The Getaway (video game)
| The Getaway | |
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European cover art
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| Developer(s) | Team Soho |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Brendan McNamara |
| Designer(s) | Chun Wah Kong |
| Programmer(s) | William Burdon Naresh Hirani |
| Artist(s) | Sam Coates Ravinder S Ruprai |
| Writer(s) | Brendan McNamara Katie Ellwood |
| Composer(s) | Andrew Hale |
| Series | The Getaway |
| Engine | Kinetica |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, Grand Theft Auto clone |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 72/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |   |
| Edge | 6/10 |
| EGM | 7.17/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Famitsu | 31/40 |
| Game Informer | 9/10 |
| GamePro |  |
| Game Revolution | C+ |
| GameSpot | 6.9/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GameZone | 7.5/10 |
| IGN | 7/10 |
| OPM (US) | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | |
| Entertainment Weekly | D |
The Getaway is an action-adventure open world video game developed by Team Soho and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The Getaway is the first in the series and is said to have been inspired by British gangland films Get Carter and Snatch. Initially, the release of the game was to coincide with the launch of the PlayStation 2 in 2000, but was delayed by 27 months due to the difficulty of re-creating large areas of London in high resolution.
The game focuses on two characters each with their own plot settings, being an ex-bank robber, Mark Hammond and a police officer in service with the Flying Squad, Detective Constable Frank Carter with both plots running parallel and intersecting before concluding in the finale of the game. A sequel entitled The Getaway: Black Monday was released in 2004.
The Getaway is designed as a third-person sandbox-style game in which the player controls the two lead characters as they carry out their missions for game progression. Both of the two characters can perform a series of physical tasks, such as walking, sprinting, rolling, shooting and taking cover during a gunfight. Once Mark Hammond's missions are completed free roaming is unlocked for his character, free roaming allows the player to roam around the City district and Central London without mission objectives or time-limits.
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