Driver: San Francisco is an action-adventure racing video game and the
fifth installment in the Driver series. Developed by Ubisoft
Reflections and published by Ubisoft, it was released in September
2011 for the PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, with
an edition for Mac OS X in March 2012. The game sees players
traversing a fictional version of San Francisco and the Bay area
conducting missions through the use of licensed real-world cars, with
the ability to shift into any car in the game's setting in most
platform editions. The game's main story sees players controlling John
Tanner, a police detective, who falls into a coma pursuing his nemesis
Charles Jericho following a prison breakout after the events of Driver
3 (Driv3r), and finds himself piecing together his plan in a dream
world while it is happening in real life.The game received favourable
reviews upon its release, with the exception of the Wii edition which
received mixed reviews. A mini-comic series was released which
provides plot details of the events between Driv3r and San Francisco,
with the game receiving a collector's edition that includes additional
multiplayer vehicles and single-player events.On 9 December 2016 the
game was unlisted from online stores and became unavailable for
purchase; one online petition is on going at Change.org to request
Ubisoft to make Driver: San Francisco available again.
fifth installment in the Driver series. Developed by Ubisoft
Reflections and published by Ubisoft, it was released in September
2011 for the PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, with
an edition for Mac OS X in March 2012. The game sees players
traversing a fictional version of San Francisco and the Bay area
conducting missions through the use of licensed real-world cars, with
the ability to shift into any car in the game's setting in most
platform editions. The game's main story sees players controlling John
Tanner, a police detective, who falls into a coma pursuing his nemesis
Charles Jericho following a prison breakout after the events of Driver
3 (Driv3r), and finds himself piecing together his plan in a dream
world while it is happening in real life.The game received favourable
reviews upon its release, with the exception of the Wii edition which
received mixed reviews. A mini-comic series was released which
provides plot details of the events between Driv3r and San Francisco,
with the game receiving a collector's edition that includes additional
multiplayer vehicles and single-player events.On 9 December 2016 the
game was unlisted from online stores and became unavailable for
purchase; one online petition is on going at Change.org to request
Ubisoft to make Driver: San Francisco available again.
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