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Taking controllers to the street

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

No doubt GETTING UP is a unique artistic yet slick and clever game' but it hasent been the graff game. If you remember the game Jet Grind Radio then you know what I am saying.Graffiti has always been in game' even the classic arcade games had it. There are six legends that you meet in the game.One notable artist, Shepard Fairey, popular for his Obey Giant campaign, has even contributed to both Guitar Hero I and II. You can put up stickers' posters stencils marker tags' shoe polish tags/ pen tags/ and aresol tags for freedom missions. The story is simple you are TRANE you try to become a legend but midway into the game you unravel secrets of the corruped government. All in all the game is great fun and you do get to look for unlockable songs for the game. I give this game a 5 out of 5.

Doesn't work on many laptops and desktops

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Bought the game, I met the specs, and then it crashes when I run it. Further investigation shows that it won't work on my machine, and there is no patch to support it. Very disappointed!

Graf/Hip-Hop heads should rejoice

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I may be a lil late in getting this game -- my wife just bought it for me the other day. I have to say this is definitely a 5-star game! The box says it does for graf what Tony Hawk did for skateboarding, and that is on point. You can throw your tag(s) up ANYWHERE, with a wide range of styles/colors/stencils/posters/etc... I started playing last night and went again at it today... couldn't put it down!

The music is top notch -- from classics like Mobb Deep's "Survival of the Fittest" to "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid... it's an aural treat. Pack FM and Talib Kweli also stop in to drop some ill tracks and there are a few exclusives in there.

The gameplay is off the chain, too! It's not hard to master the moves at all -- just make sure you don't drip your pieces!

The voice acting is great, too. The whole game feels like a motion picture, with you being the main star.

Buy on sight!

Grafitti for The Revolution

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I had been waiting forever for this game. Obviously i had to get the special limited editiion. I liked all the collectible items such as the Development black book, the silver sharpie and the music cd. The game was really awesome, i liked the way you can switch the outlines and graff you do, and how you can change the colors of the graff you decide to put up in the in-game black book. Another cool part is that a lot of famous grafiti artists and rap artists that helped out in this game. Overall this game really reminded me of myself and made me want to go out and paint! It is also almost like an urban spider man with all the acrobatic moves and fighting you can do.

Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari/PS2) attempts to bring to life one of Hip-Hop's most known and practiced elements. The art of tagging can be found from the streets of New York City to the farms of Iowa to the hills of Europe and Getting Up attempts to bring that to life. The game gives users the opportunity to travel around a fictitious city (similar to NYC) tagging surfaces, and fighting cats, meanwhile building a rep in the process. There are very few, if any, games with a similar premise and Atari definitely has taken "cyber tagging" to a new level with this game.

The story revolves around Trane, a young urban misfit who hopes to get a rep by tagging over rival crews pieces and whatever surface he can get his paint on. He lives in the oppressive futuristic city of New Radius and is ambitious about becoming a star graf artist, but there are a ton of obstacles to contend with. Rival tagging crews and fascist-like police officers called the Civil Conduct Keepers (CCK) are very much interested in stopping Trane and destroying his art. These obstacles are just miniscule parts of missions given for Trane to complete however. While fighting is important, the game is clearly centered on tagging. Each mission will have Trane completing a set number of graffiti-related objectives. The actual play mechanic for laying down your tags is easily picked up and you'll add new ways to apply tags as the game progresses. However, tagging anywhere just simply isn't an option. Even if you want to tag certain areas that look like they'd be perfect locations, the game will not allow you to do it. You'll be guided in your tagging quests by your intuition. In Trane's case, his intuition shows him the way to a sweet spot for putting up his tag.

As previously mentioned, obstacles such as the rival graffiti gangs and the CCK brings us to one of the most important game aspects into play: combat. Here you use punches, kicks and even some impromptu weapons such as paint cans, poles and the like. The combat system is not exactly on the level of say, Mortal Kombat, but it does have and punch combos, grabs, and power moves. The issue is that it seems like a lot of button mashing and senseless fighting. Also, the combat controls just aren't responsive enough to make the fighting really enjoyable. In fact it is almost reminiscent of old Nintendo controls, A, B, A, B.

On a positive note, Getting Up features a very difficult to rival soundtrack, story line and dialogue to accompany game play. However, while all of Getting Up's diverse elements come together as a moderately entertaining experience; it really could have used a bit more polish before it hit store shelves. If you are in to the graf culture then this is the game for you. However, if you're looking for an epic game that requires actual skill, then Getting Up is for toys.

Marc Ecko is REVOLUTIONIZING Gaming!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Getting Up has a pretty solid balance between tagging and fighting. They used graffiti legends as templates so it has a very authentic feel and brings a lot of the graffiti/street culture to the game. With the help of hip-hop artists like P. Diddy and Talib Kweli the soundtrack to the game is awesome! Real actors (ie: Rosario Dawson and Andy Dick) were used for the voice work so the "acting" is one of the best I've ever seen in a game. The story line is really in-depth and has lots of twist...It has definitely kept me glued to my controller. For those of you who always wished you could tag a wall or a side of the building but never had the guts this game is perfect!

A Real Fun Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I heard Marc Ecko was being involved in a video game I quickly thought this game was not going to be great I've liked the man's past work and clothing line but now he wants to do a videogame? naw. So I decided to give it a try and I have to say this game is really good, it went really past my expectations.

You are Trane and a graf artist and you want to get your name up and get respect. You might think the graffiti is all you do in the game but it is not it has an innovative combat system (if you liked The Warriors you're going to love this one), it has Prince of Persia inspired acrobatics as you try to get to "heaven spots" to get your name up.

As your progress through the game you unlock combo moves and you come across IPOD's laying around the city to unlock songs and the soundtrack to the game has to be one of the best out there featuring Talib Kweli, Pack FM, Jane's Addiction, Fort Minor, Rakim, Bloc Party, and many other great artists it even has Serj Tankian from System of a Down who contributed a remix of Notorious B.I.G.'s "Who Shot Ya?"

The game also has a stellar cast to do the voice acting such as Talib Kweli, Giovanni Ribisi, Charlie Murphy, Brittany Murphy, Andy Dick, and many more.

Overall the game is great it really went over my expectations that i had. Marc Ecko really contributed something great to this game and it's something different than many games out there. Seeing as it displays a Marc Ecko Games logo on the boxart it seems we could expect more great video games from this team and i can't wait.

BEST GAME EVER!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES THAT EVER CAME OUT.I LOVED GRAFFITI SINCE I WAS LITTLE AND USED TO PAINT IN CHICAGO.THIS SHOWS HOW TRUE GRAFFITI WRITERS HAD TO LIVE.GREAT GAME BECAUSE IT SHOWS ALOT OF DETAIL IN THE ART.IF YOU AIN'T A GRAFFITI ARTIST YOU WILL STILL LOVE IT.GREAT DIFFERENT STYLES YOU CAN DO.IT SHOW'S HOW YOU GO FROM A TOY TO A GRAFFITI LEGEND.THE BEST GAME!

Go Buy It

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game has it all from fighting to spray painting a subway car. The sound track is dope and the graffix will just blow you away. In this game you must hit up your name "TRANE" every where you go to start earning your respect but at the same time keep a look out for the CCK because those cats dont mess around. This video is by far the most exciting video game i have ever played. It also gives you a inside view of what graffiti is about and its purpose. Ihighly recomend this video game not only to graffiti writers but to anyone who just loves to play a dope video game, so if you dont have already get it. But just remeber no drips.

a really good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

so far i have been blow away by the story that the game has to offer . the whole game is done amazingly well it has a max pane feeling it was really worth my money

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