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Driver: San Francisco
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| Developer(s) | Ubisoft Reflections |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Director(s) | Martin Edmondson (creative director)[1] Craig Lawson (creative director) Mike Haynes (art director) Jack Couvela (art director) |
| Producer(s) | Marie-Jo Leroux Chris Hadley Gary Ushaw Martin Oliver |
| Designer(s) | Jean-Sebastien Decant Andrew Willans Dale Scullion Matthew Dunthorne Mark Sample Tom Boggis Justin Lim Richard Baines Jamie Smith |
| Writer(s) | Ian Mayor James Worrall David Midgley |
| Composer(s) | Marc Canham |
| Series | Driver |
| Version | 1.02.0927 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Mac OS X |
| Release date(s) | PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360
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| Genre(s) | Open world, action-adventure, driving |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Media/distribution | Optical disc, download |
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Plot
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
The game takes place six months after the events of Driv3r. It is revealed that both John Tanner and Charles Jericho survived the shootout in Istanbul. In the game's trailer, it is revealed that since then, both men have recovered and Jericho has escaped to San Francisco, while Tanner and his partner; Tobias Jones have pursued him there. Jericho is shown being transported in the back of a prison truck, but manages to escape with help of hired assassin Leila Sharan, who hijacks a KEOC news chopper and fires an RPG at the convoy, and a vial of acid hidden within his mouth by a paid off guard. He overpowers the guards, and hijacks the truck. Tanner and Jones witness this from Tanner's car, pursuing Jericho as he causes havoc on the streets of the city. Tanner ends driving in front of Jericho in an alleyway, who, using the truck rams Tanner's car into the path of a tractor trailer, resulting in a devastating crash, putting him into a coma. The majority of the game takes place in Tanner's coma dream.[8][9]Whilst in a coma dream, Tanner soon discovers his ability to "shift" into another person's body, retaining his persona but, to everyone else, looking and sounding exactly the same as the person he has shifted into. Using this confusing power, Tanner helps some teenagers win street races to get money for college fees, aids some vigilante ex-cops remove fake medicine from circulation and lends his driving abilities to police officers hunting down criminals whilst trying to figure out Jericho's plan. After deducing that Jericho is after the materials to create a cyanide gas bomb, he shifts into Ordell, a low-time crook looking to rise up through Jericho's organization.
Unfortunately for Tanner, he discovers that Jericho can also shift, and realises that when he is not in his body, Jericho can take over. He is deconspired, when disguised as Ordell, drives Leila to her target (John Tanner). Eventually, Tanner realises that he is in a dream world when the strange messages from the real world creep into his mind. Jericho's powers become more potent, but as it is in Tanner's head, he is over-powered and defeated when Tanner assumes control of his mental projection of the city. In a mental visualisation of a police interrogation room, Tanner begins questioning his mental projection of Jericho and realises that the news reports from the television in his real-world hospital bed are feeding his coma dream. From this he knows of a real-world bomb plot, but deduces that it is not real - Jericho is a gangster, not a terrorist.
Finally waking up, Tanner requests his car keys from Jones, who reminds him of the truck that hit his Dodge Challenger. Leaving in Jones' Camaro and heading for downtown San Francisco, which is being evacuated due to a bomb threat, a massive cloud of gas erupts. Driving into it, Tanner finds escaping convicts, confirming his theory that it was not a real terror threat. Jericho made a deal with a prisoner for US$30 million to break him out of jail. The 'bomb' was in fact a smokescreen. After a pursuit, Tanner sees Jericho head into the docks. Whilst at first appearing to be a game of chicken and a potential head-on collision, Jones appears in a police SUV and rams Jericho. Tanner claims that he knew what he was doing, but Jones reminds him whose car he was driving before suggesting a well-deserved beer. The fact that Jericho got T-boned, just like Tanner at the beginning of the game, and the song "Eye for an Eye" playing in the background, implies that Jericho was put into a coma.
Wii
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Gameplay
Setting
The game has one of the largest driving environments. The game's San Francisco recreation has about 208 miles (335 km) of roads.[8][10] Various landmarks are recreated in the game including half of the Bay Bridge and parts of Marin County and Oakland. In the Wii version, however, access to the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges are blocked, thus preventing the driver from driving through parts of Marin County and Oakland.[8] However, it is a more fictionalized interpretation of these areas.Multiplayer
Split screen and online multiplayer are also available for the first time in the series with 19 different game modes including trailblazer, tag, sprint GT, cops and robbers, among others. In Trail Blazer, the players have to follow the trail of an AI-controlled car to accumulate points. The player who accumulates more points will win the match. The Tag game mode is similar to regular tag, but in reverse. All the players are trying to "tag," or hit, one player. Once he is hit, the person who tagged him is now it.[8][10] The multiplayer will also have experience points.[12]Cars
For the first time in the series, the game includes 140 fully damageable licensed vehicles ranging from buggies, muscle cars, and sport cars including Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Bentley, Ruf Automobile, Dodge, Ford, Shelby, Volkswagen, Pagani, Lincoln, DeLorean, Lamborghini, and Cadillac.[13]Wii version
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Development
The game has been in development for around five years.[18] A new game in the series was confirmed to be in production at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show when Sony announced a list of 102 that would be released on the PlayStation 3.[19] Ubisoft later confirmed a new game in the series after acquiring the series from Atari.[20] In June 2008, the BBC conducted reports on the computer game industry,[21] among those reports were in-game, and development footage of the next Driver game.[22] On April 21, 2009, Ubisoft registered the trademark Driver: The Recruit.[23] On January 2010, it was confirmed that a new Driver game was in development and due for release in Ubisoft's fiscal year ending in March 2011.[24] On April 23, 2010, Ubisoft registered the domain driversanfranciscogame.com as well as driversanfrancisco.com and driversanfran.com, suggesting that San Francisco was the setting of the new game in the series.[25][26] On May 27, 2010, Ubisoft confirmed that the next instalment in the Driver series would appear on E3 2010, along with other games.[27][28] On 7 June 2010, Ubisoft released a teaser website containing a live action trailer, resembling the first mission of the original Driver game, along with a countdown for Ubisoft's E3 2010 conference.[29][30]Ubisoft also created the game's Facebook page, which upon clicking in the "Like" button, opens a slightly different version of the trailer, showing a Californian driver license of John Tanner.[31][32] A billboard at the LA Convention Center for E3 revealed the title of the new game to be Driver: San Francisco.[33] Ubisoft officially announced the game on their E3 2010 conference.[34] On November 12, 2010 the game has been delayed and is set to be released in FY 2012, which is between March 31, 2011 and the same date in 2012.[35]
Reflections founder and series creator Martin Edmondson, returned to Reflections after he temporarily left the game industry in 2004. The game was developed by five Ubisoft studios with Reflections as the lead, and four other developers: Vancouver, Kiev, Shanghai and Montreal.[36] Ubisoft released a free DLC, with 12 new routes for all online modes on September 12.[37]
On July 15, 2011 Ubisoft announced that all of their future games with online functionality would require 'Uplay Passport' online pass. Driver: San Francisco would be the first in line to utilize this feature.[38] However, due to misprinted codes, which left players who bought new copies of the game unable to play online, the online pass was waived for the Xbox 360 version.[37]
Audio
The game's audio was mixed at Pinewood Studios, which is known for the James Bond film franchise.[39] The game will include 60 licensed songs, an original score from Marc Canham along with a new version of the Driver theme by Canham.[40] The OST is mixed and produced by RIch Aitken at Nimrod. On August 30 the soundtrack was confirmed with 76 songs with genres like funk, hip hop, electronic, alternative rock and hard rock with artists like Aretha Franklin, Dr. John, DJ Shadow, The Black Keys, The Cure, Beastie Boys, Queens of the Stone Age, The Heavy, Unkle, Elbow and more. Both the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 versions supports custom soundtrack which also allows you to play your own music during gameplay.[41]Marketing
Comic mini-series
A comic book mini-series published by Wildstorm Productions based on the game will be released. The storyline takes place after the events of Driv3r and before San Francisco, and will focus on Tanner's personal vengeance against Jericho. The mini-series being written by David Lapham and illustrated by Greg Scott. The first issue was released on August 2011 and a preview entitled The Pursuit of Nothingness was available on Comic-Con 2010.[42]Collector's edition
A collector's edition will be available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows versions of the game for PAL territories only. The pack includes a 18×9×9 cm replica of a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Six Pak, a map of San Francisco detailing the in-game location of the 80 dares scattered across the city, three exclusive in-game cars for multiplayer mode including 1963 Aston Martin DB5, 1972 Lamborghini Miura, and 1966 Shelby Cobra 427, 4 single player challenges: Mass Chase – a wrongfully accused driver attempts to escape the whole police force of San Francisco and prove his innocence, Relay Race – change car between laps to win race, Russian Hills Racers – Race against 3 super cars in the famous district, Taxi – Race against other taxis in Downtown.[43]Reception
| [hide] Reception | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (X360) 81.02%[44] (PS3) 79.77%[45] |
| Metacritic | (X360) 80/100[46] (PS3) 79/100[47] |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Computer and Video Games | 8.5/10[48] |
| Edge | 8/10[49] |
| Eurogamer | 8/10[50] |
| GameSpot | 8.0/10[51] |
| IGN | 8.0/10.[52] |
| Official PlayStation Magazine (UK) | 8/10 |
| Official Xbox Magazine (UK) | 8.0/10[53] |
| VideoGamer.com | 8.0/10[48] |
| Strategy Informer | 6/10[54] |
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