TheApatheticOne
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Due to positive GAF impressions and media reviews, I picked this up with some credit. Will be digging into this weekend after I knock out the last hour of Deus Ex. Looks like a pretty good time!
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Driver: San Francisco |OT| A whole generation, with a new explanation
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Barack Lesnar
Banned
Is anyone playing the MP on PC? Is there a good amount of people online? Do you think it'll have some legs or will most be done with it in a week or two?
Musha_Soturi
Member
I'm not normaly a fan of driving games. I picked this up for my other half and he's been raving about it since, so I thought I'd have a little go yesterday, and boy is it awesome! It's such good fun, some of the challenges are really humerous. And I find it a lot easier to control the cars than other driving games I've played. I may actually bother to complete this!
Hah Holy shit, I just cleared Chapter Five. I didn't expect to be so invested in the completely nonsensical story but here we are! It helps that Tanner mutters something about how weird this all is at every available opportunity.
And the sheer amount of random dialogue I've heard through Spirit-jacking is incredible. I've run into some really funny people. Really helps the city feel alive.
I wish it wasn't the same BOSE billboards everywhere though.
And the sheer amount of random dialogue I've heard through Spirit-jacking is incredible. I've run into some really funny people. Really helps the city feel alive.
I wish it wasn't the same BOSE billboards everywhere though.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Do you need to know anything about the previous Driver games' stories or can you go in blind? Because I know the main character Tanner was in themJintor said:
Keyser Soze
Member
Finished this (the story) yesterday, and it ends very, very, very good. Love the direction they went. Second to last mission was fantastic, and the last had a great buildup, a music to make it memorable. Loved it. Loved the whole thing to be honest - and even added a few new songs to my song library because of the awesome soundtrack
I still have about 30 secondary missions to tidy up, and I am only level 5 in multiplayer. I am thinking about trying to great all Achievements, but I don't know if I will (I am not a fan of multiplayer in any game really), but I like to 100% games I really like, and I like this
Side mission talk: The side missiona based on Bullit, Gone In 60 Seconds, Duke of Hazzard are great additions too. Oh, and buying the
and getting it up to
gave me a nice surprise.
One of the best games of the year for me, and a great surprise after what I feel was lackluster buildup from Ubisoft.
I still have about 30 secondary missions to tidy up, and I am only level 5 in multiplayer. I am thinking about trying to great all Achievements, but I don't know if I will (I am not a fan of multiplayer in any game really), but I like to 100% games I really like, and I like this
Side mission talk: The side missiona based on Bullit, Gone In 60 Seconds, Duke of Hazzard are great additions too. Oh, and buying the
Delorean
88MPH
One of the best games of the year for me, and a great surprise after what I feel was lackluster buildup from Ubisoft.
Keyser Soze
Member
Heavy said:
Tanner is a good guy, and Jericho is a bad guy. There not much more to know. You can easily jump in. There is a small bit of backstory in the other games as to why there don't like each other, but you really don't need to know why.
The start of this game does not even reference what happened at the end of Driv3r, which is carries on from.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Oh mah God this game is so fun. I've been playing so much multi this morning already. I can't even tear myself away from it to START the singleplayer campaign. Definitely the surprise of the year, and the most fun I've had with a driving game since free roam online in Burnout Paradise. The more I play the better the handling feels as well, even with the slippery cars. Even normal races are fun as hell online. The starting grid is insanity.
tip for those having money issues (this is pretty obvious but bear with me):
so i was having issues with money so i started investing in the upgrade for the rate that you earn money. so the last one cost a whopping 500k. i said fuck it and earned 500k and bought the third tier upgrade. now every 20 minutes i get like 200k. well worth the 2 or 3 hours it took to earn the 500k for the initial investment.
btw, i was loving my vette thinking it was the shit until i came across a random lambo (the lower end model) in marin. i snatched it and holy shit. i cannot wait until i can buy the supercars. they handle like they are on rails. over 200 mph down the freeway into oncoming traffic threading the needle over and over. i haven't had an adrenaline rush like that in a while. one head on and all of the cars "life bar" was gone.
so i was having issues with money so i started investing in the upgrade for the rate that you earn money. so the last one cost a whopping 500k. i said fuck it and earned 500k and bought the third tier upgrade. now every 20 minutes i get like 200k. well worth the 2 or 3 hours it took to earn the 500k for the initial investment.
btw, i was loving my vette thinking it was the shit until i came across a random lambo (the lower end model) in marin. i snatched it and holy shit. i cannot wait until i can buy the supercars. they handle like they are on rails. over 200 mph down the freeway into oncoming traffic threading the needle over and over. i haven't had an adrenaline rush like that in a while. one head on and all of the cars "life bar" was gone.
I think one of the most overlooked features (in reviews etc) and probably the second best addition to the game besides shift is the inclusion of the movie challenges. These things are so much fun and it really does feel like you are in a 60s or 70s car chase. I especially like how the screen gets a old movie type filter, and all the traffic is of cars of that era. The challenge that is based on the President's Run from Driver 1 is also great fun.
Community Forum
Member
This game is amazingly fun! I rented it from Redbox, but I might have to buy it.
I forgot what 60fps looks like!
I forgot what 60fps looks like!
TOM f'N CRUISE
Member
so you can make chase scenes like on the 1st game?? where you able to do it on the other....cause iv never played them.
Fox Mulder
Member
What a fun game. I went to bestbuy to get dead island and walked out with this. I haven't even played a Driver game since the ps1, but the impressions here and at giantbomb made it sound like a good game that's under the radar.
Simo
Member
I rented this from RedBox too given my reservations as I had a horrible time with the demo, just seemed like I just couldn't get a grasp for the handling of cars but boy am I glad I gave it second chance. Got the hang of everything and having a lot of fun right now.
I'm guessing the passport thing comes with all new copies and which is why I can't play MP since it's a rental?
I'm guessing the passport thing comes with all new copies and which is why I can't play MP since it's a rental?
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Ubi screwed up the codes so everyone can play for free now. Just download the pass.Simo said:
Ben Pierce
Member
Just finished the demo, and I can definitively say that this game is pure shit. This is not for me.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
How did the game let you down? What driving games have you enjoyed in the past?Ben Pierce said:
Keyser Soze
Member
Ben Pierce said:
The demo(s) is/are a bad slice of the game, but the game itself is not shit. However, like I said before it is still a driving/racing game at heart which can put off a lot of people - due to oversatuation in the genre or just due to the like of a particular driving style that the game does not match up with. Burnout Paradise had a equally terrible demo, but the game was great.
I had a terrible opinion of both Ubisoft (due to their DRM stuff), and the Driver franchise (due to bad games) before going into this, and the game has gone a long way into repairing my faith in both the company and the franchise.
I just noticed the game even has a New Game +, which is awesome.
benjipwns
Banned
It seems like, other than the shift thing, they stripped it back to the original game which was focused on the driving missions and recreating all those crazy 1970s style film chases and scenarios. 2 and forward seemed to be trying to catch up with GTA or take on more complex missions while Stuntman took the film recreation focus away.Keyser Soze said:
That E3 presentation probably did not help the game, especially since it was the first "real" showing of it that I know of. It was pretty "WTF" in context that I recall since they failed to explain it and the style of the game properly.
Net_Wrecker
Member
1. Freeroam online
2. Pontiac GTO Judge vs. Dodge Charger Police
3. Highway To The Dangerzone on custom soundtrack
4. ???
5. PROFIT
I could've done that all day. The freeways in this game + shift just make you want to keep going forever.
2. Pontiac GTO Judge vs. Dodge Charger Police
3. Highway To The Dangerzone on custom soundtrack
4. ???
5. PROFIT
I could've done that all day. The freeways in this game + shift just make you want to keep going forever.
Tokubetsu
Member
Have I said how great the song selection in this is? Because it is. This is the best game soundtrack this generation. Not since SSX3 has a game had me looking up artists and tracks. Also, props to Ubi for using good era DJ Shadow tracks. I haven't encountered it yet so I'm assuming it's not in there but they should have included the Six Days remix with Mos Def too...and Six Days album version.
RichyDevil
Member
PSYGN
Member
One of the better chase videos (imo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx3jLvmGivM
Probably the retro screen effect that does it for me.
Probably the retro screen effect that does it for me.
Jintor said:Strangely enough, challenges are where the challenges are at.
yep. some of them are quite tough. last night i found the last of the movie tokens so i decided it was time to start doing them (i had played the first one then decided not to play another until i unlocked them all). the white line one is fucking hard and i think it's only the second one. taking down an el camino with no boost, ram, or shift is a pain in the ass. makes me remember how tough the first game was.
anyway, i am loving this thing more and more. sadly i know that now that i have all of the movie tokens found this game will shortly be over. my stats show that i have 13 hours played. it feels like i have only played about 5 hours. that to me is one mark of a good game. you lose track while playing.
and for those in the know: "like a big ol' asshole"
that line cracked me up.
Keyser Soze
Member
Tidying up all the last missions was good fun... I think I have them all now, except Hyper Car on free way. Six minutes are a bit too much for me to keep concentrating
Keyser Soze said:Tidying up all the last missions was good fun... I think I have them all now, except Hyper Car on free way. Six minutes are a bit too much for me to keep concentrating
I FUCKING DID THAT. WOOOOOOO
I tried for like an hour and a half but I DID IT
The end of the Asian Streetracing Bros chain was hilarious.
pixelpushr
Neo Member
What an awesome surprise this game was. I rented it from red box and finished the story but I still might buy it because there's so much left to do and I havent even touched online.
And yeah the soundtrack is pretty great. Never thought I'd hear The Dirtbombs in a game.
And yeah the soundtrack is pretty great. Never thought I'd hear The Dirtbombs in a game.