Wheelman
PlayStation 3

Wheelman

Released 3/26/09
Genre : Racing
Also On Xbox 360
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ESRB Rated T: Teen
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  • Strong Language
  • Suggestive Themes
  • Violence
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Vin Diesel is back, and this time, he's back in the saddle! Take control of Milo Burik, an undercover agent sent to Barcelona to investigate gang activity. You'll find yourself enmeshed in a power struggle among three rival gangs. Earn the trust of each gang by taking jobs and working your way to the group's bosses. Learn to air jack cars - taking them while on the move. Slow down time and pull off amazing stunts to thwart enemies and cops. You can even use your vehicles as a melee weapon, taking down other vehicles or just dodging out of the way. A deep control scheme, cinematic action, and plenty of great story will keep you coming back for more!

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9
Oh my gosh!!! This game is a blast!! Rent it now!!
I rented this game with huge expectations and it lives up to them all!!!! In this game, you play as Milo Burik, a wheelman for hire that does several driving jobs, like driving crooks away from the cops, stealing cars and returning them to their owners, and my favorite, carry a beautiful spanish girl who pays quite well. LOL!!!<br>Now down to business, this game is super fun and addictive, I give it a 9.5 out of a perfect ten. The only thing keeping it from a 10, is that once you get out of your car, you run around extremely slow, and when on foot, game can be a tad bland. But the graphics are very good, not perfect, but very good. Driving is freakin awesome!!!! You crash cars, high jack cars on the ground and while your driving. You can steal cars, and motorcycles. Driving is easy and addictive!! And the stunts are very cool!!<br><br>Pros: Amazingly addictive driving, interesting missions, awesome cars, insane stunts, deep characters, car combat is perfect, driving motorcycles is a cool touch. The cinematic gaming adds excitement.<br><br>Cons: You run really slowly, on-foot gaming is a tad bland at times.<br><br>Besides these minor flaws that don;t effect the game, it's just small things that could've been changed, but I cannot tell you how much I recommend this game to all you gamers!! Racing fans, and hardcore action gamers alike!!! Go and get it now!!
gamer301 (member since 2008)
reviewed on 3/28/09
45 agree
6
WHEELMAN is ok at best
OK I will start by saying this game is not as bad as some review on other sites say it is. First things first i beat this game in a little over 7 hrs (i did not do a lot of side missions) and it would have been shorter if not for one level(get to that later). Now down to the to the meat of the review.STORY: The story is not the best, think of it as a c list movie with over the top acting as long as you keep that in mind it is enjoyable. GRAPHICS:The graphics in this game go from ok when your driving to low PS2 quality when there is a cut scene. The world itself look pretty good. GAME PLAY: Just so you know to me this is the most important part of the game and this game is very easy to master and it is very hard to die. Now time for me to vent there is a level where you have to chase a train on a motorcycle (sound fun, right) This level show some of the games biggest flaws. For example when you start off the mission you try and catch up to the train easy, but then you get beside the train and people are shooting you from every different angle and my gun woult not target any of them. so i slowed down and i slowed the train slowed with me i almost stopped and i still ran into the back of it. (this was some of the worst game design i have ever played) And another flaw is at one point in the game I was getting chased and tried to hit my breaks and the car kept going as if i was on the gas also. My last complaint is that all the cars drive similar to each other and the do not drive any different when you have all you tires blown off. OVERALL: I would say this game make you feel like your making a low budget action movie but there are a lot of flaws to work through.
bubers (member since 2009)
reviewed on 4/15/09
15 agree
5
Would Be a great game if I was 6
Kids will love this game!! The game is completely low budget. The graphics are 5 out of 10. I think they spend more getting Vin then they did on the game. Most of the action is 80's arcade at best. And the gran turismo crashes really take away from what you think the game should be like. The only real crashes are those of the cars that you hit not the ones that you are driving. Top speed on a motorcycle into a parked car and all you do is slow down!! The physics of the cars is 5 out of 10. They should be better since this is a driving game.
Furrypatch (member since 2007)
reviewed on 4/3/09
16 agree
6
Fun but a little boring after a while
The game started like any other game like that a good cop chase with some other elements to make it different but then as the game progressed the concept of the game started to make it a little boring. I am not trying to keep any one from getting the game but i am just stating my opinion. =)
evillord54 (member since 2009)
reviewed on 7/14/09
5 agree
1
not worth your time
this game was a very big dissappointment. I really was looking forward to it and it failed horribly <br /> <br />pros <br />-ok graphics <br />-car combat is very entertaining <br />-lots of side missions <br /> <br />cons <br />-bad story <br />-bad voiceovers <br />-very repetitive <br />-the shooting in the game is horrible <br />-ai is bad <br /> <br />in all this game was horrible. i really gave it a chance, i read all the bad reviews and thought maybe they overlooked it, but they where right. this could possibly be the worst game for the ps3
JacobC77 (member since 2008)
reviewed on 6/18/09
7 agree
10
Great Game Lots of Fun!
Wheelman is a lot of fun the demo got me pumped about the game. Once I got the game I was blown away. It is very addictive. Great graphics, cool storyline and a lot of side missions that are really fun. If I had to say one bad thing about the game it would be the lack of car variety. There are about 4 or 5 differnt cars that are fun to drive the rest are slow and just not fun. Overall I would recommed this game to anyone.
wdickens96 (member since 2009)
reviewed on 5/14/09
8 agree
4
Vin Diesel Cannot Save This Title
What do you get when you mix Vin Diesel, Burnout Paradise, GTA IV, and ten parts Lameness? Wheelman! I love Vin Diesel fan, but this is sub-par. <br /><br />PROS<br />VIN DIESEL’S VOICEWORK<br />FAIR DRIVING GAMEPLAY<br />COOL MOVES: Cyclone Spins, Aimed Shots and Airjacks are sweet additions to standard gameplay.<br /><br />CONS<br />105 REPETITIVE SIDE MISSIONS/105 S-RANKS: I only needed two more trophies to platinum this game, but it became such a grind I returned it. The panda drivers are extremely aggressive, and making the S rating on many events requires more than skill. You have to be lucky. Sometimes cars block your way, and some times they don’t. <br />UNFORGIVING PHYSICS: Similar to Need For Speed Undercover (NFSU), once you hit or exit a moving vehicle, it inexplicably shoots down the road in front of you at 200mph. However, if you contact the unoccupied vehicle again, it mysteriously stops and becomes a semi-immovable object, blocking you from further forward motion. <br />UNFORGIVING ENVIRONMENT: You come to a complete stop because you tap a curb or wall.<br />SUICIDAL AI DRIVERS: Cars on the street steer into you for no apparent reason. In Made To Order missions, the drivers of the hot vehicles never crash, unless you’re close enough to airjack the vehicle. Then they inexplicably hit other cars, forcing you to drive past them. Bogus.<br />BAD GUYS NEVER MISS: Milo: ten seconds to shoot one tire. Enemies: three seconds to shoot two tires.<br />BAD GUYS HAVE UNLIMITED BOOST: Moving vans go the same speed as your superbike.<br />INEFFECTIVE GPS: At times, the dot is too big to tell where you are supposed to go, which is frustrating when looking for specific destinations in crowded areas.<br />NO GPS FOR 100 CAT STATUES OR 50 CINEMATIC JUMPS<br />NO STORY: You shoot, slam and grind villains and police alike. Why? Because Vin Diesel is undercover. That explains everything. <br />FOOT GAMEPLAY: Walking/running on foot stinks. <br />WEAK GUN BATTLES<br />WIMPY GUNS: They all feel similar.<br />PS2 GRAPHICS<br />NO COP/CIVILIAN KILLS<br /><br />SUMMARY: Pass on this.
Justice76 (member since 2009)
reviewed on 10/28/09
4 agree
7
Very Cool Game
This game is pretty good, I like it! I'm glad I didn't listen to some of the reviews. The graphics is not all that bad, they didn't spend alot of money in that department but they did do well with it. The game kept my attention, I didn't grow bored with it like most first person games but this is clearly the second person view. The only real flaw that I found weird, when you shot at some of the people they don't die or fall down. I wasted severals on a guy that was just walking around town and he did not die....LOL! Now they could have down better than that, I thought that was a bit cheesy. <br /> <br />If you just looking for a good shot'em up game, this is ideal. Now if you want the ultimate graphics, this is not the one. This is more like, I can deal with it just for the storyboard.
CustomSyst (member since 2008)
reviewed on 7/28/09
4 agree
8
Fun, Fast, and Lots To Do
I'm a huge Vin Diesel fan so of course i'm going to play a game starring him but this game had more then a big name action star it actually was a good game. There's something for everybody in this game from gta, racing, find &amp; destroy, and more. This game took the ideas and missions from many popular games before it and rolled it up all in one. If you like racing and cop chasing games like Need for Speed, if you like driving people around like in Taxi, or if you like throwing(or kicking, a little hint about the gameplay) people out of their cars or shooting games like GTA then your enjoy this game because it has all of this. The missions are all nicely map out on your gps map and you can process in the game anyway you see fit. If your the kind of player that likes to just play straight through or if you like to complete a game in its entryly this game makes it easy to do either(though if you do complete the side missions with an A or higher you are rewarded). The game also has trophies for those who enjoy collecting all the trophies a game offers. The graphics were impressive, very clear and bright. And I enjoy the gameplay features that the game offered like aimed shot and air jack. There were a few issues that I came across while playing and these were glicths that cause me to have to play some missions over or kept me from air jacking(it may have been just from my disc or it may be from the game itself, which I'm not sure of but I felt that it was worth mentioning). Other then the glicths that I expeirenced, I enjoyed playing Wheelman and I remeand it.
DarkDove (member since 2009)
reviewed on 7/14/09
4 agree
8
Get this one!
Right of fthe bat you will notice that there is something a little different about this game. The animation is a little cartoonish but its prettty cool. The characters are pretty interesting and the story and voice acting are really good. Lots of driving and even some gunplay. The cars and bikes handle really well and you can use your vehicle as a weapon. This is a first rate title and the best game i've played in a while. Sadly it is way too short.
SurfFreak (member since 2004)
reviewed on 7/12/09
4 agree

Game Details

Players1PublisherUbisoftRatingTeen

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Memory2990 kbAudio/VideoIn-Game Dolby Digital, HDTV 720pControllersDualShock 3 ControllerModesStory, Full Mission Single-PlayerOnline FeaturesTrophies

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