Wheelman (Wheelman (Xbox 360))

Member Name: heekeer

Product:	Wheelman (Xbox 360)
Date:	18/07/09 (20 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Easy to play, quite fun, good special moves, could be long

Disadvantages: Could be short, driving to forgiving

The movie of Wheelman got canned but as they already had this in the works it was still released.

This game features Vin Diesel as Milo Burik, he is in Spain Barcelona to fight crime, thats pretty much it. What a great plotline! Thankfully the gameplay here is above average and will keep you playing despite the lacklustre storyline.

The game is a mix of the freeroaming GTA action and gunplay you have come to know and love with a few added extras. The shooting is basic lockon, pull the trigger stuff nothing to write home about. As the game is called wheelman you will be behind the wheel most of the time, the driving physics in the game are very forgiving and make it easy to pull off nice drifts and jumps while looking great. It does feel a little dumbed down though to make it accessible to everyone.

You can also do some pretty fancy special moves you can do a cyclone where Milo flicks his car 180 and the game goes into slow motion shooter mode so you can target enemies and take them out with ease and style, you can also do the same facing forwards but its not as fun as the cyclone. Want to get a new car, you could get out and jack someone but far more appealing is the airjack, just open your door and if your close enough you can leap out onto another car and nab it for yourself!

The games story is quite short compared to GTA but is extended with various side missions you can take on whenever you want so you could spend a good 30 hours on this if you like it.

Summary: Good game.