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THE WORSE GAME OF ALL TIMES!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 18
Date: November 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS A GAME ABOUT NOTHING ITS NOT EVEN WORTH $1.99. ITS ABOUT VIOLENCE,DRUGS,SEX AND THATS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TAKE MY WORD DON'T BUY.

getawaaay from me

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

aAll ive got to say about this game is that it is completley and utterly bollocks

Ripoff of GTA..

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 17
Date: January 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Plain and simple this game is a rip off of Grand Theft Auto. It must be nice for all of the UK fans to have a game based in their country, but it would have been better had it been an original idea.

Too Much Down Time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

You can not skip cut scenes. Every time you play a level you have to sit through the whole 10 minute cut scene, no matter how many times you've seen it. Also, when the character is on foot, he heals by leaning on the wall. Cool concept, but I spend so much time waiting for him to heal. You just sit there and watch him breath for like 60 seconds. It really adds up after a while. Between that and the cut scenes, this game winds up being a huge waist of time. It's a shame, it looks great, and the driving parts are very cool. There's just too much down time. I suggest getting a book or magazine to read while playing this game.

Horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: September 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Getaway is a repetitive rip-off of the GTA series and it's only merit is it's decent story line that cashes in on the recent popularity of British ganster movies such as Guy Ritchie's Snatch (2000) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). The makers of The Getaway have substituted cinematic quality for any trace of entertaining gameplay. The driving is supposed to be realistic but real cars go faster than 40 miles per hour. Instead of handling with surprising realism, the vehicles drive like they are soaked in molasses. Utterly horrible. Give your $50 to charity.

Very Disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is SLOW and boring. The vehicles are extremely lame. Weapons are weak. Story line was created with little to no effort. This is a prime example of a mass produced opportunistic video game aimed at a pre-established audience. My advice is if you have played and enjoyed GTA do not waste your time or money with this game. If you have not played GTA then you might be entertained by the Getaway. Yes, the graphics are VERY good but the creators need to know their customer and know when they have gone too far in one direction (graphics) thus neglecting other important areas of the game. In conclusion, I could not wait to "Getaway" from my PS2 the few times I forced myself to play in an attempt to give this game a chance to win me over. I simply cannot express my disappointment in this game as fully as i would like. The creators of this game have fooled me out of my hard earned money, I congratulate them on well advertised garbage.

Horrible game, not fun, gets boring quick

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I had such high hopes for this game, and it was horrible. Basically, if you love driving very far from point A to B many many times, then this is the game for you. If you like action, and missions that aren't the same kind every time, this this isn't the game for you. It may be cheap right now, but it's still not worth it.The controls are horrible, and the game's difficulty is just driving.

Warning!! Do NOT get this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When something is based on the legendary GTA series, you automatically expect nothing but the highest quality of car stealing game. However, The Getaway missed the mark entirely. First, let me explain the good stuff. The game is based in a huge segment of london. You could drive for hours and not see the end of it. Also, there are many real life cars to steal in the game. You can see(and steal) lexuses, jaguars, and land rovers. Finally, the police AI is somewhat decent. Steal a car out of sight of the cops and they won't recognize you anymore just like real life. As always, you can just start shooting random innocent people or cops at any time you wish.

Now for the bad stuff. The first and most obvious problem with the game is the controls. After just a few seconds, you'll be throwing your controller down and screaming all kinds of curse words at the game. These terrible controls persist throughout the game. Worse yet, there are no customizable controls, which is not a bad thing if the controller is layed out properly, but no such luck with this game. Also, you can't shoot out of a car when driving, look behind you, or even change views in any mode. The only way to tell someone is chasing you is to stop and turn around and hope the aweful camera will switch to a view behind you before your adversary is not too close to get you. Another thing is that the missions are insanely complicated and difficult. You'll die several times before you complete a mission. And getting to those missions is a pain in itself. With no map or guide arrows, you'll spend most of your time just tring to find the place your supposed to blow up, that is if you can get there at all. The cars are so weak, after just a few minor accidents, you'll have to get out of car and steal another one. Your characters aim is so terrible, you'll miss bad guys at point blank range. That's pretty bad, considering you're supposed to be a hardened criminal. Better yet, there are no in game display windows. You don't know how much ammo, health and time you have left on a mission. This can lead to terrible complications, like charging into a gunfight to find out you need to reload and getting blasted to pieces.

These downsides far outway the good stuff in this game. This game has been hyped up beyond belief, but thats all it is, hype. The developers spent all their money designing london and licensing the cars for the game. Rent this one first, don't buy it straight out.

read this ...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: June 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

im srry to say that this game is simply terrible. i thot i had a better chance of growing wings and flying away then beating the first level. the intro is bad and upsetting. its like your wife is murdered in front of ur 5 year old son whos then kidnapped. you have to chase down the bad people which is impossible. they probaly wont show this review cuz its not to great but i only have to say...The Getaway isnt worthy of a 1 star.

Not customizable, horrible graphics

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: May 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

1. Cannot customize controls
2. Horrible graphics
3. Cant skip the drama-scenes in the game and jump to the action.

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