- Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:07 am
#51754
Personally, I wouldn't go as far as saying DPL is a worse version of Driv3r. Whilst damage may have been thumbed down a bit, the game also improved on a lot of things. We got a full day and night cycle for the huge city, where you could see it's skyline far in the distance. It was full of cool events too that made it look much more alive. The whole NY atmoshpere in the game is what I appreciated a lot, it was simply great. Not to mention the two different eras. 1978 and 2006? Badass.
We got a nice garage system, where we can tune up literally all of the rides, giving them accessories such as tinted windows, better engines, bulletproof windows and tires. Not only that but you can also give the cars psychedelic 70's paint jobs or just color them to your liking. Then of course, storing them to be picked up later.
The wanted system was greatly re-worked, having both on foot and in car meters. The police AI seemt rather better, not deciding to mow you down instantly for committing less serious crimes. There was still room for improvement here though, considering the huge S.W.A.T. vans still appear to drop only two guys, armed with shotguns. The cop AI also has hard time navigating through a lot of traffic (naturally), but that can be easly fixed by reducing the density. We even got police helicopters to track you down from the skies.
On foot section was largely improved as well. Not being so clunky and introducing better aiming, even drive bying for those who like it. Sadly, there wasn't a whole lot to do when on foot though. Luckily we still got some cheats so I could go and beat a cop up to uh, make myself become one.
After all that, the story is fairly nice as well. I truly enjoyed it. The 70's and 06's cinematic soundtrack only added to it, making it seem a lot more professional too.
That's what I got to say about it so far.