When the game first released back in 2005, I'm pretty well sure there was nothing like it at the time, this is the beginning of the David Cage formula for the world to see. Playing it, after play Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls. This game aged like milk honestly, the controls sucked; only utilizing the joysticks and the bumpers for gameplay might seem pretty innovative, but, the thing is, YOU HAVE at least 12 other buttons to use for gameplay other than those 4. The Joystick QTE-Simon-says type mini-game was not as bad as the ball busting bumper mashing one, that one was physically painful at times. The story was fucking bat-shit insane, but, I guess that's David Cage writing for you. Overall, this is not his best work, honestly.

I never thought I would enjoy the story in a game about driving. This is basically like Jalopy, except way more fleshed out in terms of scope. The sense of progression is fantastic and the looting and inventory management were superb, and, the story was very good and the characters were all very wonderful, I found myself engaged in their conversations at times and I would laugh with them here and there. The driving physics were fantastic also, every bump the car feels it has great and the weight transfer of the car when braking felt solid also. Overall, great game, but lacks challenge; I died maybe twice in my 40 hour playthrough.