I did receive a response to that contact. Not sure it made much of an impact though from what I've heard about the wii's version. Something else thats worth mentioning, are how other games are starting to impliment film director modes. The newly released skate from ea lets you choose camera angles and save replays. It's still not as advanced as Driv3r was with the amount of camera variations. Real time Worlds the creators of Crackdown are looking to add an option to their next sandbox title that will allow easier sharring of videos through the game itself. This was the developers response to the overwhelming amount of users on youtube who created fan movies. I LOVE when developers listen to their community. Forza 2 has a screenshot capture mode, and Metroid Prime 3 has a screenshot capture as well that can print images to the Wii Message board. More and more titles are moving toward capturing movies and stills for sharring...yet driver has abandon it in its latest entry. WTF!!! Read on:
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Dear Justin :
First off, many thanks for taking the time to write this email and express your feeling about Driver. I’m a press person and not a developer, but I’ve made sure to forward it on to the Driver team so that they can take into account your feedback as they work on bringing the brand into the next generation.
Thanks again for your time and your interest.
Very best regards,
Mary Beth
Mary Beth Henson
Corporate Media Relations Manager
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Envoyé : lundi 22 janvier 2007 01:59
À : Mary Beth Henson
Objet : Hello from a Driver series fan
Hello, I've been a huge fan of the Driver series since it first came out around 1998. I've been a frequent poster on Atari's forums, and have had a wealth of ideas for the Driver series. Unfortunately, I feel, and have felt for awhile now that the community feedback has largely been ignored by Reflections. This is especially unfortunate because their are so many participants and fans of the series. Driver has a large, and very loyal fanbase that would like to begin participating with ubisoft.
It's hard to talk about driver without mentioning a few key points that I feel have really defined the series. I wasn't really planning on getting into this now, so I'll only touch on one very important point: the film director mode. For many players, this was THE selling point for the game, their was no other game that could offer instant gratification, and the power of Spielberg at the same time. Even though Driver 3 was largely considered a failure, it still seemed relatively loyal to it's fan base. It offered the mini games that everyone loved, and the infamous film director mode. I love the film director mode, and even though I felt that Driver 3's film director was a bit stripped on camera angles (in comparison to it's ps1 predecessor), it was still fantastic. Not only could you create action packed sequences, you could now share them online with Xbox live friends. The future of "film director" looked bright, and even though it was still limited in many ways, fans were still contributing ideas on how to improve the film director mode for Driver 4. Well as we all know, the film director mode was completely scrapped, and the result was a slap in the face to diehard fans. Not only was the film director mode gone, so was the online interaction...and without ANY substitute.
I still bought Driver Parallel lines, and can still enjoy it to a degree. It simply doesn't have the longevity of Driv3r, or the raw fun factor. Everyone knows they abandoned the classic formula, and went the "me too" route.
Once again, I have high hopes for the driver series, especially now that ubisoft has it. I've heard about the release of Parallel Lines on the Wii. This is great news, but I feel that this is just going to be another port to score some "quick cash". I'd hate to say the reviewers have been right, but that does to be the perception with releases such as Far Cry, which some say doesn't hold it's own against the Xbox version. Anyway, it would be fantastic if the Wii version of Parallel lines included the modes that the diehards crave: film director, online connectivity, and instant access to mini games. This would mean so so much to this great community.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, I'm including a link to a small Driv3r teaser I created awhile ago. I'm sure you'll get an idea of what we enjoy by watching this clip. 464 votes with 5 stars! It requires the xvid codec to play. Enjoy!
http://files.filefront.com/Trailer_fina ... einfo.html
-Justin