Wheelman is a 2009 open-world action/driving game developed for seventh-generation consoles by Tigon Studios (The Chronicles of Riddick) and Midway Newcastle (Test Drive 5, L.A. Rush) and published by Ubisoft Entertainment (Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Rocket: Robot on Wheels). In it, players assume the role of Vin Diesel assuming the role of Milo Burik, an undercover agent in Barcelona on a very important mission to infiltrate the rival gangs and bring down an international security threat.
I’m Phenwah, joined as always by Lobst and DemoWeasel. Welcome to Wheelman!
I was trying to look up the voice actor for Miguel because holy shit what is that accent, and I’m not sure if this is the guy, since IMDB doesn’t list the character he plays, but oh my god, the biography on this page…
This game got real good the moment Miguel appeared on screen, I’m excited to see where this goes. Also is there any purpose to do the side missions or is there some meta game content going on that the game hasn’t revealed yet?
We’re back with another story mission, where we learn more about the Los Lantos gang and are introduced to its leader:
Paulo Lial
Also: more side missions, hooray!
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You can skip most side missions though, from my experience, because the game rarely gets hard enough to require them.
[/quote]I was able to beat the game once without doing the majority of the side missions, but I found that it made the game much less of a hassle when the difficulty suddenly ramps up at one particular part.
Vin Diesel drives through oncoming traffic
Idiot: "This seems like a good time to crawl onto the top of the car and stay there." Vin Diesel continues to drive through oncoming traffic
Idiot, a little smarter: “At least the inside of the car is maybe safer.”
In today’s video, we pursue people inside moving vehicles, but we also learn how to fire weapons in slow-motion! We also showcase the Fugitive and Street Showdown side-missions, and we also meet two more characters that I am sure are going to be pivotal in the rest of the game’s story:
Guns! Cars! Excitement! In today’s video we drive and shoot our way into an abandoned subway station, and then shoot and drive our way back out. We also attempt to S-Rank two new side-missions: Hot Potato and Contracts, and we’re also introduced to Chulos Canallas’ second-in-command:
In today’s video, we find out more about what the stakes are! We’re given a choice of doing a mission for the Los Lantos or the Chulos Canallas; we’ll be doing the former today and starting on the latter next time. We’re also introduced to this person:
In today’s video, one of the gangs finds out we’ve been working for one of the other gangs but they still hire us as a driver! We also collect our final dossier for the game:
In today’s video, we take a break from story missions to show off some late-game side-missions. As of the last video we’ve met all of the story’s major characters; after today’s, it’s going to be nothing but critical-path content.
In today’s video, we return to the story of Wheelman! It’s been quite a while for all of us, so bare with us as we struggle, once again, to remember who the key players are and what’s at stake.
