Kumba said:
You must be outta yo mind! "The Getaway"'s controls were HORRIBLE! It COMPLETELY ruined the game experience. I think it had great potential, but had some serious flaws, and not the kind of flaws ET had.
Agreed. The controls in The Getaway frustrated me greatly. I couldn't believe they would take a game with so much potential and botch up the control scheme so badly. However, The Getaway - as you said yourself - had a ton of potential. The story, graphics, voice-acting and gameplay were all exceptional (at least in my opinion they were), so I still count it as a game that sets certain standards for other games in the same genre. The controls are the only exception.
I'm excited about a lot of the shooting games coming out, mainly because of the incredible graphics and improvements in A.I. A couple of shooters that aren't as well-known but are going to be great are Stalker: Oblivion Lost (
http://www.stalker-game.com) and Kill Switch (
http://www.killswitch.com). What's particularly interesting about Kill Switch is that it will utilize blind-cover-fire tactics as the predominant means of survival, unlike all other shooters where you always aim and shoot, covered or not. The A.I. is apparently going to be superior as well. For example, enemies use all of the same tactics available to you, including cover and blindfire, but also communicate and work as teams to take you down. Should be a great game. A couple of guys played it at E3 and said it was one of the best shooters there.