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Driver: Parallel Lines wii Game Reviews
Driver: Parallel Lines
Critic Score
Metascore: 59 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.4 out of 10
based on 9 reviews
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Dual Time Periods – Experience New York’s gritty underworld as the most lethal wheelman for hire in the both the 70’s of the past and the modern times of today. Experience White Knuckle Steering – Features realistic steering and 80 cars and motorcycles including old school classics and modern day marvels. Replicate Real Gun Movements – Shoot, smash and steal your way through New York City’s underground using an arsenal of short and long range assault weapons. Fully Customizable Vehicles – Build your perfect ride with custom body work, engine upgrades, tunable suspensions, custom paints and accessories like bullet proof glass and tinted windows. Mini-Games and Side Missions – Earn extra cash to upgrade your vehicles by completing side missions and mini-games like Hitman, Street Racing, Motocross and Demolition Survival. High Speed Hollywood Action – The perfect combination for high speed driving - fast cars, open level missions with no loading time, realistic physics and destructible environments. [Ubisoft]

PUBLISHER: Ubisoft
DEVELOPER: Reflections
GENRE(S): Action, Driving
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE: June 26, 2007

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70
Official Nintendo Magazine UK
It's alright, but not good enough for us to forgive yet another port. [Aug 2007, p.76]
70
NGamer UK
The closest thing to GTA on Wii, featuring great vehicles, okayish missions and a colossal city to drive around in. [Sept 2007, p.51]
66
Ferrago
Whilst it doesn't have the depth of play of The Godfather, or the violence of Scarface it does a good job of playing to its strengths and delivering a highly enjoyable game.
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60
EuroGamer
The truth is that there's more than a whiff of exploitation about this wholly unnecessary release - especially as it's a game which few people rated highly in the first place. Although it does benefit from better controls, that doesn't disguise how boring the storyline is, or how mediocre the missions are.
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59
IGN
Driver attempts to join the ranks of more successful Wii-makes such as Godfather and Scarface, but will find itself at the bottom of the open-world barrel on Nintendo’s console, as the game lacks depth, fine-tuned control, and the right mix of motion/IR control.
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55
GameSpot
Driver: Parallel Lines is a mediocre GTA clone with a dull storyline, second-rate gameplay, and subpar control.
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50
Nintendo Power
The Driver series is traveling the same road, to its detriment. [Sep 2007, p.86]
50
AceGamez
Even though there's loads to do, it doesn't alter the fact that this smelly port of Driver: Parallel Lines just reeks of lazy developing - simply put, it's hard to get into and a battle to play.
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50
GameSpy
There are some things the game does right -- the drive-by shooting is pretty sweet -- but problems with the controls for the driving -- essentially the guts of the game -- more than suck any sort of fun out of the thing.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

KhaoShar P. gave it an8:
It's just plain unfair for every game in an open-world setting to be rated in comparrison to GTA. No, DPL doesn't have the story/complexety/characters or whatever of GTA:SA. But it does have cool cars, great music and a city that gives a good feeling of NYC- both in the funky late seventies as well as in the moloch of modern days, As well as controls even a sixaxis on PS3 couldn't get close to beat. And what's most important: DPL is on the Wii, GTA is not. Period.

[Anonymous] gave it an8:
This is a pretty solid and addictive game, and unlike wot many people believe, it isn't trying to be gta, because this is driver, so the cars and motorbikes are better and far more realistic.

Jerry gave it a4:
Unfortunately, doesn’t even come close to GTA. Dull & boring storyline, really boring missions, unrealistic car behaviour and terrible control. I think someone paid off the critics above to keep the ratings above 50%.

Peter M. gave it an8:
Excellent gameplay , controls on foot , driving vehicles.

Shane gave it an8:
Brilliant controls. Decent graphics. Fun gameplay. GTA clone. Blow stuff up and kill people. Great physics too!

Lenny L. gave it an8:
If you want a GTA style game this is it. It has what GTA has but does it better. Motion controls aren't tacked on, shooting with remote is good, hand brakes with the nuncuck is also good. overall a good game.

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