and this game is ok now just wanted to give some info you may not have known as to why the game didn't do great in the UK atleast :)
Imagine being one of the actors on this game in 2002, walking into a computer lab and putting on a dotted jumpsuit to "act." I can only imagine how weird it must've felt, but once seeing the renders i bet they changed their minds real quick. even for rendered graphics, this game stands out in realism (with the cutscenes and acting i mean) I remember being a kid and having the game glitch up slightly and wondering how they did all those intricate animations. (At first i thought it was a frame by frame drawing, just like movies. Oh how different the worlds of media have become.)
Oh the memories of this game! Remember it being included with our PS2
The main thing I remember from the getaway was the Jamaican yardie on the phone like “Mark amond?”
The gameplay was challenging, completing the Getaway felt more rewarding than Vice City. And although Vice city is a more fun game and has an awesome soundtrack, the story and atmosphere of the Getaway is just unbeatable. It was the first game I owned for my PS2 and I played it to death and repeated missions for fun, learning how to do them better, something like a challenge mode would have been a nice reward after finishing the game. Heck you unlock freerome after finishing the game and spent ages finding all the hidden cars, the TVR and the tank were very memorable :)
Fun fact:
I remember when i was 6,my aunt gifted me this game for ps2. And i only had the ps1. Typical.
Then i got one and played the game, the fact that i could crash real veichles blew my mind lol
It was my favourite game
This and black Monday were the shit in my childhood 😩 now I wanna play em lol
I still have the original version of Getaway with the British Gas van
Hanferd haha me too
Hanferd although thinking about it, wasn’t it the British Telecom van? As they sued and had to recall every copy and re-print with the BT van cut as you use it it to get to the police station and shoot all the police? BT flipped out as they didn’t give permission lol
@@otacon5648 Was it a BT van? Haha shit, I forgot been really long time ago I played it, but yeah I remember that company say "We protect our worker from harm, whether it is real life or videogames"
I'm glad I'm not the only one that had trouble trying to figure out which car was McCormack's on that one mission. The lack of HUD was an interesting concept but really made things a lot harder I feel.
I remember playing it as a teenager and when I was also a fan of the bill as a kid and loved seeing a recreation of London
Black Monday was my childhood. This plus GTA 3 were absolutely revolutionary.
The game using turn signals to tell you where to go is such a crafty way to tell you where to go with no HuD but as you say the "Dash"
Awesome videos, keep it up! You randomly appeared on my youtube suggestions so hopefully it happens to more people and we will get you to 7 BILLION subs!
A remake like 'Mafia Definitve Edition' would be amazing! 🤞🏾
Cutscenes can actually be skipped by pressing L3 and R3 together.
This was the very first PS2 game I played as a small kid, before I got my own ps2 later down the road and playing Defender and Virtua Fighter 4. I thought this was GTA for the longest time. That first cutscene was so memorable it stuck in my head +20 years. I used to remember where like a secret car was too.
12:38 - 'How it appears to have none of the video game cliches.' Shows a red barrel like 5 seconds later lol.
Love this game and the content! Keep it up man!
This is one of those games I love but understand it perfectly why other people can't get into it.
The Getaway was and is a brilliant game. I kinda get the criticisms but really just adds to the charm
there are things i really like about it but I cannot get over the terrible clunky gameplay
How exciting was it to go to the mansion and get the kart and other sports car from the garage. Over and over...
Cutscenes are skippable if I remember correctly you have to press one of analog sticks. When we found this out as a kid we were so happy.
I just so happened to have found this game today at a used media store (books, movies, games, music, you name it), and not only was it in pristine condition, but it was only $9!! I bought it solely because I saw this review a couple of years ago, and I can't wait to play this thing!
If only the game had worked as hard on aiming controls for guns, then I would like it more. Also, is it me, or is True Crime: Streets of L.A. a very underrated game? Finally, I would have liked it even more if a person could choose which of the two main characters to start the story from, as the Resident Evil/Biohazard games, among quite a few other titles, more or less do those things well, as well as give completely different feels to the characters that are chosen in those various video game titles.
The Getaway is the onky gane where progressive scan is broken for me and i can't figure out how to fix it. Always turns purple
This game took me literally years to finish as a kid, dropping it for months at a time on certain levels. Loved it though, kinda bc of that. Good review, very true to my memories of the game :)
Damn, I played this game a lot! And I completely forgot it even existed ahaha
Games didn't used to give you a tutorial mission or a lot of explanation for that fact. They all came with a manual for a reason back then.
And you could forget looking for a guide or walk trough online. Maybe the video game store had a walk trough book, but nobody I knew bought those.
STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYSTATION GAMES. I HAVE VIVID MEMORIES HAVING A SHOOTOUT IN THIS RESTAURANT, AND WHILE WALKING UP A WIDE STAIRCASE, I STOP TO CATCH MY BREATH, WHICH REJUVENATES YOUR HEALTH BAR AS MARK LEANS AGAINST THE WALL WITH ONE ARM.
THIS GAME WAS AMAZING. I ENJOYED IT THOROUGHLY.
hey colourshed you should do a review of stuntman on the ps2
I bought that game off a market stall the other day, great game
@@Loundsify I bought a brand new copy off ebay last week, and I agree its's a great game, i'm currently on the snowmobile scene how about you?
Great review! Please do one for the second one too! Cheers
A lots of issues about of downgrade of this game back in the day, one of the best in PS2
I got this game during the spring of 2003 after I saw a sick commercial for it on television. Being that I was super into mafia movies growing up, this game holds a special place in my heart. I didn’t even know they made a sequel.
i remember seeing a tech demo of the sequel before the playstation 3 came out. just a single-camera shot of piccadelly circus
it looked very impressive at the time & still does now