Saint's Row for the 360

[warcrow]

Some questions for you guys:

1) How does it differ from the demo? I felt really blah about the demo and was kind of put off from it. Now, everyone is saying it's actually pretty fun. My interest is peaked.

2) Is the music in the game real (copyrighted?) music like in GTA, or is it muzak? :/

3) Is it true there are no other vehicles in the game to operated other than cars? (IE: No Motocycles, no airplanes, no bikes)

4) Are the environments as stale as they appeared in the demo?

5) When you walk into a building, is there a load screen like in GTA or can you just run in and out seamlessly. Also, Do you find the accessable buildings few and far between.

6) Is there random violent acts by NPCs to other NPCs like in GTA? I mean, does the world appear to be living around you?

kthnxbye!

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: warcrow
Some questions for you guys:

1) How does it differ from the demo? I felt really blah about the demo and was kind of put off from it. Now, everyone is saying it's actually pretty fun. My interest is peaked.

2) Is the music in the game real (copyrighted?) music like in GTA, or is it muzak? :/

3) Is it true there are no other vehicles in the game to operated other than cars? (IE: No Motocycles, no airplanes, no bikes)

4) Are the environments as stale as they appeared in the demo?

5) When you walk into a building, is there a load screen like in GTA or can you just run in and out seamlessly. Also, Do you find the accessable buildings few and far between.

6) Is there random violent acts by NPCs to other NPCs like in GTA? I mean, does the world appear to be living around you?

kthnxbye!

this game rapes the hell outa GTA...
the demo was great.. but they did a great job on the final.. better frame rate. less bugs..
there are no vehciles but cars that is true..
NO load screens ANYWHERE... and more buildings than any other game you can walk into and rob.. or whatever..

real music... old rock from the 80s and 90s.. lots of rap... lots of classical..
I like it .. but then again im old..

the city is beautiful.. large and always alive.. cops chasing other people.. car wrecks and other things going on...

so many real thug like things to do.. no pizza deleiverys.. no stupid fire, taxi, police crap to do.. all real missions like street racing.. protecting hookers... insurance fraud.. etc etc..

great game..
best game out on the 360 hands down..

 

[EKKC]

answers 1-6 = RENT GAME

😛
if anyone knows, please answer the OP, i may buy the game as well 🙂

 

[CVSiN]

I just did read again =P

 

[warcrow]

That sounds really reassuring, CVSin. Have you tried MP as of yet? CO-OP?

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: warcrow
That sounds really reassuring, CVSin. Have you tried MP as of yet? CO-OP?

to tell ya the truth bro ive been so engrossed in the single player i havent even tried yet...

they say 40 hours or so single player but i think for me its gonna be alot longer..
im having way more fun on the side missions earning cash..

the insurance fraud and the demo derby are pretty darn fun..

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: warcrow
Some questions for you guys:

1) How does it differ from the demo? I felt really blah about the demo and was kind of put off from it. Now, everyone is saying it's actually pretty fun. My interest is peaked.

2) Is the music in the game real (copyrighted?) music like in GTA, or is it muzak? :/

3) Is it true there are no other vehicles in the game to operated other than cars? (IE: No Motocycles, no airplanes, no bikes)

4) Are the environments as stale as they appeared in the demo?

5) When you walk into a building, is there a load screen like in GTA or can you just run in and out seamlessly. Also, Do you find the accessable buildings few and far between.

6) Is there random violent acts by NPCs to other NPCs like in GTA? I mean, does the world appear to be living around you?

kthnxbye!

this game rapes the hell outa GTA...
the demo was great.. but they did a great job on the final.. better frame rate. less bugs..
there are no vehciles but cars that is true..
NO load screens ANYWHERE... and more buildings than any other game you can walk into and rob.. or whatever..

real music... old rock from the 80s and 90s.. lots of rap... lots of classical..
I like it .. but then again im old..

the city is beautiful.. large and always alive.. cops chasing other people.. car wrecks and other things going on...

so many real thug like things to do.. no pizza deleiverys.. no stupid fire, taxi, police crap to do.. all real missions like street racing.. protecting hookers... insurance fraud.. etc etc..

great game..
best game out on the 360 hands down..

Is it really that good?

 

[purbeast0]

Eh I kind of agree with CVSiN.

There are load times while playing, but only when starting missions and finishing them, but nothing huge by any means. going in/out of buildings however there are no load times.

The final game is chalk full of it's own bugs. I've had the game freeze on me, I've been driving and all of a sudden my car is gone and i'm floating on air, then 3 seconds later it will come back. I've seen cars just appear and disappear in front of me. So it definitely has it's bugs.

Also the final game does NOT have a smooth framerate as CVSiN is saying. The final game has a SLIGHTLY better framerate than the demo, but not by far. The tearing in the game is almost unnaceptable as well, I do not see how they let it slide by.

That said, I haven't been hooked to my 360 this much since Burnout came out. This game rocks and it's just so much fun and has so much variety. I never had the urge in GTA to actually play the story and finish missions. Saints Row I want to finish 100%.

EDIT:

CVSiN ... are you running in HD or not? Cause in 720p the graphics and framerate are far from perfect.

 

[buck]

Im very interested in the mp and coop as well.

 

[AdamSnow]

I'm hoping to have my copy delivered tonight... yay!!!

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Eh I kind of agree with CVSiN.

There are load times while playing, but only when starting missions and finishing them, but nothing huge by any means. going in/out of buildings however there are no load times.

The final game is chalk full of it's own bugs. I've had the game freeze on me, I've been driving and all of a sudden my car is gone and i'm floating on air, then 3 seconds later it will come back. I've seen cars just appear and disappear in front of me. So it definitely has it's bugs.

Also the final game does NOT have a smooth framerate as CVSiN is saying. The final game has a SLIGHTLY better framerate than the demo, but not by far. The tearing in the game is almost unnaceptable as well, I do not see how they let it slide by.

That said, I haven't been hooked to my 360 this much since Burnout came out. This game rocks and it's just so much fun and has so much variety. I never had the urge in GTA to actually play the story and finish missions. Saints Row I want to finish 100%.

EDIT:

CVSiN ... are you running in HD or not? Cause in 720p the graphics and framerate are far from perfect.

no bro Im running on a 35 inch with componant inputs.. clean and fast but not HD at all..
i think thats why i dont get the tearing on alot of games you have issues with...
it feels like a constant 60 fps i do NOT get any slowdown at all even in huge explosions with the rocket launcher when im killing 7 things at once...
I have not stuttered or had a frreze yet.. not have i seen the dissapearing ground some are reporting...
Im beginning to wonder if its all refresh issues with certain TVs..

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Eh I kind of agree with CVSiN.

There are load times while playing, but only when starting missions and finishing them, but nothing huge by any means. going in/out of buildings however there are no load times.

The final game is chalk full of it's own bugs. I've had the game freeze on me, I've been driving and all of a sudden my car is gone and i'm floating on air, then 3 seconds later it will come back. I've seen cars just appear and disappear in front of me. So it definitely has it's bugs.

Also the final game does NOT have a smooth framerate as CVSiN is saying. The final game has a SLIGHTLY better framerate than the demo, but not by far. The tearing in the game is almost unnaceptable as well, I do not see how they let it slide by.

That said, I haven't been hooked to my 360 this much since Burnout came out. This game rocks and it's just so much fun and has so much variety. I never had the urge in GTA to actually play the story and finish missions. Saints Row I want to finish 100%.

EDIT:

CVSiN ... are you running in HD or not? Cause in 720p the graphics and framerate are far from perfect.

no bro Im running on a 35 inch with componant inputs.. clean and fast but not HD at all..
i think thats why i dont get the tearing on alot of games you have issues with...
it feels like a constant 60 fps i do NOT get any slowdown at all even in huge explosions with the rocket launcher when im killing 7 things at once...
I have not stuttered or had a frreze yet.. not have i seen the dissapearing ground some are reporting...
Im beginning to wonder if its all refresh issues with certain TVs..

LOL well that explains it. You are running the game in a lower resolution. Of course you are going to have a better framerate. You are running 640x480 screen resolution where as I am running 1280x720. That's your 307,200 pixels vs my 921,600 pixels that must be rendered in each scene.

That's 3x the power needed to render it in HD, so you seeing no graphical glitches in non-HD makes sense. If you had mentioned that in all the other threads, it would have made this whole conversation moot 😛

 

[NFS4]

Pre-ordered from Outpost for $49.99 with free shipping, but then they went and backordered it and said it won't be back in until the 7th! UGH!! So I'm on the phone right now on hold with Outpost trying to cancel the game so I can swing buy and pickup the game for $59.99 - 10% coupon. I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Pre-ordered from Outpost for $49.99 with free shipping, but then they went and backordered it and said it won't be back in until the 7th! UGH!! So I'm on the phone right now on hold with Outpost trying to cancel the game so I can swing buy and pickup the game for $59.99 - 10% coupon. I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

heh it's funny, cause SR is like one of the only games my GF enjoys watching. She says it's like a movie.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: NFS4
Pre-ordered from Outpost for $49.99 with free shipping, but then they went and backordered it and said it won't be back in until the 7th! UGH!! So I'm on the phone right now on hold with Outpost trying to cancel the game so I can swing buy and pickup the game for $59.99 - 10% coupon. I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

heh it's funny, cause SR is like one of the only games my GF enjoys watching. She says it's like a movie.

Heh. I had to turn off the demo after playing for about 10 minutes because of all the cursing. 🙂 My wife asked, "This is a game? Are you seriously playing that?"

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: NFS4
Pre-ordered from Outpost for $49.99 with free shipping, but then they went and backordered it and said it won't be back in until the 7th! UGH!! So I'm on the phone right now on hold with Outpost trying to cancel the game so I can swing buy and pickup the game for $59.99 - 10% coupon. I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

heh it's funny, cause SR is like one of the only games my GF enjoys watching. She says it's like a movie.

Well, my GF is a teacher (well, student teacher now) of 1st graders. She says that they come in cussing, talking about eating pvssy, and singing rap songs about screwing hoes and shooting people. She said that one little boy the other day went up and was grabbing a girl between her legs and saying "lemme have your pvssy."

So when she saw that game and specifically the escort the pimps section, she was just :Q:Q

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: NFS4
Pre-ordered from Outpost for $49.99 with free shipping, but then they went and backordered it and said it won't be back in until the 7th! UGH!! So I'm on the phone right now on hold with Outpost trying to cancel the game so I can swing buy and pickup the game for $59.99 - 10% coupon. I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

heh it's funny, cause SR is like one of the only games my GF enjoys watching. She says it's like a movie.

Heh. I had to turn off the demo after playing for about 10 minutes because of all the cursing. 🙂 My wife asked, "This is a game? Are you seriously playing that?"

Yeah, my GF made me feel bad after I was playing it 🙁 I just won't play the game around her anymore 😀

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: NFS4
Pre-ordered from Outpost for $49.99 with free shipping, but then they went and backordered it and said it won't be back in until the 7th! UGH!! So I'm on the phone right now on hold with Outpost trying to cancel the game so I can swing buy and pickup the game for $59.99 - 10% coupon. I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

heh it's funny, cause SR is like one of the only games my GF enjoys watching. She says it's like a movie.

Heh. I had to turn off the demo after playing for about 10 minutes because of all the cursing. 🙂 My wife asked, "This is a game? Are you seriously playing that?"

Yeah, my GF made me feel bad after I was playing it 🙁 I just won't play the game around her anymore 😀

Hehe..I've learned not to play games like that around my wife. I already make it a point to only play certain games with/around my kids and save them for late at night when they are in bed.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Pre-ordered from Outpost for $49.99 with free shipping, but then they went and backordered it and said it won't be back in until the 7th! UGH!! So I'm on the phone right now on hold with Outpost trying to cancel the game so I can swing buy and pickup the game for $59.99 - 10% coupon. I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

My GF was highly amused while watchin me.. she started telling me what to do next LOL..

she kept on saying .. hey kill that fatty over there!
or ohh bash that guy in red... LOL...

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: NFS4
Pre-ordered from Outpost for $49.99 with free shipping, but then they went and backordered it and said it won't be back in until the 7th! UGH!! So I'm on the phone right now on hold with Outpost trying to cancel the game so I can swing buy and pickup the game for $59.99 - 10% coupon. I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

heh it's funny, cause SR is like one of the only games my GF enjoys watching. She says it's like a movie.

Well, my GF is a teacher (well, student teacher now) of 1st graders. She says that they come in cussing, talking about eating pvssy, and singing rap songs about screwing hoes and shooting people. She said that one little boy the other day went up and was grabbing a girl between her legs and saying "lemme have your pvssy."

So when she saw that game and specifically the escort the pimps section, she was just :Q:Q

and this is why soon we wont be able to have any adult oriented games...
casue parents just dont police what thier kids are doing...

when i used to moonlight at gamestop... i saw it all the time.. 1st and second graders.. thier moms buyign them M games like GTA... I was like Are you sure you want to expose your children to this... its worse than an R rated movie...

they would be oh its ok Little jimmy plays all these games...
little jimmy over in the corner of the store beating the crap outa some kid that wont give him a turn on the demo PS2...

yah great parenting in this country...
M = ADULTS ONLY... dont buy for your rugrats..

 

[NFS4]

GAH! Those BB dolts! They won't take the 10% off coupon on new releases :|:|:|

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: NFS4
GAH! Those BB dolts! They won't take the 10% off coupon on new releases :|:|:|

Originally posted by: NFS4
I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

😛

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: NFS4
GAH! Those BB dolts! They won't take the 10% off coupon on new releases :|:|:|

Originally posted by: NFS4
I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

😛

But I've got a friggin coupon right in my hand!!!! 😀

And I said that I'd pay a little more...not a LOT more 😀

Outpost = $50
BB = ~ $57 with coupon and tax
BB = ~ $64 with tax and no coupon

I've gotta draw the line somewhere 😀

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: NFS4
GAH! Those BB dolts! They won't take the 10% off coupon on new releases :|:|:|

Originally posted by: NFS4
I don't mind paying a little more to play it now. I loved the demo although my GF thought that it was grotesque and the reason for the downfall of american youth 😀

😛

But I've got a friggin coupon right in my hand!!!! 😀

And I said that I'd pay a little more...not a LOT more 😀

Outpost = $50
BB = ~ $57 with coupon and tax
BB = ~ $64 with tax and no coupon

I've gotta draw the line somewhere 😀

I dunno man, the weekend is coming up soon, may be worth it 🙂

I played it all last weekdn and got like 26% done in 2 days. Now this past week I've only gotten like to 36% done. Weekends give a lot of free time!

 

[warcrow]

Anyone want to get rid of their copy or trade it?

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