Any game that features a '70 Dodge Challenger on the cover is alright in my book. And "Driver: San Francisco" turned out to be one kickass bit of fun.
The game's selling point is the ability to "shift" into any car on the road. And while the premise is absurd (all of this takes place in the fevered dreams of our comatose hero cop), that ability is the key to the whole thing, and can change how the game is played at any given time. Pursuing a suspect? Shift into an oncoming car and plow right into him. Need to get to the opposite side of town? Shift over miles of landmass for a quick teleport.
And the game's heart is in the right place, as it mixes '70s muscle cars and style with modern vehicles and setting. What really tickled me was the array of movie-based challenges. You can play facsimiles of the chase scenes from all the greats: "Vanishing Point", "Smokey and the Bandit", "Bullitt", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Cannonball Run", "The Driver" and even "The Blues Brothers" . . . that's one hell of an icing on the cake.
All of this makes for a terrifically fun game, and brings back the awesome playability of the original "Driver". The chases are fun, the cars are cool, and the cops are still maniacally destructive.
9/10
The game's selling point is the ability to "shift" into any car on the road. And while the premise is absurd (all of this takes place in the fevered dreams of our comatose hero cop), that ability is the key to the whole thing, and can change how the game is played at any given time. Pursuing a suspect? Shift into an oncoming car and plow right into him. Need to get to the opposite side of town? Shift over miles of landmass for a quick teleport.
And the game's heart is in the right place, as it mixes '70s muscle cars and style with modern vehicles and setting. What really tickled me was the array of movie-based challenges. You can play facsimiles of the chase scenes from all the greats: "Vanishing Point", "Smokey and the Bandit", "Bullitt", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Cannonball Run", "The Driver" and even "The Blues Brothers" . . . that's one hell of an icing on the cake.
All of this makes for a terrifically fun game, and brings back the awesome playability of the original "Driver". The chases are fun, the cars are cool, and the cops are still maniacally destructive.
9/10