Others say...

"Good effort! "
There are a lot of negative reviews for this game out there, which really surprised me after I bought the game and found that it aint actually all that bad. With the massive improvements from the original driver games I was expecting a completely different style of game, but a lot of the old features still remain the same. The game feels exactly like the old driver games, the cars drive the same, the game flows like the first two and a lot of the missions are very similar. The only problem with this however is that a lot of bugs still exist in the game, making it rather annoying at times. One example is that occasionally when you try to get off a speed boat, you can just fall dead on the floor for no apparent reason, which can be really annoying when you're halfway through a level!
However the graphics on this game are excellent for any PS2 game, especially during the FMV sequences. There are three new maps which include Nice, Maimi and Istanbul which are incredibly detailed even in the backdrops and are apparently accuarate representations of the real cities. The extra features in the game are the ability to drive whatever you like which opens up a whole new range of missions, most of which are interesting and fit in well with the story line.
The mistake many people are making is comparing this game to grand theft auto. Of course the game is very similar in a lot of ways, but it obviously isnt grand theft auto. Its clear to see that there isnt quite as many things to do on driver in comparrison, but thats why you have to just take it as it is. There is an option to take a ride and just cause havoc around the city which gives you a similar freedom as in grand theft auto, but during the actual game the missions are often quick, specific and follow a structure, as in you know what you have to do so you do it. The storyline is a bit loose too, but keeps you interested enough to care. Overall this is good game and a big improvement on the original drivers, but if your looking for another grand theft auto game you wont find it in this. It has its unique qualities though, such as no swearing and unnessecary violence if your not into that kind of thing, and a load of comparitively different missions, a lot of which maintain the old driver standard of difficulty, but keep you excited enough to keep trying until you finally do it. Generally though the game isnt quite a hard as the first two. My opinion, take away grand theft auto and you've got a great game here.

"umm..wow"
dont waste your money, this game is sooooooooo dull.... thats all i can say...

"Driver 3 the BOMB"
This game was the BOMB because it had good gunz and good bikes it has no blood and no bad language the cars are good u can go to places like miami F.L and other places around the world but I would buy this game again. A+++++

"COOL GAME!!!!"
this game is realy cool because of its soundtrack and gameplay .game play rules in this game I think it is worth your mony.If your parents do not let you have gta then this is good for you because it has no blood no well u now sex.very very good game.

"Not as bad as they say,its actually a GOOD game."
I am a fan of Driver and GTA,But i decided to skip DRIV3R due to its bad reviews and alot of reviewers here on amazon.com are damning the game hard.
The reason i bought DRIV3R is to fill in a GameStation offer-the "4 For 20 Quid" offer which i bought Hitman 2,Hitman:Contracts and The Getaway:Black Monday-which i was buying to spend my Birthday money on along with BLACK.
DRIV3R was definately not in any ways perfect as it had TERRIBLE aiming,but everything else was OK-The cars,motorbikes,boats not to mention the storyline-plus you get to roam freely around Miami,Istanbul and NICE in "Take A Ride" or do the storyline missions in "Undercover",The game is set out nicely-but i agree that the GTA games are set out better in those respects-as you are just in a world where you do whatever you want and when you want to do a mission just drive to the marker and so on.
I will just some the game down:

Graphics:8/10:Good graphics i suppose.

Sound:8.5/10:The FX is great,when you crash it sounds very realistic etc,and the music is OK too.

Gameplay:8/10:The gameplay is fun-like freeroaming is OK,the missions feel very action-ish and very exiting.It also set a bar for future freeroaming games-You can now "Swim" in this game,which you can`t do in any freeroam games apart from GTA:San Andreas and DRIV3R.

Overall:8.6/10-or 79%/100%=GOOD game but not in anyways SUBPERB but was still worth the money(even if it was just a filler for some offer i was getting).

Reccomended to:People who Like Freeroam/Sandbox games should give DRIV3R a shot,it may not be as bad as you think!

Goodbye.

Review by:The_Mercenary*123 "a Girl-Gamer"

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