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For fans of racing games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First off, I'm not a hard-core gamer I just play when theres nothing else to do. I normally play racing games and occassionaly halo. So far, from what I've played I really enjoy this game. I like being able to just walk around and then the ease of getting a vehicle :D Overall....good game

LACKING BUT FUN 7.5 OUT OF 10

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When this game first came out I had fun with it for hours just stealing cars, crashing them, shooting them, and getting chased by the police in places like Chicago, Istanbul, and Nice. The graphics are actually pretty good still to this day, the crash damage on your vehicle is believable, the shooting mechanics work great, and stealing cars is a cinch. However there are problems that mar this game like: the lack of good music(seriously, it's dull), and the city feels a bit lifeless at times, not to mention odd glitches at times. While it may not hold a candle to GTA, it still is fun.

The best Game Ever!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Driv3r is not about the storyline. Its not about the graphics...
Heck... Its not even about the cars.
Driv3r is all about the free-roaming world. For example in Miami, did you know that there is a hidden Go-Kart Track? Or that in Istanbul there is a Drawbridge the size of the empire state building that can be opened up at any time? (Extremely fun) If you play this game as much as I do, The glitches are what makes it very fun... If you have never played this game get yourself the cheatcode that unlocks everything and go crazy in the Take a ride mode. That is where the fun is.

Is it reall That Bad?-I think not.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

DRIV3R is VERY like GTA:Vice City,but its more like the realistic version of GTA:VC.
I liked Driver and Driver 2,But i think DRIV3R is also good.
You play Tanner again who has been sent to infiltrate a Car Theft ring,and bring it to an end.
This game is MILES better than TrueCrime,its also better than The Getaway-but its 2 inches behind GTA in my opinion(as of Driver:Parallel Lines).
You get Miami,Nice and Istanbul to explore,three cities that is.
You get a good selectionof cars,motorbikes and boats to cruise around in-although it would have been nice to have bicycles,helicopters and some type of plane-But it doesn`t matter.
Overall this game really isn`t as bad as they say-its no perfecto but its still good.

Do You Like Bugs?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Driver 3 for the Xbox is a third person action game, where you play a cop out to chase down and kill crime syndicates. The game is similar to Grand Theft Auto in concept, but not at all in execution. You can walk or run around on foot missions and explore the cityscape or you can cruise around with a vehicle of your choice. You can play the single player story mode if you want to see the story or you can play free-mode where you can roam around doing whatever you want. I did enjoy the fact that your character can swim in water, I also liked some of the map level designs. You can get on a highway and gas it or go through narrow alleways, you can also enter many of the buildings. Some of the weapons are fun to use although the aiming system is very clumsy. The overall feel of the game is very unplolished. There are tons of glitches with the sound effects, music, graphics and collision detection. Driver 3 was rushed and needed more beta testing before being released to the public as a finished product! Just to give you an example of some of the bugs; My game character's body got stuck into invisible objects, or his body went through (like a ghost) into a car, the in-game music stops or starts sparadically, ditto with the sound effects, headshots are not always fatal, the police and enemy A.I. is very stupid but cheats to compensate its stupidity, the game graphics are grainy and crappy, the framerate is low and there is no sense of real speed when driving vehicles. This game tried to be like Grand Theft Auto, but failed miserably. Why get a cheap clone of GTA, when you can get the real thing for a good price?

Pros:
+Free-Form gameplay
+large city maps
+lots of vehicles
+your character can swim
+go inside buildings
+pilot boats

Cons:
-tons of glitches
-stupid A.I.
-terrible graphics
-slow vehicles
-music cuts off abruptly
-sound effects cuts off abruptly
-bad controls
-week sound effects
-terrible camera system
-boring missions
-GTA wannabe
-terrible collision detection
-not very fun

A difficult but fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is difficult and takes a while to get used to. But it's worth it. Now if you don't like driving or let alone difficult games then don't even bother reading on.

Like the previous Driver games, there is storymode where you drive from one location to another. The missions are quite difficult which takes alot of practice. Some you might be repeating more than a couple of times (especially towards the end of the game). There is also a new feature that they added. Unlike the previous games, you can use weapons. This makes the game more realistic other than driving the whole time.

The graphics are just beautiful. It seems like you're really there and the explosions of the cars are just fun to watch. Another good thing is the music. And not just the game music, I mean your own music. The only problem is everytime you repeat a mission the music plays from the beginning again and again. It can get annoying.

Overall, this game is worth it, but it's definitely a challenge and takes alot of practice. But if you can handle that, then I suggest you buy this game immediatly. (my opinion for XBox)

GOOD BUT WAIT FOR DRIVER:PARALLEL LINES!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Driver:You are the Wheelman:1999,the PS1 got a huge game put on the console that had free to roam driving,introduction to the DRIVER series.
DRIVER 2:Yep-i consider this a PS1 classic,SCREW GTA1 and GTA2-they were the biggest embarrasments the PS1 have expeirenced.the only ppl who would call them Classic are GTA fanboys or ppl with mental issues.D2 was the first game in 3D for you to be able to jack cars of the sunday drivers-people the 3D age is the new age-and its sik how people forgot Driver 2.
DRIV3R:Not really much of a step-it was badly recieved by gamers since it wasn`t good.fucussed more on trying to beat GTA3 and so on then being driver itself.
DRIVER:PARALLEL LINES:
Weird name but the names unusual and i like non-common names
People PLEASE don`t criticise the game for not "Beating GTA" as its going to return to the Driver roots since DRIV3R was a big dissapointment.You can do what you did in D1,D2 and D3 but the story is more about driving then GTA style things.Driving away from the cops never get boring,chaffeur the gold heads around and bank robbers,tail rivals,use yourself as bait and lead others into death traps.

If you are interested in DRIVER and want a GTA style game-get DRIV3R if you want a more rubber burning driving style game-get Driver:Parallel Lines when it comes out.D:PL has everything its predessors had so if you feel like GTA style freedom go on the infamous "Take A Ride".If you want DRIVER history get Driver 1 and Driver 2 from the ole PS1.
So when D:PL comes out don`t expect anything to rival GTA-Just expect classic driving action.
i expect this game on GameSpot and IGN to get atleast 8.2.
I do have a question about this game though...Where is Tanner exactly now we take the role of someone else an 18 year old called TK who in the first part of the game is an 18 year old but soon in the game goes to jail for 20 years and gets out and starts criminal activty again.
My guess is that Tanner busts TK and those 20 years later-I guess TK KILLS Tanner! who won`t be that old by 2006(the 2nd part of the game is set in 06) about 50 or 60.
I have a PS2,GC and currently waiting for a XBox(original) to arrive and i have a mass of games planned for XBox,including D:PL as it might be better than the PS2 version,y`know graphics and that and it will be the same price(I ain`t spoiled,i bought all my self except for the PS2-which i got of my mum for my birthday 2002-i still adore my PS2)-Unless of coarse the XBox version won`t be available so i will settle for the PS2 version.
It might comeout on PSP.
D:PL will also have ONLINE PLAY on XBox(XBox LIVE) and PS2-that give it a small boost in sales-But if the game is GOOD/GREAT + ONLINE-i reckon it will do good in sales for itself,it might sell 4,000,000 copies in total if it does well that is-maybe more,maybe less.
So Atari might forget about the blak and white DRIV3R.

So i hope no fans have lost faith in DRIVER yet!!!!!!!!!!!

Bye.

not even close

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

ok it is alot like gta exept for the fact that it has no features ecxept for free roam. missions are very linear. you can drive a car and that is about all the fun your ever gonna have. i can see that kids want gta. this is not even close to as much fun as some other no blod gta clones. here are a couple i think did a good job. true crime new york is the closest. mercinaries is the best graphics and gamesplay. it gives more features than even gta. one of the less popular clones is mafia. that game is just hands down the best one. u want a non vilent gta go buy mafia. the last one is probably the most different. it has everything gta has besides xxx even the mass amounts of blood. they gave it a great twist. we have all thought to ourselves at one time hey how about a tony hawk were you can kill and steal cars and stuff. the game that did the un thinkable is none other than total overdose. so my point is that driver sucks so just dont even bother renting it.

GTA Clone

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ok, I understand the lack of blood is to reduce complains, but what about kids who are used to blood?
Graphics are good, if you average the great graphics of the cutscences and the unrelastic ingame graphics. There is a lack in sense of speed in the game. I am not asking for the insanity of Burnout. I just want the cars to go faster.
Nice background music, and the cars sound cool, but shouldn't every vehicle have a completely different sound?
Very addictive. That is, to someone who never played GTA. I WANT MY GTA.
Of course, Driver : Parallel Lines will improve on Driv3r(the graphics, the sound, the GTAness)...

This is the worst game ever!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: March 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I played GTA of course and even True Crimes and i have to those games are far better than this piece of junk it's horrible it doesn't even make sense that it you bump into a pole your mission is over you can't even chance someone down, the driving controls are the worse ever for a game it just plain sucks don't even rent it!!!

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