Right when I first started to get used to the controls while driving, then the on foot missions start. Are there any health items in the game or did the developers just try to make this game as realistic as possible? I'm at the musuem now, and about to steal the wine, but it's going to take me at least 7 tries to beat the mission. Anyone find the game difficult?
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Jesus Christ! The Getaway is HARD!
- Thread starter AssMan
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It wasn't that hard, just annoying sometimes...
The on-foot missions weren't bad, but I HATED the way the car AI worked. They sent far too many vehicles at you with all of them slamming into you are full speed. They simply took that too far and it ruined the driving segments for me. It just wasn't fun to play because of that.
The on-foot missions weren't bad, but I HATED the way the car AI worked. They sent far too many vehicles at you with all of them slamming into you are full speed. They simply took that too far and it ruined the driving segments for me. It just wasn't fun to play because of that.
TheGreenGiant
Banned
The Getaway isn't as hard as it is a bad game. The controls are shocking. Sell it and buy something else pronto.
Holy shat...my character sometimes leans against the wall, but I didn't know it recovered his health. I thought the developers were trying to make this game look like a movie:
A man overcomes all odds, getting shot like crazy, limping, bloody, and still able to accomplish his goals. I can't think of many movies off the top of my head, but The Professional comes to mind.
aerodynamik
Member
I mostly agree. The most fun I had with The Getaway was learning some british haha. The voice-acting was good. I couldn't finish it, got stuck at a mission where I had to drive through half of London with dozens of cars chasing me, and since driving mechanics suck it was very disheartening.
And about being "realist"... well, being surrounded by dozens of guys shooting at you while you kill them with a few shots is not realist. And to recover life, as aku:jiki said, you just need a wall and a minute of boredom.
Urgh... I wouldn't say it's hard (the first half at least) if you use the walls.
And about being "realist"... well, being surrounded by dozens of guys shooting at you while you kill them with a few shots is not realist. And to recover life, as aku:jiki said, you just need a wall and a minute of boredom.
Urgh... I wouldn't say it's hard (the first half at least) if you use the walls.
I didn't find the car AI that bad - it was difficult, certainly, but good navigation through non-hostile traffic could normally save the day. What annoyed the hell out of me on some of the later missions was the partner AI, where the woman you had to protect kept running out into the middle of the road to take pot shots at the bad guys rather than getting the hell into a car where nobody would shoot her.
The number of times she screwed up a near perfect run for me and I had to shoot her in the face out of irritation at the start of the next runthrough.
The number of times she screwed up a near perfect run for me and I had to shoot her in the face out of irritation at the start of the next runthrough.
One of the best games this gen imnsho! The controls are really tight after you nail them. The camera and movement have a long and sometimes painful learning curve but its amazing how adept you get at controlling the protaganists by the end.
The control may also be the games biggest weakness though, the latter part of the game took me only six hours to complete, half the time of the first half of the experience. The driving stopped becoming a challenge later on as well, there are patterns to the traffic so even when the roads are chocka there always seems to be a path through. Stealth elements better than MGS, racing through traffic is more involved than GTA and the storyline is pure hackneyed, stereotyped hogwash. I loved it.
The control may also be the games biggest weakness though, the latter part of the game took me only six hours to complete, half the time of the first half of the experience. The driving stopped becoming a challenge later on as well, there are patterns to the traffic so even when the roads are chocka there always seems to be a path through. Stealth elements better than MGS, racing through traffic is more involved than GTA and the storyline is pure hackneyed, stereotyped hogwash. I loved it.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
cja said:
I agree, great game.
Mystifizor
Banned
The Getaway is awesome!
Necroscope
Member
Insertia said:
Don't play Ninja Gaiden.