Driver 2: Back on the Streets
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| Studio |
 Reflections Interactive
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| Publisher |
 Infogrames
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| Senior Developer |
Martin Edmondson Maurice Suckling |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
PlayStation November 13, 2000 November 17, 2000 Game Boy Advance October 4, 2002 October 22, 2002  |
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| platform | PlayStation , Game Boy Advance | ||
| genre | Action game , racing game | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Gamepad , etc. a. | ||
| medium | CD-ROM | ||
| language | English , German | ||
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Driver 2: Back on the Streets (in North America also Driver 2: The Wheelman is Back ) is the second part of the Driver series and the successor to Driver . It was released in November 2000 for the PlayStation and the Game Boy Advance .
The basic structure of the game corresponds to that of its predecessor. There are four freely navigable cities that the American undercover police officer John Tanner visits as part of a case. The focus is again on driving and performing spectacular driving maneuvers. What is new is that the character can get out of their vehicle and explore the cities on foot.
Gameplay
General
The basic principle was adopted from the predecessor. Driver is largely a racing and action game . The player takes on the role of the undercover cop John Tanner. There are two modes, Undercover and Free Ride . The undercover mode tells the story of the game in 37 missions. The missions are all very driving-oriented and include tasks such as shading, eliminating fugitives or fleeing from the police. In Free Ride, the player can explore the cities that he has already unlocked in undercover mode without any tasks or restrictions.
Innovations
The game environment now includes the four metropolises of Chicago , Havana , Las Vegas and Rio de Janeiro . Leaving and changing vehicles while playing is possible because the character can get out of a car at any time, walk through the city and get into any civilian vehicle. During the missions, the newly added option of being able to get out of the car does not play a major role. The undercover mode follows a story told by pre-rendered cutscenes that contains 37 missions, although the motel room with an answering machine no longer exists. As a result, you can no longer choose from several assignments, so the game play is more linear. The missions have a time limit, but the split has been removed. The AI of the police has been improved compared to the first part, but the frequency of patrol cars has been reduced.
Cities
The structure of the cities of Chicago , Havana , Las Vegas and Rio de Janeiro follows the same principles as in the previous one. The degree of abstraction has been refined a little due to improved technical possibilities, so that there are no purely orthogonal road grids, but also inclined connections and curved road sections.
action
Alvaro Vasquez, the elusive leader of a Brazilian gang from Rio, is expanding his business to the American mainland for the first time. The gang war in America threatens to escalate when the accountant of an American gang boss makes a deal with Vasquez, his greatest rival. Together with his partner Tobias Jones, John Tanner goes undercover again in order to avert the impending outbreak of violence in time. From northern Chicago , via Castro's Havana , Tanner takes you to the glittering world of Las Vegas and finally to the final showdown on the Brazilian coast in Rio de Janeiro .
Development history
The game was released a year and a half after Driver was released . It initially appeared as a pure PlayStation game, later it was ported to the Game Boy Advance. The game was extremely extensive and contained a lot of elaborate cutscenes and graphics, so the game was released on two disks. The first two cities are on the first, the last two on the second.
reception
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The game received average ratings. Metacritic calculated a meta rating of 62 out of 100 points for the PlayStation version. The Game Boy version scored eleven points more.
Web links
- Driver 2 at MobyGames (English)
- Driver 2: Back on the Streets in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Speedmaniacs editorial team: Presentation of Driver 2. speedmaniacs.de, accessed on October 18, 2013 .
- ↑ Ryan Mac Donald: Driver 2 Review. In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , November 13, 2000, accessed February 25, 2015 .
- ^ Doug Perry: Driver 2 Review. In: IGN Entertainment . Ziff Davis , November 16, 2000, accessed February 25, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Meta ranking "Driver 2" (PlayStation). In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed February 25, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Meta evaluation "Driver 2" (GameBoy). In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed February 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Nothing: Driver 2 Review. In: IGN Entertainment . Ziff Davis , October 25, 2002, accessed February 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Meta evaluation "Driver 2" (GameBoy). In: GameRankings . CBS Corporation , accessed February 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Meta ranking "Driver 2" (PlayStation). In: GameRankings . CBS Corporation , accessed February 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Driver2 Review. In: Gamerevolution . January 12, 2000, accessed February 25, 2015 .