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Not for casual gamers

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Only hardcore game fans of percision and accuracy should bother picking up this game. It requires a lot of patience to tackle the challenges of this game. It's guess-and-test with each level, some parts can be absolutely luck based. The vehicle mechanics can be somewhat frustrating at times, you'll find yourself overwhelmed with obscene outbursts as you watch your car magically flip itself after a slight tap. The soundtrack is fitting but it becomes redundant as you attempt the same level for the 30th time, so whether it's off or not makes no difference. Bells and whistles are alright, but eventually the director becomes a pain. The reward system grants toys and cars to use your stunt arena, which is really no use to you until you finish the game. The assortment of vehicles is vast, but for a true sense of speed look elsewhere this is a tactic based driver. If you've got the patience and memory for a objective based driver, then pick this up, 10 bucks through amazon is well worth the price of admission. If the game frustrates you, get your friends in the mix, I find that beginner's luck actually works in a few places. Sometimes, throwing the controller at whoever is nearby helps too.

ok but frustrating at times

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The game puts you on the sets of several fictitious, stunt-heavy movies, including the 007-inspired Live for Two Tomorrows and the Guy Ritchie-inspired Toothless in Wapping. You're to execute detailed driving stunts by following the director's instructions over a radio and several onscreen visual cues. The stunts are constructed mostly out of driving around, through, and over obstacles, but there are more than a few inventive sequences that you have to time just right. If you do it wrong, or mess up the timing of the shot, you have to retake the scene.

The game can be quite a strain on one's patience, however. There's no initial "walk-through," as there would be for a real production, so it takes several passes to even get a grasp of what you're doing. Plus there's a pause for reloading between each scene that can be grating. Still, players receive tremendous satisfaction from mastering a scene.

Gamers may be disappointed in the quality of Stuntman's graphics--it seems only a half-step above Driver 2--but they'll love the handling of these vehicles and the interactivity of the environments. Nearly everything in the game can be moved or broken. The really versatile Stunt Constructor tool lets you play with all kinds of fun toys or tricks, such as jumps, loops, and even cannons. Lay them out in an arena and then drive the course. You have to unlock all but the most basic toys and vehicles by completing scenes, but it's a great way to blow off steam.

This game is fun for kids and/or adults!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My husband and son (OK - me too) LOVE this game. It has some challenges that make it interesting and wanting to come back for more. Most games we buy seem to be so simple that the fun doesn't last for long. This game not only takes you to a new driving level for your skills, but incorpaorates making a movie also! It may not be the best game for very young kids that don't have much experience with PS2 yet and using the controls, but for the avid player it is an exciting adventure that doesn't make you feel like after a few times of playing your money has been wasted. This game is definitely worth the money!

Frustrating Fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The concept is great. You perform stunts that are unbelievably fun (once you complete them). That's the major drawback---completion. Stunts are very difficult, with little margin for errors. Once you DO complete one, you feel a swell a pride like no other driving game you've ever played before. Did I complete the game? No. I reached a stunt that I spent days trying to complete, and I still haven't done it. And you can't progress without completing the stunts assigned to you. (Major bummer.)But I love watching the saved stunts I completed. I watch them repeatedly, with pride.

patience WILL pay off!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought stuntman about a week after its release. I started it up and was immeadiately hooked on the adrenaline pumping scenes. With that said, this game is HARD! I've had it since the release and i am still two levels from completing it because i get so mad at it i can't play it for a month or so! The idea of the game is great, your a hollywood stunt driver, and you work on several fictious films. Although these films are not real, they have very obvious ties to films that are real (such as Indiana Jones and James Bond flicks.) Once you have finished the required stunts, you view a movie trailer, with your stunts spliced in, which is a great idea.

As for the controls, they are something to get used to. Your average racing game will have X button to accelerate, Square button to brake and reverse, and the R1 button for handbrake. On stuntman this all the same, but the handbrake is moved to either the O, or Triangle button. Why this is neccasary, i have not the slightest idea, since the R1 button does nothing anyway. i also found it a bit bothersome that you were forced to work with the controls they gave you, there wasn't a certain number of predecided settings, let alone a custom configuration.

As for the driving mechanics of the game, they also take some getting used to. Every car will handle a bit differently and since you are in and out of new cars throughout the entire game, it does take awhile to familiarize yourself with the controls. in general the cars glide a bit more often than in most games, which can be both a good and a bad thing. It can be good when trying to make quick U turns, and bad when trying to weave in and out of traffic, and both are equally used throughout the game. This is only a small problem, because after about a 1/2 hour of actually driving, you get the light, or sometimes rough touch that the vehicles require.

Another very nice aspect of the game is the stunt builder. Through the stunt builder you can actually set up your own show in a big arena full of fans, complete with roll bars jumps and loops, and then wreak havoc on it, and ultimately destroy your vehicle. Through the career mode, you gain more and more complex toys to insert into your vitual destruction derby, from stacked barrels, to a giant loop.

In conclusion, you must understand that this game is EXTREMELY difficult. You will find yourself restarting the scenes of the first movies anywhere from 75, to even 200 times before you have 100% completion. Once you reach the final movie, you may find yourself restarting 100 to 250 times, depending on how good a driver you are. The game wil definately test your patience, but once you finish a movie and see that commercial, there really is no better feeling because you know that you finally did it!

P.S.
Many people complain about the long load time everytime you have to restart a scene. To remedy this problem, simply open the disc tray once you power on PS2, and switch your system's speed, load times will be much faster!

This game is awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: July 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Stuntman is a fun and challenging game. People are kind of stupid saying about how the loading screens get annoying. They don't at all. It gives you the time to think about what you did wrong on the stunt you just did or what the next stunt or movie is going to be about. Some people also said that it isn't good because there are no checkpoints and no way to start back up in the middle of a stunt. But in a real movie you can't just start in the middle of a stutnt. It might help if you had just a little patience and like challenging games. The graphics are good the director will tell where to go and what to do during the stunt. And then after you did all the stunts for the movie you get to see the trailer. Some of the stunts you did will be added in there. One of the best things about the game is the stunt construction. You can make the longest jump, smash into cars, jump over piles of cars, jump through flaming hoops, make explosions, or just wreck your car. When you do the stunt you can even choose between tons of awesome cars. This game is really good so go and buy it.

Fun, but unpolished.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: June 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was a little disappointed with this game. I bought it the day it came out because I love driving games and it was a fresh take on the usual. However, there are some problems with the game. First of all, some missions have to be done over and over again, sometimes 20-50 times before you can go on (while others can be finished on 1 or 2 tries). The graphics are about on par with a last-generation PS1 game which makes you miss some of the obstacles and causes more frustration. The cars seem to flip over at the drop of a hat, ending the mission, and rarely can go above 80 miles an hour. The drone cars on the streets have absolutely no AI, and like to get in your way just to be a pain. Despite all this though, the game is very original and can be a lot of fun at times, but you will probably spend more time cursing like a sailor than enjoying this game.

A great game. A hard one. But still, a great game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The makers of Driver are back to make an exciting new game! I was never a huge fan of the Driver series, but this games concept made me have to have it. Just think, you are a stuntman for a multi-million dollar production. You are required to jump off ramps, crash into things. cross bridges right before they blow up, and tons of more action-packed things. You'll enjoy every second of it.

This game has six movies, each with multiple stunt sequences. Each of these stunt sequences make you perform about ten stunts quickly and accurately. The stunt sequences are very hard. You might find yourself spending up to 8 hours trying to complete one stunt sequence. However, it is all worth it in the end. The game is very fun and challenging.

There are a few things that cause the huge difficulty of Stuntman. For one, the clock gives you barely any time, so any mistake is fatal. Also, you can't just complete the level. You also have to complete a huge percent of the stunts. However, after completing a stunt sequence, you will be very happy with your accomplishment.

There is a very fun mode that let's you cool off from the difficulty of the main game. This extra mode is the stunt arena. It let's you set up stunts and then perform them. You can create stunts using stunt toys you unlocked in the main game. This mode is actually pretty exciting, so I suggest you try it.

There is only one real problem that plagues Stuntman. The problem is that the game has very long loading times. The loading times for the animations and when you start a new stunt sequence are about 20 seconds. (There are many of these.) Every time you fail a stunt sequence, you sit through a 6 second loading time.

What about the control? Well, the game has nice control and physics. I sometimes have a few problems with crashes. Almost nothing in the game is breakable except the things you need to break for a stunt. If you crash, you have no chance of finishing the stunt sequence in time.

Stuntman has pretty good graphics and excellent sound effects. The music can get pretty boring very easily, but that's okay. None of this detracts from the gameplay, so you'll be fine.

If you've ever wanted to be a Stuntman, or you just love pure action, you have to check this game out. It is an incredible game that you must play at some point in your life. Just try to sit through those loading times. (And make sure you have plenty of free time.)

Action!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Stuntman is really hard. REALLY HARD. But, that doesn't matter. Its fun. Thats what matters. The game will be addictive, even though difficult, because I know I was addicted. Then again, the difficulty may be too much for some gamers. Its kind of a draw. Either way, Stuntman is very good at delivering you very intense action packed movie scenes, and I mean INTENSE. Its a different feeling from most games. You get so into that one stunt your performing, and it just feels so "intense". Its fun. One drawback is that the game has LONG loading times when loading up the explanation for each level. Then, if you mess up after each stunt, you will have to restart, which means MORE loading, but shorting loads. Get it? Well, all you need to now is, Stuntman's two biggest flaws are its big difficulty, and its long load times. Thats about the worst combination you can have for flaws in a game since the game has to load each time you restart a stunt, which will be very frequently. The gameplay is overall very fun, the cars control like Driver 2, each controlling differently, and its very fun to unlock new cars and toys in the career mode. After completing each movie, you get to watch an FMV of the movie's preview with your stunts in the trailer. That was very fun, its fun to show them off to your friends. The career mode is decent, but the Stunt Constructor/Arena is better. You can blow off some steam from the difficult career mode here by testing out the cars you won with your hard efforts, and the stunt toys, come up with some cool combinations, and there you go. Its almost endless replay value. Its very fun indeed. Luckily, after that there is still Driving games which vary from Checkpoint racing, to prescision driving, and finally a mode where you must collect S coins before the time runs out. They are fun, but not the best part of the game. Still, they add some good replay value. The graphics in Stuntman aren't that great, they mainly look like hi-res versions of Driver 2's, and there are lots of jaggies, but observe the environments, and you can tell that some good work went into developing them. The sound is Stuntman is good, with a good main theme, and some good backround music. The director's voice may get repetetive, but that didn't really annoy me at all. Speaking of the director, I've heard some complaints that he doesn't tell you the stunt you have to do until right before you do it. Well, my opinion: either buy a strategy guide if it really annoys you, or, enjoy the frantic pace of it, like I did. Stuntman also uses DVD content movies to show you some cool Stunt movies and how they developed the game.
Even if its main career mode isn't the best, and it may be very difficult, just keep trying. Be patient and wait through the load times, and keep on playing the career. You'll progress, and get better at each level. When you beat it, breath a sigh of relief, go to the Stunt Arena, and try out the new stuff you've earned. The main career is still enjoyable in moderate doses, but the Stunt Arena is the real fun part. Also, don't forget to try out the Driving Games too.
Score: 75/100

good grafics but confusing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The graphics for this game are good, but it is too hard. If you do 1 mistake you have to start over again. Also the time limit is much too short. I would recommend this game to people who are good at hard games and enjoy car games.

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