Saints Row thread

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and its not like saints row is a million seller ip or volition can survive more flops.
this fucking game may kill them for good this time

 

[WULULULULU]

(Self Made) Saints Row is taking another page from Ubisoft by releasing THREE versions of the same game.


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$59.99, $89.99 & $99.99 respectively. $100 gets you Saints Row: The Third Remastered. Yeah, no, I'll just get the Third on a sale separately.

This is already a clue that the game is gonna get fucked on release.

EDIT: Wait a minute, didn't Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare pull this stunt before with Modern Warfare Remastered locked behind that?

 

[The Last Stand]

Holy shit. I just realized 3 things:

Let me add a fourth:

>takes place in desert
>casino in background
>Deep Silver
>wait... haven't I seen that before?

Hold me.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

and its not like saints row is a million seller ip or volition can survive more flops.
this fucking game may kill them for good this time

Good, it's been a while since a gaming "journalism" company made millions of hate clicks whining that gamers™ did it again and use the power of incel racism to kill a company of diverse good guys.

 

[The Last Stand]

EDIT: Wait a minute, didn't Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare pull this stunt before with Modern Warfare Remastered locked behind that?

No. You can buy Saints Row: The Third Remastered separately even BEFORE this bundle. In your case, they chained Modern Warfare Remastered with the deluxe edition of Infinite Warfare. If you wanted to play just Modern Warfare Remastered, you need to insert Infinite Warfare even though it's digital.

Ubisoft has recently added remasters of games with their season passes, then release it standalone. As far as I know, the remaster is a separate title even if you purchased the season pass.

 

[Zaryiu2]

I think we can safely say that 3, 4 and Gat (3 is a partial guilty pleasure because come the fuck on, how often do you get Evil Lucha Wrestler as a video game villain?) are not the worst things to have to have the Saints Row name

 

[WULULULULU]

No. You can buy Saints Row: The Third Remastered separately even BEFORE this bundle. In that case, they chained Modern Warfare Remastered with the deluxe edition of Infinite Warfare. If you wanted to play just Modern Warfare Remastered, you need to insert Infinite Warfare even though it's digital.

Ubisoft has recently added remasters of games with their season passes, then release it standalone. As far as I know, the remaster is a separate title even if you purchased the season pass.

Still awful. Can't the game companies just you know, release the games without the need of another purchase?

Glad you can purchase Saints Row: The Third Remastered without any monetary hurdle but that ain't gonna save the game we're seeing from flopping hard.

 

[The Last Stand]

So you and all the other posters were right:

This is literally just Watch Dogs 2 DLC pack

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Watch Dogs 2 was actually a great game. By Ubisoft AND GTA standards. Reminds me, if there's another sale, I'm buying that season pass.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Only thing mildly interesting is the setting, it's not bad, but the characters are what ruins it.

People comparing it to Watch Dogs 2 is another good example of the weird time warp we're in, Watch Dogs 2 was almost half a decade ago, but the biggest difference it and this game is Watch Dogs 2, being pre Fortnite, has realistic character designs.

Meanwhile compare the difference in style between Saints Row 1 and The Third.

and its not like saints row is a million seller ip or volition can survive more flops.
this fucking game may kill them for good this time

Another developer ruined by Woke, when are they going to learn their lesson? Gamers do not like that shit.

I always had a special soft spot for Volition as a dev ever since playing Red Faction 2 way back when, I always appreciated the unpretentious vibe their games used to have.

 

[The Last Stand]

Still awful. Can't the game companies just you know, release the games without the need of another purchase?

I consider it a bonus, but I see your point with companies enticing sales with another game. If you find such a bundle on a sale, it's actually a great deal. No way I would spend $100 for a single game.

 

[WULULULULU]

Another developer ruined by Woke, when are they going to learn their lesson? Gamers do not like that shit.

I always had a special soft spot for Volition as a dev ever since playing Red Faction 2 way back when, I always appreciated the unpretentious vibe their games used to have.

Too bad, the west will keep shoving that shit in your mouth till you like it.

Volition is no more. They are gone, just like every single Western (and Eastern developer) in the gaming space.

 

[Jack Awful]

As someone that started with the first game (but never finished it) The Third doubling down on the wacky humor seemed like a natural evolution to me, I dug it but I guess not everyone did.

Another thing is that The Third simply had much higher production values than 2.

I'd say that Saint's Row 2 never got much wackier than GTA San Andreas and that claim the game was always a "wackier alternative" is a misnomer created by Saints Row 2's marketing and Saints Row 3's existence creating a Mandela Effect.

Saint's Row 2 was also pretty brutal to counter the wacky highs. Sure there's death in Saints Row 3, but there's nothing like

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the aforementioned euthanasia of Carlos, Gat burying that guy alive, or kidnapping Maero's girlfriend, putting her in a car, and tricking him into running her over in his monster truck.

I'd argue that SR2's boss was more fucked than CJ.

There's also this understatedness. Watch this cutscene, notice how the shots are held, how quiet it is at the start to emphasize the loudness of the action later on, the intimacy, the lack of score, the tension. Nothing in Saint's Row 3 or on is like this scene.

Edit:
I don't HATE Saint's Row 3 and on. Saint's Row 3 played, looked, and ran better than 2 and 1, 4's gameplay was super fun, I'm just annoyed they went in this direction after it seemed like they were going back to their roots, especially in this post ironic hellscape where nothing is allowed to be serious anymore.

 

[The Last Stand]

One good thing about this reboot: it reignited Saints Row fans and alike to discuss what made Saints Row... Saints Row.

Respect to all of you.

 

[X Pac Heat]

The same exact time has will have elapsed between Saints Row and now this reboots release date as had elapsed between the timeframe of Vice City and it's actual release.

What I'm saying is, they could have basically done a Saints Row that takes place in 2006 and marketed it as a retro throwback to the early 00's and it would have been one of the most amazing things ever.

Instead they give us this faggy abomination.

 

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saints row 2 was a fucking cult classic

 

[Dom Cruise]

The same exact time has elapsed between Saints Row and now as had elapsed between the timeframe of Vice City and it's actual release.

What I'm saying is, they could have basically done a Saints Row that takes place in 2006 and marketed it as a retro throwback to the early 00's and it would have been one of the most amazing things ever.

Instead they give us this faggy abomination.

You know I would love that.

But that's also freaky as hell to think about, I remember 1986 seemed so distant in 2002 when playing Vice City.

 

[WULULULULU]

One good thing about this reboot: it reignited Saints Row fans and alike to discuss what made Saints Row... Saints Row.

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Respect to all of you.

Best said by Yahtzee: In an entertainment medium where the default state of existence is being really angry and murderous while talking like you were grooming your dog and accidentally inhaled the brush, what a rare treat it is for a game to remember that we're supposed to be having fun. A big, bouncy, anarchic, irreverent roast of itself and of video games in general. Salute it with the biggest and floppiest knob you have to hand.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Reminds me: Saints Row the Third (and I think 2) had an Adult Swim themed radio station. Maybe I should give it a listen. Adult Swim bumps had great music.

I don't remember anything Adult Swim in 2 but I do distinctly recall driving around in 3 while listening to the Venture Bros theme.

2011 had other Adult Swim crossovers with games, there was a cross over with the Old World Blues DLC for Fallout New Vegas although I don't know if that was something official or just Obsidian casting a Venture Bros voice actor and including a few VB homages for fun, but there was also that Telltale poker game which included a cross over between Venture Bros and Portal as well as a few other things.

 

[Psyduck]

Watch this cutscene, notice how the shots are held, how quiet it is at the start to emphasize the loudness of the action later on, the intimacy, the lack of score, the tension. Nothing in Saint's Row 3 or on is like this scene.

That shot with the roses and the katana is unforgettable.

I wanna add, notice how the tone remains the same throughout the cutscene from beginning to end, no forced slapstick, no Whedonesque quip at the end to "lighten up the mood"

I recall that scene with Carlos too, no dialogue or music at all, and it worked so well, too

Starting to think SR 2 might be getting a little slept on when it comes to it's directing

 

[WULULULULU]

I don't remember anything Adult Swim in 2 but I do distinctly recall driving around in 3 while listening to the Venture Bros theme.

2011 had other Adult Swim crossovers with games, there was a cross over with the Old World Blues DLC for Fallout New Vegas although I don't know if that was something official or just Obsidian casting a Venture Bros voice actor and including a few VB homages for fun, but there was also that Telltale poker game which included a cross over between Venture Bros and Portal as well as a few other things.

Yes, Poker Night at the Inventory and its sequel. Bought them before Steam removed them for some reason. Had some good items for TF2.