
Wheelman Review!

Vin Diesel is no slouch when it comes to choosing which games to put his name to. In fact, Vin puts a little more than his name to his games. With his own development studio, Tigon, the actor has previously worked on the excellent The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay on the original Xbox. Here, he’s again managed to produce a top-notch open world driving game that you’d happily put on your shelf next to Grand Theft Auto IV and Burnout Paradise.
You play Milo Burik, which we can’t help noticing sounds a lot like Nico ‘GTA’ Belic! As an undercover agent in Barcelona you’ve got to delve into the corrupt city underworld by taking on various nefarious driving jobs, all of which will push more than just your steering skills to the max. While stealing vehicles, outrunning others, rampaging and racing cars and taxiing crooks around, you’ll use a combination of driving, shooting, ramming and jumping skills.
Your car is controlled like a weapon, with the right stick used to swerve and ram other vehicles. You can “airjack” other cars and bikes, literally throwing yourself from one vehicle to the next. A focus meter allows you to unleash speed bursts and go into a slo-mo mode where you can tag targets such as drivers, fuel tanks and wheels before shooting them out.
The feel of all these crazy stunts is very like an action movie set-piece and isn’t any kind of realistic simulation. Car control, and the damage you can take, are both very generous to allow for all the other over-the-top abilities, and any mission can be restarted at the touch of a button to keep the pace and excitement going. Wheelman doesn’t try to knock GTA off its throne: it simply strives to be a fun driving game and succeeds beautifully.
Review ID: 10000000012288797

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