The Getaway: Black Monday
It's going to be a day to remember for Sgt Mitchell. His first shift back on the MET's Organised Crime Squad begins with a dawn raid on a council estate that turns nasty. The next 48 hours will put him against…
The Getaway: Black Monday is a racing developed by SCE London Studio, released 12 November 2004 on PlayStation 2.
What The Getaway: Black Monday is
The Getaway: Black Monday is a racing game developed by SCE London Studio and released in 2004. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It runs on Kinetica. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It's going to be a day to remember for Sgt Mitchell. His first shift back on the MET's Organised Crime Squad begins with a dawn raid on a council estate that turns nasty. The next 48 hours will put him against the suspicions of his team mates, a new ruthless wave of crime and the most powerful man in London. Meanwhile on the other side of the city, amateur boxer Eddie O'Conner is in severe trouble. The bank job went horribly wrong, his small-time crew has been wiped out and his only ally in this whole mess is Sam, a teenage thief more comfortable with nicking laptops than gang violence. Eddie knows he's way out of his depth, now his friends are dead and somebody is going to pay...
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Getaway: Black Monday holds a critic score of 57 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Getaway: Black Monday launched on 12 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and World of Warcraft. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, World of Warcraft.
Official trailer
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