Saints Row 3 gameplay

[Angthoron]

Is this game actually worth a purchase? The whole dildo hammer things, the over the top aspect of the game, coupled with the 10 day one DLC's really put me off.

Yes it is. The price you want to pay for it may vary, but it's a purchase-worthy title at least. On the other hand, if you don't want an over the-top-game, don't buy this, you won't enjoy it. It doesn't turn serious at any point, just a fun, but over-the-top game. Of course, you won't be locked to using the dildo bat, there's a normal one with a possible rusty nails upgrade, but the game will still be over-the-top.

Good idea would be to see some videos or even demo it to decide if it's something you'd like.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

Is this game actually worth a purchase? The whole dildo hammer things, the over the top aspect of the game, coupled with the 10 day one DLC's really put me off.

You can ignore the gimmick weapons if you want (there are plenty of normal ones), and if the DLC's turn you off...I guess wait for the GOTY edition next year. Or ignore them because the main game still gives you plenty to do apparently.

 

[Angelo85]

I now also played that infamous Cyberspace mission. It was quite entertaining and a nice change to the - at this point starting to get on my nerves a bit - repetitive gameplay.

Surprisingly enough the humour of this game didn't put me off so far, while other 'humorous' titles like Frayed Knights or Dungeons of Dredmor weren't my cup of tea at all.

All in all I think I enjoyed my time spend in the Saints Row Universe more than my time within the latest GTA.

@ WhiteGamer the game features quite some content and you can have many hours of fun with it, but I would wait until the price drops a bit or try and extended Demo first.
If you want to, you can ignore the totally silly stuff like the dildo weapons, human cannon truck etc. - however you have to be mentally prepared and open for some over the top stuff nonetheless.

 

[WhiteGamer]

@ Angthoron,Genma and Angelo85:


Thanks for the input guys, i'll probably hold off on this title.

 

[anus_pounder]

While I'm having a lot of fun, I can't shake the feeling that Steelport is smaller than Stilwater. Are there any high end clothing stores ? So far I've found leather and lace, some goth clothing store and planet saints.

 

[Angthoron]

Let's Pretend comes to mind as well.

Can someone explain to me how the clothes thing works? Do I get a one-shot bonus to Reputation, or does it add to every mission's total, or what, how, huh?

 

[Multidirectional]

I've got an E8400

That explains. XBox360 has 3-core CPU and such games are more CPU dependent than anything

Yeah I have the same CPU and it runs like shit for me also. Video card is not ATI, it's Nvidia GTS250. Didn't expect to run this game maxed out but damn, my PC is well above minimum listed specs so I assumed I'll at least get stable 30 FPS on low settings. But no such luck, it drops to 20 and even below whenever driving. And I was really looking forward to playing it, fuck.

 

[Turisas]

While I'm having a lot of fun, I can't shake the feeling that Steelport is smaller than Stilwater.

That's because it is, a lot smaller. Fuckers probably left off a section of it to pawn off as DLC later.

 

[Ludo]

Um which updates?The crack?

The original release got patched. It's on Skidrow's site.

In other news I just uninstalled because fuck this shit. I'll just get a used 360 copy in a month or two.

I've got a sneaking suspicion that that site has nothing to do with skidrow.
Then again I'm not very up on the 'scene'.

 

[MetalCraze]

Release groups don't have websites

 

[hoopy]

The Skidrow site seems pretty legit to me.

 

[Angthoron]

Um which updates?The crack?

The original release got patched. It's on Skidrow's site.

In other news I just uninstalled because fuck this shit. I'll just get a used 360 copy in a month or two.

I've got a sneaking suspicion that that site has nothing to do with skidrow.
Then again I'm not very up on the 'scene'.

People at Volition: "Did you hear? Our game got cracked."
Other people at Volition: "Yeah, big surprise. Anyone try it out yet?"
Some dude at Volition: "Yeah, fucking Skidrow. They fucked up half the game trying to activate the DLCs"
Another Volition dude: "Well I tell you what. Register a site in their name and let's make an in-house fix. Then we tell people it's actually a Skidrow fix on a Skidrow website. Fucking assholes and their fucking lame cracking skills."
All dudes at Volition: "Hooray!"

 

[Trash]

Does anyone else finds the game to be, well, boring?

 

[SuicideBunny]

more boring than 2 at least. also much worse pacing/story/gameplay/characters.

 

[Trash]

pacing/story/gameplay/characters

This. Combat feels wrong. Driving feels wrong. The city is lifeless and generic. Characters are a mixed bag but the whole infantile atmosphere is ticking me off. Story is, well, the same and even lacks the feeling of progress because you already have a big ass HQ within twenty minutes of starting. Missions are all of the kill shit/follow shit/outrace shit variety. Even the radio stations and news broadcasts seem sucky. Fuck, even beating up the elderly with a dildo bat feels childish at best. I'm probably just too old or something.

 

[Haba]

I played SR3 right after finishing SR2 so I guess I've got it in a bit fresher in mind...

This. Combat feels wrong.

Combat is much improved from SR2.

Driving feels wrong.

Driving in SR2 was shit, it is much better in SR3.

The city is lifeless and generic.

Yeah. Missing small details from SR2, like streakers and construction workers actually working on the road construction.

Characters are a mixed bag but the whole infantile atmosphere is ticking me off.

It does rub it in your face a bit too much, but then again - so did SR2.

Story is, well, the same and even lacks the feeling of progress because you already have a big ass HQ within twenty minutes of starting.

Not to mention the fact that you get assault choppa's, VTOLS and whatnot in ACT1

Missions are all of the kill shit/follow shit/outrace shit variety. Even the radio stations and news broadcasts seem sucky. Fuck, even beating up the elderly with a dildo bat feels childish at best. I'm probably just too old or something.

SR2 missions were the same. This is a problem with the whole GTA -genre, killing stuff gets old as there isn't that much variety and killing identical clones for the same enemy type isn't very satisfying. There should be more non-violent activities and maybe some missions as well.

The story has a bad flow. I really miss the cliched, yet all so satisfying revenge storyline in SR2. But then again, even SR2 fell apart towards the end, after you'd actually dealt with the gangs.

Technically the game is much, much better than SR2. But that has come with the cost of cutting a lot of little details and simplifying and streamlining other aspects. Still, since I didn't pay for SR2, the purchase was justified (and you actually get SR2 for free with SR3 now...)

 

[Trash]

Didn't compare it to SR2 since I actually never played SR2 at length. Did play SR1 but thought it was rubbish mostly. If I had to compare it to anything it would probably be GTA 4 and then it would lose in every aspect apart from horrid lame friend missions and enabling teenage megolomaniac sociopath cravings. Like I said, it's probably just not my cup of tea.

 

[ricolikesrice]

the impression i m getting from forum reviews/rants is that much like GTA4 volition seems to have focused alot on the main story but are neglecting the "sandbox" experience , is that true or am i getting the wrong vibe here ?

if so that sucks. i really enjoyed GTA:SA, Saints 2, Red Faction: Guerilla, Prototype ... in comparision not that they are bad games but Infamous, GTA4, Red Dead Redemption and co. left me pretty cold since i thought they focused too much on storytelling and less on said "sandbox" experience.

should i skip Saints 3 for Just Cause 2 maybe (havent played it yet but i often read Prototype/RFG/Saints2 fans recommending it ) ? or should i replay Saints 2 with the gentleman of the row mod ( is it that big of a difference to an unmodded saints 2 PS3 version - which is what i played the game on before ) ?

 

[Trash]

Plenty of stuff to do sandbox wise. Though I do get the distinct feel that a whole lot was cut for that silly '40 weeks of dlc' thing they have going.

 

[WhiteGamer]

I'm probably just too old or something.

I get this feeling every so often when I see games like this, Bulletstorm or Postal 3. It's like an ever so gradual decline into mediocrity and/or pandering to 30 year old's who never grew up after 12. It really rubs me the wrong way.

 

[SuicideBunny]

I played SR3 right after finishing SR2 so I guess I've got it in a bit fresher in mind...

This. Combat feels wrong.

Combat is much improved from SR2.

Driving feels wrong.

Driving in SR2 was shit, it is much better in SR3.

The city is lifeless and generic.

Yeah. Missing small details from SR2, like streakers and construction workers actually working on the road construction.

Characters are a mixed bag but the whole infantile atmosphere is ticking me off.

It does rub it in your face a bit too much, but then again - so did SR2.

Story is, well, the same and even lacks the feeling of progress because you already have a big ass HQ within twenty minutes of starting.

Not to mention the fact that you get assault choppa's, VTOLS and whatnot in ACT1

Missions are all of the kill shit/follow shit/outrace shit variety. Even the radio stations and news broadcasts seem sucky. Fuck, even beating up the elderly with a dildo bat feels childish at best. I'm probably just too old or something.

SR2 missions were the same. This is a problem with the whole GTA -genre, killing stuff gets old as there isn't that much variety and killing identical clones for the same enemy type isn't very satisfying. There should be more non-violent activities and maybe some missions as well.

The story has a bad flow. I really miss the cliched, yet all so satisfying revenge storyline in SR2. But then again, even SR2 fell apart towards the end, after you'd actually dealt with the gangs.

Technically the game is much, much better than SR2. But that has come with the cost of cutting a lot of little details and simplifying and streamlining other aspects. Still, since I didn't pay for SR2, the purchase was justified (and you actually get SR2 for free with SR3 now...)

somewhat incoherent but here's my 2c through nostalgia glasses:
the most basic gameplay in sr3 is better, which is why it's still somewhat fun, but everything else just sucks.
you had a clear goal in sr2, which was taking over the city from the other gangs+ultor and you could take out the gangs in any order you wanted. each of the gang lines was quite long and told you a lot about the characters with little details that made them pretty cool even to someone like me who hasn't played the first game and while they had some crazy shit in them, it was all regular "badass mofo" crazy, not "insane asylum escapee fantasy land" crazy.

when aisha gets killed in 2 you don't have to have played the first game in order to care about that since you already connected to her and especially gat enough to care about those characters, but in 3 gat gets killed both offscreen and without him having made any real connection to the player character which supposedly then serves as revenge motivation for the entire game... 'cept you avenge his death in pretty much the first real mission after the introductions and then it kinda all falls apart since the story just doesn't provide any real motive for you to keep on fighting the gangs... pretty much all the characters and especially viola, shaundi and pierce are without any flavor or color in 3 and the others are just somewhat memorable because of being such pushovers and not having actual character plus you lack any motivation to do shit against the gangs after you get the second crib, which i guess makes the also unsatisfactory conclusions somewhat more tolerable.

then there's the shit like zombies, which were purely optional and a videogame in sr2 (or easter egg in case of zombie carlos) but in 3 are not only part of the main storyline but also infect a district and fuck up all the sidemissions in there forever after.

then there's the gangs themselves which were distinctly unique and actually gang-themed in 2 but in 3 just kinda mash together despite the different specialists.
another kinda big thing for me is that there is no more base jumping or normal races, which were my favorite activities and the only ones i finished compeltely. speaking of which, you could simply skip activities in 2 since there were always other ways to get respect and money and after a bit both cease to matter and you just do the activities for the special unlocks, but in 3 after a bit your choices boil down to do activities you detest or stand around doing absolutely fucking nothing waiting for the next income, which just sucks.

then there's crib customization and access, which is also better in 2 as the cribs have some actual character and you upgrade and choose interiors instead of just making the buildings larger... and so on.

3 just relies too much on the previous ones, doesn't have enough character exposition (or mission sequences.. really.. kinda feels like they ran out of money while making it) and feels overall rushed or maybe cut up just a tad bit too much for dlc.

 

[Excidium]

So...THQ fucks up another franchise, is that right?

I'm honestly having a blast with SR3, but I only played like 10 minutes of the previous game so the decline isn't obvious to me.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Saint's Row was always shit. Only babies prefer it over GTA.

 

[Angthoron]

So...THQ fucks up another franchise, is that right?

I'm honestly having a blast with SR3, but I only played like 10 minutes of the previous game so the decline isn't obvious to me.

Nah. It's pretty much as Haba said - all the basic parts are better/much better than SR2. The big problems are mainly to do with the cost-saving and "future DLC"fying of the game. I'm having a blast with it despite having just jumped from a replay of SR2 and straight into SR3. I guess it fits me since I don't have the OCD for completing all activities, since if I would be, I'd have a problem with them being much fewer this time around. For messing around for a few minutes that stretch out to a couple of hours, the game works very well.

Not flawless though, and yeah, pacing, and the amount of missions could be more. Much more.

Also, dunno guys, I've seen construction workers working on a road, it was even completely blocked off with dudes doing shit on it. Haven't seen streakers around though, but I guess they're probably around, just in lower numbers.

 

[Haba]

Finally finished SR3. 24 hours, with plenty of activities and alternative ending left unfinished.

I kept presuming that...

Spoiler

Gat would turn out to be alive

...the whole time 'till credits rolled. Holy fuck that was handled poorly. There is plenty of good in the game, but the story pacing and character development...

Saint's Row was always shit. Only babies prefer it over GTA.

Go fuck a horse.