12 Video Games You Presumed Were Massive Flops (That Really Weren't)

11. Driv3r

One of the most notorious video game sequels of all time, Driv3r was destroyed by critics for its buggy gameplay, awful controls, ridiculous combat mechanics and stupid rubber-band race AI. Basically, despite being the first Driver game on the PS2, this felt mostly like a step back, a regression of everything we'd enjoyed from the brilliant first game and its decent-but-not-great sequel. The game was also embroiled in considerable controversy after allegations emerged that two magazines, PSM2 and XBW, may have been bribed by PR staff to give the game a high score. If the payola scandal was true, it certainly worked, because the game reached the #1 spot in the UK charts for both Xbox and PS2. Driv3r ended up selling around 2 million copies, which while considerably down on Driver's 6.27 million and Driver 2's 4.73 million, makes it very far from a flop, simply a commercial disappointment. It still managed to sell better than the two Driver games that followed, Parallel Lines and San Francisco, even if both of those games were considerably better than this tosh.