Saints Row - The Third

Mc Love

SR1 was said to be not great (never played it)

SR2 was better and throughly enjoyed playing it, so would also rec playing SR2 first

GTR63

Having put time recently into Saints Row 2 & Red Faction Guerrila I feel I have to put this here.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/27/red-faction-franchise-wont-continue-in-any-meaningful-way/
If this is true they HAVE to put the destruction in the next Saints Row,which will surely be for the Next Gen consoles.

Potential-Monke

GTR63 wrote: »

If this is true they HAVE to put the destruction in the next Saints Row,which will surely be for the Next Gen consoles.

I've been waiting and waiting for a sandbox game with total destruction an option. I mean, how cool would it be to be able to completely destroy a city?

Anyway, it's going to be a busy end of year, and SR3 is going to take up a fair chunk of it (along with Skyrim & MW3).

Healium

Great.

Season Pass and micro-transactions.

Think I'll pick up SR3 used after that kick in the nuts, THQ.

dean777

Anyone know where I can pick up saint row 2 for cheap in any gamestore?

Potential-Monke

dean777 wrote: »

Anyone know where I can pick up saint row 2 for cheap in any gamestore?

You should be able to pick it up for €20 in GameStop preowned.

dean777

Thanks for the reply I will check xtravision tommorrow first

Sephiroth_dude

gonna try and pick up sc2 on saturday

Potential-Monke

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

gonna try and pick up sr2 on saturday

FYP. And i think i'll start a new game of it soon, nearly finished with Fallout 3.

DarkJager

GTR63 wrote: »

Having put time recently into Saints Row 2 & Red Faction Guerrila I feel I have to put this here.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/27/red-faction-franchise-wont-continue-in-any-meaningful-way/
If this is true they HAVE to put the destruction in the next Saints Row,which will surely be for the Next Gen consoles.

The switch to a 3rd person view us what killed red faction for me, most recent 2 games bored me to tears within 5 mins of putting them on.

seanob43

Good god just watched some gameplay right there :eek:
Looks amazing,played Saints Row 2 for hours just doing nothing and looks like i'll be doing the same in this one!

Zero-Cool

The opening mission of Saints Row The Third. Fu*cking EPIC!!!!!

Of all the big games coming out from now til Christmas, this is looking like my number 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6_hLxbZtes

Gunmonkey

Oh man that looks awesome, something like that would usually be the last mission on most other games, here its only the second :P

Glico Man

Sweet spaghetti jesus that looks fcuking brilliant! Best over the top mission I've seen in ages! Definitely in my top 5 for Christmas

calex71

|Bought in 1 + 2 to finish off achievements in them and having a blast, well except in multiplayer. People still play it just they seem to be content to team kill to get their kicks :mad:

WTF like why would you bother , do you need to be that much of a dick

Shiminay

That. Looks. AWESOME!

Can't wait to get stuck into this game now

Kiith

That trailer has to be one of the most ridiculous things i've ever seen...

And i love it

Robby91

Does anyone knows if there has been any word on what the player count in co-op will be? I've been looking around, but haven't had any luck finding any information about playercounts :S

Zero-Cool

I'd say co-op will be like SR2, just 2 players. Might get a bit too mental any more than that seeing as you can play every single mission in co-op, its not just some gimmicky add on. They even got rid of the other MP modes to concentrate on co-op, refreshing since most devs are doing just the opposite!

Johnny Gat FTW!!

Robby91

Aww, that's kinda disappointing - I bought SR2 originally after a few friends bought it, and it was a bit awkward trying to organise games when the four of us were online since we ended up mixing-matching games so it was hard to progress (co-operatively, at least) through the missions without missing out in places where I'd finish one game at Mission X then start another co-op game later at Mission Y. Tbh, I'd gladly settle for even a co-op freeroam mode for >2 players - I can appreciate that the story missions may not be ideal for more than 2 people, but for a game like SR, I'd love to see that players are given as many options (incl. the option of more players :P) to turn the whole city upside-down and create absolute chaos.

That, and Crowd Control/Insurance Fraud (I hope they are still available :eek:) would've been so insanely hilarious with more people Now I'm in the mood for some Insurance Fraud tbh, nothing like making a little competition out of who gets the most air-time from bouncing off a truck.

Might get a bit too mental

Isn't that what Saints Row is all about?

T-b0n3

That does look amazing. Looking forward to it.

Zero-Cool

Ya SR is spose to be mental but they want to make it a good mental. Although having 4 player co-op would be a great craic! maybe in SR4!

GTR63

sheehy83 wrote: »

Ya SR is spose to be mental but they want to make it a good mental. Although having 4 player co-op would be a great craic! maybe in SR4!

That & Red Factions destructability is the wishlish. Will have to wait until next gen I suspect

Zero-Cool

GTR63 wrote: »

That & Red Factions destructability is the wishlish. Will have to wait until next gen I suspect

Ya, really hope SR3 gets the respect it deserves and won't just be written off as a 'GTA clone'. I'm mad for a Johnny Gat bobblehead now to go along with my Vault Boy bobblehead!

Potential-Monke

Think i'm going to need to book another week off in November...

GTR63

sheehy83 wrote: »

Ya, really hope SR3 gets the respect it deserves and won't just be written off as a 'GTA clone'.

Saints Row is a game about having the craic the mission demo said it all really but I am worried about the release window that people will buy Assassins Creed,Batman,Skyrim, Uncharted,Halo HD & even games that will still be selling the likes of Gears,FIFA & MW3/BF3.

Zero-Cool

Oh My God.....Hover bike with gattling/laser gun

Ye have to read this preview
http://www.destructoid.com/saints-row-the-third-is-the-definition-of-a-fun-game-209076.phtml

Venom

sheehy83 wrote: »

Oh My God.....Hover bike with gattling/laser gun

Ye have to read this preview
http://www.destructoid.com/saints-row-the-third-is-the-definition-of-a-fun-game-209076.phtml

The video of that one mission is better that all of GTA4 put together.

Can't wait for this to come out

calex71

Oh Hells to the Yesssssss !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

You could say it looks ott but actually it's a logical and believable step in the saints row world given the Ultor Corp etc.

J. Marston

This game is going to be fúcking mental!

Take note, Rockstar. Please.

ShaneU

Spaceships? hahaha I'm expecting dinosaurs next

Zero-Cool

Another limited edition pack. I want this!

http://thegamingliberty.com/index.php/2011/08/19/introducing-saints-row-the-third-smooth-criminal-edition/

Bullet Shaped Ice Cubes!!!!

IngazZagni

To be honest I'm a little worried that this game may be a little too ridiculous. I mean I'm the sort of person that likes realism. Yeah things like jetpacks are fine but spaceships? If I want a scifi game I'll go elsewhere. Realism is what made me love GTA IV and I know many didn't like it for just that reason. Each to their own I guess.

Zero-Cool

I read before that the devs working on this had a rule. When someone said an idea was 'too rediculous' then they had to put it in the game haha

Zero-Cool

Trailer for Killbane, the head of the Mexican Wrestler gang. I really hope the Mexican Wrestling part is gameplay and not a cutscene!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewy2rGUwF84

Glico Man

Dunno where y'all are getting spaceships from... that's the vertical take-off jet in the image, from one of the first gameplay trailers released.

Definitely working this into my end of year gaming budget. BF3, SR3, UC3, PES and F1 are now my only definite purchases

Liam O

J. Marston wrote: »

This game is going to be fúcking mental!

Take note, Rockstar. Please.

I don't think I'd like GTA to go down this route tbh, the last DLC was very close to what I would like from the game with maybe a more expansive and fresh map, not overly ridiculous but still on the borders of realism.

smk89

Liam O wrote: »

I don't think I'd like GTA to go down this route tbh, the last DLC was very close to what I would like from the game with maybe a more expansive and fresh map, not overly ridiculous but still on the borders of realism.

I agree, saints row is just an out and out ridiculously fun game.
But GTA should at least try to be serious like in san andreas but the micromanagement of your cousins social life. **** off!

J. Marston

I dunno, GTA: SA had an Area 51 secret government base, casino loan-sharks and hoverpacks plus fighter jets and monster trucks and that was brilliant.

I wouldn't mind if they brought back some sillyness.

IngazZagni

J. Marston wrote: »

I dunno, GTA: SA had an Area 51 secret government base, casino loan-sharks and hoverpacks plus fighter jets and monster trucks and that was brilliant.

I wouldn't mind if they brought back some sillyness.

Yeah but all those things are fairly realistic. They exist. Hover bikes with machine guns and Mexican wrestler gangs on the other hand, don't think so. I'm not saying it's not funny, it is. It's just that it completely changes the kind of game you are playing.

smk89

J. Marston wrote: »

I dunno, GTA: SA had an Area 51 secret government base, casino loan-sharks and hoverpacks plus fighter jets and monster trucks and that was brilliant.

I wouldn't mind if they brought back some sillyness.

Well you know sillyness within reason, there was some back story with people dying and betrayals. Saints row 2 had little back story and little reason to kill so many people, but thats what makes it great

J. Marston

GTA:SA had the perfect mix of sillyness and a good story-driven game, I think. The fun factor was great and the plot was very good.

GTA4 had a great story with some very good characters but bowling with Roman and helicopter flights with Brucie (who was great, in fairness!) didn't really help the fun factor much.

Saints Row was kind of the opposite, loads of fun side missions with spraying shíte, insurance fraud, base-jumping and even a UFO to mess around with but the story was fairly run of the mill stuff.

Hopefully SR3 or GTA5 can strike the balance that GTA:SA had.

Liam O

J. Marston wrote: »

GTA:SA had the perfect mix of sillyness and a good story-driven game, I think. The fun factor was great and the plot was very good.

GTA4 had a great story with some very good characters but bowling with Roman and helicopter flights with Brucie (who was great, in fairness!) didn't really help the fun factor much.

Saints Row was kind of the opposite, loads of fun side missions with spraying shíte, insurance fraud, base-jumping and even a UFO to mess around with but the story was fairly run of the mill stuff.

Hopefully SR3 or GTA5 can strike the balance that GTA:SA had.

completely agree, they came very close in TBoGT imo, just needed a fresher map but the likes of the dragonbreath AA12 and the miltary helicopter they introduced were brilliant additions and another brilliant character in Yusuf. If they can bring that to Vice City or San Andreas updated in the next GTA (doubt it'll be called GTA5) then I'll be very happy.

My save game got lost when I got my new console but I may restart because I enjoyed it so much and for a single player campaign that's an achievement for me because I tend to get bored after a while with single player these days.

calex71

Much as I liked GTA:SA I think it had one massive downfall that really took away from it, that Saints Row and GTA 4 both got right.

In GTA:SA the map was just too big, there was a lot of wasted space and from what I remember long trips from a to b later on. The variety of locations and things to do were ace but I lost the feel of older GTA games where you knew every side street for dodging the heat

Zero-Cool

I thought the opposite Calex. I loved the huge open world of San Andreas. My favourite part of that game was the journey. Going from the hood to downtown, redneck country with mt. chiliad, san fran for some drivers school, up to the desert for some area 51 and onto vegas for some gambling. Felt like an epic road trip.

In GTA 4, I hailed taxis whenever I could, I just found the map very boring.

calex71

sheehy83 wrote: »

I thought the opposite Calex. I loved the huge open world of San Andreas. My favourite part of that game was the journey. Going from the hood to downtown, redneck country with mt. chiliad, san fran for some drivers school, up to the desert for some area 51 and onto vegas for some gambling. Felt like an epic road trip.

In GTA 4, I hailed taxis whenever I could, I just found the map very boring.

Ah like I said the locations were ace !!!!!! just a lot of unused space inbetween but guess it has to be padded out to be realistic. You know what I mean? like from down town to the green fields to the base jumpy hill to the strip there was a huge amount of open ground. think it would have felt better with being about 1/5 or a quarter more compact. The map was nearly the same size as fallout 3 now I come to think of it.

It's a little personal niggle for an other wise perfect and again imo unsurpassed game in it's field............... Vice City was better though!!!!!!!!

Zero-Cool

aaahhhhhhh Vice City, tearing down a neon strip in a porche listening to (insert epically brilliant 80's song here). Good times, good times....

Robby91

Hopefully SR3 or GTA5 can strike the balance that GTA:SA had.

They're going to need an awful lot to balance out the insanity that we've seen in the SR3 trailers :P I do hope there is some reasonable storyline (I don't have huge expectations since I'm buying the game primarily for the over-the-top fun element :P), just as long as it doesn't come at the expense of the craziness

Felt like an epic road trip.

Avoiding speeding vehicles on the Las Venturas highway and coastal roads of San Fierro while riding a motorycle down the wrong side of the road? Good times

Glico Man

Robby91 wrote: »

Avoiding speeding vehicles on the Las Venturas highway and coastal roads of San Fierro while riding a motorycle down the wrong side of the road? Good times

Ah man I used to do that on the superbikes. Had the full screen view on and had this playing in the background

Vargulf

Some leaked gameplay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgimWK7tpoE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUKDwZPvQkw