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Platform: PlayStation2 | Edition: Standard
  • Authentic Hollywood-style action-racing in over 35 missions
  • Race in open environments, with multiple paths to completion
  • Control 80 drivable, customizable vehicles, with an unmatched vehicle damage system - Cars, bikes, and trucks
  • Experience 2 distinct time periods in a photorealistic NYC
  • Open mission structure as well as online play features

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  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
  • ASIN: B000CSUKZ0
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Media: Video Game
  • Release Date: March 14, 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,687 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2 | Edition: Standard

Driver: Parallel Lines brings back action-driving games, and gives you the chance to live out Hollywood-style car chases! Discover TK, a driver for hire and free from conscience. Take part in an adrenaline-pumping story line of double-cross and revenge set in the New York underworld. Experience one of the first action and driving games to incorporate online play. All-new storyline of double-crossing and revenge, with new effects and weapons selection

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Best GTA Clone To Date, March 23, 2006
= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Driver Parallel Lines (Video Game)
Driv3r was a big disappointment--while the driving portion of the game was decent, the on-foot portion was flawed. It was difficult to target enemies, the collection detection was off, and there just wasn't much to do (especially when compared to the GTA series). With this next game in the series, I thought Reflections would go back to what they are best at--driving (along with Driver, they were responsible for Destruction Derby and Stuntman). I was wrong. Parallel Lines is even more like GTA than Driv3r ever was, except this time they got it right.

As with GTA, the environment (New York City/New Jersey) is enormous and packed with pedestrians and with vehicles you can steal. The time of day progresses so that you can drive at night as well as in the daytime. Instead of hidden packages, there are star tokens to collect. You can accept missions to advance the storyline, and you can take on side missions (races, assasinations, taxi missions, repo missions, etc.). The graphics are good, with the best videogame representation of New York that I have ever seen. The physics are fine (no funky flying boxes to knock you over, as in Driv3r), the voice acting is decent, and the cut scenes are excellent. In short, it offers the same open-ended structure that the GTA series does...just with less to do (fewer buildings to enter, and fewer challenges). Some elements from the prior Driver games have also been lost--there is no longer a replay editor, you can't swim, and there are no "take a ride" or "driving game" modes (because these are now part of the main game).

Parallel Lines was a pleasant surprise that almost makes me forget the last Driver game. Reading the online reviews, I cannot understand how reviewers can rate GTA a 10/10 but then rate this game (the best GTA clone to date) a 6/10 because it is "repetitive" or "boring." Frankly, I think that GTA has become a "sacred cow" of the videogame industry (just like Metal Gear) that no reviewer will dare criticize. Don't get me wrong--Parallel Lines is not a "Game of the Year" and it isn't better than GTA, but it comes closer than any other game (True Crime, The Getaway, Roadkill, etc.) ever has. While you are waiting for the next GTA game to come out, you might want to pick this one up. It is a lot of fun if you enjoy vehicle mayhem with adult overtones [Rated M].
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Personal Favorite, July 3, 2006
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Driver Parallel Lines (Video Game)
I know many people have said Driver: Parallel Lines is just a GTA clone. I can't tell you whether or not that is true, because I have never played GTA. I'm just not interested in those games. What I can say is that I've been a fan of Driver since the first release on PS1, and Parallel Lines is now my favorite in the series. To me, Parallel Lines is such a natural evolution for these games to take. It has some awesome missions, many of which are reminiscent of the first game, plus it has an open city to explore. I've had this game for a couple months or so now, and I haven't yet finished, but I still play it off and on. I'm not saying it can't be finished much more quickly, but I'm just not in a hurry to complete it. I've been taking my time and enjoying everything it has to offer.

Overall, I say if you're a fan of the series, get Parallel Lines. Unfortunately, the game does have quite a bit of bad language, but if you're mature enough to overlook that, I think you will have a blast with this fantastic game.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Back To Its Roots, April 22, 2006
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Driver Parallel Lines (Video Game)
Driv3r was a terrible game but it seems Reflections has found its way back into greatness. You play as T.K.(The Kid) it might seem terrible to replace Tanner but trust me T.K. is better than Tanner. T.K. is a wheelman, after the first mission you'll start doing missions for a guy named "Slink" he has something to do with the plot twist which is kind of between the game. Many things have changed since Driv3r, all of New York is explorable. They took the focus away from the horrible out-the-car action in Driv3r but it has out-the-car action but it doesn't seem repetive. The game is more focused on in-the-car action which is great, also get shoot from inside the car, which can be hard but after a while you'll get the hang of it. The controls are great. The graphics are good. A great selection of cars and other vehicles, and you get to customize your vehicles, you get to even pimp your own school bus, what other game lets you do that! The story is awesome compared to the dumb story from Driv3r. This game is amazing, but not as good as GTA, which im not trying to compare the two games, but this game has truly made the Driver seires shine again.
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