Frayhua Reviews: Wheelman

Wheelman

What was Vin Diesel thinking?

Style:Action-adventure, Driving, Sandbox
System: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC
Developer:Midway Studios Newcastle &Tigon Studios
Publisher:Midway Games & Ubisoft
Release Date: March 24, 2009

Story- You play as a Wheelman name Milo Burik who goes to Barcelona, Spain that is in the middle of a drug war and his job is to break down the gangs.

Presentation

Graphics- At first this game may look Next-Gen, but the lighting in Barcelona in Wheelman is real bright and feels like a high end PS2 game and the cutscenes are poor and almost remind me of Far Cry Vengeance. The only time the graphics are cool is when the screen blurs, when you kill an enemy and pulling of moves like the Cyclone and Aimed Shot. For those two moves times slows down and the graphics are cool. Sometimes, the game has glitches such as cars disappearing and people you want to get into your car don't enter in normally, instead they disappear and pop-up into your car. When you carry other guns Milo can hold gun on his back with no strap.

Sound- The music is forgettable and not exciting. The voice acting is so-so with poor scripting and uninteresting characters. Not even Milo is interesting because he has no personality and he exist in this nonsense story. He can hear people without Bluetooth or cell phone.

Gameplay

Campaign- The gameplay has no exciting missions like GTA or any other great sandbox game out their because in the world of Wheelman, Milo can't do a lot except drive and shoot. He can't swim, can't interact with Barcelona in anyway possible, can't fight people, can't kill civilians and police, can't take cover very well, and gets no rewards after completing missions or side-missions because their is no economic system. The good things about Wheelman are the abilities to Airjack other vehicles, vehicle melee, and pull off other cool moves like the Cyclone and Aimed Shot. The Cyclone and Aimed Shot are done when the Focus gauge is filled up. To acquire the Focus gauge, you must drift, speed, and destroy objects in the environments. These moves are fun, but stupid A.I. kills the enjoyment. The shooting is old school and average. Milo can't stick to cover and can't blindfire either. This game blends other games Pursuit Force, GTA, and Burnout, but by the end of the day Wheelman isn't very enjoyable.

Value- The story isn't great, the missions are boring and uninteresting due to dull A.I. and no rewards whatsoever, and wasted talent by Tigon Games(Developers of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay + The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Dark Athena) and Vin Diesel. If you want to play a great game with him in it, go play The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Dark Athena and it includes the original Butcher Bay game in it with updated graphics.

Overview

- Disappointing Graphics
- Lame Story
- Lame Value
- Missions and Side-Missions are uninteresting
- Wasted talent by Tigon Games and Vin Diesel
- Takes features from other games, but not as remarkable
- Poor use of the Unreal Engine 3