No, it’s not some sort of daredevil self-pleasuring technique. The driving mechanics are pretty fun though. The driving AI is also pretty awful, but I suppose that is there to make you feel badass when you take out a group of stupid enemies at once. If you shoot an enemies cover away, they just seem to stand behind where the cover was regardless, making them easier to shoot. There are a few different types of side missions in the game, none of which are really any fun or beneficial, so they are best just left as you plough through the pretty short “story” missions. Had The Wheelman just been a driving action game through and through, similar to the old Driver games, then this would have been an above average action game, but the on-foot sections really let the game down. The major problem is that the on-foot missions are all too frequent. Find cover, shoot the enemies, move forwards, find cover, shoot enemies, move forwards, rinse and repeat. Your controls are sloppily and is usually extremely boring. The on-foot sections, however, are awful. These 1 in 10 missions are really what brings the fun to Wheelman. This is done by driving dangerously enough to get information from them or trying to cause as much damage as possible. Wheelman does sometimes shake things up a bit by putting what seems to be an ordinary drive from A to B mission by letting you scare the living crap out of someone. The missions usually involve driving someone around, rescuing someone or getting attacked by a rival gang. They do definitely capture that Hollywood blockbuster car chase feel, and this is easily one of the best parts of the game. Speaking of missions though, they are pretty fun for the first few times. But then again, this detracts from the gameplay as well because you suddenly find yourself taking part in a mission just like that (after some long loading screens). Luckily, the PDA allows you to skip to wherever you need to go for your next mission. All the streets of Barcelona look the same so it is impossible to find your way around the city using landmarks as route guides. The Wheelman attempts to make the experience open-world and…it is. You’re looking for some guy named Felipe, chasing some people down, stopping World War 3?! I didn’t know, and I soon quickly found myself not caring about the cutscenes. There are cutscenes, but none of them make any sense, and it really distracts from the game. His goals are never made clear, the goals of the three rival gangs are never made clear either, nor are the reasons why you are even doing these missions. You play as Milo, Vin Diesel’s character, who is an undercover driver working for some organisation (that is never made clear) in Barcelona. I’m going to kick things off on a negative. So, when The Wheelman arrived for me to play through I was surprised. I’m not a fan of Vin Diesel, but I did enjoy Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay for the Xbox, and that’s about it. “A cinematic blockbuster starring Vin Diesel” are never the best choice of words. I didn’t exactly have high hopes for The Wheelman when I first heard about it.
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