Saints Row 3 gameplay video..DAMNN!

[-Slacker-]

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Why does every single thread about GTA or Saints Row have to turn into a GTA4 bash? We get it, some people don't like it, you're complaints are getting really really old and tiring. It's the same in pc gaming, you can't mention Skyrim without 4 pages of "Oblivion sucked ass and the leveling system blows"

STFU already

If we don't criticize games relentlessly, then what incentive do developers have for improving their next productions?

 

[Monster_Munch]

If we don't criticize games relentlessly, then what incentive do developers have for improving their next productions?

Why criticize GTA4 then? It's generally considered to be one of the best games of all time. On gamerankings only Ocarina of Time and Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 are ahead of it.

 

[chalmers]

Why criticize GTA4 then? It's generally considered to be one of the best games of all time. On gamerankings only Ocarina of Time and Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 are ahead of it.

Because it wasn't fun compared to previous GTA's.

The cell phone addition was annoying.
The cars felt like you were driving large tow trucks that could barely turn.
The characters weren't intriguing.

Saint's Row worries more about having fun in a video game than all of the 'realism' that GTA adds. I look for a game to have fun, and it provides.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Looks like the mancannon is pre-order only. Good thing I'm pre-ordering I guess.

 

[gorcorps]

Because it wasn't fun compared to previous GTA's.

The cell phone addition was annoying.
The cars felt like you were driving large tow trucks that could barely turn.
The characters weren't intriguing.

Saint's Row worries more about having fun in a video game than all of the 'realism' that GTA adds. I look for a game to have fun, and it provides.

While GTAIV wasn't as spectacular and timeless as some people (and reviews) claim... some of us can actually have fun in a sandbox game with a story. Some of us don't need to beat people with giant dildos to have fun. I didn't get very far in SR2 before I said "this is stupid and I'm not enjoying it" where as I finished GTAIV, Red Dead Redemption and Just Cause 2. And I had a better time in GTAIV than the previous GTAs, just in a different way.

People like different games is all. If I want to have mindless fun then it's hard to top Just Cause 2 for me. Nothing I've seen about SR3 has made me think I'd enjoy it.

 

[-Slacker-]

Why criticize GTA4 then? It's generally considered to be one of the best games of all time. On gamerankings only Ocarina of Time and Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 are ahead of it.

I would argue that what's popular isn't always what's good, but then I'd be preaching to the choir.

 

[Monster_Munch]

Just Cause 2 was kind of fun, but it suffered from very repetitive missions and comically bad dialog. It was still a lot better than Saints Row 2 though.

 

[Monster_Munch]

I would argue that what's popular isn't always what's good, but then I'd be preaching to the choir.

Critical acclaim is not the same thing as popularity.

 

[CountZero]

Why criticize GTA4 then? It's generally considered to be one of the best games of all time. On gamerankings only Ocarina of Time and Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 are ahead of it.

GTA4 is a prime example of hype driven reviews. I could see it being a solid 8-8.5/10, I didn't like it but that's a score that makes sense.

The cell phone thing alone should be a full point off. A sandbox game that pesters me to stop what I'm doing to join a character for mini-game crap and if I ignore it enough I get penalized?

Ok, so quite a few people say the story was what made it but the main character, Nico, was not a person for whom I could feel any sympathy. Here's an example of what I am talking about:

"Oh cousin, the things I've seen and done, it was awful. Thank god I have escaped to America" (amazingly obvious foreshadowing, golly what will happen?!)
Next scene "Nico, some bikers stole our drugs, can you get them back for $20" then proceed to kill something like 10+ bikers to grab a delivery of drugs and then slaughter however many federal agents to get out of there.
Next scene "Oh the horrors I left behind me..."

What a crock. Nico is a less consistent character than the awfully generic SR2 characters, at least they make sense.

For an example of this done right see RDR. That game nailed it. GTA4 should have been a solid but flawed attempt to bring GTA to a more serious frame of mind and RDR should have received the accolades and perfect scores (though I think it did pretty well).

I had other issues with the game beyond these but really lost all desire to finish it

 

[coldmeat]

The cell phone thing alone should be a full point off. A sandbox game that pesters me to stop what I'm doing to join a character for mini-game crap and if I ignore it enough I get penalized?

The only thing that changes depending on if you go out with them, is how hard it will be to get the achievement for getting everyone to like you.

 

[warcrow]

Well this thread was about SR3's potential, but it's taken a turn for the uninteresting--so.....

 

[CountZero]

The only thing that changes depending on if you go out with them, is how hard it will be to get the achievement for getting everyone to like you.

I thought that if you were friends with them that gave you a benefit but if you ignored enough calls you lost that benefit. That was the impression I got, maybe I was wrong.

 

[coldmeat]

I thought that if you were friends with them that gave you a benefit but if you ignored enough calls you lost that benefit. That was the impression I got, maybe I was wrong.

Well, I think they might come help you fight, but who really needed help?

 

[purbeast0]

i was watching my brother in law play saints row 2 today. holy shit that game has terrible graphics. i couldnt believe how bad they were. and i know SR1 was even worse, can't imagine how it would look now.

 

[chalmers]

i was watching my brother in law play saints row 2 today. holy shit that game has terrible graphics. i couldnt believe how bad they were. and i know SR1 was even worse, can't imagine how it would look now.

I never noticed because I was too busy having fun.

 

[coldmeat]

Ya I'm playing it right now and the graphics really aren't that bad. The frame rate is though.

Also, snatch is BS.

 

[Rage187]

i was watching my brother in law play saints row 2 today. holy shit that game has terrible graphics. i couldnt believe how bad they were. and i know SR1 was even worse, can't imagine how it would look now.

I thought the same until I played it. Now, one of my top 10 of the last few years. Pure fun.

 

[Oyeve]

I have never really stopped playing SR2 since it came out but what I did discover recenlty is all the fun cheats! Super explosions, the shrink cheats, the gravity cheats! I already completed the game numerous times but I am replaying yet again with many cheats. Its fun as all hell!

 

[coldmeat]

After watching the airplane gameplay, I'm getting kinda worried about this game. They've completely changed Shaundi (not sure why they didn't just create a whole new character if they aren't going to keep a single thing that made Shaundi who she was in SR2), Gat looks very different, and I'm not crazy about the MC's voice. Not to mention the game looks like its completely filled with QTEs.

Maybe I'm making too many assumptions off only a few minutes of gameplay, but SR3 looks like it's going to be nothing like the previous 2 games.

 

[Aikouka]

I saw this video for Saints 3 on IGN, and it looked rather... electronic in nature :hmm::

http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/09/12/saints-row-the-third-the-deckers?objectid=14336848

 

[Oyeve]

After watching the airplane gameplay, I'm getting kinda worried about this game. They've completely changed Shaundi (not sure why they didn't just create a whole new character if they aren't going to keep a single thing that made Shaundi who she was in SR2), Gat looks very different, and I'm not crazy about the MC's voice. Not to mention the game looks like its completely filled with QTEs.

Maybe I'm making too many assumptions off only a few minutes of gameplay, but SR3 looks like it's going to be nothing like the previous 2 games.

Yeah, seems like they may be pulling a Fable3 here. Completely changing what we loved and had become familiar with the first 2 games. As long as the gameplay is similar to SR2 I will be happy. I wonder if Aisha is coming back, again.

 

[coldmeat]

Yeah, seems like they may be pulling a Fable3 here. Completely changing what we loved and had become familiar with the first 2 games. As long as the gameplay is similar to SR2 I will be happy. I wonder if Aisha is coming back, again.

Probably not alive, maybe as a zombie, she did have her head cut off after all.

 

[Oyeve]

Probably not alive, maybe as a zombie, she did have her head cut off after all.

It was never depicted. Also, we never even saw the body, even at the funeral. /wink
Plus, she supposedly died in SR1.

 

[coldmeat]

It was never depicted. Also, we never even saw the body, even at the funeral. /wink
Plus, she supposedly died in SR1.

Ya, but we knew in SR1 that her death was faked, and I see no reason why she would have immediately stopped screaming once he sliced his sword.

And wouldn't the bald guy have told the kid that she wasn't actually dead, so he wouldn't have gone to the obvious trap that was her burial? And if you're getting at her only having her throat cut but somehow surviving, why didn't we also drive her to the hospital during that mission, and Gat was saying over and over how she was dead.

Just sayin