Saints Row - The Third

py2006

Helix wrote: »

Mine will be up later today. Have to write up this and skyrim, but I've a few business meetings to take downtown first so it might run to tomorrow unfortunately. I'll spoil the score by saying either 4.5 or 5 outta 5, depending on how it wraps up and how much mad crap I can get up to when I start exploring. It's a belter. Far better than any GTA imo

Are the graphics as crisp in reality as they look in the gameplay videos on the gaming sites? I never trust them.

ShadowHearth

Gttrailers completely railroaded it

Though it really looked damn cool. Things they were bitching about sounded prety lol for me.

Icyseanfitz

does this run on pc this time? sr2 ran like crap

dreamers75

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

does this run on pc this time? sr2 ran like crap

They saying its beein done at same time and with PC in mind and not a port.

Sr2 still runs like a dog on PC.

Helix

sorry for the delay, review is now up

http://clickonline.com/games/review--saints-row-the-third/4237/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-15-saints-row-the-third-review

7/10 from eurogamer but your man that reviewed it seems like a right dry ****e.

Mensch Maschine

So the game got released today in AUS as well as U.S. They didn't announce it but they did say it to the retailers. I was hoping it was the same for here but it's not.

Can't wait for this. It will keep me tied over til V.

Robby91

So the game got released today in AUS as well as U.S.

Seems to be released in parts of Europe as well, on Steam at least. I'm chatting with a few Finnish guys at the moment and their impressions so far seem to be that it's absurdly fun :P

Mensch Maschine

Feckers! Well it's good news that folk are enjoying it at least!

py2006

Oh to buy this game or not! Didn't like the first 2 from the little bits I played of them but this one looks entertaining enough!!

Will there be a midnight release?

FetchTheGin

Main story is only 8 hours long?!

Robby91

FetchTheGin wrote: »

Main story is only 8 hours long?!

From what I've heard, it'll be 8 hours of fun though

I think someone mentioned that there is a reasonable amount of playtime involved in unlocking the side activities though.

FetchTheGin

Robby91 wrote: »

From what I've heard, it'll be 8 hours of fun though

I don't see how they are comparing it to GTA though, I know GTA IV is slated a lot but at least it had a few days of good missions.

Don't think I will be getting this for a while.

Zero-Cool

I was all ready to get this tomorrow but hearing about th 8 hours campaign and some bad user reviews online saying SR2 was much better, kind of put me off. I'm still gonna pick it up at some point but after getting ass creed, Skyrim is next on my list.

FetchTheGin

FetchTheGin wrote: »

I don't see how they are comparing it to GTA though, I know GTA IV is slated a lot but at least it had a few days of good missions.
Don't think I will be getting this for a while.

GTA IV had some of the most boring missions that have ever appeared in a sandbox game (Drive from A to B, collect something from B and drive back to A)

Give me 8 hours of constantly fun missions then 18 hours of boring missions.

Robby91

I don't see how they are comparing it to GTA though

They? If you're speaking of the developers, I was under the impression that the only comparisons they drew between the two series would be the fact that they're both open-world sandbox games (although, I could be getting mixed up in just who exactly it was who was identified that as one of the few similarities)

Still, as far as I'm concerned, a good 8 hours of fun (with the promise of co-op adding more to that count) will do me grand. Tbh, I'm more interested in the freedom to mess around and do whatever stupid **** I feel like, and a co-op partner will make that even more brilliant

Potential-Monke

An 8 hour campaign, while short for a sandbox game, is grand, because you can guarantee there will be at least about 20-30 hours of extra fun to be had on side missions and exploring!

Robby91

Robby91 wrote: »

They? If you're speaking of the developers, I was under the impression that the only comparisons they drew between the two series would be the fact that they're both open-world sandbox games (although, I could be getting mixed up in just who exactly it was who was identified that as one of the few similarities)

Still, as far as I'm concerned, a good 8 hours of fun (with the promise of co-op adding more to that count) will do me grand. Tbh, I'm more interested in the freedom to mess around and do whatever stupid **** I feel like, and a co-op partner will make that even more brilliant

Ill probably do the main missions in single player first and then do it again in co-op so that should be a good 16-18 hours and then factor in side missions and it will easily stretch to around 22-25 hours.

Anyway i think i spent more time in the last one just messing around in co-op without even doing any type of mission

Cant wait for insurance fraud again :pac:

Robby91

Cant wait for insurance fraud again

Neither can I From what I've been hearing from friends, that Escort activity with the tiger in the backseat and Professor Genki's Ethical Reality Climax(?) are great craic in co-op as well

Ye, I know it's an SR2 video, but it matters not!

py2006

Anybody buy this yet?

Smarmy

Yep I got it from Game, 49.99 with Cheats DLC and another DLC with Genke suit, Man-a-Pult car and Octopuss Gun. Haven't started playing it yet though

INEEDANID

Got in from xtra vision €50 just for game no DLC.

Traded in
Saints row 2 €4
Just Cause 2 €8
Forza 4 €30

Game cost me €8 in the end yay!

Have to wait until tonight to play it though

Zero-Cool

So do ye get SR 2 with the PS3 version as I've heard on the web?

calex71

Smarmy wrote: »

Yep I got it from Game, 49.99 with Cheats DLC and another DLC with Genke suit, Man-a-Pult car and Octopuss Gun. Haven't started playing it yet though

Was going to get it in Game myself for the DLC until they offered me all of 9 euro for trading Gears Of War 3 needless to say I declined their generous offer

WarZoneBrother

sheehy83 wrote: »

So do ye get SR 2 with the PS3 version as I've heard on the web?

I highly doubth it.. But would be awesome.. I am going to pick up the Genki Edition in 20mins so should be playing in about an hour or so Can't wait, this game looks epic

EDIT: maybe you may be right, just spotted this:
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/16/redeem-ps3-saints-row-3-online-pass-get-free-saints-row-2/

MW3 can SMB it's going back to where it came from..

Mikeyt086

Bought it, played it for an hour now have to go to work. Pure fun. The game is GTA IV's crackhead brother.

Robby91

Damn it all... went into GAME to pick up my PC pre-order, and they didn't have it in stock at all (but they did have console stock, and they said I could ring them in the morning to see if they had it delivered - they can f*** right off, I wasn't gonna wait if I could help it) so I end up with no Professor Genki stuff which is kinda disappointing since the Octopi(sp?) Gun and Ethical Reality Climax looks bloody brilliant.

Then, on my way home, exciting to get stuck into the game, my brother texts me looking for a game of Battlefield 3... and I feel kinda bad about refusing to play some BF3 with him all week since I haven't been in the mood for any gaming at all, so I told him I would... :mad:

tl;dr No pre-order content and further delays in playing make Robby91 frustrated

Zero-Cool

Happened to me twice, preordering with game and then they didnt get the game in stock for release day. Worst games shop ever and I refuse to give em another penny

Robby91

sheehy83 wrote: »

Happened to me twice, preordering with game and then they didnt get the game in stock for release day. Worst games shop ever and I refuse to give em another penny

tbh, I like GAME for the most part (in Limerick City at least) - the staff seem a good bit more helpful (in my experience) than in GameStop, but this is the second time that they haven't had the PC version in stock and GameStop did.

At least I emptied the contents of my reward card when I purchased BF3 so I'm not at any great loss :pac:

aN.Droid

Prefer HMV over game or gamestop any day of the week.

Also this game is bloody insane :eek:

Robby91

Prefer HMV over game or gamestop any day of the week.

HMV in Limerick City have a really poor selection of PC games, so they're not really an option (they're selling a keyboard which takes up about half the shelf space they've given to PC games, just to give you an idea :P)

Also this game is bloody insane

Stop teasing me ;_; I have to download ~1.5GB of content before I can play... FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

AH92

Guys I ordered it from gamestop online does that mean I get any of the dlc's?!! Thanks

aN.Droid

AH92 wrote: »

Guys I ordered it from gamestop online does that mean I get any of the dlc's?!! Thanks

Did you pre order it?

AH92

Limericks wrote: »

Did you pre order it?

Yea I did but I did through normal delivery..... big mistake I now have to wait until monday!

aN.Droid

AH92 wrote: »

Yea I did but I did through normal delivery..... big mistake I now have to wait until monday!

You should get the Professor Genki stuff then

AH92

Limericks wrote: »

You should get the Professor Genki stuff then

Good stuff cheers !

Gunmonkey

AH92 wrote: »

Yea I did but I did through normal delivery..... big mistake I now have to wait until monday!

Same boat here.....ah well, got AC:Revelations to clean up for the weekend.

Reamer Fanny

Not hugely impressed by SRT to be honest

phobia2011

seems a little bit too futuristic to me!

aN.Droid

Played for three hours tonight, not as good as I thought it would be but then what is? Don't get me wrong I am enjoying the heck out of it way more then gta IV

Map is very small i thought too. From one end to the other in about 3-4 minutes.

thebostoncrab

Are achievments not unlocking for anyone else?

smk89

Limericks wrote: »

Map is very small i thought too. From one end to the other in about 3-4 minutes.

Walking or rocket car? Thats a big difference in size

Captain Chaos

Have to say the driving physics are terrible, worse than or equal to SR1. SR2 had a better driving physics model.

Really takes from a game with alot of driving involved.

KonFusion

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Have to say the driving physics are terrible, worse than or equal to SR1. SR2 had a better driving physics model.

Noticed that myself. Very poor indeed.

On a whole I'd have to say I prefer SR2. Very unimpressed so far. Played for a bit last night and my save game said 30% complete or something, thought it was a bit ridiculous when I had very little game time played.

Also not impressed with the missions. What were secondary missions or optional activities in SR2 seem to be main missions in this game.

Also I've no motivation to play the extra activities now since they're not required to earn enough respect for the next mission

Really disappointed. It's fun, and some new additions are very nice, but it's a very small step from SR2. Seems a bit like an expansion pack rather than a whole new game.

Potential-Monke

Played it for about 2 1/2 hours this morning, and it's meh. Funny? Yes. But the driving is terrible. I thought it was just the car i was driving, but it's every car. Maybe it was hyped up too much, but it's just not right at the moment.

I think i'll be trading this for Skyrim tomorrow... Come back to it next year sometime.

Damo 2k9

Regarding the genki stuff, I didnt pre-order it and it still came with it. I bought one for my mate aswell and his was the same so must come with all of them.

The game, I think its fun. The first few missions seem to introduce you to the activitys rather than the storyline which I dont really like. Looking forward to playing co op with a few mates.

Sephiroth_dude

justryan wrote: »

Not hugely impressed by SRT to be honest

phobia2011 wrote: »

seems a little bit too futuristic to me!

Limericks wrote: »

Played for three hours tonight, not as good as I thought it would be but then what is? Don't get me wrong I am enjoying the heck out of it way more then gta IV

Map is very small i thought too. From one end to the other in about 3-4 minutes.

thebostoncrab wrote: »

Are achievments not unlocking for anyone else?

smk89 wrote: »

Walking or rocket car? Thats a big difference in size

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Have to say the driving physics are terrible, worse than or equal to SR1. SR2 had a better driving physics model.

Really takes from a game with alot of driving involved.

KonFusion wrote: »

Noticed that myself. Very poor indeed.

On a whole I'd have to say I prefer SR2. Very unimpressed so far. Played for a bit last night and my save game said 30% complete or something, thought it was a bit ridiculous when I had very little game time played.

Also not impressed with the missions. What were secondary missions or optional activities in SR2 seem to be main missions in this game.

Also I've no motivation to play the extra activities now since they're not required to earn enough respect for the next mission

Really disappointed. It's fun, and some new additions are very nice, but it's a very small step from SR2. Seems a bit like an expansion pack rather than a whole new game.

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Played it for about 2 1/2 hours this morning, and it's meh. Funny? Yes. But the driving is terrible. I thought it was just the car i was driving, but it's every car. Maybe it was hyped up too much, but it's just not right at the moment.

I think i'll be trading this for Skyrim tomorrow... Come back to it next year sometime.

Very disappointed to hear ye all don't like it,I have it on the way from amazon *sigh*

Arawn

*victory arm pump*



Delighted I stuck by my guns when I decided not to get this after the dlc cheat thing, seems to be very meh going by people

J. Marston

Arawn wrote: »

*victory arm pump*



Delighted I stuck by my guns when I decided not to get this after the dlc cheat thing, seems to be very meh going by people

Same here. DLC cheats made me wait and judging by the reaction, I'll be waiting a while and getting it when it's cheaper on Amazon.

calex71

I put it in last night to see what it was like, as a break from skyrim and after only playing the heist mission at the start and what I've read here I'm in no rush back to it I to be honest.

Is it a case "style'' and off the wall stuff over substance?