By far the best part are the obligatory missions that unlock further parts of the story as these are the highlight of the games humor show moments of comic genius. Tanner moves from a straight laced cop to an amusing speed freak who revels in the freedom he is given in the city which is now his play ground and some of the best lines come from the scenarios he has with the vast array of the populace. The missions themselves are hugely varied, with a combination of ‘dares’, checkpoints and traditional races.
This effectively stops what boils down to a pretty bog standard driving game from being as such and give its much needed kick up the arse high speed chases with other street racers never gets more entertaining when you end their race with 50 tonnes of lorry. This then gives some kind of basis to Tanner’s new found ability to ‘shift’ at will to any car in the entirety of San Francisco. I’m not ruining anything by stating that all does not go well for Mr Tanner as he is involved in a car crash and falls into a coma think the British version of Life On Mars but with more action and a much larger budget. As is standard fare for Hollywood and games in general, everything goes tits up, Jericho escapes, Tanner pursues and all hell breaks loose. Driver San Francisco passed under my radar, particularly as Skyrim, Arkham City and Saints Row The Third have been taking up a huge amount of my time (Dragons, Batman and killing people with large purple dildos do surprisingly work well together)For £16 however, it piqued my interest to give it a go.ĭriver San Francisco picks up with the protagonist, John Tanner, as he escorts his latest criminal catch, Jericho, to prison.
All three of the past ‘Driver’ games passed me by, particularly as I was an N64 kid, and Vice City took much of my teenager years on my PS2. I will be honest I have never really been into the driving genre since the first Need for Speed Underground, where neon and pimping up cars hadn’t become the be all and end all of every bloody racing game on the planet.
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