Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12902 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Atari
• Released on: 2006-02-17
• Platform: PlayStation2

Manufacturer's Description
In a world where graffiti has been banned and freedom of expression has been suppressed by a tyrannical city government, an unlikely hero rises to win back his neighbourhood and become an urban legend of the city of New Radius. In Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure play as Trane, a toy (beginner) graffiti artist with the street-smarts, athletic prowess and vision necessary to become an All City King, the most reputable of all graffiti artists. In your quest to become a legendary graffiti artist, you realise that an oppressive Mayor has a stranglehold on the city of New Radius, and you must use all of your high-wire graffiti talents to expose him and set the city free.

Customer Reviews

Challenging but fun
When I first heard about ‘Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure’, I assumed it was a lot like those violent street thug games like the ‘Grand Theft Auto’ series. After reading a few game reviews about it I decided to see what it was like for myself, considering some reviews said it was excellent and some said it was bad. This game has a lot to offer; it involves quite a lot of strategy in places where you have to work out how to get to a certain place to tag. This may involve climbing over fences, walking along beams high above a city, climbing drain pipes, etc. After a while you may think that this game will become easy, tedious and repetitive, think again; there is much more challenging events later in the game. One includes trying to graffiti a moving train while trying to avoid being hit by low lights, signs to the sides of the train, signs to the top of the train and other oncoming trains (which I found very hard yet fun). As for the violence in the game, it is quite strong but not quite as gruesome as some games. When you fight enemies like the police (CCK) or gang members, you can use sloppy combo moves. I say sloppy because you don’t fight like a karate black belt at all. You fight like you would instinctively, tackling, punching, kicking, using other objects, etc. Most importantly about this game is the graffiti; the graffiti looks very realistic and you are able to use many styles. Another thing about the game is that the further into the game you go, the more skilled your character will become with his graffiti. After a while of playing the game you will start to appreciate graffiti more as an art form than an act of vandalism. If you are interested at all in graffiti, revolution and fighting, you should give this game a try. This game is like marmite; you’ll either love it or hate it.

Brilliant.
Excellent game. Good soundtrack, Roots Manuva, Talib Kweli, Rakim, Mobb Deep, Pharaoe Monch. For you rock heads theres Kasabian and Bloc Party. The gameplay is brilliant. What it has over most graffitti games is that you can tag ANYwhere. A bit like an urban Prince of Persia. Good storyline.

Marc eckos getting up (READ)
The game strikes a nice balance between fighting and tagging. At the forefront of Getting Up you'll find not only the graffiti, but also the entire culture surrounding it. By enlisting graffiti legends such as Futura and Shepard Fairey and hip-hop artists like P. Diddy and Talib Kweli, Getting Up presents itself as an immersive experience for those new to graffiti culture.
so try this game out it is amazing.