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词条 Wheelman (video game)
释义

  1. Gameplay

  2. Development

  3. Film adaptation

  4. Reception

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox video game
| title = Wheelman
| image = The Wheelman.jpg
| developer = Tigon Studios
Midway Studios - Newcastle
| producer = Joe Neate
Jemma Harris
| publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|Ubisoft[1]|PAL|Midway Games}}
| writer = Flint Dille
John Zuur Platten
| composer = Jorge & Guillermo Badolato
| engine = Unreal Engine 3
| platforms = Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
| released = {{Video game release|NA|March 24, 2009[1]|AU|March 26, 2009|EU|March 27, 2009[1]}}
| genre = Action-adventure
| modes = Single-player
}}

Wheelman is an action-adventure video game developed by Tigon Studios and Midway Studios - Newcastle and published by Ubisoft in conjunction with Midway Games for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The game was released in March 2009 and stars Vin Diesel.

Gameplay

The game is set in an open world environment modeled after Barcelona, full of destructible objects, alleyways, shortcuts through office blocks and a total of 31 story missions and 105 side missions. While most missions are driving-oriented, there are also foot missions which are played from a third person perspective. A wide variety of weapons are available to the player, such as pistols and RPGs.

Among the vehicles used by Milo Burik in the game is the Pontiac G8,[2] shown in released trailers for Wheelman. Reports[3] also indicated that the Opel Astra is a drivable vehicle. In the demo, his license plate says MRTL KM8T which is a reference to Mortal Kombat, Midway's popular fighting game.

Development

Wheelman was announced in February 2006 by publisher Midway Games as the second of three titles in a joint collaboration between Midway and MTV Networks.[4] Midway Games collaborated with Tigon Studios to design the game.[5] After multiple delays over the course of around three years, Wheelman was released in March 2009.

Film adaptation

Simultaneously with the announcement of the video game in February 2006, a film adaptation was announced with Vin Diesel in the lead role and Rich Wilkes, who worked with Diesel on xXx (2002), was hired to write the script. Paramount Pictures and MTV Films were announced to collaborate on the project.[4] Production of the film, with no script written yet, was estimated to be 18 months away from February 2006.[6] The film will be a sequel to the video game, which will establish the background.

Reception

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| PC = true
| PS3 = true
| X360 = true
| na = true
| Edge_X360 = 4/10[7]
| EuroG_X360 = 5/10[8]
| GI_PS3 = 8.5/10[9]
| GI_X360 = 8.5/10[9]
| GamePro_PS3 = {{Rating|4|5}}[10]
| GamePro_X360 = {{Rating|4|5}}[10]
| GameRev_PC = D[16]
| GameRev_PS3 = D[11]
| GameRev_X360 = D[11]
| GSpot_PS3 = 6/10[12]
| GSpot_X360 = 6/10[12]
| GT_PS3 = 5.8/10[13]
| GameZone_PC = 6/10[14]
| GameZone_PS3 = 7/10[15]
| GameZone_X360 = 5.2/10[16]
| GB_PC = {{Rating|3|5}}[17]
| GB_PS3 = {{Rating|3|5}}[17]
| GB_X360 = {{Rating|3|5}}[17]
| IGN_PC = 4.8/10[18]
| IGN_PS3 = 4.8/10[19]
| IGN_X360 = 4.8/10[19]
| OXM_X360 = 5/10[20]
| PCGUS_PC = 67%[21]
| PSM_PS3 = {{Rating|3|5}}[22]
| rev1 = The Daily Telegraph
| rev1_X360 = 7/10[23]
| rev2 = Teletext Gamecentral
| rev2_X360 = 4/10[24]
| MC_PC = 58/100[25]
| MC_PS3 = 66/100[26]
| MC_X360 = 64/100[27]
}}

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[25][26][27] Many of the reviewers criticised the game for falling short of story mode and lacking multiplayer functionality. Giant Bomb's Jeff Gerstman said "Wheelman has some great ideas that are executed well, but a lot of the peripheral stuff is underwhelming."[17] GamePro, however, called the PlayStation and Xbox 360 versions "a GTA-meets-Burnout romp."[10] GameSpot said of the same console versions, "Wheelman offers plenty of movie-style thrills, although it's hamstrung by terrible on-foot gameplay."[12] Hypers Darren Wells commended the game for "cool and useful special driving moves [and] genuinely new locale". However, he criticised it for "meaningless vehicle handling, cheating AI, poor on-foot level design [and] bland graphics".[28]

Tom Hoggins of The Daily Telegraph gave the Xbox 360 version a score of seven out of ten and said that it "isn't exactly the smartest video game out there. In fact, it's quite possibly the dumbest game I've played in a long while. However, it's wickedly self-aware of its own silliness and revels in it, leading to the kind of guilty pleasure that can only come with such a willful grasp of absurdity. And smashing things up, of course."[23] 411Mania gave the PS3 version six out of ten and said, "Wheelman will probably be a decent rental, and maybe a solid pick-up during Best Buy's awesome $10 clearance sales, but it's not worth a full retail purchase."[29] Teletext GameCentral gave the Xbox 360 version four out of ten and said, "Vin Diesel proves not to have the magic touch after all, with this technically inept Driver wannabe."[24]

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References

1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.midway.com/us/pr/mpr_5593.html |title=Midway and Ubisoft announce strategic relationship to publish Wheelman |date=February 18, 2009 |website=Midway Games |accessdate=February 19, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221064555/http://www.midway.com/us/pr/mpr_5593.html |archivedate=February 21, 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.g8nation.com/2008/04/pontiac-g8-gt-featured-in-wheelman-new-video-game-and-movie-with-vin-diesel/ |title=Pontiac G8 GT Featured in Wheelman - New Video Game and Movie with Vin Diesel |date=April 17, 2008 |website=G8Nation |accessdate=December 1, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623225547/http://www.g8nation.com/2008/04/pontiac-g8-gt-featured-in-wheelman-new-video-game-and-movie-with-vin-diesel/ |archivedate=June 23, 2008}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://play.tm/interview/22648/midway-s-simon-woodroffe-on-wheelman/=en |title=Midway's Simon Woodroffe on Wheelman |date=December 16, 2008 |website=Play.tm |publisher=Ferrago Ltd |accessdate=January 27, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214144647/http://play.tm/interview/22648/midway-s-simon-woodroffe-on-wheelman/=en |archivedate=February 14, 2009}}
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.midway.com/rxpage/mpr_3977.html |title="Wheelman" To Come to Life as Video Game Property and Feature Film; Vin Diesel to Star and Produce |date=February 22, 2006 |website=Midway Games |accessdate=December 26, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120065738/http://www.midway.com/rxpage/mpr_3977.html |archivedate=January 20, 2008}}
5. ^{{cite news |author=Winda Benedetti |title=Almost all that has been produced when video games go Hollywood, and movies become games, is a series of bombs. The first trailer told the new game engine with realistic graphics and car and foot missions. The successful blockbuster formula gets... lost in translation |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |publisher=Hearst Communications |date=December 7, 2006}}
6. ^{{cite news |author=Eric Gwinn |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-02-28-0602280262-story.html |title=Vin, Midway put pedal to metal |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |publisher=Tribune Publishing |date=February 28, 2006 |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
7. ^{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=Wheelman (X360) |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future plc |issue=201 |date=May 2009 |page=95}}
8. ^{{cite web |author=Tom Bramwell |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/wheelman-review |title=Wheelman (Xbox 360) |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |date=March 26, 2009 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}
9. ^1 {{cite magazine |author=Matthew Kato |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/wheelman/b/ps3/archive/2009/09/22/review.aspx |title=Wheelman (PS3, X360): Wheelman Delivers The Goods |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop |issue=193 |date=May 2009 |accessdate=December 1, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329085711/http://gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/EFE68847-2EA1-4499-91DD-1BA3168E36C3.htm |archivedate=March 29, 2009 |deadurl=no}}
10. ^1 2 {{cite magazine |author=Matt Cabral |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/209369/wheelman-ps3 |title=Wheelman (PS3, X360) |magazine=GamePro |publisher=GamePro Media |date=May 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607134542/http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/209369/wheelman-ps3 |archivedate=June 7, 2011}}
11. ^1 2 {{cite web |author=Ben Card |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/43597-wheelman-review |title=Wheelman Review |website=Game Revolution |publisher=CraveOnline |date=May 12, 2009 |accessdate=December 2, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201400/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/wheelman |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
12. ^1 2 {{cite web |author=Guy Cocker |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wheelman-review/1900-6206820/ |title=Wheelman Review (PS3, X360) |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |date=March 26, 2009 |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/g0t8p9/wheelman-review |title=Wheelman (PS3) |website=GameTrailers |publisher=Defy Media |date=April 8, 2009 |accessdate=December 2, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164806/http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/g0t8p9/wheelman-review |archivedate=July 14, 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web |author=Dan Liebman |url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/wheelman_pc_review/ |title=Wheelman - PC - Review |website=GameZone |date=March 28, 2009 |accessdate=December 2, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404053556/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r28935.htm |archivedate=April 4, 2009 |deadurl=no}}
15. ^{{cite web |author=Heath Hooker |url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/wheelman_ps3_review/ |title=Wheelman - PS3 - Review |website=GameZone |date=April 15, 2009 |accessdate=December 2, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419003515/http://ps3.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r28935.htm |archivedate=April 19, 2009 |deadurl=no}}
16. ^{{cite web |author=Dakota Grabowski |url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/wheelman_360_review/ |title=Wheelman - 360 - Review |website=GameZone |date=March 28, 2009 |accessdate=December 2, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408133701/http://xbox360.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r28935.htm |archivedate=April 8, 2009 |deadurl=no}}
17. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |author=Jeff Gerstmann |url=https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/wheelman-review/1900-140/ |title=Wheelman Review |website=Giant Bomb |publisher=CBS Interactive |date=April 13, 2009 |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
18. ^{{cite web |author=Greg Miller |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/14/wheelman-review |title=Wheelman Review (PC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=April 14, 2009 |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
19. ^1 {{cite web |author=Greg Miller |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/25/wheelman-review-3 |title=Wheelman Review (PS3, X360) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=March 25, 2009 |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
20. ^{{cite web |author=Mike Channell |url=http://www.oxmonline.com/article/xbox-soapbox/wheelman |title=Wheelman |website=Official Xbox Magazine |publisher=Future US |date=March 26, 2009 |accessdate=December 1, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328011723/http://www.oxmonline.com/article/xbox-soapbox/wheelman |archivedate=March 28, 2009}}
21. ^{{cite magazine |title=Wheelman |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Future US |volume=16 |issue=6 |date=June 2009 |page=76}}
22. ^{{cite magazine |title=Review: Wheelman |magazine=The Official Magazine |publisher=Future plc |issue=20 |date=June 2009 |page=82}}
23. ^1 {{cite news |author=Tom Hoggins |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/5075261/Wheelman-review.html |title=Wheelman review (X360) |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |date=March 30, 2009 |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
24. ^1 {{cite web |author=Roger Hargreaves |url=http://www.teletext.co.uk/gamecentral/features-reviews/cd86589c27cd419add0de9330b1176aa/Wheelman+(360).aspx |title=Wheelman (360) |website=Teletext GameCentral |publisher=Teletext Ltd. |date=March 2009 |accessdate=December 1, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401040009/http://www.teletext.co.uk/gamecentral/features-reviews/cd86589c27cd419add0de9330b1176aa/Wheelman+(360).aspx |archivedate=April 1, 2009}}
25. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/wheelman |title=Wheelman for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
26. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/wheelman |title=Wheelman for PlayStation 3 Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
27. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/wheelman |title=Wheelman for Xbox 360 Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
28. ^{{cite magazine |author=Darren Wells |title=Wheelman |magazine=Hyper |publisher=Next Media Pty Ltd |issue=187 |date=April 2009 |pages=52-53 |issn=1320-7458}}
29. ^{{cite web |author=Mark Salmela |url=http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/103247/Wheelman-(PS3)-Review.htm |title=Wheelman (PS3) Review |website=411Mania |date=April 29, 2009 |accessdate=December 1, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502185146/http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/103247/Wheelman-(PS3)-Review.htm |archivedate=May 2, 2009}}

External links

{{Wiktionary|wheelman}}
  • {{official website|http://www.wheelmangame.com/}}
  • {{IMDb title|1418290}}
  • {{moby game|id=/wheelman}}
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