THE GETAWAY PS2

The Getaway is an action-adventure video game developed by Team Soho and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe 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.^[1] Initially, the release of the game was to coincide with the launch of the games platform, the PlayStation 2 in 2000, but was delayed by a period of 18 months due to the nature of re-creating extensive areas of London in high-resolution.

The game focuses on two characters each with their own plot settings, being a police officer in service with the Flying Squad, Detective Constable Frank Carter and an ex-bank robber, Mark Hammond with both plots running parallel and intersecting before concluding in the finale of the game.

The Getaway is designed as a third-person sanbox-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 firefight. Once both of the games characters missions have been completed, a "free roaming" option from the main menu is opened allowing the player to roam around the City district and Central London without mission objectives, time-limits or attack of rival gang members or police.

The game features a number of licensed vehicles from real automobile manufacturers that the player can control, unlike those seen in the Grand Theft Auto series which are fictional. The majority of the vehicles in the game are made by MG Rover Group, Jensen Motors, Saab, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Fiat and Lexus along with a number of others. Firearms and weapons available to the player include the Glock 17 pistol, the AK-47 assault rifle, Remington 870 pump-action shotgun and the Heckler & Koch MP5 sub machine gun, other weapons include a meat cleaver and crowbar among others.