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    Driver: San Francisco

    Game » consists of 18 releases. Released Sep 06, 2011

    Tanner returns in this new Driver sequel. Set in San Francisco, the game actually takes place inside his coma stricken brain. This allows him to bend the rules of the road... and reality!

    soundlug's Driver: San Francisco (Xbox 360) review

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    Is a Inception of possibilities to the sandbox genre

    Before GTA and The Fast and the Furious there was Driver, a open world franchise were a cop tried to stop crime with vandalism and reckless driving, and it was good. But Tanner and Reflections could not compete with the young franchises of drivers so Driver as a franchise was in a creative coma.

    How can you fight with a franchise that did everything that you did first better? Well, just being yourself, a 80's or 70's buddy cop television series with a sudden magical realist season. Why be Grimm and Gritty as GTAIV or irreverent and offensive as Saints Row when you can say "remember how good is to be a entertainment product about a retro cop that survives car accidents in daily basis"?

    Driver SF has is own voice, maybe is not Oscar or Adult Swim Worthy, but is cool to remember that you can told a good story with creative freedoms that only video games can accomplish and get lost in a affectionate satire of San Francisco without be cynic or vulgar.

    Maybe fighting crime with cars is not the best idea, maybe helping people with inane but funny life changing events is not life changing or keep helping a jerkish boy to not get killed in car races is not a sign of wisdom. But anyway, is just a coma induced game. Enjoy the ride.

    Other reviews for Driver: San Francisco (Xbox 360)

      A novel concept revitalises a franchise 0

      Driver is backAfter the abysmal and controversial Driver 3, Ubisoft Reflections’ high-speed Driver series took a drastic fall from the gaming limelight. Its stylish world of brutish muscle cars, Bullitt inspired car chases and emphasis on unadulterated 70s style driving went from being a jewel of the PlayStation era to a distant, forgettable, and often painful memory. Driver 3 dragged the once-popular series through the mud and grime and rendered it virtually beyond repair; transforming it into ...

      19 out of 19 found this review helpful.

      Catching Criminals With a 440 Six-Pack 0

      Driver: San Francisco is one of those games that will either become an addiction for most gamers, or it will make those gamers hate it for the innate weirdness of the setting and story. Thankfully, this weirdness is enough to draw the player in before the entertaining and slightly ridiculous gameplay take hold.Driver: San Francisco starts with the series’ main protagonist, John Tanner, being part of a vicious car wreck with his nemesis, Charles Jericho, which results in him being in a coma. Duri...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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