Graffiti Artists, this ones for you! (Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (PS2))

Member Name: heekeer

Product:	Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (PS2)
Date:	19/08/09 (18 review reads)
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Advantages: Unique graffiti mechanic, decent platforming and combat

Disadvantages: Platforming & combat has been done better in other games.

Mark Eckos Getting up Contents Under Pressure is an action game for the Playstation 2.

The story of the game is rather basic yet is fair enough, you are Trane a street "artist" start out trying to make a big name for yourself by getting up and how else would you do that but spraying Graffiti tags all over the place! Along the way you will make your own crew, fight against rival graffiti crews and struggle against the Civil Conduct Keepers which are pretty much the police who track down all wrongdoers and graffiti isn't tolerated so they try and get you! It's a pretty silly concept when you think about it but hey, it's a videogame!

Getting Up does have action elements like you have to get around the environments to find areas to tag, there is a handy vision mode that lets you see where you want to paint, you also get to do some platforming around the city to get to the best and most visible spots to spray your tag, the platforming is decent but not as good as Tomb Raider title. The game does also include some fighting against rival crews and the CCK which are surprisingly difficult even when you can take a lighter to a can and make your own makeshift flamethrower, if you can you will want to sneak up on unsuspecting foes and silently eliminate them.

The graffit gameplay is rather unique as you would expect the game involves spraying your paints and whatnot all over the walls, you can customize how you want to tag the wall, choose your tag, how big you want it and colour it how you want. To actually get your tag on the wall you will have to paint it on, using the analog stick to make sure you cover the area properly but if you paint over an area to much you will spoil the finish and you will earn less rep for tagging that area. It's actually very interesting and quite deep, I have yet to do anything like this is another game!

Graphics are pretty good with a detailed city environment and characters, the soundtrack is fully licensed featuring songs from the likes of Kasabian and Bloc Party.

Mark Eckos Getting up is a unique action game combining platforming and combat with a unique graffiti mechanic, definitely worth experiencing.

Summary: A unique action game for the PS2.