Driver Madness

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/934/934201p1.html

For who's too lazy to click in the link, I'll quote it.

IGN wrote:There's hype and then there's hype. Atari's promoted its Driv3r as the "Grand Theft Auto-killer" which was just inviting trouble. Prior to Driv3r, the series was appreciated and rewarded with strong sales. When GTA3 rewrote the rules with its open-world gameplay, Atari decided to take their series in a similar direction with a hero that can go anywhere, do anything, and steal any number of vehicles -- but the game did not reward open-world thinking. Delays started getting the better of the ambitious production. And when costs got out of control, Atari ended up shipping the game perhaps a touch early. (First hint: Check the cop AI when you escape pursuit by jumping into the water. Total malfunction.) Driv3r sold pretty well on the basis of its hype, but word of mouth kept it from trailing GTA into the stratosphere and the series' reputation took a major hit.

I come across this and was almost going to post it earlier last week.
I finally decided not to because it annoyed me.

But I still thought it was a fairly solid game. Those annoying glitches spoiled it. Although I still do a pretty good job looking through all the glitches to be amazed by the game itself.

It's a fun game for some, and not others. That's why the mixed reviews.
Hopefully reflections do an even more awesome job with the support of Ubisoft and create an even more amazing game. As solid, popular and hyped as reflections hoped for driv3r.

They can do it

If it wasn't for Atari being ambicious, the game would have a better reception. Just look at the new Alone in the Dark, full of bugs and glitches just like Driv3r. Hopefully, Ubisoft will not do the same mistake.