Customer Reviews

Driv3r

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I bought this game expecting to be amazed at how cool the graphics looked.... I was impressed!.... At the graphics. The gameplay, on the other hand, sucks. Driver on gbc was way more entertaining than this garbage.
The good;
*Graphics are way ahead of gameboy standers.

The Bad;
*The cops sit there and smile at you while you run over the civilions of miami.
*You drive like you're drunk.
*You can't shoot from your car or even at certain angles.

The Ugly;
*This game had potential to be a great game, but it was garbage because they didn't make it as smooth as it should of been.


Don't buy this game. I find it so funny how people who don't even own the game come on here and say that it's such a great game. I bought this game along with Metal Slug Advanced and Wolfenstein 3-D. I can promise you that I will not be playing "DRIV3R" any time soon. Not to mention, I'm gonna buy Doom 1 & 2 soon, so this game is gonna be gathering dust for the next 10 years on my shelf. Don't buy it.

It does have its problem but for the gameboy advance its quite amazing.
If they would have put Driver 2's cop chases in this one it would of been perfect.
Graphics on Driv3r gba are outsanding for city size and how active this city is.
I will just say over all this was a great buy but you kinda have to buy driver 2 to mix up between the two depending on your mood.

This game is so bad that I had to put my two cents on it. The controls are so bad that I found myself ready to throw my Game Boy Advance down. It was frustrating. Couple that with the trial-and-error design of this game and I was left a frustrated man. The other review I notice is supposedly from a child. Isn't this game rated "M"? This game also has the worst computer controlled A.I. You can drive right past the police cars. I have played other games that this game seems to be trying to compete with like Grand Theft Auto and this game is a laugher compared to those.

This game has to be one of the worst games I have ever played. The controls are wonky. You can go to the car door and press the action button and nothing happens. The car chases are pretty bad, too. You could be close to catching up to a car only to have it disappear. Or you could be far from a car and it reappears. The out-of-car experience is just as bad. You could be coming towards an enemy and he will just stay put like he doesn't see you. Overall, this game is pretty bad. It feels like they rushed up to put this out. If you want to play a decent Driver game, you should try Driver: Parallel Lines. I found that to be a big improvement over this game.

...I used to think Driver 2 was,but the GBA version of DRIV3R is excellent.I think many pro reviewers turned their backs to the GBA version of DRIV3R due to the fact that they all hated the console versions,i can`t find a review anywhere.
It is a watered down port of the console version,But you still get so much.You can sreal cars,kill people and even swim and drive boats.You get Miami and Nice,France which are cut down to a certain extent just so the GBA can handle it.
All three Driver games have been ported to GameBoy Color/Advance.
First there was the GBC version of Driver 1,which was a top down 2D expierience,It was my 3rd Faverite,after GTA and GTA2(Yes they are on GBC).
Driver 2 Adance on GBA,which is my second fave GBA game after this(DRIV3R).
PSP is gonna have the next Driver game ported to them(Driver:Parallel Lines),Even though they all ready have great Free-roam game on it(Y`know GTA:Liberty City Stories).
DS may also get D:PL if they are lucky.

For you GBA owners who love the GTA series, this is almost what you are looking for! The premise, however un-original, is quite interesting! Just like in Driver 2, you play as Tanner, an undercover cop, infiltrating a crime ring! In Driver 3 there are two cities you can drive through, Miami, Florida and Nice, France, with many new features that make this game better then the last, like the ability to get out of the car and use guns, swim and even drive a boat! There are minigames that you can play such as Slalom, Checkpoint and Destruction. Some of the missions are timed and other's simply require that you keep up with whomever you are following.

It isn't without it's flaws though! Although the scenery is much better then in driver 2, there is a funny texture warp when you get too close to many objects. Missing is the police chases! You can drive right past police without being chased, which is kind of dissapointing since one of the main objectives in Driver 2 was was to out run the police. The car physics are ok but could be better! You find yourself bouncing of many cars while driving at high speed! Damage to cars seems to be minimal or non existant!

All in all, not bad for the GBA! If you can get by the somewhat blocky graphics that plague just about every 3D GBA game and the few quirks mentioned above, you will find a very enjoyable game with a decent story line to keep things going!

Driver 1 and 2 are extremely fun games for the GameBoy. As for 3....it's ok. I with they left in a few tid bits as found on 1 and 2...like going for a ride.
Good game tho, but I'd rather have Driver 1 or 2 if I couild buy just one of the 3