Saints Row: The Third

90

Wild and crazy ride.

Saints Row 3 is the crazy cousin of the GTA series. Where as GTA decided to go the serious story driven route, Saints Row is a crazy sandbox with a decent campaign thrown in. The story isnt too long, but its fairly well written and interesting. The characters are fun and likeable and the tone if firmly tongue in cheek. This time the port is excellent. The game looks and plays great. The coop is also very smooth and the way to go if you want to get the most out of the game. Between the story missions you can take on various activities like protection missions where you fly a chopper, pick up missions where you need to get prostitutes to their destinations. The standout for me where the activities in which the goal was to do as much damage to the character by throwing him under cars. Its stupid fun. The addition of allowing the player to take over parts of the city by doing the activities and buying stores goes a long way to extend the playtime. Another good thing about SW3 is that the DLC that has so far been made available is all very solid. Its hard for me to find faults in this game so buy it right now!

90

Better than Saints Row 2 but still not quite there!

I only played Saints Row 2 on PC for about 2hours maximum and the reason to that is because the SR2 pc-port was so bad and it lagged all the time. When SR3 got released I thought, well let's see if it's any better than the previous one.

And, yes it was! The PC-version performs better in any way than the SR2 PC version. So let's talk about the gameplay side. The missions are fun and creative, I love the little minigames too. A lot of customization, etc. That's what I've always liked about Saints Row if we're comparing it to the GTA series.

What I think is the bad thing about it, is that I think that the story is rather short and the sidemissions get boring after a while, but I guess it's so with every game, right? But you can always hook up with a friend and play co-op, and I think that adds a bit to the replayability of the game.

The graphics are not bad, but not great either, they are OK for last years standards, but the graphics aren't everything. But it's always a positive thing if there is some eyecandy too :).

You should really buy this game if you like actiongames filled with comedic references, and the ability to play co-op with your friends.

90

Big 'ol sandbox of FUN!

I just loved this game. After so many dull and serious games, its fantastically refreshing to come across one thats all just about zany over the top fun... and Saints Row The Third definately delivers.

All the characters are larger than life, and its a blast to have them along in your crew, or watching and listening to them during cutscenes.

The game is pretty easy, but really... we're just along for the crazy situations - and damn if this game doesnt have those! The visuals are nice, the controls work fantastically well for the most part, and theres a hell of a lot of content in the game to enjoy (kept me entertained for over 60 hours)

If you like your games to be a bit on the crazy side - and arent easily offended... and if you want your games to be about FUN rather than depth and complexity, then I can highly recommend you give the game a try!

87

Some areas improved over Saints Row 2 , others not.

Saints Row... One of my favorite games in the last few years. Saints Row 3 puts you in the shoes of a gang leader of the 3rd Street Saints. After a heist gone wrong you are captured by the Syndicate, the gang which controls Steelport, a city nearby Stilwater(the Saints hometown) The game is a lot of fun. You have a lot of customization which will help you make a character from your desires, over the top fun, a funny story, a lot of diffrent missions and excellent graphics. But although the game is excellent, it isn't perfect. Unlike SR2, SRTT was made in Volition( Saints row developer) and was greatly optimized(although some players had problems at the beginning they are gone now ) the game suffered from a funny but a short and not so good storyline( what i mean is there were a few good jokes in the storyline, the storyline wasn't that greatly made, the weapons weren't that good like in Saints Row 2.

Even with the bad things i mention i would suggest this game to be played by people who are fan of open world games and games in general.

92

One of the most fun games, ever

I loved Saints Row 2 so I may have headed into SR3 with a little.. bias.

However, the fact that this takes the sandbox shooting/vehicle stealing genre but turns it into something fun and manical will always be something that I just can't get enough of. I am not a gritty realism fan, which is why GTA IV turned me off the series.

I like going out there and causing as much random mayhem as possible, and since I'm rewarded for it, even better!

There's plenty of mini games and side missions. One of my personal favorites is the Genkai hyper reality minigames, where you have to get through a mini-maze killing guys in animal costumes, getting random presents and bonuses. The streaking minigame is also amusing.

Even if you don't get distracted and complete every mini game / side quest, the main storyline is brilliant, albeit simple, fun. It's well orchestrated and the voice acting is of a high calibre. It's also funny. Very funny.

Only downvotes would be; character creation simplified from SR2 though still in-depth. And too short, even at all side missions complete, the original game won't take over 25 hours.

If you want realism, go elsewhere. If you want violent, insane, giant dildo bashing fun, hello, my name is Saint's Row the Third. Welcome!

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