Multiple Career Path Concept Discussion | Forums

[Assaultmachine1]

I know that people might probably really love the thought of this concept, so I thought, "what a great idea would it be for me to create a discussion for this and maybe even Reflections could really examine it (if it's very successful)." This is a very nice new approach for the Driver series if Reflections decides to go with such a thing. Personally, I feel that we are too bored at the thought of having the old Driver come back or even to have the same GTA clone concept of Driver as it was in D3, DPL, and D76, so a new approach would be very appreciated by us and could really give Reflections what it needs to heavily impact both the Video Game Industry and the Free-roam genre.

This will be the official place to discuss everything about this new concept, saying what you would and would not like to see in it.

[Assaultmachine1]

I know that people might probably really love the thought of this concept, so I thought, "what a great idea would it be for me to create a discussion for this and maybe even Reflections could really examine it (if it's very successful)." This is a very nice new approach for the Driver series if Reflections decides to go with such a thing. Personally, I feel that we are too bored at the thought of having the old Driver come back or even to have the same GTA clone concept of Driver as it was in D3, DPL, and D76, so a new approach would be very appreciated by us and could really give Reflections what it needs to heavily impact both the Video Game Industry and the Free-roam genre.

This will be the official place to discuss everything about this new concept, saying what you would and would not like to see in it.

[Driverman2006]

So with this "Multiple Career Path", are you saying like we should have different jobs in the game that you can do that can effect the story? You know, like being a cab driver, stunt driver, truck driver, etc? It sounds interesting.

[Assaultmachine1]

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. Do you say yes or no to the poll? As in, do you like the idea for being a new approach for the Driver franchise or do you wish to be stuck with one career that being a gangster (like T.K.) or an undercover cop (depending on which of these careers Reflections has decided on having for the next game)? If you want only one career path, note that it really limits your freedom and isn't a very good way to make the replay value good. Even side missions aren't that good, especially since it's already been done in the GTA games, so do you want a storyline, missions, and other things for the many careers in the game or do you want the overall game to be as simple as the GTA franchise in its gameplay?

Edit: Okay. I see that you have voted. I'm glad to see that you like the idea. Also, would you happen to give out ideas concerning this concept in the future? This topic will die if no one else contributes to it other than me and you. Hopefully, InsaneDriver06 and others will join in for this topic. Also, I wonder where the others are (Matt Jon, Getaway man, etc.). They must have either forgotten about the Driver franchise or are too busy with other things.

[Driverman2006]

Yes, I agree. It would be cool if you start off as a cab driver at the beginning of the story (just an example) and maybe someone in the story will say "You've dis-satisfied many of your passengers before, and what makes that you're a good driver for me?" So then maybe you could move on to something like a truck/train driver to get a different response. It might take longer, but at least it's more challenging and who knows, you might be hired after all.

[Assaultmachine1]

Yes and that would lead to a great reason for you to have other vehicles like planes, helicopters, and boats because you could be offered career paths that deal with those vehicles too. For instance, you can race on a boat, be a helicopter or plane pilot, or find any other way to use those vehicles as a job. Every type of vehicle would have a way of you to get a career, even the train, which could be used for being an engineer or something else, and this is what would really push the driving experience further than ever before. Just imagine how far developers can push the freedom of having to choose any career that has do with driving or any other type of thing. It would even mean that you no longer would need to look at the other driving games if Driver was to have such a concept because it could make many of the driving elements feel realistic and fun, even of the racing elements found in GT, Forza Motorsport, Midnight Club, and any other racing games, are what would be found in a Driver game. How cool would that be?

[Driverman2006]

In addition to this multiple career path concept, we should have schools in the game that you can go to, to learn how to drive. So if you want to drive trucks, you'll need to go to a trucking school. If you want to be a cop, you'll have to go to the police academy. And so on and so forth. Does this make your vision even better?

[Assaultmachine1]

It makes more sense, so I have to say that this would be one of the best options for beginning a career. After you would go through a school of training for a particular job, you'd begin the job immediately and get to all of the great missions and narrative (its storyline) that the job has to offer. Once you beat a mission in the game, you make money and maybe can even unlock some things for yourself, so you'd gain even more freedom for yourself on what to do. And because you have the freedom to choose from many different careers, it would only make a lot of sense for you to be able to create your own character rather than be forced by Reflections in to playing as the one the team decides on.

[Driverman2006]

I sure hope Reflections doesn't reject our ideas in this thread for sure! It would be a shame if they did. I think we started a revolution tonight in new ideas!

[Assaultmachine1]

Indeed, we did, Driverman2006 and with more time and more discussion as well as a larger group of people to discuss this thread, the concept will grow only more powerful and bigger than ever, which will make it that much easier for Reflections to decide on whether it should or should not be used. Also, it seems like we're becoming the creators of the concept as we build it in to something bigger, so this can later on in our time, really help us boost confidence and improve in how well we can make ideas come alive and have them be new ones that really impact the Video Game industry. No longer should Reflections claim that it was their idea for a concept and that they did all of the ideas for it, but they should give us many of the credit for helping create much of the concept ourselves.