I loved this game as a kid. I remember getting stuck on the police station level. How Londoners speak "If u keep flipping your bin lid at me mate! I'll paint your bins red! u hear me son?!"
I'd love a remastered Getaway, not a remake because the story is already stellar. But going around a 4K London that isn't Watch Dogs Legion's version is the dream ☺️
Black Monday was my first when I got it for Christmas one year. Dad knew I played GTA and the guy at EB Games said it was one of the newest open world crime games. I think driving the many great vehicles through London was my most favorite thing about the franchise. I was already aware of and played Driver, True Crime, Scarface and of course GTA. This felt like True Crime turned up a notch in certain areas, but with a far more serious tone. I'd love to see a modern release honestly. EDIT: Scarface would not come out till AFTER I played these games lol getting old
The getaway games where extremely close to being generational titles, the graphics, story, voice acting where all f, haantastic, had they only improved upon the game mechanics and maybe added some more light hearted "fun"
Honestly the light hearted “fun” was that of Vice City, it’s now rare to see a game like this that was quite serious all round as, well the plot indeed was too. Only chance you saw or heard was with Jake Jolson’s unintentional comedic dialogues and the pedestrians who road rage that broke the tense imo
I remember how much of a big deal this game was when it came out cuz it used real locations and the dev team went around and photographed the whole city for reference and textures. I also remember finding out you can lean to get health and it blew my mind. There really was no other game like The Getaway in terms of realism at the time.
It's genuinely crazy how good this game looks. I've only been to England once and I know this is British architecture. Mainly because Scotland is the same, ye filth, ye tainted us, give us back our mud huts and blue paint!
The way you aim in both The Getaway 1 & 2, is to use the tip of your weapon. It acts like a semi-iron sight, but in 3rd person. Every weapon will have the tip of it's barrel in the center of the screen, regardless of where your character is.
@@AHSValor When I played this as a kid I thought the same thing. It was the first game I'd ever played that didn't use a crosshair and felt like I was actually aiming a gun. Now, it's obviously janky but you can tell what they were trying to do, be immersive. Like how you have to lean on walls to recover and you get bloody instead of a health bar. Or the turn signals instead of a minimap. It's actually wrote in the manual (the PS2 version anyways) on how to aim, this is where I originally read it. :)
@@AHSValor EVERY TIME! Especially my favorite thing to do when renting a game from Block Buster was to read the back of the box and manual on the way home. :D I miss those days.
I laughed so much at this.. relentless. The constant Bill theme playing and slapping got me, cannot believe you made us watch the phone animation for so long 😂😂😂😂
I played this so much as a kid. Free Roam mode actually has a truly weird number of completely unique one-off hidden cars which I hunted down relentlessly, and now wonder why on earth they didn't just incorporate into traffic (Since a lot weren't particularly weird)
18:33 that's because sleeping dogs is a true crime game, as in it was originally going to be called true crime Hong Kong before they sold the rights to square enix. Edit: since you asked, I can confirm that true crime games both hold up great, New York is absolutely better than LA in every way, because LA has a good story and combat, but everything outside the main story is boring and pointless, it has no reason to be an open world game, new York improved the open world by making the street crimes much more interesting, letting you do drug busts in warehouses and stop bank robberies and interrupt domestic abuse with reasonable force like grenades.
I remember watching my dad play this as a young fella and was the first time I saw a man shrug off bullets by leaning on a wall, also still got a getaway sticker on my ps2 from a ps2 magazine back in the day
Took me a long time to work out the healing system in this, I had to get through that whole museum section not knowing how. I also kept hearing about how they got taxi drivers to play this to learn the layout of the city apparently.
The Getaway is one of my favorite ps2 games. I remember playing it for hours and just driving around London in the free roam mode, looking for secret cars like the TVR Cerbera. The sequel is cool too, check it out if you haven‘t already!
I have a big soft spot for this series. In fact, I recently put out a big video covering them. Considering within a month someone else has made something with a similar sentiment that the series needs some kind of comeback, I hope Sony actually takes note and maybe considers doing something with the IP (hopefully not VR.)
I finished it not long ago and it was such a trip. One trick to help with driving is to use the right analog stick as the gas, kind of like Halo. Found the driving way more manageable that way.
fun fact: Sleeping dogs was meant to be a sequel to True Crime LA but was changed to be it's own game. The story of Sleeping dogs development is pretty interesting.
I picked a random video to say this on, but: FINALLY, A UA-camR WHERE I ACTUALLY GET ALL THE REFERENCES! (Thank you for every single obscure and non obscure music reference ever)
I've never even played this game but it's so nostalgic to me, the devs really knew London in the 2000s because it's the exact London i remember from my childhood. My dad even drove one of those gold Peuguot 306s when I was little and he crashed it too lmao
remember the famous tech demo's for Getaway 3. wished it had come out. There's still time. I loved this game. my familys old street is on it in islington. this game was way ahead of its time graphically
Don't forget - there exist a sequel to first The Getaway, and PSP "Gangs of London" - which used some assets from cancelled Third "The Getaway". Also, some screenplay from cancelled Third "The Getaway" - was been used in VR Worlds, and that story about the heist. How, do i know this (even as a russian gamer?) - it's simply, lead dev of SOHO was said that, in AMA/QnA and also, in interviews - after released of VR Worlds on PS4 Pro/PS VR (First One).
I will never ever forget that 1st mission in the yardie weed-house and that hip hop beat playing on their ghetto-blaster, also the Saab 900 was a beast in this game
u havin' a giggle?
I had a giggle but the police arrested me
@@timsmith7858 same
I never giggle, I just loudly reverse-snort
I'm about ta 'ave a fockin' slapple if you get my meaning
This video gave me a giggle
The real getaway was the giggles we were havin' along the way
that's deep man. You havin a gigguw?!
I can say as an Englishman, this is basically the finest representation of England in pop culture. 100% accurate. Not even havin’ a giraffe
One of the more underrated games on the PS2.
That cell phone dial had me going, mick. Thank you for the giggle.
I loved this game as a kid. I remember getting stuck on the police station level. How Londoners speak "If u keep flipping your bin lid at me mate! I'll paint your bins red! u hear me son?!"
The bit with the phone really got me
I was this close to making it longer
I thought it was gonna last till the end ngl.
@@MickyD I was half hoping you made the entire last half of the video just pressing phone buttons
@@MickyD 1/10 wasn't long enough
I'd love a remastered Getaway, not a remake because the story is already stellar. But going around a 4K London that isn't Watch Dogs Legion's version is the dream ☺️
Nah we definitely need a remake of the getaway not Remastered lol it's basically the same as the PS2 🤣
We might be lucky some day lol ya never know
After having a bad day this made me laugh so much, loved the General Grievous cameo especially, he was definitely havin’ a giggle 🤭
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Black Monday was my first when I got it for Christmas one year. Dad knew I played GTA and the guy at EB Games said it was one of the newest open world crime games. I think driving the many great vehicles through London was my most favorite thing about the franchise. I was already aware of and played Driver, True Crime, Scarface and of course GTA. This felt like True Crime turned up a notch in certain areas, but with a far more serious tone. I'd love to see a modern release honestly. EDIT: Scarface would not come out till AFTER I played these games lol getting old
The getaway games where extremely close to being generational titles, the graphics, story, voice acting where all f, haantastic, had they only improved upon the game mechanics and maybe added some more light hearted "fun"
Honestly the light hearted “fun” was that of Vice City, it’s now rare to see a game like this that was quite serious all round as, well the plot indeed was too. Only chance you saw or heard was with Jake Jolson’s unintentional comedic dialogues and the pedestrians who road rage that broke the tense imo
I remember how much of a big deal this game was when it came out cuz it used real locations and the dev team went around and photographed the whole city for reference and textures.
I also remember finding out you can lean to get health and it blew my mind. There really was no other game like The Getaway in terms of realism at the time.
It's genuinely crazy how good this game looks. I've only been to England once and I know this is British architecture.
Mainly because Scotland is the same, ye filth, ye tainted us, give us back our mud huts and blue paint!
"你個雞巴！"
"I don't speak British!"
peak comedy
As a brit, the "you avin' a giggle" is incredibly accurate and I'm all for it 😂
"he burnt alive. Well that's just having a Peugeot to be fair" 😁😁
13:48 this part gave me a giggle
Giggles aside, hats off to the game you can reognise exactly where in London he is in every scene
"Havin a giggle" is definitely one of your best gags to date, you gotta play Black Monday
He did
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Start of the video: “you havin’ a giggle?”
End of the video: “U ‘avin a geegle??”
Omg my favorite now is Micky D doing a brish accent
Ya havin a giggo
There is something poetic about an Irishman exploding cars in London. I'm 'avin a giggle aight.
First impression of the game: A mix between Mafia and Driver
Had a few giggles from this vid
The way you aim in both The Getaway 1 & 2, is to use the tip of your weapon. It acts like a semi-iron sight, but in 3rd person. Every weapon will have the tip of it's barrel in the center of the screen, regardless of where your character is.
lol this is weird
That method of aiming is so amazing for its time. The moment I figured I'd out, I was popping heads like watermelons
@@AHSValor When I played this as a kid I thought the same thing. It was the first game I'd ever played that didn't use a crosshair and felt like I was actually aiming a gun. Now, it's obviously janky but you can tell what they were trying to do, be immersive. Like how you have to lean on walls to recover and you get bloody instead of a health bar. Or the turn signals instead of a minimap. It's actually wrote in the manual (the PS2 version anyways) on how to aim, this is where I originally read it. :)
@@kupokinzyt Back in the days when we would literally sit and study the manual before playing. Good old times
@@AHSValor EVERY TIME! Especially my favorite thing to do when renting a game from Block Buster was to read the back of the box and manual on the way home. :D I miss those days.
"no one has a giggle without my say-so, son"
I laughed so much at this.. relentless. The constant Bill theme playing and slapping got me, cannot believe you made us watch the phone animation for so long 😂😂😂😂
I love this because its basically just an Irishman babbling and every so often "YOU HAVIN A GIGGLE?"
Maybe I was just in a good mood, but this video was pure comedic gold to me.
every single time you go "u havin' a giggle?" I can't stop laughing LOL
Damn, i havent seen that loading screen in ages and yet it was like it was yesterday when those dots appeared. Like remembering a forgotten memory...
I played this so much as a kid. Free Roam mode actually has a truly weird number of completely unique one-off hidden cars which I hunted down relentlessly, and now wonder why on earth they didn't just incorporate into traffic (Since a lot weren't particularly weird)
18:33 that's because sleeping dogs is a true crime game, as in it was originally going to be called true crime Hong Kong before they sold the rights to square enix.
Edit: since you asked, I can confirm that true crime games both hold up great, New York is absolutely better than LA in every way, because LA has a good story and combat, but everything outside the main story is boring and pointless, it has no reason to be an open world game, new York improved the open world by making the street crimes much more interesting, letting you do drug busts in warehouses and stop bank robberies and interrupt domestic abuse with reasonable force like grenades.
the commitment to the phone dialing bit is legendary
Would love more Getaway and giggles in the future
"are you experiencing a mirthful event?" Classic Getaway
I remember watching my dad play this as a young fella and was the first time I saw a man shrug off bullets by leaning on a wall, also still got a getaway sticker on my ps2 from a ps2 magazine back in the day
Took me a long time to work out the healing system in this, I had to get through that whole museum section not knowing how.
I also kept hearing about how they got taxi drivers to play this to learn the layout of the city apparently.
I was having a giggle through out the whole video :D
13:40-14:45 killed me off
this game was literally my childhood. never got too far with the missions so I just walked around and acted like a good citizien lmao
it btw took me months to figure out that you can steel cars in this game
The Getaway is one of my favorite ps2 games. I remember playing it for hours and just driving around London in the free roam mode, looking for secret cars like the TVR Cerbera. The sequel is cool too, check it out if you haven‘t already!
I have a big soft spot for this series. In fact, I recently put out a big video covering them. Considering within a month someone else has made something with a similar sentiment that the series needs some kind of comeback, I hope Sony actually takes note and maybe considers doing something with the IP (hopefully not VR.)
I finished it not long ago and it was such a trip. One trick to help with driving is to use the right analog stick as the gas, kind of like Halo. Found the driving way more manageable that way.
that Daihatsu unironically deserves to be in tokyo drift
fun fact: Sleeping dogs was meant to be a sequel to True Crime LA but was changed to be it's own game. The story of Sleeping dogs development is pretty interesting.
I love how Micky D roasts British culture. I'm currently doing the most British thing I can think of, eating cake while drinking a nice cup of tea.
Hammonds passing out so much like he’s in a silent hill game
That phone dialing animation was too good, 🤣
Me at 0:00 - This will be good
Me at 26:10 - Giggle giggle, giggle giggle, giggle? Giggle! Giggle... Giggle giggle giggle Old Bill Giggle!
I picked a random video to say this on, but:
FINALLY, A UA-camR WHERE I ACTUALLY GET ALL THE REFERENCES!
(Thank you for every single obscure and non obscure music reference ever)
Can’t even tell you how much I cried-laughing at this vid. Masterpiece here!!!
More than any other Game does nowadays... We NEED The Getaway Back.
I'm literally crying!😭🤣 Absolutely frickin hilarious. The Bill music OMG 🤣🤣🤣 What content!
So glad I found this channel.😄
Really want to see more of this!
I remember playing this as a kid and I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. It hasn't aged all that well but still a classic for me.
This game is legendary ! They really need to bring it back
The phone dialing put my sides in orbit
I've never even played this game but it's so nostalgic to me, the devs really knew London in the 2000s because it's the exact London i remember from my childhood. My dad even drove one of those gold Peuguot 306s when I was little and he crashed it too lmao
The longer the phone bit went on the more giggles I had
Correction i be havin
I’m the giggle man, 😂😂😂 could not stop laughing,
England, Mexico, Switzerland. What a international game!
>picks Peugeot
>falls apart like wet toilet roll
>surprised pikachu face
and no, the True Crime games are incredibly janky, they desperately need a remaster.
yet another micky D classic. top 10 micky d videos for sure
One of my favourite videos this one
That "Queen of the Damned" poster. This game really is a time capsule.
Another one of the forgotten, but yet hidden gems.
This is the glorious absolute chaos i watch micky d for.
Micky D is my new favorite UA-camr
13:48 Jesus christ 😂
My giggles evolved into proper laughs like a good lad lol.
Thanks MickyD 😆☠️
I had a lot of giggles! Thank you!
Bring some more videos about Getaway! It's a great underrated game and you're so funny. Greatings from Italy💪
Top Gear and Prequel references in the same video... it's enough to make a grown man have a giggle
The Getaway games were amazing, I'm totally up for the series returning.
It took me way longer than it should have to realise the phone dialling had been looped...
I’m so used to games being set in the USA that driving on the left looks weird. I’m English and drive everyday 😅
That’s dialing bit got me for a sec! Also man I miss this game. Please play more or even some Black Monday!
Appreciated that heavy rain bed animation
I haven't laughed this hard in a while, 10/10 content.
I absolutely lost my shit with the phone scene, I always listen to Micky when I go to sleep and I was so confused.
remember the famous tech demo's for Getaway 3. wished it had come out. There's still time. I loved this game. my familys old street is on it in islington. this game was way ahead of its time graphically
both getaway games could be frustrating at times but i loved them anyway. would love to see a comeback!
Shout-out the Ratchet and Clank Megacorp Store theme playing right at the beginning 🤙
This video is insane, and I love every giggle of it...
Don't forget - there exist a sequel to first The Getaway, and PSP "Gangs of London" - which used some assets from cancelled Third "The Getaway".
Also, some screenplay from cancelled Third "The Getaway" - was been used in VR Worlds, and that story about the heist.
How, do i know this (even as a russian gamer?) - it's simply, lead dev of SOHO was said that, in AMA/QnA and also, in interviews - after released of VR Worlds on PS4 Pro/PS VR (First One).
3:55 Mark Hammond has Wolverine style healing where leaning against walls fixes bullet wounds.
I will never ever forget that 1st mission in the yardie weed-house and that hip hop beat playing on their ghetto-blaster, also the Saab 900 was a beast in this game
It’s unreal how easily your videos make me fall asleep
Can confirm, I had a giggle
OoooO, unexpected but welcome video from Micky D ! Love it !!!
Never realised how much the theme song to The Bill, works as a level theme for a Mega Drive era Sonic game until now.
“If you think being shot is hard try being a single mother and get back to me”😂😂😂😂😂 fuckin gold
God the cell phone dialing bit really got me good.
Back when all car based games either had covers that looked like GT or Driver.
Haven't thought about this game in ages, another great video my friend! 🖤
Your editing is so good ☺️
Fucking loved this game.. would love to see a remake, charley boy
7:42 "sell your house for NOTHING!"
Drinking game where you drink when “u havin’ a giggle”. Is said gets absolutely smashed 😂
I love when micky makes fun of england because it's all true, bloody great for a giggle
Yer man from The Getaway playing snake on his phone ASMR 10:00:00
Should've added ten minutes of it at the end