Driv3r

aka: Cheshou 3, Driver 3
Moby ID: 13723
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Continuing from the storyline of the previous Driver games, players reprise their role as the undercover cop Tanner, this time infiltrating a worldwide high-performance car theft ring.

Nothing is too dangerous or too risky for Tanner, as he'll hop into any car, truck, or motorcycle, and cruise the streets of three re-created cities (Miami, Nice and Istanbul) with over 156 miles of roads, in more than 25 storyline missions featuring some characters from the previous installments.

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  • 车手3 - Simplified Chinese spelling

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Average score: 56% (based on 45 ratings)

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Average score: 2.5 out of 5 (based on 58 ratings with 4 reviews)

Candidate for worst game ever?

The Good
Getting a full refund from the shop a couple of days later was possibly the highlight.

The Bad
Normally I read reviews before buying a game, this time I didn't. I'm not normally suckered into buying games after seeing all the hype- and expensive tv ads.

I wont be making the same mistake again EVER!

This game is atrocious, everything about it is bad, it is the abomination of the driver series - and should of been destroyed during pre-production. The controls are incredibly over sensitive, the slightest steering adjustment and your car will veer wildly across the road - its like ice racing with inflatable tires.Horrific. Getting out of your car and it turns into an even bigger nightmare - forget about trying to aim your weapon. No GTA style lock on's here, you are constantly fighting the crosshairs to get anywhere near your desired target. It doesn't really matter though, the AI is so bad the enemies just stand there shooting at you, (rather badly) so you have plenty of time to line up a shot.

I am still in shock 6 months later that a game could be released in such a unfinished state, and from people with decent track records. Even the pre-rendered intro is dull and full of cliches. The free form driving sections are boring and laughable attempts at non linear gameplay, seemingly thrown in last minute to please GTA fans.

I'm surprised at the current high score on Moby (2.6) it doesn't even deserve 0.6



The Bottom Line
GTA's inbred, half wit wannabe cousin

Xbox · by Ken0x (34) · 2005

This is the video game of all time

The Good
Three huge environments to explore around. Lots of little secrets to be discovered in free roam mode. Physics in this game are fantastic. The actual driving is top tier. The extra driving minigames are fun. Fantastic music. Police car AI is hilarious. The replay editing feature is also tons of fun to mess with. Some creative mission design here and there.

The Bad
Undercover mode has WAY too many shootouts. They are boring and slow. Some missions are stupidly long. Game tends to crash. Glitches are also frequent, though only a small handful will halt progress. On foot/swimming is sloooow. This game did NOT need boats, man. Sailing around on flat water for ages is so boring

The Bottom Line
Fun open world playbox to mess around with. Good story mode? Not so much.

Xbox · by capes everywhere (1) · 2023

Refractions messed up on this one.........

The Good
The free roaming atmosphere and decent cities. An average selection of cars.

The Bad
The targeting, lack of gore, lack of action, lack of fun, lack of motorbikes, lack of planes or helicopters.

The Bottom Line
Avoid. Try not to look at it. There's a good reason the magazine reviews aren't on the front.

PlayStation 2 · by James Kitson (2) · 2005

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Trivia

Development

Only a few weeks after selling the Driver franchise to Ubisoft, Nique Fajors, Atari's Sales and Marketing Vice President, mentioned during a press conference that the third game in the series is a half-baked product that was pushed out the door for revenue reasons.

References

  • As revenge for Rockstar having a joke at the way Tanner is animated in Grand Theft Auto III Reflections Interactive decided to have hidden characters called Timmy Vermicelli after Tommy Vercetti from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which you have to find and kill. To add even more insult Reflections gave the these characters inflatable armbands to take the mickey out of the fact that you drown if you go in the water in Vice City but in Driv3r you can swim. The Timmy Vermicellis even drown if you knock them in the water.
  • The scene in which Carlita calls Gator after the sour deal is taken almost verbatim from a scene in Heat, where Robert De Niro's character calls a businessman who has just screwed him on a deal.

Voice acting

Michael Madsen provides the voice for Tanner, an undercover cop. Madsen also voiced a character in Grand Theft Auto III, in which the main character has to kill an undercover cop named Tanner.

Information also contributed by MegaMegaMan and Sciere

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Game added by PhoenixFire.

Windows added by Kabushi.

Additional contributors: Unicorn Lynx, tarmo888, Sciere, festershinetop, DreinIX, Patrick Bregger, Victor Vance.

Game added June 23, 2004. Last modified March 6, 2024.