Wheelman for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

There are so many good things in this game that get completely overshadowed by a deluge of spotty action controls and worst of all the game will show you a fantastic enemy explosion in a cutscene format and when gameplay resumes it's a craps roll as to which direction your car is going. Half the time I found myself going 90 or even 180 degrees from my original direction, which always ensures you'll fail a timed event. Over and over and over. And over. No exaggeration, it took me 28 tries on the 2nd side mission to get the special arrow to turn from red to green (to "airjack" a car) and three people watching me, along with myself, could not figure out why it wouldn't work. I won't even bother telling you how awful the rubberband effect was with the vehicles. That was almost funny at times. Funny like you fell out of a tree and instead of breaking your neck you only broke your arm. It really hurts and is painful to look at, but it's still kind of funny.

I think this garbage is a result of game developers becoming to comfortable with their product and not encountering the problems us laymen do as we ain't that good. Either that or the Unreal engine only works for Cliffy B. and I wish others would stop using that pos, which is another topic altogether (don't believe me? look up the manual they provide and page thru the 300 or so pages of fatal errors). All in all, I'd skip this title unless you enjoy doing the exact same thing over and over for no good reason. It sure wasn't for fun. I like Vin and all, but wow, does this thing excrete a foulness underneath it's gloss that makes me want to vomit my lungs out.