At first, I thought, erm… why? Then he soon ends up back in his own car, with his buddy Jones, while seeing odd signs like “Do It Tanner” and one by the hospital that reads “Do it again”. You reprise your role as John Tanner, driving over a 100 different licenced vehicles in the usual free-roaming way with cinematic car chases.Īfter a crash, John Tanner ends up in the body of Ray, the ambulance driver, when in pursuit of Jericho, early on in the game. For more on the game, check out GameSpot's review of Driver: San Francisco.Driver San Francisco is the latest in the Driver series, and the basic premise is that the city’s biggest baddie is on the loose: Charles Jericho – and there’s only one man who can stop him. The console versions of Driver shipped today, with a PC version set for release on September 27. Tanner's medical condition impacts gameplay, as players are able to pause time to hop to a new vehicle on the fly, as well as get a bird's-eye view of the city to jump to various locations. It also features a supernatural element as Tanner is pursuing his mark from the confines of a coma. The game includes more than 100 licensed vehicles, all of which are subject to damage.
In terms of plot, Tanner, a hard-boiled detective behind the wheel of a 1970s-era Shelby GT500, is on the hunt for Jericho, and the two engage in vehicular duels on the streets of the titular hilly California city. Either choice will permanently unlock the game's 11 multiplayer modes and film director feature on consoles.ĭriver: San Francisco is a throwback to previous installments in the franchise, featuring a matchup between original protagonist John Tanner and Driver 2 antagonist Charles Jericho. To do so, they can select "Start my 2-day free trial" or "Purchase Uplay passport" from the game's Uplay passport menu. Players will still need to download an unlock key to get at the content.
"Although this problem does not affect players outside of North America, we have decided to mirror this offer worldwide in order to be fair to all our players." "Due to a printing error on the insert of some copies of Driver: San Francisco in North America, Ubisoft has elected to provide the Driver Uplay Passport content for free," Ubisoft said in a statement. If Tanner is doing all this in a coma, does that count as driving while impaired?Īfter problems with some of the onetime codes included in new copies of Driver to unlock the game's multiplayer modes, Ubisoft today announced that it will do away with the codes for the game entirely and allow all players to unlock the extra content for free. Ubisoft is experiencing that firsthand today, as the return of the Driver franchise with Driver: San Francisco has been marred by a logistical problem. It's not unusual for cars left sitting for too long to experience some problems when they're finally started back up.
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