Driver: San Francisco Review

I do not know where to start off with this game, as I always thought of myself as a fan of the Driver series. This installment takes a weird twist when John Tanner ends up in a coma. A majority of the game is spent from your hospital bed dreaming you are chasing down your arch nemesis Jericho.

I want my life back.....Me too John!

If that is not confusing enough you basically have no idea your in a hospital bed, and the game leads on like you are fine prowling the city pasting together clues so you can catch Jericho before his huge plot is hatched. Finally, you awake for one final chase scene to bring down the man, which is very lackluster 5 min chase, and you do not even get to run him off the road.

DSF also introduce a new aspect called "shifting" which allows you to jump from your car to take control of another driver's body. It was fun about the first five times I used it. I guess when your just messing around it's not too bad to switch to whatever car is driving on the road that you want in that point in time. It does, however, make the story mode extremely easy. When your in a cop chase you can simply "jump" into an on coming car's driver seat and smash the pursuers. The same can be said for race activities which pretty much renders them useless. If there is no one to race what's the point?

DSF does have some bright spots. The car physics a done well, and turning at high rates of speed makes you enter a drifting mode. There is also a large selection of vehicles ranging from Dodge Rams, to Super Sport Chevelles. DSF offers no shortage of activities and dares including police chases and stunt jumps (although i do find it very repetitive). You may also update your abilities for speed and ramming cars inside garages which you must buy to purchase your own selection of vehicles to use for side missions.

If you're a Driver fan, you may find yourself disappointed with this game. If your just looking for a game to kill some time or mess around this could do it for you.

Overall this game was not worth my time for the story, and the secondary activites become stale after a couple of plays.

6.5/10

See you on the front lines!

~Casual