Title: Murder & violence rampage at Tottenham Court Road!!
Post by: Oddboy on 06 January, 2003, 06:38:07 PM
Post by: Oddboy on 06 January, 2003, 06:38:07 PM
I got "The Getaway" (PS2) for x-mas from my loving dear wife - and bloomin' great it is too!
Straight out of the Lock, Stock... genre, you are a Soho gangster running amok accross London trying to rescue your kidnapped son while doing 'jobs' for evil crime-lord Charlie.
The detail on this game is perfect - they've mapped out the London roads brilliantly - right down to every Burger King, The Link & Dixons branch.
(The only problem is that they've just redone the traffic system around Trafalgar Square so the games out of date already, but that's being fairly harsh & piccy)
Straight out of the Lock, Stock... genre, you are a Soho gangster running amok accross London trying to rescue your kidnapped son while doing 'jobs' for evil crime-lord Charlie.
The detail on this game is perfect - they've mapped out the London roads brilliantly - right down to every Burger King, The Link & Dixons branch.
(The only problem is that they've just redone the traffic system around Trafalgar Square so the games out of date already, but that's being fairly harsh & piccy)
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: The Monarch on 06 January, 2003, 06:40:21 PM
Post by: The Monarch on 06 January, 2003, 06:40:21 PM
yeah it is great ain't it
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Al_Ewing on 07 January, 2003, 05:24:29 AM
Post by: Al_Ewing on 07 January, 2003, 05:24:29 AM
How detailed is it? I want to rampage around my old workplace maiming all the bastard customers with an axe.
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Devons Daddy on 07 January, 2003, 11:45:03 AM
Post by: Devons Daddy on 07 January, 2003, 11:45:03 AM
not quite that good.
but i would suggest there is market for that kind of game.
but i would suggest there is market for that kind of game.
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Oddboy on 07 January, 2003, 03:34:06 PM
Post by: Oddboy on 07 January, 2003, 03:34:06 PM
You can only enter certain buildings (that relate to the plot) but as long as your workplace isn't in a tiny road (they've skipped off all the tiny sideroads/alleyways) or too far from the centre then you can kill them as they arrive for work...
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Matt Timson on 07 January, 2003, 06:40:11 PM
Post by: Matt Timson on 07 January, 2003, 06:40:11 PM
"...you can kill them as they arrive for work..."
I nnnneeeed this game...
Oh how they'll pay- they'll ALL pay...
I nnnneeeed this game...
Oh how they'll pay- they'll ALL pay...
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 07 January, 2003, 10:39:19 PM
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 07 January, 2003, 10:39:19 PM
How many people thought that this thread was about Cabalistics Inc?
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: malkymac on 08 January, 2003, 02:28:27 AM
Post by: malkymac on 08 January, 2003, 02:28:27 AM
A friend of mine created a maze for 'Doom' based on our old work place and placed monsters in all the offices where hated management types lurked. It was really good childish fun going round the place blasting the crap out of them.
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: karne on 08 January, 2003, 07:16:01 AM
Post by: karne on 08 January, 2003, 07:16:01 AM
"How many people thought that this thread was about Cabalistics Inc?"
I thought it was a job vacancy.
I thought it was a job vacancy.
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 08 January, 2003, 07:24:08 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 08 January, 2003, 07:24:08 PM
I hope all those doing 'the knowledge' make full use of this, instead of buzzing round on their scooters with the clipboards on the front and nearly running me over whenever I visit the smoke as I wander around like some damn rube who's never seen traffic before,
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Jared Katooie on 08 January, 2003, 08:52:13 PM
Post by: Jared Katooie on 08 January, 2003, 08:52:13 PM
Jeezus Odd you're wife encourages comics and games usage?! You're living the dream you lucky sod. Also: If you enjoy crazy driving get midtown madness 2. It's in London too but lacks the mindless violence. You can also visit 1960's London with the (now ancient) GTA add-on pack 1. Basically, if you're American or British then fine. I'll never be able to plough through hordes of street hawkers and scumbags in my native Dublin.
Still I always have the starship voyager... Take that Neelix!
Jared H. Katooie
Still I always have the starship voyager... Take that Neelix!
Jared H. Katooie
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Oddboy on 09 January, 2003, 04:24:07 PM
Post by: Oddboy on 09 January, 2003, 04:24:07 PM
Phew!
Completed The Getaway last night... which is strange in itself as most games I usually get stuck, get bored & give up before that point.
Now onto GTA:VC...
Completed The Getaway last night... which is strange in itself as most games I usually get stuck, get bored & give up before that point.
Now onto GTA:VC...
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Oddboy on 10 January, 2003, 10:59:03 PM
Post by: Oddboy on 10 January, 2003, 10:59:03 PM
Watching Oddgirl playing the Getaway was brilliant - far better then playing it myself.
Okay, she wasn't very good at it (the un-PC phrase 'female drivers' might apply here, but let me assure you all that she's a fine driver when actually in a car) but the manic glee in her face & laughter as she smashed into pedestrians & police cars and walls before heading up to do some slaughter at Head Office was simply a beautiful thing to watch!
Okay, she wasn't very good at it (the un-PC phrase 'female drivers' might apply here, but let me assure you all that she's a fine driver when actually in a car) but the manic glee in her face & laughter as she smashed into pedestrians & police cars and walls before heading up to do some slaughter at Head Office was simply a beautiful thing to watch!
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Matt Timson on 10 January, 2003, 11:04:26 PM
Post by: Matt Timson on 10 January, 2003, 11:04:26 PM
I think I'm in love with Oddgirl...
Sorry, Oddboy.
Sorry, Oddboy.
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 11 January, 2003, 12:21:41 AM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 11 January, 2003, 12:21:41 AM
She's a fine women...
Link: Big Pic
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Matt Timson on 11 January, 2003, 12:45:45 AM
Post by: Matt Timson on 11 January, 2003, 12:45:45 AM
Not bad (the artwork!! the artwork!!!) Who drew it?
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 11 January, 2003, 05:29:27 AM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 11 January, 2003, 05:29:27 AM
Not bad (the artwork!! the artwork!!!) Who drew it?
Er me, he says feeling the ego swell...
Er me, he says feeling the ego swell...
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Oddboy on 13 January, 2003, 03:16:57 PM
Post by: Oddboy on 13 January, 2003, 03:16:57 PM
Oi! Watch it Eyebrows
(Hmmm - one of the baddies in The Getaway is called Eyebrows)
(Hmmm - one of the baddies in The Getaway is called Eyebrows)
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: ukdane on 13 January, 2003, 04:55:30 PM
Post by: ukdane on 13 January, 2003, 04:55:30 PM
Yeah, I'm on GTA:VC (which I got for Chrimbo).
Trouble is my wif is anti-anything with violence, which limits the films we watch togther to lovey-dovey romantic-comedies, (shite to you and me!). And the number of games we play together on the PS2 to...
erm...
none!
Oddboy, can you get Oddgirl to have a word with Mrs. Dane please!
Trouble is my wif is anti-anything with violence, which limits the films we watch togther to lovey-dovey romantic-comedies, (shite to you and me!). And the number of games we play together on the PS2 to...
erm...
none!
Oddboy, can you get Oddgirl to have a word with Mrs. Dane please!
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Matt Timson on 14 January, 2003, 04:33:22 PM
Post by: Matt Timson on 14 January, 2003, 04:33:22 PM
Relax, Oddboy- I am merely in love with the idea of a missis who endorses such time wasting fun...
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Oddboy on 03 March, 2003, 05:12:06 PM
Post by: Oddboy on 03 March, 2003, 05:12:06 PM
Was playing this game again the other night & noticed that it's even got Comics Showcase on Charing Cross Road... brilliantly detailed game!
Title: Re: Murder & violence rampage at T...
Post by: Proudhuff on 03 March, 2003, 05:22:05 PM
Post by: Proudhuff on 03 March, 2003, 05:22:05 PM
Relax, Oddboy- I am merely in love with the idea of a missis who endorses such time wasting fun...
I second that motion! coming from a hoose where I have to chuck the controls to a Juve if I hear a tread on the stairs or face a smirk and a 'oh playing that again boys' slagging, I say Oddboy you lucky devil
Middenpus
I second that motion! coming from a hoose where I have to chuck the controls to a Juve if I hear a tread on the stairs or face a smirk and a 'oh playing that again boys' slagging, I say Oddboy you lucky devil
Middenpus