Mehar Gill writes "Midway's latest puts you in the shoes of American agent Milo Burik (played by Vin Diesel) in Barcelona, Spain at the beginning of a local gang war. Your objective is to infiltrate the 3 major gangs and learn as much as possible about the whereabouts of a "package" which you later learn has the potential to kill thousands. Caught within a web of deceit, corruption, and greed, Milo must build contacts with as many people as he can while successfully keeping his cover. As good as the plot may sound on paper, don't expect an engaging storyline. Wheelman sets out to be a Hollywood-esque thriller and the story follows as expected with clichés and twists any gamer can guess long before they happen. That said, what the story offers will please those looking for mindless action sprinkled with humor. Although Wheelman's story won't be garnering any critical acclaim, I did enjoy the narrative as a whole."
From Xfire: "Video game enthusiast and Hollywood superstar, Vin Diesel, has taken his talents to video games numerous times. We've decided to rank all of his games from the worst to the best."
“Ranking every game with Vin Diesel from terrible to bad”
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Butcher Bay was great. From the prolog, fist fighting, knife fights and story. The immersion of the whole package really uped the criteria of what a cutting edge game was back then. I would like another adventure with Riddick, but it would have to be triple A status to live up to Butcher Bay.
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Game Informer - When Wheelman was announced back in 2006, the project was full of promise. It had big star Vin Diesel attached along with his boutique development house Tigon Studios (which also worked on the great The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay). It was tied to a film of the same name and the stories would weave together. Over the years to its 2009 release, however, publisher Midway's financial problems kept getting worse, and the film counterpart never got off the ground (much like Midway's failed attempt to tie a movie to 2006 game Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run). Out of all the turmoil, primary developer Midway Studios - Newcastle somehow managed to turn in a fun popcorn flick of a driving game with ridiculous, yet exciting Hollywood-style action around every turn.
I actually enjoyed the demo, not the best graphics but the game play is simple and quite fun. Not sure if I would be paying full price for it now since I just recently purchased KZ2, LBP and SF4 so not looking to spend any money now on games until Infamous but the demo was good, it passed my expectations.