# London ex-pats should get PS2 and Getaway **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411 "2003-02-25T16:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/1 "2003-02-25T16:00:45Z")
Well having been away from London for a few years now, I just discovered the excellent virtual London to be found in the PS2 game called Getaway. I don’t think the game itself is fantastic, but the simulation of driving in London was a real home-sickness cure. Especially because in this virtual world you can ease stress by driving down the pavements of Oxford Street through the busy shoppers 😉 Cheers, Bippy ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/2 "2003-02-25T16:08:24Z")
do you sit on the left & drive on the left side of the street? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/3 "2003-02-25T16:20:01Z")
Nope sit on the right and drive on the left side of the street, as god intended 😉 Though in London there are so many one way streets that this doesn’t matter so much. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/4 "2003-02-25T19:25:48Z")
I gotta admit, it was a very intense game. (I just finished it). Lots of riding at high speeds against heavy traffic. Its sorta like GTAIII with a more realistic physics engine. Took me awhile to jack cars from the side with the driver. Although I did not know that Londoners could regenerate from bullet wounds by leaning against a wall for a minute or two. Amazing thing! ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/5 "2003-02-26T17:07:07Z")
I wonder if you get a bill for $8 each time you’re in London? Anyway, does it have a text option? cause I just can’t play speech only option games. thanks ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/6 "2003-02-26T18:02:36Z")
It does have a subtitles setting if you want it. But the speech is some of the best. As you write off another innocents car and drive off you might hear “Hey, wait I need to get your details” “Get off the F’ing road you idiot” but my favourite is when you shoot a bad guy who just turns a corner to see you, and your charater says “F’ing Muppet” all with good London accents. Cheers, Bippy ( who now has the Triads and the Soho mog after me ) ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/7 "2003-02-26T18:21:40Z")
What an amazing environment! What an impressive physics model. What a horrible, horrible game. I’m hoping the whole story is good. So far, it’s just depressing. As soon as I unlock the free roaming mode, I’ll probably never do anything else but roam. Question for the experienced: Do you have weapons in the free roam mode? Will Dempsey & Makepeace chase you, or do they ignore your crimes? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/8 "2003-02-26T21:33:14Z")
**Nangleator** at the opening credits (before you press start or X press… \\\\\\\\\\ 😃 You do have weapons in free roam, and the old Bill will be chasing ☹ ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/9 "2003-02-26T22:50:22Z")
Nangleator, [gamefaqs.com](http://gamefaqs.com) should have all you need to know about the game & any other game. ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/10 "2003-02-28T14:31:37Z")
Thanks, guys. I won’t feel bad about cheating in this game, because I’d much rather just get to the good stuff (free roam.) A magazine writer once said of computer games that they come in three varieties: A toy, a puzzle and a game. A ball is a toy. You just play with it. Give me a hoop to put it through, and it becomes a puzzle. Give me an opponent who wants to put the ball in his own hoop and it’s a game. I prefer a toy, in this case. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-ex-pats-should-get-ps2-and-getaway/157411/11 "2003-02-28T14:39:00Z")
The driving is amazingly realistic, and it’s incredible that they’ve actually digitally mapped real places. The press pack’s great as well: the instructions are in a London A-Z. The game is a bit sucky, but then I’m really bad at games.