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dodgy_dave · Experienced Member Joined: 15 Jul 2002 Posts: 1546

I think this is the best and most accurate review of Driver 3 to date:

http://reviews.msxbox-world.com/review.php/327

Closing Paragraph:

"Players and fans of the original titles will not be disappointed, providing they are capable of looking past the obvious similarities between Driv3r and the GTA series. Driv3r is an experience which I would recommend to those with an open mind who can look past graphical issues and occasional poor AI which detract very little from the overall experience especially in the undercover mode. "

Is that not what I've been saying all along.
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the_shadow · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:54 pm Post subject:

of course i cant, but we have a 42 page topic that believe future have ripped us off i know this sh*t goes on I have mates in the industry who have fixed reviews (apparently its regular)
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toxic · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:03 pm Post subject:

Or maybe they just liked it as much as my Brother. We'll never know.

Unless of course, they run an editorial detailing the whole thing...
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BOR007 · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:23 pm Post subject:

What a great topic! Well-done Steve!
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phAnt0m buRn · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:55 pm Post subject:

Don't ask me if it is reliable (it was off the Atari forums), but someone said there were dodgy and perfect copies of the game. The dodgy ones having all the bugs and the 'perfect' ones being less buggy. Can't say if it's true though.
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HailToTheKingBaby! · Veteran Member Joined: 15 Jul 2002 Posts: 2492

I've played it quite a bit tonight now and i'm quite enjoying it, it's certainly not a total mess as some have said, at least, not from what i've played so far.

The on foot bits are as appalling as i expected but the actual driving bits are great fun.

Yes the AI is ropey at times, yes there's very noticeable popup and the graphics on the whole are nothing special but they're decent enough and overall, I'm having fun with it.

The mission mode is shonky due to the on foot bits but the driving games and free drive bits are quality, the directors mode is fantastic (especially with the ability to upload your recordings via xbox live and share them with the world) .

I've yet to see a single bug - I'm also upto the hotel level described above. That level is very frustrating due to the poor aiming.

I think if there was no on foot bits like the first game, i'd give the game a solid 7 or 8 based on what i've played so far (assuming the rest of the game was of the same quality - it's possible the bugs will appear further on) but the on foot bits really spoil it for me so i'd say a 6 is about the right score - mainly cos you can have fun and avoid the on foot bits by playing the other modes.

Overall I guess i'm dissapointed and content at the same time.. dissapointed cos i was really looking forward to the game and it's not as good as the original, mainly due to the on foot bits.

Content, cos i was expecting an unplayable mess after reading all this and so far, for the most part, it's a fairly good, solid game with some flaws and i've yet to see anyo f the bugs mentioned here (though maybe i've been lucky so far).

Gonna be playing it a lot this weekend so will post back any more findings once i've played some more.

I wonder if the post saying some copies have bugs and some don't is accurate as based on what i've read on here i'd have thought i'd have had at least one crop up by now.. the same thing happened with MSR on Dreamcast with some copies having a bug that messes up the kudos calculations - Sega offered replacements to anyone with the problem but for some reason only some copies had the problem.

But back on the main topic, 9 is definately too high a mark - it's a 6 maximum in my opinion, any game this long in development that doesn't even match the original in terms of quality and fun definately doesn't deserve a 9 in my eyes.

I can now see why dodgy_dave is being a bit defensive when people say its an unplayable buggy mess as that doesn't seem to be the case at all.. it's a slightly above average game and if you put up with the on foot bits and then get into the director mode etc.. you'll probably have a fair bit of fun with it.
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