DRIV3R

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  • Summary: DRIV3R is an action-packed driving adventure game that recreates the excitement of a Hollywood blockbuster and plays like an interactive movie. DRIV3R stays true to its roots, incorporating the cinematic gameplay and gritty street crime of its predecessors with ground breaking graphics andDRIV3R is an action-packed driving adventure game that recreates the excitement of a Hollywood blockbuster and plays like an interactive movie. DRIV3R stays true to its roots, incorporating the cinematic gameplay and gritty street crime of its predecessors with ground breaking graphics and three mammoth wide open city environments. Featuring Hollywood-level production values and a gripping, narrative story line, DRIV3R casts players once again as Tanner, a jaw breaking, no-holds-barred undercover cop and master "Wheelman" who does whatever it takes to bring the bad guys down. Tanner, alongside his longtime partner, Tobias, must infiltrate a global car theft ring in tire squealing chases and fierce on-foot firefights while tailing gangsters, chasing witnesses, stealing cars and unloading massive clips of ammo to bring the criminals to justice.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 11 out of 15
  1. Computer Games Online RO
    63
    The bitter taste I had since the beginning of the game is still there.
  2. Gamers Depot
    60
    It’s not that it’s that bad of a game, it’s just that most of what’s under the hood on this one has been done before.
  3. IGN
    54
    Almost all of the much-touted style evaporates as soon as the introductory movie is over and we're met with stiff animation, blurry textures, popping geometry, a dated engine, underwhelming vehicle sound, a stale world, kryptonite light poles, bouncing parked cars, forgettable on-foot action and only passable vehicular dynamics.
  4. GamesRadar+
    40
    The cities are huge and beautiful, with country-appropriate cars, and while the gameplay is muddy, it’s easy to see how it could have been better. But as it is, DRIV3Ris all flash and little substance.
  5. GameSpot
    38
    Just about as broken as it was on the Xbox and PlayStation 2 last year, and thanks to the ill-conceived introduction of a mouse and keyboard into the mix, it manages to be even worse, overall.
  6. Jolt Online Gaming UK
    35
    You might be more interested to know what Driv3r isn’t though – a good game.
  7. PC Format
    18
    A huge, horrible, gut-wrenching car crash, with blood-soaked teddy bears. [June 2005, p.100]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 30
  3. Negative: 16 out of 30
  1. Zacksbr
    Nov 25, 2022
    10
    It has the best opening in gaming history. It has good gameplay inside cars, but mediocre gameplay outside of them.
    It's not perfect, but    It has the best opening in gaming history. It has good gameplay inside cars, but mediocre gameplay outside of them.
    It's not perfect, but honestly **** it, I love this game.    … Expand
  2. tenow
    Jun 19, 2016
    9
    This is not GTA nor it should be. I hate open world and side missions. This game has none of that. This is a true loveletter to the first 2This is not GTA nor it should be. I hate open world and side missions. This game has none of that. This is a true loveletter to the first 2 games with the same beautiful physics and slightly better graphics. I can see how it looked dated in 2004, but today it's absolutely amazing. Sublimation of everything I love in gaming. 9/10. Next game in the series parallel lines lost all of the charm. Beaten this game in 2 days, no idea how I didn't give it a chance for all these years, probably partially because of this abysmal score on metacritic
    Only downside is those lamp poles could be less solid :)    … Expand
  4. AndreiC.
    May 6, 2005
    8
    I don't get why everyone is upset on this game. i played all the games in the series and i love this one the most. It's true that I don't get why everyone is upset on this game. i played all the games in the series and i love this one the most. It's true that the control isn't amazing, but i love the stories and the cinematics are awsome... it reminds me a bit of max payne's noir touch. I lke this game and i give it an 8.… Expand
  5. wrexmer
    Aug 17, 2012
    4
    I was so hyped about this game after the success of Driver 1 and 2. But what a letdown. It did not felt like a driver game anymore. They madeI was so hyped about this game after the success of Driver 1 and 2. But what a letdown. It did not felt like a driver game anymore. They made this look like another GTA clone, but worse in every possible way. Only cutscenes were amazing though.… Expand
  6. EvilC
    Mar 22, 2005
    3
    This game deserves to be universally panned. I LOVED driver 1 on the PC and similar titles such as GTA3:VC but this is a joke. It is the This game deserves to be universally panned. I LOVED driver 1 on the PC and similar titles such as GTA3:VC but this is a joke. It is the worst possible example of a conversion. The graphics are awful and look nothing like the screenshots on the site. It runs dog slow. It needs a vertex shader (ie GF4MX NOT COMPATIBLE) but looks like a software rendered game. The worst criticism, however, is reserved for the controls. There is a 30-40% deadzone on joysticks / wheels which is not changeable. This game is utterly unplayable with analogue joysticks / steering wheels and DOES NOT SUPPORT digital pads. meaning car control is keyboard only. The on-foot controls do allow mouse but the mouse sensitivity setting seems to be ineffectual. Even on "0" sensitivity mouselook is too sensitive. Whilst mouselook is activated by default, LMB is not bound by default and must be manually set (eg to fire weapon). There is NO force feedback, but the setup has a setting for "rumble" which DOES NOT EXIST on PCs. These things are possibly fixable with a patch but seeing as the PS2 version came out in June 2004, I cannot see how they wasted an extra 9 months and STILL got the QA process so horribly wrong.… Expand
  7. DonnieY.
    Mar 23, 2005
    2
    A shame.
  8. [Anonymous]
    May 1, 2005
    0
    Unbelievably even worse than the console versions. Pathetic.

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