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From the recent release of a twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition ofBeyond Good and Evil , and remakes of the firstSplinter CellandPrince of Persia : The Sands of Timein the full treatment , Ubisoft has bulge to revisit its telling back catalog of secret plan IPs and a Modern write up suggests it may be now doing the same withDriver . TheDriverseries was modernize by Reflections Interactive - now call Ubisoft Reflections - and the first game in the series was famed for providing the freedom to search a city function in 3D year before theGrand Theft Autoseries - which had a bit of afun rivalry withDriverin the early Clarence Shepard Day Jr. - did withGTA 3.
At the timeDriverwas released in 1999 on the original PlayStation , theGrand Theft Autogames were still top - down , 2D titles , although comparisons were still made between the two at the time due to both having the exemption of driving around a large city .
It has been roughly a 10 since players last saw anything from theDriverfranchise , with the discharge of the by and large well - receivedDriver : San Franciscolaunching in 2011 , alongside the critically panned Nintendo 3DS titleDriver : Renegade 3D , which guide place between the upshot ofDriverandDriver 2 , and a now - delisted fluid form of address calledDriver : Speedboat Paradisewas unblock in 2014 . However , Game Filehas of late reported that while thelive - activeness streaming adaptationthat was set to be release on Binge has now been canceled , a Ubisoft interpreter has revealed several projection are in the kit and boodle , saying the following :
" We are actively exploit on other exciting projects related to the dealership and ca n’t wait to share more selective information in the future . "
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The Driver Franchise Was Mostly Well Received
Despite Some Low Points
Considering how well received theDriverfranchise was - banish some extremely humiliated points likeDriv3r , and the handheld titlesDriver 76and the aforementionedDriver : Renegade 3D- it ’s surprising that Ubisoft has n’t done more with it since the last mainline release , Driver : San Francisco . San Franciscohad a authentically alone premise , follow the series ' protagonist , John Tanner , as he is in a comatoseness follow a cable car stroke , with player controlling his coma dream with the almost otherworldly " Shift " mechanic that lets histrion shift to any car at a give moment , and it sold in general well .
The previous aggregated critical review scores ( via . Metacritic ) are as follows :
Title
political program
Metacritic Review Score
Driver
PlayStation
87
personal computer
79
Game Boy colour
75
Driver 2
62
plot Boy Advance
73
gadget driver 3
PlayStation 2
57
Xbox
56
40
Driver : Parallel billet
69
61
Nintendo Wii
59
number one wood 76
PSP
number one wood : San Francisco
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
80
64
Driver : Renegade 3D
Nintendo 3DS
48
Driver : Speedboat Paradise
iOS , Android
54
The plot of the Wii version ofDriver : San Franciscois completely dissimilar from the other adaptation , serving as a prequel to the events of the originalDriverinstead .
It had previously been describe that Ubisoft’sWatch Dogswas ab initio suppose to be aDrivergamebefore being canceled and spin around into its own standalone franchise , and there ’s even a taxi missionary station app labeled " Driver SF " in the San Francisco - setWatch Dogs 2to reference the franchise that come up before it , showing that while the serial put down dormant for many years , Ubisoft had n’t forgotten about it entirely .
Ubisoft ’s command about " next projects " is highly vague and does n’t acknowledge in what form theDriverseries will return , be it another attempt at an adaptation or a unexampled game in the series . Despite this , it should at least give some hope to dealership lover who have been awaiting a rejoinder that Ubisoft ’s acknowledge it and has some plan for its future tense .
Sources : Game File , Metacritic
