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I was exactly what I was expecting

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is not nearly as bad as all of you say it was. The controls were the same as they were in the first Getaway. The story had the same feel as the original getaway. It did add some cool cars and i like that they added motorcycles and other 2 wheeled vehicles ( a bicycle). I got this game for 22 bucks at gamestop used and I dont feel ripped off at all. I feel i got exactly what i payed for.

Very Good game(8.2/10 IMHO)(SPOILERS galore)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I don't feel like comparing this to GTA, to me it feels very different and takes the step towards realism, I like "The Getaway" series more than True Crime and I nearly like it as much as I do Driver/GTA.But after this I will stop the comparisons

Its a stepforwards from the original "The Getaway" which Sony and Team SOHO released in 2002 for PS2, although there are things in "The Getaway:Black Monday" that aren't as good as the original such as the graphics

The game is set in London, England(again) and puts you in the shoes of three characters...in the one storyline:

Sgt.Ben Mitchell-
A very touchy cop claimed by the Media for being a "Delicate" and "Trigger Happy Cop" after he shot a teenage boy in the back after the teen never dropped his weapon.The year after the incident, he is back from suspension but some of his teammates aren't exactly warm about his return such as Evans who believes "Mitch" is the liability of the team and claims Mitch is too sharp round the edges.
Mitch works for the CO19 firearms divison in the Metropol. Police.Mitch will usually be armed with a GLOCK 17 handgun and an MP-5 submac.

Eddie O'Connor-
Ed is an amateur boxer for his local gym, Shoreditch Boys Club and has been trained by a local hero and trainer, Danny West who has been working there for over 30 years, however the darkness is that the fact Danny has bad gambling habits and one of the days it gets out of hand, Ed and a few other people Danny knows including a codebreaker, another amateur boxer and a young girl hacker(Sam) but they get caught and all of Eds' teammates(with the exception of Sam) are killed.And to make matters worse, the same people bust into Shoreditch and kill Danny and one of Eds partners in crime son aswell as others.Eddie is hell bent on revenge.....

Sam-
Sam is a 19 year old stealthy and capable hacker, from far she looks like a docile teenager, she was one of Eddies partners-in-crime but luckily she wasn't captured.Now her and Eddie are fugitives after Danny's murder, she is forced to handle the stealth missions while Eddie goes after revenge

My ending was that all Mitch, Eddie and Sam survived the standoff(at the end, when Mitch and Ed have each other at gunpoint and Mitch goes to shoot Sam)...The ending I wanted anyway since I liked the characters

You have 4 minigames, Chase, taxi, race and freeroaming(the freedome aspect of the game)

In freeroam you get to play these characters:

Mitch(the only one that can't get Cops after him unlike the others listed)
Eddie
Sam
Yuri
Zara
Jamahl
Viktor Skobal(the man Ed wants to kill)

IF THIS WERE A REPORTCARD.......NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT I WAITED FOR THIS.....I COULD HAVE BOUGHT THE OLD GETAWAY FOR ALOT CHEAPER!!!!

Great Game if you liked the original...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Graphics are awesome, and London is very well done (if you've ever been there). The problem with this game is in the difficulty setting...the "combat" portions are VERY easy, IF you can drive to get there...once again, no maps..vehicles handle very poorly, with lots of obstacles. This game could have been great with the addition of difficulty setting, or a some adjustments in the driving aspect...fun game, but not the next Grand Theft Auto.

biased reviews

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: May 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

beware of biased reviews panning this fine game.they do so probably because its British. It's far better than Gta san andreas.

Solid, but...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed this game but either found that the missions that are there aren't satisfying enough or that the game itself wasn't long enough. I'm not entirely sure which. I guess that I'm glad that the ending seemed to leave it open for a sequel because I really liked the first game of this series. I hope that ultimately this will just be a stepping stone to a game more like the first.

Not bad but better than the first series

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This was the continuation in the epic Getaway series. First of all not the best sequel, its true the GTA series truley outdone themseleves compared to Team Soho. Now on to the reviews, graphics are decent not much of an improvement from the first game. Story line is alittle better maybe more appealing to some viewers. And i will agree if you want something decent to play not alot of difficulty buy this game, but dont spend over $30. I got this game for 25 and it was decent at most. The worst thing about this game is the camera angle and the enemies they truly dont give much of a difficult fight. One reviewer said u could handcuff 30 enemies while everyone around you is shooting.....sadly its correct. And for god sake's what is the point of being in London if they dont utilize the place. In san andreas and Vice City they utilized the urban history from hispanic gangs to haitain thugs.....In London it completely a bore. Dont expect much from this game, but if u want a good little 2-4 week challenge for the weekends invest in it.

WASTE OF $$$$$$$$$$$

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: April 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First lets say that this game is not very good at all, i wish i could've spent my money on a stripper or something of that nature, because that would've put a smile on my face, I was pretty excited with the release of this game, all because of the first one, now that was a good game. If you even look at this game you might as well crumple up a fifty and take a leak on it, so if you have half a brain don't purchase this game, and if you choose not to listen to this review and go ahead and buy it anyway, you'll kick yourself in the rear later, and another thing, I wish i didn't have to give it a 1 star rating because its not even 0 worthy

Much Better than the GTA Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Getaway Black Monday is an improvement over the original Getaway, and both games are better than any of the GTA series. Both of the Getaway games are intelligent games with brilliant detail. Don't believe what the GTA SA fans are saying - this new Getaway game is much better and has a great replay value. My copy of Vice City has gotten dusty on the shelf since I got the original Getaway and from what I've seen of GTA SA it doesn't hold a candle to the Getaway Black Monday. It's a must have game.

Decent but Problematic

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have to admit that I really enjoyed playing this game. But, having said that, I have to admit that it is way way to short. If they had added a few more missions, I would have been much happier. I don't know if they didn't have the time or the space on the disc, or what. The game just flew by. To give you an idea, it took me about the same amount of time to beat this game as it did to beat Katamari Damacy. Maybe that means I was really bad at Katamari, I don't know. On the city, it's amazing. Sure, they made a few mistakes. I can point out that the pub and the Oddbins on the Seven Dials have been flipped. And they got rid of a street off Soho Square. But, by and large, its a great rendition of London. You could use it to plan out a trip, if you really wanted to. Just don't expect to find the Tate Modern gallery, they blocked off the bridge. I am going to stop mentioning mistakes in geography now. The addition of taxi mode is a nice touch, as well as race and chase mode. They definitely add to the value of this title. In free roam, where you can just ride around and site see, the police have have a weird way of coming after you if, say, you ride your bicycle (yes, bicycle!) into a lamp post. But they can't knock you off the bike very easily, and if you get off it and walk around a corner they lose you. I had the experience of hearing the police say "We found the car, he's nowhere to be seen," while I was standing right next to the car and shooting at the police. Having said all that, I really did enjoy playing the game, I just wish I hadn't paid full price for it. Better AI and a longer story, and I probably wouldn't be so disappointed.

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