Post by Asad on Jan 21, 2004 19:23:02 GMT -5
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After years in the making, The Getaway finally trundled up in December 2002 on PS2 to decent sales and middling reviews. There was plenty in the Getaway to like, but there was also much that left us shuddering; the title was riddled with bugs, and the novelty of cruising London, shooting cops and peppering your every conversation with a flurry of cockney accented profanities proved to be, in current parlance, "not all that"; although the astonishing achievement in recreating London cannot be understated.
Nonetheless, Sony's London Studio (formerly Team Soho) has been putting together a sequel to the title over the last year, and at last the first details on the title have been revealed.
A proper game in its own right rather than the expansion pack that some were anticipating, neither of the lead characters from the previous game makes a re-appearance; this is a brand new story, though we're guessing there's still plenty of room for Big Vern-style capers.
This time round you play some East End "geezer" called Eddie O'Connor. Eddie divides his time between amateur boxing, working as a bouncer, and providing his dubious talents to the local criminal fraternity. He's probably having his voice supplied by some ex-public schoolboy toff called Tristan, but make no bones about it, Eddie is a bit of a rascal.
The plot's still hush-hush at this stage, but expect the usual Lock Stock and Two Smoking Cockneys schtick that the last game relied on; O'Connor gets lured ever more deeply into the mire of criminal life, at which stage we suspect he finds himself nicking cars, shooting rozzers and generally being a little bit "whay".
No word on other playable characters yet, but we'd be surprised if there weren't additional characters with whom to play through the game with, as in the first title.
The game reportedly has several strands, rather than just one story from two different perspectives, and that we can also expect a twist - though if it turns out O'Connor is really a ghost we're gonna be more than a little stroppy.
We also know that a gang of Eastern European gangsters is likely to figure as Soho vice racketeers, while the story will apparently take us through a number of new locations, though the action will still be confined to central London rather than the far flung suburbs. Instead, the team is concentrating on adding more detail to the locations.
Visuals have been greatly enhanced, with new combat moves, a greater sense of scale in the locations and a more atmospheric feel to the title, which will be complemented by a wider range of objectives.
The action isn't confined to street level either, with some rather dramatic sounding rooftop chases also making an appearance. Stealth elements will also figure, with Eddie wandering around sewers in a bid to dodge the fuzz, presumably.
There's also the promise of London Underground's famous Tube system making it into the title, though we're guessing it will probably appear in fairly limited form. Still, it's gotta be better than paying the congestion charge, right?
The Getaway was an ambitious title that didn't quite live up to expectations. The sequel looks similarly ambitious; let's hope the boys can pull this little tickle off. The Getaway 2 is set for release towards the end of 2004, guv'nor.
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After years in the making, The Getaway finally trundled up in December 2002 on PS2 to decent sales and middling reviews. There was plenty in the Getaway to like, but there was also much that left us shuddering; the title was riddled with bugs, and the novelty of cruising London, shooting cops and peppering your every conversation with a flurry of cockney accented profanities proved to be, in current parlance, "not all that"; although the astonishing achievement in recreating London cannot be understated.
Nonetheless, Sony's London Studio (formerly Team Soho) has been putting together a sequel to the title over the last year, and at last the first details on the title have been revealed.
A proper game in its own right rather than the expansion pack that some were anticipating, neither of the lead characters from the previous game makes a re-appearance; this is a brand new story, though we're guessing there's still plenty of room for Big Vern-style capers.
This time round you play some East End "geezer" called Eddie O'Connor. Eddie divides his time between amateur boxing, working as a bouncer, and providing his dubious talents to the local criminal fraternity. He's probably having his voice supplied by some ex-public schoolboy toff called Tristan, but make no bones about it, Eddie is a bit of a rascal.
The plot's still hush-hush at this stage, but expect the usual Lock Stock and Two Smoking Cockneys schtick that the last game relied on; O'Connor gets lured ever more deeply into the mire of criminal life, at which stage we suspect he finds himself nicking cars, shooting rozzers and generally being a little bit "whay".
No word on other playable characters yet, but we'd be surprised if there weren't additional characters with whom to play through the game with, as in the first title.
The game reportedly has several strands, rather than just one story from two different perspectives, and that we can also expect a twist - though if it turns out O'Connor is really a ghost we're gonna be more than a little stroppy.
We also know that a gang of Eastern European gangsters is likely to figure as Soho vice racketeers, while the story will apparently take us through a number of new locations, though the action will still be confined to central London rather than the far flung suburbs. Instead, the team is concentrating on adding more detail to the locations.
Visuals have been greatly enhanced, with new combat moves, a greater sense of scale in the locations and a more atmospheric feel to the title, which will be complemented by a wider range of objectives.
The action isn't confined to street level either, with some rather dramatic sounding rooftop chases also making an appearance. Stealth elements will also figure, with Eddie wandering around sewers in a bid to dodge the fuzz, presumably.
There's also the promise of London Underground's famous Tube system making it into the title, though we're guessing it will probably appear in fairly limited form. Still, it's gotta be better than paying the congestion charge, right?
The Getaway was an ambitious title that didn't quite live up to expectations. The sequel looks similarly ambitious; let's hope the boys can pull this little tickle off. The Getaway 2 is set for release towards the end of 2004, guv'nor.
Pics:
For more pics, click the link on top.
