The Getaway: Black Monday
Encyclopedia
The Getaway: Black Monday is an open world
action
video game, developed by SCE London Studio
and distributed by Team Soho
, it was released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2
. It is set in London
and take its cues from British gangster
movies such as Get Carter
, The Long Good Friday
and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
. It is a follow-up to The Getaway
.
, True Crime
and Driver
series, the game features licensed vehicles such as Renault
, Brabus
, and Vauxhall
. There are about 130 playable vehicles.
version of the game, there are two extra vehicles. Those vehicles are a generic orange sports car and a New York City
taxi. The taxi is a current generation Ford Crown Victoria
.
. After arriving at the scene, Mitch chases Jimmer Collins who manages to escape.
Munroe suspects a Latvian Gang is responsible and assigns Mitch and Stoppard to join a unit of SO19 who are preparing to raid a scrapyard in Lambeth
to detain the suspect, Levi. Levi is immediately bailed out and leads Mitch to Jackie Philipps. She informs them of a deal going down at Holborn tube station
on platform
4 and arrests the trader, but he escapes and is arrested afterwards. Jackie gives a phone call saying she knows the leader and the phone goes dead. When they arrive a man shoots Munroe and leaves him in a room that explodes and kills himself. Jackie left a note saying Skobel while the police know a gun trade is going down. Mitch beats the trader and extracts the info. It leads him to a warehouse. The game shifts to Eddies story. Nick and Jimmer Collins had originally planned to steal credit card codes and print their own cards. When Danny owes a gambling debt to Jimmer, he forces him to get people to steal the credit card codes from the "Skobel Group", and steal "the icon" (a small religious artificant, made of glass), so that no one realizes the card codes were stolen. Eddie robs a bank and the others are all killed(except Sam who escapes through a vent, and John, who double-crosses and runs off with an icon. ). They escape and find John dead but retrieve the icon. They return to the boxing club and see Mitch enter. Sam sneaks in and sees Danny and a young boy, presumably Errol's son, dead (as well as Liam Spencer from the first game). Sam left a laptop at the bank and wants to return. If Eddie says yes, they shoot their ways in, if no, Eddie leaves her and she sneaks in. She retrieves the laptop. If Eddie escorts her she doesn't get caught but if he doesn't then she gets caught. Eddie tracks down Jimmer, who mentions Viktor killed Danny before he is killed by Yuri and Alexi. He follows Yuri to lead to Skobel. He is ambushed by Nadiya who has Jackie. Sergeant Mitch raids the warehouse (this is where his story ended off) and Eddie kills Yuri and escapes. He chases Viktor to his house where he kills Nadiya, and if the player chooses to, Zara. If Sam hasn't been captured, she sneaks into Alexi's car. Eddie chases him to his yacht and kills Alexi.
Ending A is the most positive ending. This ending happens if Eddie has driven Sam to the Skobel building and has saved Jackie Philips. Viktor Skobel, who has just witnessed the killing of Alexi, takes Eddie hostage. Sam, meanwhile, who has snuck onto the boat, disables the engine. Mitch, who has been tailing the boat, tells them to stop, distracting the driver, and Eddie and Viktor fight while the boat crashes, knocking Eddie out. He is woken by Sam and start to chase Viktor, but are told to freeze by Mitch. Eddie tells him he is not the one he is looking for. Eddie says goodbye to Sam, and the two men go after Skobel. Eddie kills Skobel and shatters the icon, revealing it to be full of diamonds. Mitch takes Eddie's weapons and allows him to escape, taking the blame for the shootout.
Ending B happens if Eddie has not driven Sam to the Skobel building and has saved Jackie Philips. Viktor is using Sam as the hostage, and plans to use Eddie as a scapegoat. The sudden arrival of Mitch allows Eddie to attack, and the harpoon gun Viktor is holding goes off, shooting the driver. The boat crashes as they fight, and Eddie is knocked unconscious. He starts chase Viktor, but is told to freeze by Mitch. Eddie tells him he is not the one he is looking for. The two men go after Skobel. Viktor throws Sam off a ledge killing her, and Eddie remarks that Skobel has killed all the people he has ever loved. Eddie kills Skobel and shatters the icon, revealing it to be full of diamonds. Mitch takes Eddie's weapons and allows him to escape, taking the blame for the shootout. Eddie takes a final look at Sam's body before escaping.
Ending C happens if Eddie has driven Sam to the Skobel building and has not saved Jackie Philips. Viktor Skobel, who has just witnessed the killing of Alexi, takes Eddie hostage. Sam, meanwhile, who has snuck onto the boat, disables the engine. Mitch, who has been tailing the boat, tells them to stop, distracting the driver, and Eddie and Viktor fight while the boat crashes, knocking Eddie out. He is woken by Sam and start to chase Viktor, but are told to freeze by Mitch. An angry Mitch starts to arrest Eddie, while Eddie prepares to shoot Mitch. Sam arrives and yells at Eddie not to, distracting Mitch. Eddie hits Miutch and runs off. Sam starts to follow, but is forced by Mitch at gunpoint to stay there. Eddie and Mitch engage in a shootout and Eddie finishes Mitch with a shot to the head. Eddie, as he enters the building, is upset he had to do that. Eddie kills Skobel and shatters the icon, revealing it to be full of diamonds. Eddie flees as he hears Mitch's team mourning his death.
Ending D is the most negative ending. This ending happens if Eddie has not driven Sam to the Skobel building and has not saved Jackie Philips. Viktor is using Sam as the hostage, and plans to use Eddie as a scapegoat. The sudden arrival of Mitch allows Eddie to attack, and the harpoon gun Viktor is holding goes off, shooting the driver. The boat crashes as they fight, and Eddie is knocked unconscious. He starts to chase Viktor, but is told to freeze by Mitch. An angry Mitch starts to arrest Eddie. Eddie looks to his left, and Mitch follows his line of sight. Eddie hits Mitch and Mitch chases him. Eddie and Mitch engage in a shootout and Eddie finishes Mitch with a shot to the head. Eddie, as he enters the building, is upset he had to do that. Eddie kills Skobel and shatters the icon, revealing it to be full of diamonds. Eddie flees as he hears Mitch's team mourning his death, taking a final look at Sam’s body.
The final scene shows the outside of the pumping station, the police are standing by, and Sam and Mitch stand there, if they are alive.
and concerns the lives of three playable characters - a policeman, a boxer and a scam artist — with different abilities. For example, Sam can crawl on ceiling vents but cannot engage in hand-to-hand combat. Mitch can arrest enemies and has the police on his side. Eddie can engage in hand to hand combat and pick up any weapons from the ground.
Open world
An open world is a type of video game level design where a player can roam freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how to approach objectives...
action
Action game
Action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games, and platform games, which are widely considered the most important action games, though some...
video game, developed by SCE London Studio
SCE London Studio
London Studio is an in-house Sony Computer Entertainment developer located in London. Established in 1993, London Studio is Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s largest internal development studio, with staff working in a purpose designed 7-storey building located in London's Soho district...
and distributed by Team Soho
Team SOHO
thumb|The Team SOHO LogoTeam SOHO is a British video game developer based in Soho, London and a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe . It started out developing titles for the original PlayStation, including such acclaimed hits as Total NBA '97 and Porsche Challenge, followed by the...
, it was released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
. It is set in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and take its cues from British gangster
Gangster
A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Some gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from mob and the suffix -ster....
movies such as Get Carter
Get Carter
Get Carter is a 1971 British crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a gangster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the city of...
, The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday is a British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. It was completed in 1979 but, because of release delays, it is generally credited as a 1980 film...
and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag...
. It is a follow-up to The Getaway
The Getaway (video game)
The Getaway is a video game series focused on gang life and the police in the city of London. The series was created by Brendan McNamara and is developed by Team Soho for the PlayStation 2...
.
Gameplay
Unlike the Grand Theft AutoGrand Theft Auto (series)
Grand Theft Auto is a multi-award-winning British video game series created in the United Kingdom by Dave Jones, then later by brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke. It is primarily developed by Edinburgh based Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games...
, True Crime
True Crime: Streets of LA
True Crime: Streets of LA is an action-adventure video game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube in November 2003 and the first game in the True Crime series...
and Driver
Driver (series)
Driver is a series of mission-based driving video games developed by Reflections Interactive , and originally published by GT Interactive and later by Atari. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, driving, and third-person shooting in open world environments...
series, the game features licensed vehicles such as Renault
Renault
Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...
, Brabus
BRABUS
Brabus, founded 1977 in Bottrop , Germany , is a high-performance aftermarket tuning company which specializes in Mercedes-Benz, Smart and Maybach vehicles....
, and Vauxhall
Vauxhall Motors
Vauxhall Motors is a British automotive company owned by General Motors and headquartered in Luton. It was founded in 1857 as a pump and marine engine manufacturer, began manufacturing cars in 1903 and was acquired by GM in 1925. It has been the second-largest selling car brand in the UK for...
. There are about 130 playable vehicles.
Differences between American version and European version
In the AmericanUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
version of the game, there are two extra vehicles. Those vehicles are a generic orange sports car and a New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
taxi. The taxi is a current generation Ford Crown Victoria
Ford Crown Victoria
-1992–1994:Released in March 1991 as an early 1992 model, the Crown Victoria sedan was completely redesigned with a rounder, eight-window roofline . The redesign reduced the coefficient of drag from 0.42 to 0.34; the suspension setup was also heavily revised...
.
Plot
The game begins with a flashback sequence where Sergeant Ben Mitchell is chasing down an armed teenage robber. Mitch orders him to the floor and the teen stops running, instead aiming for Mitch. Mitch fires, however the teen chooses then to try to turn around and escape, making it seem like Mitch shot him in the back. One year later, Mitch is on his first day back on the team. The team heads towards an East London housing estate where they believe the Collin's Crew is storing drugs in a flat. The team breaks into the flat, but finds it empty (With only two Collins members), but PC Harvey and another SO19 officer find a door that leads to the flat next door, and find tons of drugs. They soon chase them down in the apartment complex and PC Harvey is injured in the leg. Mitch single-handedly hunts down the remaining suspects who take a woman hostage in the roof. Back at the station, Mitch is taunted about the teenager incident and Mitch almost loses his temper when Inspector Munroe informs them of a shooting at a boxing club in ShoreditchShoreditch
Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney in England. It is a built-up part of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located east-northeast of Charing Cross.-Etymology:...
. After arriving at the scene, Mitch chases Jimmer Collins who manages to escape.
Munroe suspects a Latvian Gang is responsible and assigns Mitch and Stoppard to join a unit of SO19 who are preparing to raid a scrapyard in Lambeth
Lambeth
Lambeth is a district of south London, England, and part of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated southeast of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...
to detain the suspect, Levi. Levi is immediately bailed out and leads Mitch to Jackie Philipps. She informs them of a deal going down at Holborn tube station
Holborn tube station
Holborn is a station of the London Underground in Holborn in London, located at the junction of High Holborn and Kingsway. Situated on the Piccadilly Line and on the Central Line , it is the only station common to the two lines, although the two lines cross each other three times elsewhere...
on platform
Railway platform
A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms, with larger stations having multiple platforms...
4 and arrests the trader, but he escapes and is arrested afterwards. Jackie gives a phone call saying she knows the leader and the phone goes dead. When they arrive a man shoots Munroe and leaves him in a room that explodes and kills himself. Jackie left a note saying Skobel while the police know a gun trade is going down. Mitch beats the trader and extracts the info. It leads him to a warehouse. The game shifts to Eddies story. Nick and Jimmer Collins had originally planned to steal credit card codes and print their own cards. When Danny owes a gambling debt to Jimmer, he forces him to get people to steal the credit card codes from the "Skobel Group", and steal "the icon" (a small religious artificant, made of glass), so that no one realizes the card codes were stolen. Eddie robs a bank and the others are all killed(except Sam who escapes through a vent, and John, who double-crosses and runs off with an icon. ). They escape and find John dead but retrieve the icon. They return to the boxing club and see Mitch enter. Sam sneaks in and sees Danny and a young boy, presumably Errol's son, dead (as well as Liam Spencer from the first game). Sam left a laptop at the bank and wants to return. If Eddie says yes, they shoot their ways in, if no, Eddie leaves her and she sneaks in. She retrieves the laptop. If Eddie escorts her she doesn't get caught but if he doesn't then she gets caught. Eddie tracks down Jimmer, who mentions Viktor killed Danny before he is killed by Yuri and Alexi. He follows Yuri to lead to Skobel. He is ambushed by Nadiya who has Jackie. Sergeant Mitch raids the warehouse (this is where his story ended off) and Eddie kills Yuri and escapes. He chases Viktor to his house where he kills Nadiya, and if the player chooses to, Zara. If Sam hasn't been captured, she sneaks into Alexi's car. Eddie chases him to his yacht and kills Alexi.
Ending A is the most positive ending. This ending happens if Eddie has driven Sam to the Skobel building and has saved Jackie Philips. Viktor Skobel, who has just witnessed the killing of Alexi, takes Eddie hostage. Sam, meanwhile, who has snuck onto the boat, disables the engine. Mitch, who has been tailing the boat, tells them to stop, distracting the driver, and Eddie and Viktor fight while the boat crashes, knocking Eddie out. He is woken by Sam and start to chase Viktor, but are told to freeze by Mitch. Eddie tells him he is not the one he is looking for. Eddie says goodbye to Sam, and the two men go after Skobel. Eddie kills Skobel and shatters the icon, revealing it to be full of diamonds. Mitch takes Eddie's weapons and allows him to escape, taking the blame for the shootout.
Ending B happens if Eddie has not driven Sam to the Skobel building and has saved Jackie Philips. Viktor is using Sam as the hostage, and plans to use Eddie as a scapegoat. The sudden arrival of Mitch allows Eddie to attack, and the harpoon gun Viktor is holding goes off, shooting the driver. The boat crashes as they fight, and Eddie is knocked unconscious. He starts chase Viktor, but is told to freeze by Mitch. Eddie tells him he is not the one he is looking for. The two men go after Skobel. Viktor throws Sam off a ledge killing her, and Eddie remarks that Skobel has killed all the people he has ever loved. Eddie kills Skobel and shatters the icon, revealing it to be full of diamonds. Mitch takes Eddie's weapons and allows him to escape, taking the blame for the shootout. Eddie takes a final look at Sam's body before escaping.
Ending C happens if Eddie has driven Sam to the Skobel building and has not saved Jackie Philips. Viktor Skobel, who has just witnessed the killing of Alexi, takes Eddie hostage. Sam, meanwhile, who has snuck onto the boat, disables the engine. Mitch, who has been tailing the boat, tells them to stop, distracting the driver, and Eddie and Viktor fight while the boat crashes, knocking Eddie out. He is woken by Sam and start to chase Viktor, but are told to freeze by Mitch. An angry Mitch starts to arrest Eddie, while Eddie prepares to shoot Mitch. Sam arrives and yells at Eddie not to, distracting Mitch. Eddie hits Miutch and runs off. Sam starts to follow, but is forced by Mitch at gunpoint to stay there. Eddie and Mitch engage in a shootout and Eddie finishes Mitch with a shot to the head. Eddie, as he enters the building, is upset he had to do that. Eddie kills Skobel and shatters the icon, revealing it to be full of diamonds. Eddie flees as he hears Mitch's team mourning his death.
Ending D is the most negative ending. This ending happens if Eddie has not driven Sam to the Skobel building and has not saved Jackie Philips. Viktor is using Sam as the hostage, and plans to use Eddie as a scapegoat. The sudden arrival of Mitch allows Eddie to attack, and the harpoon gun Viktor is holding goes off, shooting the driver. The boat crashes as they fight, and Eddie is knocked unconscious. He starts to chase Viktor, but is told to freeze by Mitch. An angry Mitch starts to arrest Eddie. Eddie looks to his left, and Mitch follows his line of sight. Eddie hits Mitch and Mitch chases him. Eddie and Mitch engage in a shootout and Eddie finishes Mitch with a shot to the head. Eddie, as he enters the building, is upset he had to do that. Eddie kills Skobel and shatters the icon, revealing it to be full of diamonds. Eddie flees as he hears Mitch's team mourning his death, taking a final look at Sam’s body.
The final scene shows the outside of the pumping station, the police are standing by, and Sam and Mitch stand there, if they are alive.
Characters
The game is set in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and concerns the lives of three playable characters - a policeman, a boxer and a scam artist — with different abilities. For example, Sam can crawl on ceiling vents but cannot engage in hand-to-hand combat. Mitch can arrest enemies and has the police on his side. Eddie can engage in hand to hand combat and pick up any weapons from the ground.