Driver: Parallel Lines
Driver: Parallel Lines
Description (IGDB)
Diverging from previous Driver games, Parallel Lines takes place in just one city, New York, instead of multiple cities, but in the middle of the story you change to different eras of the city - 1978 and 2006. Due to the underwhelming performance of Driv3r, particularly the often-derided on-foot sections, Parallel Lines returns to the formula used in earlier games in the series, focusing on driving, although shooting remains in the game.
Histoire (IGDB)
T.K is a 18-year old kid who just arrived from the countryside to New York City, "looking to make good". Using his driving skills, he becomes known in the underworld as a wheelman and a getaway driver for robbers assaulting "nickel and dime" stores. He lives with his childhood friend Ray, who himself arrived in 1975 and after a short career as a wheelman, set up Ray's Autos tuning garage. T.K spends his time relaxing in Ray's room, racing and doing various odd jobs around town, stating that "after a couple of weeks, it felt like home." Ray, wishing to move on up the criminal ladder, introduces T.K to Slink, owner of a popular club in Harlem, and he proves himself to him by doing some work for him and handling his skills with a gun. He is also introduced to a gangster known as The Mexican, whom he helps with his driving skills by delivering packages across the city and proving himself against the last driver, whom The Mexican has locked in his trunk as a punishment. Later on, he is also introduced to a local criminal called Bishop, who requests from T.K to infiltrate Riker's Island and smuggle out Candy, a local gangster jailed there. Meanwhile, T.K also helps Ray with his gambling debt by doing other odd jobs across the city to pay him off. After meeting up with Slink, Bishop, The Mexican and Candy, he is introduced to Corrigan, a corrupt police officer who doubles as a drug dealer. Since cocaine has a large foothold on the New York drug market and will be a rising star in the 1980s, Corrigan's organization wishes to gain leverage over cocaine distribution, but their main issue is Rafael Martinez, a Colombian drug lord who holds a monopoly on the drug trade, so they plan to have him kidnapped and held for ransom, which will be used to start a prominent drug trade. After setting up an elaborate ambush, in which Candy proves crucial with his planning skills, they successfully kidnap him. After the Colombian Cartel relents and provides ransom, T.K is collected and escapes the Cartel's men across rooftops, with The Mexican providing cover for him. After the ransom is delivered to Corrigan, he suddenly shoots Martinez dead, while the rest of the gang leaves. Corrigan reveals that T.K is set to be the fall guy, he sells T.K out and shoots him. T.K survives, but is arrested, trialed and sentenced to 28 years in the notorious Sing-Sing prison.
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Description Steam (Français)
- Deux époques : les années 70 et maintenant dans les bas-fonds de New York.
- Choisissez votre voiture. Passez derrière le volant et conduisez une des 80 voitures et motos qui vous attendent.
- Partez à la conquête des bas-fonds new-yorkais et frayez-vous un chemin à travers la ville à l'aide d'un arsenal d'armes à courte et longue portée.
- Véhicules entièrement personnalisables - Construisez la voiture parfaite en choisissant les pièces détachées idéales. Vous pourrez également choisir les teintes et les accessoires.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« It's a compelling tale, which is more than backed up by some fly graphics, cool soundtracks and smooth gameplay. »
« The story isn’t much, but the game itself is always fun to play - providing a strong, but fair challenge as you progress, while delivering the most thrilling car chases in gaming. »
« It’s fun to drive round a city far too fast. There’s an imperfect framework in which to do that here, but it’s a vast improvement on its predecessor. »
« Driver: Parallel Lines is a slice of the '70's done right. [Apr 2006, p.63] »
« While the pseudo-sand box nature of this game does give it more than a passing resemblance to some of the best bits of the three GTA titles we all know and love, it has enough original content to save it from being accused of too much plagiarism. »
« This once-great series goes back to its roots in fine and tan style. [May 2006, p.89] »
« Don’t let the sour taste left by "Driv3r" put you off. Parallel Lines doesn’t re-invent the wheel, but what it does, it does very well. »
« Where "San Andreas" has size, variety and freedom, DPL has size, physics and handling. The mission design prevents the content from truly impressing. [Apr 2006, p.44] »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Driver: Parallel Lines delivers a stylish, gritty open-world experience set in a vivid 1970s–2000s New York. The driving feels smooth and satisfying, with a great sense of speed and weight. Its story of betrayal and revenge is engaging, if a bit predictable. Missions can get repetitive, but the atmosphere and soundtrack carry it. A standout entry that earns its 9.4/10. »
« Diversi passi in avanti rispetto al prequel Fedele ricostruzione di New York Solido comportamento delle vetture »
« Not bad, but not on thé same level as some other GTA clones. However it was nice to play »
« What a great experience. The story, the different timelines the gameplay. I loved everything about this game. A true masterpiece »
« The animations when on foot are horrible now when you get in a car you see how the physics is great »
« Driver Parallel Lines es un sólido y divertido juego de conducción de mundo abierto. A continuación su pros y contras. Pros: +Misiones principales divertidas. +Conducción arcade bien pulida y divertida. +Mapa grande para su época, con algunas zonas muy conocidas de New York. +Buena personalización de tus vehículos con la posibilidad de almacenarlos en un garaje. +Arco argumental que engancha que transcurre en dos épocas diferentes (1978 y 2006). +Gráficos realmente buenos de su época, así como la física de los coches. +Banda sonora genial, en mayor parte en los años 70s. +Armas de fuego para dar una mayor variedad a las misiones. Se puede disparar desde los coches y motocicletas. Contra: -La IA policial en algunos casos puede responder bien en especial en las misiones secundarias de persecución, pero también puede ser despistada fácilmente. -La travesía a pie a diferencia de Driv3r está un poco más pulida, pero aún sigue siendo tosco en especial al usar las armas. -Las misiones secundarias que presenta el juego son divertidas, pero se echa de menos más de ellas y quizás más variedad. -Aunque la campaña principal es muy buena su duración es realmente corta. Driver Parallel Lines es, en definitiva, un juego realmente divertido que vale la pena y ha envejecido muy bien. 8/10 »
« The perfect game. The story beats gta. A true masterpiece. I recommend it to everyone that is 15+. »
« I like the more driving-focused style of an open world gta-style game. Some things are better than in San Andreas, which in almost every other aspect is the better game: driving mechanics are more like racing game than GTA, the car is not trashed that utterly easy as SA, and you can escape the police by changing the car unseen, which is very nice and brings some stealth aspect into the game. But somehow DPL and GTA SA are not compareable, because San Andreas is not a mere driving game which Driver Parallel Lines is despite the fact that you can walk around and shoot. However the missions are much too hard from the very start, so I was frustrated very often, when I tried to advance in the story or earn a little money in the game. But for people who like more challenge and can handle unsuccess easily it might be a good game. »
