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Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure


This probably won't do for graffiti what the Tony Hawk games did for skateboarding, but it does make it look like a lot of fun.

Available on: PS2 , PC, Xbox
Genre: Action
Release date: Feb 14, 2006
Published by: Atari
Developed by: The Collective
Designer: Marc Ecko
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
1 player SOLO
2 player VS

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By all rights, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure should be terrible. The latest in a long line of mostly dismal "urban" games, it's packed full of brand logos, but still aims for a guerilla image. It's been delayed for years. And if that weren't enough, it's the brainchild of a fashion designer. So it's a shocker that Getting Up not only does its "street" atmosphere up right, but actually puts together a competent beat-'em-up/graffiti experience. Playing like an inner-city Prince ...
Feb 7, 2006
It probably won't do for graffiti what the Tony Hawk games did for skateboarding, but Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure has gotten a pretty bad rap lately. A game about a graffiti artist living in a police state where tagging is a capital crime, it's been called everything from a celebration of vandalism to a gang-recruitment tool. But regardless of what its critics say, Getting Up takes an interesting spin on the urban-crime genre and, if done right, could be a lot of ...   » Read Full Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure preview
ESRB Rating
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure is rated:
Mature
Blood, Strong Language, Violence
TalkRadar 76 - Actually game related!
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