| Driver 76 | |
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| Developer(s) | Sumo Digital Ubisoft Reflections |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Series | Driver |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
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| Genre(s) | Racing, Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer, Single-player |
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Driver 76 is a video game for the PlayStation Portable, which was released on May 8, 2007 in the US, and on May 11, 2007 in the EU.[1] The game is a prequel to Driver: Parallel Lines, and is set two years prior. It is the first game in the Driver series for the PSP. It has been developed by Ubisoft Reflections and Sumo Digital, and published by Ubisoft. The game includes all-new missions and storyline, as well as downloadable content for the PSP.
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In the game you take the role of Ray (who was featured in Driver: Parallel Lines, a wheelman). He falls in love with Chen Chi, but she's already got someone, Jimmy. After gaining respect from her father, Ray is betrayed and has to earn money in the mean time. He eventually meets back with Zhou, Chen Chi's father, he tells him of how Jimmy is a traitor and for the remainder of the game you must take down Jimmy's empire. After Jimmy is presumably killed in an explosion, Zhou gives Ray his blessing to go out with Chen Chi, but finds out that she has been kidnapped by a scarred Jimmy, however Ray manages to save Chen Chi and shoot down Jimmy's helicopter with a car.
Mission structure is similar to Driver: Parallel Lines, where driving is an important aspect in gameplay, shooting still remains in the game. Most missions are driving based while some are shootouts or when Ray sits in the back of a car and shoots incoming enemies.
One difference that sets Driver 76 from the rest of the Driver series is that it uses comic-styled illustrations rather than cinematic cutscenes, making the game behave more like a comic book.
There are 26 main missions, grouped into 6 chapters. The missions get harder as the player progresses through the chapters. Money, cars and weapons are rewarded if missions are successfully completed.
The simulation of New York City is similar to the previous installment, but since it is set two years before as a prequel, there are some differences. Mostly it is all the same, with a few differences in cars, buildings, landscape, and GPS's.
As you drive around the city you will inevitably commit offences. As you commit more offences you run the risk of acquiring a felony. You have two areas of felony - on foot and in-car.
If you are spotted committing a felony in a car: the felony rating will be attached to the car you are driving. The police will actively recognise and pursue any car that has felony attached to it. Ditch the car if you don't want heat. If the cops spot you on foot then your character will gain felony rating, this means cops can spot you on and possibly in certain cars if they recognise you. Tinted glass prevents cops recognising you.
All-New and Exclusively Developed for PSP - Features Twenty-seven all-new missions.
Over 40 Fully Customizable cars - Fine tune your car's body and engine.
Multiplayer Games - Race for Pink Slips in games like Street Racing and Carnage.
Downloadable Content - Download and swap parts with friends via Wi-Fi.
Authentic '70 Soundtrack - Features licensed hits from the 70's.
The songs One Way or Another by Blondie and "Neighbourhood Threat" by Iggy Pop are used in the game that takes place in 1976, regardless of the fact that song first came out in 1978 and 1977, respectively.
Driver 76 received mixed reviews upon release. The game currently holds a 57/100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, citing "mixed or average reviews".[2]
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