Possible: Eight Days & Getaway Resurrection? If Killzone sells good maybe!

You probably remember some talk of the 3rd installment of The Getaway, for the PS3 & some of you may not remember, but the ones who did, Eight Days. I personally never was a fan of The Getaway series and when Hiphopgamer asked me to write this story, I will admit, I was a bit skeptical, but now, here I am...

[jwatt]

I would love to see eight days come back!

[beavis4play]

that game looked sweet.

[PoSTedUP]

the getaway is an awesome sandbox game, i loved how if you crashed the wrong way it would mess up your steering, totally realistic. and the story and game play was awesome too.

eightdays looked awesome

if i had to choose between the two, id choose The Getaway.

[marinelife9]

I forgot how good that game looked. Eight Days would take the graphics crown.

[PixlSheX]

But Getaway have a fan base.. so.. if sony could revive one of this two games, i'd choose getaway. And if getaway come back to life, i know it would sell a lot and then they could finish eight days.
Good plan isn't it?

[sonarus]

Damn it. I saw the title and got all excited and then i saw the source:(

If this was only from a credible source

[Hydrolex]

Awesome games with awesome graphics actually

[Danja]

I loved the 1st Getaway , didn't really enjoy Black Monday as much , but I was hoping I would have seen the game on PS3 since the footage they did show of the game looked great..

but im all for 8 days coming back..that trailer looked awesome as hell...

[Consoldtobots]

I will say that these games weren't "cancelled" and instead "shelved" for completion down the line when there are less big name titles in the pipe.
You'll see both these games in 2-3 years time. That being said this kid is the king of speculation passed off as actual news.

[cayal]

The concept of Eight Days sounds awesome. I hope they either bring this game back (and Getaway) or implement it in another game.

[king dong]

HHG and his sidekick hydro.

perhaps people should wait for confirmation! anyway, 8days does look good, but after the let-down of the getaway, and it's sequel, i wont be getting hyped like i did all those years ago.

plus, seeing how long it took to do the first one, i wouldn't expect a new getaway until just before the next olympics!

peace to all the mutherfuking G's

[Mainman]

Eight days please.

There were only 2 games so far this generation that I was hyped for. One of them was MGS4, the other was Eight Days.

I was really disappointed when I read Eight Days was canceled.

[Doppy]

I agree the 8 days tech demo looked fun as hell, and I would definitely want to play it. It looks like a super fast action packed Uncharted.

Unfortunately I haven't played any of the Getaway, but it looks like GTA set in Europe.

[grantps3]

i was already going to get killzone day 1, but now i think ill get 6 copies.

[uie4rhig]

so i am good to go :) now just hoping that at least Eight Days comes back.. don't really care about the other one.. coz ive never heard of it, or seen anything of it :P

[Rise Of The Bad Guy]

Neither on of these games has been canceled indefinitely,expect to hear about 1 of them at GDC

[Raoh]

i don't know about gdc but yeah i believe it wasn't canceled but put on hold for a while

everything i've seen so far (which is only a little bit) seemed like it had great potential.

[Rise Of The Bad Guy]

*one

[DavidMacDougall]

If these games come back thats just another 2 nails in Microsoft's coffin.

[Shaka2K6]

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[Gue1]

true

[kosovo]

oh ma gush, it'd be sweet.
i think, i'd prefer Eight days, i could only care less about gataway.
thou the graphic was cool, but game play and story was Wack!

syphon filter 2 remake?

ps3 rocks!
cheers.

Obama 08 = ps3 09.

[Sasanova]

i will shi bricks if eight days comes back

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

longggggggggggggggggg ago! it looked freaking awesome with the glass panels getting blown out and what not!. I'd love to see that game get up and going.

I've never played the previous installments of The Getaway... how is that series?

[lokiroo420]

I like how it says "if" killzone sells good, hasnt it already?

[Queers of War]

i dont get the "no online capabilities" reason. look how good of a game uncharted is

[WhoaMan]

Dude seriously
u need to read the article.
its money problems not online issues

eight days has one of the best animations i've ever seen

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

If Killzone sells "well".

Get it right.

[RememberThe357]

But dat be how he talks yo!

; )

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

put on hold/temporarily posponed to help fund development of KZ2? kinda has me thinking, but I know both these games generated lots of excitement with PS3 fans for sure and before I owned my PS3 (60 gig)... I seen that footage of Eight Days and just said to myself "Bad @ss"

[Figboy]

i'd imagine Sony might go with The Getaway as the first title to get resurrected.

looking at how public perception regarding the Killzone series has done a 180 (people who never played it hated the first one, ignored Liberation, and now somehow LOVE the second one), i'd imagine that The Getaway could have a similar treatment.

i loved the first Getaway, even though it wasn't perfect. the overall gameplay was, i think, ahead of it's time (ie, characters regaining health after avoiding damage for a while), no HUD clogging up the screen (which is almost standard these days), and very realistic car handling/damage (ie, steering being harder when your car is damaged in a way that would affect its steering in the real world).

the story was really good also, evoking movies like Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.

the problem with The Getaway was the same with Killzone: it wasn't a "Popular title of the same genre Killer." that is to say, it wasn't a "GTA Killer," which the media hyped it to be as well.

the game was constantly compared to GTA, in the same way Killzone was compared to Halo, and even though the Getaway was definitely inspired by GTA, it wasn't a blatant attempt at a copycat, a la Saint's Row.

The Getaway to Grand Theft Auto, is what Killzone 2 is to Halo 3 - same genre, but with gameplay too different to really be compared fairly.

i enjoy both the GTA and Getaway games, and i appreciate that they do things differently, while occupying the same genre. i also enjoyed the original Killzone (so under-appreciated, and that's the TRUTH), just as much as i enjoyed the original Halo, but i enjoyed them for very DIFFERENT reasons.

the problem with the gaming media, and how they've shaped and confused pubic opinion, is that games have to be EXACTLY THE SAME, and yet, ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

they want a game that isn't just the same old FPS we've been playing for ages, and yet, they complain that Killzone 2 doesn't look, feel, or play EXACTLY like Call of Duty 4. it's a ridiculous, hypocritical double standard.

The Getaway wasn't anything like GTA, and it was ripped to shreds for it.

it's funny, complaints about the controls, targeting, shooting, car handling, etc were overlooked for the GTA games, but The Getaway, which had much better controls, targeting, shooting, and car handling, STILL got ripped on for, well, i don't actually know. it lacked the humor and charm, and overall cartoony quality of GTA, so it got slammed? it wasn't a perfect game, and had some of the same issues that GTA, and other sandbox games in it's genre had, but for some reason The Getaway was singled out.

sounds kind of familiar, doesn't it? games like Gears, Mass Effect, Fable 2, etc, got passes for buggy, laggy online, terrible texture load in and load times, and framerate issues, respectively, while games like SOCOM, Uncharted, and Heavenly Sword got reamed, and their issues weren't nearly as bad (texture pop in in Uncharted, for example, only occured on rare occassions, and usually after loading a saved game - framerate issues in Heavenly Sword were EXTREMELY rare, but quite prominent in games like Mass Effect and Fable 2).

it's simply ridiculous that one console is being held to standards far beyond the other consoles.

the Wii doesn't get held to high standards by the hardcore gamers because it's basically a Gamecube 1.5.

the 360 doesn't get held to high standards by the hardcore gamers because it released first, and many a gamer popped their next generation HD Era cherry on the 360 and it's games, and have a soft spot for it.

but the PS3 has to redefine gaming as we know it. every game MUST be AAA, or else the system is a failure.

people seem to forget that the PS2 delivered some of the best games of a generation, but also had a rather large number of sh*t titles, and was bashed incessently by the media during it's first two years on the market. but not even the PS2 received so MUCH hatred. by year three (which we are in NOW for the PS3), the PS2 "it's too expensive," "too difficult to develop for," "doesn't have any worthwhile games," "DVD isn't needed for games, stop shoving a format down our throats, Sony," complaints had all died away.

it seems like the root of this hatred is simple: the gaming media, and the doubters and haters simply can't STAND the fact that Sony was right AGAIN. they were right about the PS1. they were right about the PS2. they were right about the PSP (hey, it's sold over 40 million units worldwide, and managed to crack the Nintendo dominated handheld market for nearly 4 years now. it's a SUCCESS. just accept it and move on, people). and they were RIGHT about the PS3. right about HDMI, right about HDD (thanks for that one, Microsoft - including an HDD in a console was a masterstroke), right about 1080p games, right about Blu Ray.

and it eats the gaming media alive. so much so that they will throw journalistic integrity out of the window, and instead of eating crow and humble pie, they take it out on undeserving games like Heavenly Sword, Folklore, Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted, Resistance, Killzone, and any other game from Sony's first and second party developers. it's sour grapes, and sad.

The Getaway could easily be the Killzone 2 of 2010 or 2011, or whenever Sony decides to unveil it. it could be a huge leap over its predecessors in the same way that Killzone 2 is over its predecessors. by this point, i don't think there should be any doubt about Sony's and it's various developer's commitment to delivering on the Playstation 3's promises to it's consumers.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

mainly due to the fact the last few games I bought were Dead Space (cause PS3 was main dev platform), LBP, Resistance 2, and Mirrors Edge (cause PS3 was main dev platform)... but I've also bought in the past few months Gears 2, Fable 2, and Left 4 Dead. I play on Live a lot cause that's where damn near ALL of my friends base is, is on the 360. But Home has helped a lot in me finally meeting up with rad people on my PS3. Regardless of what PS3 does over 360 (and vice versa) system and games wise. I just am in love with the fact that I get to play and enjoy both worlds! and neither system will take my love away from either of them! and the Wii will come out of it's 1 year stay at the box in the closet inn... when Mad World finally releases, lol!

There are great games for every system, playing and enjoying them all makes true gamers!... shame fanboys don't get to appreciate those values!

PS = That was a great read and well written Figboy, Im throwing you a agree and a bubble dude!

[CrazedFiend]

FINALLY, a TRUE gamer! I used to be one too, until the RRoD scared me out of it. But I definatly agree that there are great games on all systems and I'll gladly go back to playing 360 games once I can be guaranteed I won't have to put my gaming on hold. Sorry, call it principle, but I'd GLADLY pay premium price for a new box that's guaranteed problem free before I make a free trade in for another broken box. I'm waiting out Jasper for a couple more months to see how it plays out, but hoping for the best.

But anyway, there's SOOO many games on both sides that I've been dying to play, but I was P!SSED AS H3LL when they canceled Eight Days!

[gameforall]

we need games like these. After revisiting the spec animation,Eight Days could be fun to play.

[cyclindk]

As long as they recycle the tech, I don't care what form it takes.. I just want to see those sweet adaptive and ultra-fluid animations in future games.

[SickNick85]

8 days was a wonderful game...

[VMAN_01]

Would not be surprised to see the Sony teams go back to these 2 games since they have tremendous amount of potential.

[Willio]

Hip Hop Gamer has a website now? He doesnt write blogs? He hires people to write for him? They use spell check? wow. where i have been?

[KKanjiAnkh]

I luv you guys, never checked for this one, gotta say, NICE, reminds me of some Monty Oum ish

Peace

[Homicide]

I got excited when I saw the title, but then I saw the source...

[deb]

pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeee we want these games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!