Had you played the first Getaway? A lot of people loved it and a lot hated it. I think the ones who hated it were too addicted to GTA: Vice City to pay much attention to other similar games. Especially in the case of The Getaway which required a little time to become accustomed to the controls, which were admittedly a little akward to begin with. But all in all I really loved it, and had it finished within the first week. The graphics and realism, plus the amount of freedome, were all very attractive parts of the game IMO. I also enjoyed the story more than I thought.Zanzibar said:
So yeah, I'll probably pick a copy up at end up loving it 
.Nope, never played the first, and I was too into Vice City to look elsewhere for a similar experiencemonty mike said:Had you played the first Getaway? A lot of people loved it and a lot hated it. I think the ones who hated it were too addicted to GTA: Vice City to pay much attention to other similar games. Especially in the case of The Getaway which required a little time to become accustomed to the controls, which were admittedly a little akward to begin with. But all in all I really loved it, and had it finished within the first week. The graphics and realism, plus the amount of freedome, were all very attractive parts of the game IMO. I also enjoyed the story more than I thought.
It's strange that I loved it so much yet never even looked at Black Monday, not even when I was next to a copy in GAME. Still, now that you've brought it up I might have to test it for myself.
Another point is that the it can take a while to get into, I know I found the first few missions a little odd, as well as discovering the fact that you could heal by leaning against the wall - which wasn't obvious at all (seeing as I never read the manual)
But back to the original question: Did you play the first one?
. Now, don't get me wrong, I think Black Monday had a lot of potential. The story is pretty cool, allowing you to play both good and bad characters, and I loved having no HUD (that's always a plus with me, and the wall-leaning was cool), but some things I just couldn't overcome. Free control of the camera would have made a world of difference (like San Andreas, I know, I know). The camera was probably the sole reason why I didn't like it much, as it trashed some of the controls. I also liked having no crosshairs and instead using the weapons' iron sights or just firing from the hip, but again, the lack of camera control really bunged that up. Plus, a couple of the missions were just stupid. Sorry, but there's no other way around it. The worst was the sixth (maybe fifth, I can't remember) Mitch (the cop) mission. It took me around thirty tries simply because it's all a matter of starting off with a car that isn't blown to s**t. That mission really soured it for me, and since it's right at the beginning, I wasn't off to a good start. . Ahh well, Killer 7 has cheered me up immensely!
Nah, I think you made a lot of good points. In fact, the first one got me pretty pissed off at times but I kept going with it, simply because in spite of little problems I really loved the game. I think The Getaway and GTA appealed to two very different audiences, it's certainly not your fault that you didn't like itZanzibar said:Maybe I'm just too much of a GTA fan, so much so that I can't accept a different control style without whining (I remember having similar issues with Mafia)
If a game's not your thing you should let it go. I remember my friend's slagging me for doing that with GTA, but it just wasn't for me - and I did try to like it (even bought it) There are a lot of problems with all of the GTA games, but I love them anyway.monty mike said:I remember my friend's slagging me for doing that with GTA, but it just wasn't for me - and I did try to like it (even bought it)
Try it, man. It's gorgeous and amazing and awfully strange.monty mike said:Glad to hear you're enjoying Killer 7, I've yet to play it
I'll be interested to see if you keep at it. I stopped playing after around 15 hours, though when the next holiday comes up I might give it another go.Homer said:
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