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The Getaway (2002)
An excellent game/movie
For me, The Getaway is by far the best game I have played on the PS2 of its genre. It's realistic take on damage towards cars and your character are done well, the use of the five weapons is also an excellent point and the acting and voices by the cast is simply amazing.
Although other reviewers often say "It's good but it's not like Grand Theft Auto (3 or Vice City)" This statement is both ironic and ridiculous because The Getaway doesn't want to be like Grand Theft Auto, in fact it is probably the opposite end of the spectrum when analysed along with GTA as it doesn't try to be witty and funny by making parodies of London and England related subjects and instead delivers a gritty, well scripted look at the underworld of London.
And to the nay-sayers that question the usage of only five guns, the fact you can carry only one or two at a time and that the healing process in the game is "unrealistic," Think about how unrealistic Grand Theft Auto is; if Tommy Vercetti falls of the side of a building he just lands with a thud and is able to go on as he pleases, plus the added fact that he carries so much heavy weapons on his person should make it impossible to walk around with so much ease (besides, where does he put his rocket launcher when he's not using it? In his sock?)
Anyway, The Getaway is a fantastic game that should be bought, played and played again until you can remember word for word every cutscene in the game (and to those that whine that "you can't skip the cutscenes," you can't the first time they play but when you play again you can skip them by pressing R3 (that's the little twiddly one on the right of your pad, OK)