The Getaway: Black Monday

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Strengths: Rendered City/Characters, Graphics, Voice-over/Acting, Story, Setting

Weakness: No life meter, Not free roaming, Sound

Just like the first Getaway, this game is above average. Following in the footsteps of the GTA series, The Getaway: Black Monday allows you to drive multiple vehicle types and Run & Gun around in a well written story. Though similar to the GTA series Black Monday falls short, the story is good, but you can't stray very far away from it(free roam). Also it is hard to determine ones health without...

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The Getaway: Black Monday

A cinematic presentation, engaging storyline, diverse cast of characters, and impressive re-creation of London are the main highlights of The Getaway: Black Monday. Moreover, the game has varied gameplay, fairly sharp graphics, entertaining cutscenes, and excellent voice acting and music. Unfortunately, many of the same problems that plagued the previous Getaway have not been fully resolved in...

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More of the same

Strengths: + movie like script and acting, sharp graphics even if they are a bit bland

Weakness: - no on screen map for the driving missions, the controls take a while to get use to and requires a lot of patience

Although Black Monday is graphically better than the previous Getaway game, it plays just about the same which isn't a good thing. The voice acting, story, and direction is of high quality. If it wasn't a video game, it would be perfect for a movie. One weakness though is that the main characters seemed less personal and likeable than the characters in the first game. The major weakness that...

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Better left for the Londoners

Strengths: + cinematic, great voice acting, clean graphics

Weakness: - horrible camera - the character designs don't look as realistic (everyone seems to have a giant head) - no on-screen map display

Getaway: Black Monday is just about the same in every aspect as the previous game, the Getaway. I wanted to like it but the gameplay is pretty horrid and not gamer friendly. Black Monday is still mission based so as to say it's not like GTA where you can go anywhere you want. It's a bit more confining but the levels are huge so you don't really notice. But the horrible camera during on-foot...

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Getaway: Black Monday

Strengths: It's London!!

Weakness: Gameplay

I picked up Getaway: Black Monday simply because of the fact that I love the city of London. It is where I was born and bred. But after playing this game for many hours I was very disappointed. For one, the ability to shoot is extremely frustrating. Oftentimes you can't aim properly or see where you are firing bullets at.

sequal to an average game

Strengths: decent graphics, story

Weakness: game quickly ge bored

Getaway: BM is the sequal to an average game, but it failed to make any huge improvement. The graphics and story is decent, but it is not enough to save the boring gameplay. It just isn't as good as the GTA series.

Black Monday isn't quite as good as the original.

Strengths: Presentation

Weakness: Minor gameplay issues

The original Getaway featured some of the best presentation, truly capturing a cinematic feel. The game also had solid sound, graphics and gameplay mechanics along with excellent voice acting. Black Monday is dubbed the sequel to The Getaway despite the fact that none of the original characters return in this game. Unfortunately, the sequel isn't quite as good as the original, but still a good...

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Good gameplay

Strengths: gameplay

Weakness: not worth the money

If you can find Getaway Black Monday for a low price then it may be worth your while to purchase this game and play it. However, there are just many other games out there that you can play which will offer more fun and stuff. The game does have pretty good graphcis and such but it's not an incredible game by any means.

Black gaming on a Monday

Strengths: Story-line and driving in modern day London

Weakness: Everything else.

Monday is often the day many people dread as it represents going back to work, and the start of 5 long days till the next weekend break. Black Monday has the same feeling. The game is just plain frustrating and dull. It is nice to have control of three characters, but they end up feeling like one charcter broken up into three. The story-line is ok as well as is the voice acting, but overall it is...

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The Getaway 2: Black Moday

Strengths: *Graphics

Weakness: *No extras *Not many rewards

While this game does have good graphics, it feels like an empty shell at times. The AI isn't that great and the police chases arn't too exciting. I wouldn't really recommend this game if you're buying it for over $20. However, $20 or less feels about just how much this game is worth. Despite on the negative remarks I made so far, seriously, if you find it for $20 or less, then you might want to...

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