Saints Row rips into GTA

estebancambias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tVpqF2VnkY


Good stuff here.:D

krudler

meh, if SR wasnt a piss poor copy of GTA this might be funny, the new one could be alright but when it has to advertise itself like that it smacks of desperation, i dont think Rockstar are exactly quaking in their boots

Jimbo

I wouldn't sat SR is a poor copy. Im a big GTA fan, but Saints Row was a good game.
There's no reason to suggest this wont be either

Jack Sheehan

I think it was Kotaku that made the comment that this is a very pompous ad. The idea that people will say 'oh GTA was so boring, thank god we have a second rate copy here instead' is laughable. Saint's Row either needs to do something truly new and groundbreaking, or know it's place, as a fun distraction between GTA releases.

Smellyirishman

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

I think it was Kotaku that made the comment that this is a very pompous ad. The idea that people will say 'oh GTA was so boring, thank god we have a second rate copy here instead' is laughable. Saint's Row either needs to do something truly new and groundbreaking, or know it's place, as a fun distraction between GTA releases.

It's not pompous at all, it's tongue-in-cheek like both games. I think it's a good ad and will probably pick this game up as the first was good for some laughs.

steviec

I think the ad fails in the same way the first Saints Row did. It tries too hard to be funny, and to match GTA.

They actually had a good game in Saints Row but the humour was awful throughout, and it just never lived up to GTA.

With IV going more realistic and "gritty", SR2 has the chance to fill the more wacky niche that San Andreas filled, so I'm looking forward. The humour in the trailers so far has been cringeworthy though. They need better writers badly.

Podge2k7

SR2 looks good!!

projectmayhem

steviec wrote: »

I think the ad fails in the same way the first Saints Row did. It tries too hard to be funny, and to match GTA.

They actually had a good game in Saints Row but the humour was awful throughout, and it just never lived up to GTA.

With IV going more realistic and "gritty", SR2 has the chance to fill the more wacky niche that San Andreas filled, so I'm looking forward. The humour in the trailers so far has been cringeworthy though. They need better writers badly.

i think you hit the nail on the head. under the hood, saints row isn't that bad. and obviously this time round they've had enough time and money to get the code right. however, i smell a lack of confidence (despite that trailer) because at this point of the marketing for GTA, i knew about the city, the interactivity and we had a rake of press previews to read through. at this point in SR's lifespan, i don't have the same information because they're being cagey... which isn't actually a good thing.

LegacyUser

Is it just me or does Saints Row just not look right? Same with SR 2...it just does not look right...then again, it could be because I have grown up playing GTA...but SR and SR2 just does not look or feel right. I dunno....

faceman

Saints Row... meh

anything that has to sell itself by trying to knock the competition is usually something that cant sell on its own merits.

LegacyUser

faceman wrote: »

Saints Row... meh

anything that has to sell itself by trying to knock the competition is usually something that cant sell on its own merits.

Is that not what advertising in general is about? Proving why you should buy one item over another...?

seanironmaiden

looks pretty class tbh