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10/07/09
He added: and I would like everyone to know that I am, as a matter of fact, not bitter in any way at all. Neither bitter or disappointed.
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The Getaway interested me for a similar reason that Assassin's Creed did: The architecture and landscape. I'd love a game that recreates London somewhat accurately. I never played the first few games in the series, though, because this is something I think really needs, at minimum, a PS3 / 360 caliber machine to pull off.
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I mean, you could do the missions, and apart from that there was almost literally nothing to do. Sure, you could steal cars, and then run from the police, or try and kill a cop and take his gun, but then what?
No side missions, virtually no buildings to enter, no shops, no minigames, no interesting street scenes or vignettes. It was like being in a model village, only it was the size of central London. If you just glanced, it looked real, but if you actually tried to find something to do, all the fruit turned out to be made of plastic.
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The acting and look was very good, but frankly GTA style game play doesn't really do much for me. (i.e. open world with gangster/mafia style missions). Getaway had a more appealing style than GTA for me though.
I was really interested in this on the Ps3 because I feel the series has a lot of potential.
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Oh boy.
partly due to one game's lack of online features
Can't have a game without multiplayer, can we?
Millions of gamers across the globe would stare blankly at the game's case, completely speechless, confuzzled, lost. They would then question whether the Internet ever existed in the first place. Looking at the case again, they'd decide 'No, it must not' thus begins the decline of modern society.
FOX blames this solely on video games and green alien side-boob.
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But if they can polish up the game mechanics I may be willing to give them another try.
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Other than...you know, just having it regenerate...Ok so maybe it isn't so bad.
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EyePet and SingStar have a far greater chance of attracting that market than The Getaway and Eight Days, and in the already congested holiday and post-holiday gaming seasons, how successful would Getaway 2 and Eight Days really be? They could just be waiting for the right time for the market to bear the load of two more "core" games.
10/07/09
I appreciate Sony is looking for other markets too but this just seems half and half. In the end I guess I'll trust Sony on it but with sony bleeding money early this gen, having a lack of quality titles early on etc. this seems like a weird move. I know it's for the casual market but it's half hearted as eye pet is still not out 3 years in and I don't think eye pet and Sing star alone are enough to pull in the casual gamers to the most expensive console. Anyway it's all conjecture but that was just my thought pattern and it's probably wrong.