Driver 3
 

Just got myself a copy today (at a very reasonable £30). Seems like a good laugh - very similar to GTA, but a bit more realistic. Anyone know what the Live bit is like?

Re: Driver 3
 

hehe the amount of ppl ragin' and congratulating this games on other gaming forums is staggering. Someone said it yellow and black cover just like Marmite, you either like it or u don't.

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well my copy should be with me monday or tuesday it was sent out by play on friday, so finger crossed! :)

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A few things which come to mind;
- Some of the cars are very difficult to control, especially at high speed
- This guy can actually swim! Unlike that lameass Vercetti, if you drive a car into the sea, he actually gets out and you can swim to shore.
- The graphics are superb, a few little glitches with shadows disappearing and the like, but otherwise, better than GTA
- It has crashed once on me :(
- The 'on-foot' shooting bits are fairly challenging. By default, the targetting is not automatic, so you have to aim.
- The replay/director options are ok, but a bit clunky to control
- And finally, nothing beats the buzz of chasing another car with your mate hanging out of the window, blasting away with an automatic weapon - GREAT! :tu:

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So is the game fully on live then?

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I dunno, I cancelled my subscription, but it says so on the box...

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hmmmmm

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Sorry, just looks like 'Game Clips' and 'Friends' - my mistake (sort of)

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Yeah, I think it's just "Live Aware" rather than actually a Live game.

The GAME UK website says it is "Xbox Live Compatible: Content DL, Friends".

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I'd say that due to some rather glitchy physics, most of the cars, bikes, boats and whatever else are pretty hard to control.

While some of the graphics can be quite pretty there is no excuse for the amount of pop-up from both scenery and other vehicles, pedestrians and cops.

The on-foot shooting bits are challenging due to some pretty poor default control mapping onto the pad. Although to be honest i've not looked to see if there are any other control layouts available that would better suit my tastes.

All in all, a very big let down. :td:

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Having played the previous 2 driver games on PS1 I do not find the cars hard to control at all, they have always been like that, over the top phsyics bit like 70's cop show car chases. I do think it is cool that you can swim to shore instead of dieing. However the new GTA: San Andreas has the main character having the ability to swim. Driver 3 is great not too keen on the wlking bits horrible camera, can't see what I am doing sometimes.

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I quiyte like Driver 3, i think its fine, not that keen on the walking around controls but then you should just get used to it, its wierd espcially after playing galleon or shadow ops just feels wierd! :)

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3/10 on Gamecentral today for Driv3r :td:

(Telextext C4 p375)

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They gave shadow ops like 4 out of 10 and i like both of these games, so i dont trust em! :pp

But then again everyones different!

I wont like treasure driver 3 but i wanna play it and complete it!

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I've just read this at BXB....

"Rumour Badger - the Driv3r Scandal!"

A thread discussing it: http://forums.britxbox.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=27499


Seems quite a few people there don't think very much of it.


From that, GameCentral's review, & some of the posts in this thread...I think I'll give it a miss..

Re: Driver 3
 

what a crap game, i took mine back to Game after 2 hours. Shame on Atari for releasing this.

Re: Driver 3
 

Sonds like the hype around Unreal II the awakening.

I bought that and wished i never had,
definately not gonna waste my money on this one after all.

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I'm buying this, but I'm really not too sure about it.

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More bad reviews....

IGN - 5.5/10, see http://xbox.ign.com/articles/525/525153p1.html

GameSpot - 5.4/10, see http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/driver3/review.html

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Getting really unsure about this now.

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Well, personally, I'd steer well clear of it (based on the various bad reviews it's had, based on what other people have said, based on what I've heard about it, etc. etc.)

Have a read of the reviews it's had (but not the XBoxWorld one, lol, as they have admitted they reviewed unfinished pre-release code, containing various bugs & glitches, & yet called it an exclusive review, made no mention of the bugs, & gave it 9/10....hmmm.....)

If you still think you're going to get it, then at least get it from somewhere like GAME - that way, if you don't like it, you can get your money back (good old 10 day return :) )

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I got it yesterday and only played it for about 30 mins as FSW was taking up most of my time.

My first impressions are that it's not a bad game. Very much like GTA but with slightly sharper graphics. I didn't find the controls much of a problem and actually thought the walking controls were better than GTA. I haven't come across any clithes yet either.

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Simply put Ryan, this is driver and not GTA. If you ever played driver and liked it then you'll enjoy this, apart from the out of car action. If you're looking for another GTA game then steer clear.

I used to really enjoy driver but after the birth of GTA3 I lost interest. I did buy Driv3r and it arrived Monday but I can't wait to return it as it really doesn't do it for me anymore.

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I saw this yesterday and was shocked by the amount of cars that just popped into existence!!
The frame rate also looked a bit dodgy?
Not what you would expect from a 2/3 generation XBOX game!

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Makes me think it is a port of the PS2 version. GTA also suffered the popping up car effect. The city also has a lot of pop up as well. But still I love the driving parts. I still prefer driver 2 though, much better(not the graphics though).

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played it yesterday, i like the "thrill cam" feature, but other than that it is the most dull game ive played in my life.....stay away........stay faaaaaar away!

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Its a shame because people that ive spoken to have said it is really good. This is the PS2 version.

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About Gamecentral - I run a forum that I made that readers of Gamecentral could visit and chat, we have a couple of topics on Driv3r.

http://teletextgames.proboards3.com The board is active (updated daily) and we have interesting members (one is going to ECTS and others work in game stores)

We're also making a website and soon we'll have all the old Digitiser features and we'll start doing the new Gamecentral ones.

http://www.gcgaming.tk

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