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An Email I Wrote About Driver 3

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by born4this on January 31, 2013 at 02:45 PM
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This will be a rather short blog, but I think it's worth sharing.

 

I've had the same email account since I was about 15 years old. I currently have a few additional email addresses (one personal and one from work), but I still have and use that first email account I setup on Yahoo back in the day. I'm anal about everything, including email, so I don't seem to have any emails from Jr. High or High School (they were all deleted long ago), but I discovered that I still have a few older emails from the early 2000s, which honestly seems like a lifetime ago; considering I've been married for the past six years and have a daughter that's 17 months old now. The oldest email in my friends folder is an email I sent to Titus about Driver 3 on June 8, 2004. I was really embarrassed when I read it, but I was also quite amused and decided I should share it in a blog. Enjoy.

 

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January 8, 2004

To: Titus

Subject: Driv3r

Oh wow! I went to the "official site" for Driver 3, and it looks like it's going to be "Thee game". The graphics are amazing! I have seen a few things here and there about the game before, but I never had a clue it was going to be that killer. Plus, it's got motorbikes and boats, just like GTA Vice City, only the graphics on this make Vice City look pretty cheesy. Anywhoo, that will be a most definate buy for me. And I knew you had said you were gonna get it. Now, I'm just even more excited about it.

Later~

Dean

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I can't get over the fact that I said, "...it looks like it's going to be 'thee game.'" HAHA! I don't care if the email was about Batman: Arkham City - that's just a cheesy thing to say. Speaking of cheesy... I said, "...the graphics on this make Vice City look pretty cheesy." Granted, I still think Driver 3 is a great looking game for its time, but as I recall, I didn't even finish it and I still consider Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to be one of the best games on Playstation 2. I've definitely learned since then that better graphics doesn't equate to a better game. Additionally, there are a few spelling mistakes that are comical to me. It took me a long time to break my habit of misspelling the words 'definite' and 'definitely'. 

It's too bad this email wasn't about The Getaway. Now there's a "it's like Grand Theft Auto" game that I actually liked. 

 

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  • by Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 03:32 PM
    Driv3r... Here's a game I'm not ashamed to say I probably spent over 100 hours playing. Of, that a whopping 20 minutes is of the campaign. The rest is exploring the different cities in Free Roam mode and creating music video car chases. You can see 2 of those car chases on my youtube channel. Now the getaway, I remember that game more for the GI cover story they did on it. They went in depth about the new technology being used heavily for the cut scenes, called Motion Capture! And a new mechanic about a little something called regenerating health. I remember the devs said they wanted the game to be like a movie in that the hero gets beat up and hurt but in a later scene he's moving around like nothing happened.
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    by Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 03:54 PM
    This was absolutely precious. Your excitement for the game is hilarious and genuine. I'm glad you posted this.
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    by Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 06:14 PM
    I got stuck on a boat mission and stopped playing Driv3r. The next one I bought with high hopes I would like, but didn't get into. Driver San Francsico is awesome.
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    by Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 06:25 PM
    Hey bro, I still send emails like that...to my professional contacts! I love that you shared this, its hecka you!
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    by Friday, February 01, 2013 at 11:46 AM
    This is short but SWEET! Honestly I can relate to this because Driver 3 did indeed have terrific production values but was a broken game as far as I'm concerned. I actually figured out about three cheats to get around some of the more annoying chases LOL. I didn't even get to Istanbul(?) but far enough to unlock all cities in free roam.

    While I did play enough (2/3?) to unlock all areas, like Warbuff I spent most time in free roam and using the director feature. That said I didn't record vids for posterity but to take advantage of the great presentation and zoom in and out of audacious crashes. There's nothing like pausing the action to zoom inside a car's cabin and gawk at the incredible detail and destruction.

    As far as The Getaway, that was a divisive title but frankly one of my all time faves. Sure the regenerating health mechanic was lame (lean against a wall for a looong time to heal) but as part of the no-HUD gameplay it did contribute to that cinematic feel. But mostly I loved the gunplay and, again, presentation of London in impressive detail. Nevermind the simple story was still compelling and the voice acting/dialog top notch.
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    by Friday, February 01, 2013 at 08:55 PM

    Hey, Driv3r was interesting, but not as good as some of the others... Parallel Lines, eh...