Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $1.39

Features:

• Play as a graffiti artist striving to be the best in this action game
• Use fighting talents and high-wire graf to expose city's leader as corrupt
• 11 distinct city environments, with 20 gameplay levels
• Digital "black book" to store unlocked tags and graf images
• Authentic tags from 50+ real-life graffiti artists; for 1 player

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

'Get Up' & Get it [Posted on 2006-03-30]
For those who are just getting into the world of graffiti, this is the game for you. Marc Ecko's Getting Up is an excellent mix of the Grand Theft Auto series with the legendary Style Wars movie. Not only does the player get to tag all over the city of New Radius, but also fight the Civil Conduct Keepers (CCK) on his way to becoming a graffiti Legend. Trane, the main character, is exceptionally voiced by the rapper Talib Kweli. More voice talent is provided by Charlie Murphy, as 'White Mike', and Brittany Murphy, as the news reporter. This is not a run-of-the-mill generic graffiti game, mind you. With talented figures such as T-KID, Futura2000, COPE2, CES, and OBEY supplying their skills, among many others, this game knows what graffiti is all about. If you're worried about tagging or fighting to wack music, have no fear: the game is loaded with an excellent soundtrack. From Mobb Deep, Rakim, P.Diddy, the Notorious B.I.G., all the way to System of a Down. There is no going wrong with this game.

Grafiti for the People [Posted on 2006-04-01]
I had been waiting forever for this game. The game was really awesome, i liked the way you can switch the outlines and graff you do, and how you can change the colors of the graff you decide to put up in the in-game black book. Another cool part is that a lot of famous grafiti artists and rap artists that helped out in this game. Overall this game really reminded me of myself and made me want to go out and paint! It is also almost like an urban spider man with all the acrobatic moves and fighting you can do

Gives Graffiti a Good name [Posted on 2006-04-21]
The story isnt what you expect when it revovles around graffiti. You usually think of vandalism, and drugs. This games shows graffiti as a means of protest. The game has many other pluses. It includes a great soundtrack, voices from many famous actors and hip hop artists, and some good looking graffiti.

Great soul, but mired mechanics (pc specific) [Posted on 2006-04-24]
This game has alot going for it. Unique atmosphere, style, and gameplay, a hip urban mentality that pretty much exceeds any other dumbed down version to come before it, and some great production values. The conversion to pc however is facing strong control issues when it comes to using a mouse and keyboard, which is much better for writing graffiti, but much worse for the horrible camera bugs that will occur frequently throughout the game.

Fun game. Needs work. [Posted on 2006-08-19]
Getting Up: Contents under pressure IS a fun game, but you cannot redefine the keyboard controls (without editing a game file). This alone is absolutely ridiculous in a newer game, but the real tragedy is the camera bug. The camera OFTEN makes this game difficult to play. Some of the angles that you are stuck with are maddening. I lost many lives to not being able to see where I was going/jumping or the person I was fighting. The graffiti is very well done and the action is cool. It is repetitive but the game is not that long. The storyline moves along well and the graffiti is easy to apply. You NEED a mouse with a 3rd button to play this game and that should be listed as a system requirement. The voice work is well done and feels real. Overall, I liked the game and I would have liked it more if the camera angles were better and redefining the controls was possible.

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