Driver: Parallel Lines

It's a compelling tale, which is more than backed up by some fly graphics, cool soundtracks and smooth gameplay.

Where "San Andreas" has size, variety and freedom, DPL has size, physics and handling. The mission design prevents the content from truly impressing. [Apr 2006, p.44]

The game is actually better to listen to than play, but the point still is: Don't come a knockin' if this game is rockin'.

Sure, the improvements to the heat level are fantastic, and it’s great to have a game that has really solid handling and physics, but it would have been nice to see the series break a little more new ground.

Aside from the obvious problems, the real problem is that nearly every part of the now-aged Driver formula has been done better elsewhere. [May 2006, p.98]

Overall, Parallel Lines is a step in the right direction for the series, but it ultimately feels like it's setting its ambitions way to low. [May 2006, p.73]

I get the impression that far too much effort was put into locking up a great soundtrack.

The perfect game. The story beats gta. A true masterpiece. I recommend it to everyone that is 15+.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Diversi passi in avanti rispetto al prequel Fedele ricostruzione di New York Solido comportamento delle vetture

Don't let the awful Driv3r put you off this. It's got nice graphics, good selection of cars, all with much better handling than the arcade physics found in the PS2 GTA games. The shooting is decent, and the drive-bys are better than GTA due to a lock-on and you can still control the car well. Melee combat is practically non-existent. Story-wise, it's again nowhere near the monster that is GTA but it's a pretty good story of revenge, characters are average but i did like the protagonist, TK. He's got more personality than Tanner anyway. It has some decent car mods and missions are fine. All around good game but it doesn't have the depth of GTA.

I like the more driving-focused style of an open world gta-style game. Some things are better than in San Andreas, which in almost every other aspect is the better game: driving mechanics are more like racing game than GTA, the car is not trashed that utterly easy as SA, and you can escape the police by changing the car unseen, which is very nice and brings some stealth aspect into the game. But somehow DPL and GTA SA are not compareable, because San Andreas is not a mere driving game which Driver Parallel Lines is despite the fact that you can walk around and shoot. However the missions are much too hard from the very start, so I was frustrated very often, when I tried to advance in the story or earn a little money in the game. But for people who like more challenge and can handle unsuccess easily it might be a good game.