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Driver 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 18
Date: January 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Bigger cities better cars and guns what else can ask for. I have been waiting along time for this game and it is sure to be the best Driver yet. There is going to be a good story line I heard and awesome graghics. I am sure this game is not going to be a dissapointment. There are going to be more levels and longer missions. I hope there is 2 player were u can get out of the car and put it in different camera angles. But like I said this game is awesome and i dont thing i am going to be dissapointed in this game.

driv3r is well you'll have to read the review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: June 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

From my point of view, Driv3r is an exceptional game. It offers sleek graphics, and groundbreaking gameplay. I found this game to be very entertaining but be warned it is addictive. I reccomend this game to any one who likes a great combonation of driving and crime.
Gino giandurco
Gamepro
(No system difference)

driver 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i bought this game when it first came out. When i first got it i couldent stop playin it it is a pretty fun game but some missions are hard im so stuck on the mission dodge island. I like the cars bc most are classsic like the mustang, the camaro, the cobra and many more.

pros
+great cars
+guns are cool
+graphics are awesome
+charecaters are all cool

cons
-the cops come after u for just speeding, running red lights hiting a cop car and some more
-soundtrack sux
-the controls are a little bit hard to master

Best game ever even better than GTA

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: December 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First this game it totaly better than vice city and san andreas. Plus the driving in driver 3 is much better. No s%%% surelock it says drver 3 on the package. Also the shoting is just as good and better than GTA. In GTA u have to hold to many buttons and u don't even have to aim because it does it for you. Next GTA has to much blood, guts, and gore when Driver 3 dosen't. Plus GTA is racest against all races. And there is no swearing at all in Driver 3 when GTA says all kinds of junk that isn't even worth saying. Next GTA San andreas is to expensive when Driver 3 is going down in price. All in all Driver 3 is more appropeate then GTA and Driver 3 should not even should be rated M. But GTA should be rated A for adult.

I'm very and totaly obssed with Driver 3. Got to go and play more

The Long Awaited Driv3r

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: May 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Driver 3 looks incredible. This time around you can actually use guns. You can also enter buildings. The first Driver rocked for PC. But Driver 2 sucked. I don't think this game might have what it takes to topple crime game giants like the GTA series.

Not as good as Vice City, but different and REPLAY MODE!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Anybody who has played the Driver games and GTA will love Driv3r as the second best thing that has come out on PS2 yet. Although there are some game crashes (as with GTA:Vice City but a little more here) because the A.I. is so sophisticated. With so many possibilities because of the highly detailed and semi-destructible environments and certainly destructible vehicles - that to tune this game to perfection, without crashes would probably mean waiting for the PS3/XBOX2 to come out or the PC VERSION! There is no doubt - no other game has pushed the limits of a console gaming experience like Driv3r (PC Half-Life 2 rulez all). The Getaway had similar problems on release with its glitches but Driv3r is nothing like that horrible experience and is more akin to that cherry you got popped when you stuck the Vice City disk into the machine. Also please remember that if it was not for Driver 1 + 2 we would not have had the 3D GTA series!!!! GTA 3D was spawned by the Driver series!!!! Div3r has now developed nicely... It deserves it too... and to be honest I am looking forward to Driver 4.

There are 3 full scale cities (Miami, Nice and Istanbul - all WOW! WOW! BIG WOW!) and I believe the detail is a little better than GTA: San Andreas, but not as big. Tanner has a choice of several weapons including a rocket launcher that virtually blows up everything except some buildings. There are, however, no sniper riffles or melee weapons! But the game story is different and these are never needed. A pair of binoculars with a zoom feature would not have gone amiss! Tanner can swim (spawning GTA: San Andreas aquatics!) So no more death by drowning - YOU can fly off a bridge into the water and swim ashore again! The vehicle destruction systems and world physics in this game are as good as they will get on the PS2/XBOX. If this thing hits the PC it will probably be awesome. So will San Andreas. The driving in Driv3r is as realistic as Grand Turismo and is not too far away from matching the graphics found in Need for Speed 3: Underground. There is a cool slow motion "fun" feature in the controller (L1+R1) that allows you to see crashes in slow-mo while still driving. There is very little blood in the game but that does not make it any less violent. The shootouts with the cops after a chase are first rate action sequences. Unlike the GTA series everything comes out of the blue and you will not second guess a thing. The A.I is that good.

The replay and director mode are sublime. With Driver 1 + 2 you have spent hours creating endless little movies. If you liked that experience Driv3r will have you doing a recreation of the Steve McQueen Bullet car chase sequence in no time. Every conceivable camera angle and tracking shots are covered (with controllable cinematic motion blur!... Hell Yeah!)
The missions themselves are each compelling, entertaining and present a level of realistic quality not seen before. This is as close as it gets to playing a movie on the XBOX/PS2. The free ride mode of course will allow you everlasting driving and mayhem across the 3 cities for the price of $50. You can also play various type chase/getaway/cross country/point to point/ scenarios.

It has NO multiplayer which is a shame. I have wondered why they did not do this but then again this may be a problem with the PS2/XBOX engines. It is my understanding that San Andreas' Rockstar programmers could not do it either. I doubt we will ever see a 2 player game this rich in detail and game physics without better technology (In Grand Turismo you went around circuits and things did not blow up! and there where no cop chases and shootouts). Now and again the PS2/XBOX does stall at times even in the only single player mode. There is also no stats page like in GTA.

There are tons of missions and you will spend a few days at them.... relentlessly. I can not quarrel about any of the little glitches that crop up now and again causing you to press reset on the console. To be honest the more I learned to control the game the less the glitches appeared (come on folks, they only happen now and again when you start learning the game). In fact I have not found a glitch in quite a long time (playing now 3 months +). The bottom line is that this is an evolution in driving game experience. Nothing will be the same after playing Driv3r.

Pros:
- The BEST game ever for the PS2. Better than Vice City.
- Graphics are the best in any game for the PS2 so far. 3 gloriously rendered cities to do battle with.
- The driving IS Grand Turismo.
- The slo-mo fun feature is whacked out!
- The shootouts and destruction on this scale and realism have not been seen before.
- You can do virtually anything you want in the game.
- The A.I is outstanding.
- The car crash physics are like something NASA came up with.

Cons:
- Some glitches (jumping and control problems, going through walls sometimes, odd game crash).
- Requires a greater deal of practice than you think before you fully come to grips with the Driv3r experience.
- The shooting system may not be to everyone's style.
- Character movement may appear sluggish at times (yet during playback it looks extremely realistic).
- The height of realism impacts the cartoonish quality that GTA has.
- You will die quicker in this game because you can be injured while driving.

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.

Driving missions are aggrivating, but overall a great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When Driv3r came out, people were expecting flawless driving physics, and 'Dukes of Hazard'-esque gameplay. What the game turned out to be, in my opinion, is much better than what I expected, although it is far less realistic than I had anticipated.

It's almost as if video game magazines and websites have been paid-off by Rockstar Games to say as many terrible, generalizing things about Driv3r as they can. I'm going to clarify the untrustworthy comments by these publishers by saying this; Driv3r is mediocre in its mission mode, but kicks ass otherwise.

Driv3r could be considered better than GTA just because of the many outstanding features it boasts. The mission mode is pretty standard; run through levels shooting moderately intelligent enemies, and chase after those enemies in cars. I think the mission mode is the lousiest part of the game, but what makes this game one of my favorites are its free-roaming and replay editing modes. In the free-roaming mode, your character is allowed to explore 3 vast, extremely detailed cities down to the very last street corner. The player can hijack any vehicle he/she wants to (as opposed to a handful of boats floating in piers) enter tons of buildings, and cause the expected GTA-like havoc players crave. What impresses me the most about the free-roaming mode is it allows the player the ability to swim in the ocean and in swimming pools; not only that, but the player does not immediately die when he/she drives his/her car into water... he/she can simply get out of the car before it sinks and swim to safety. The physics are unrealistic, but nonetheless some of the best I've seen; the cars and environments are extremely interactive, and this interaction is as tweaked to perfection as a person could expect in this day and age. The graphics are ASTOUNDING as well, but what completes the free-roaming mode is the player's ability to edit the replay to whatever specifications desired.

The replay editor, which lets the player clip apart and redo their entire run, allows players to put certain parts into slow motion, add motion blurs, and place the cameras wherever they want at any given time in the replay. One can then share their replays with other players via Xbox live. The replay editor is a valuable innovation in the video game industry that other companies need to pay strong attention to.

To simplify my review, I'm going to list the goods and bads of Driv3r, so as to make it easier for people to get a clear idea of what kind of game Driv3r is.

The good:
-Impressive graphics
-Complicated yet arcade-style physics
-Massive, detailed environments
-Fast cars
-Fun weapons
-The ability to swim
-Real-time lighting
-Tons of indoor and outdoor locales

The Bad:
-Annoying Mission mode
-Aliasing is bad at times (though rarely)
-Plenty of cars, but not nearly as many as GTA
-Cars don't go through street lights

The Ugly:
-Driv3r is a game far too many people have been misinformed about

As long as one can look past the lousy mission mode, I guarantee any gamer will be satisfied with driv3r. It's the open-ended, versatile and solid gameplay that gamers look for nowadays. Buy a copy of Driv3r, and help Atari and Reflections know they've made an excellent game, so they'll continue to do so. Oh yeah, and buy it on Xbox. The Xbox version is the best of all 3.

DRIV3R is Highly Underrated!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have read some of other reviews from people and I think they're being way too harsh. I think driv3r is an extremely fun game with decent graphics and great gameplay. People are saying that the controls suck, and I do agree that they are DIFFERENT, but you just have to get used to them like any other DIFFERENT games. I would hardly call these guys gamers, if you are a video gamer then you would just get used to the controls like any other hardcore or even good normal gamers. Anyway, I think DRIV3R is a great game for any console, right next to GTA:

Pros:
-Fun driving system with variety of vechicles
-Good graphics
-Cool and interesting undercover mode
-Hard to get used to, but fun on-foot gameplay and controls
-Highly fun Take A Ride mode

Cons:
-Graphics suffer glitches at times
-Sometimes frustrating story mode
-No multiplayer

better than the previews

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is awsome! it is the best game ever! i love it and u will to once u buy it. now on to what it is like. there is now guns in this game, awsome cheats, the best graphics, a few glitches but that is ok and u can even swim! there is much more stuff in this game than what is written here. dont beleive those other reviews because this is all u need

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