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EDGE - Saints Row The Third review

Saints Row wants to be the WarioWare of open-city games, and this may be no bad thing. While the giddy mayhem of early GTAs set the table for ostentatious crime drama, Saints Row trims as much context as possible from its carnage, becoming a cartoon flipbook of anything-goes extremity.

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DonaldBeck5291d ago

no way edge, i give this amazing game 8.5/10. and this review a 4/10.

5119ent5290d ago

after beating this game i would say 6/10 isnt that bad the second one was easily the best in the series

STK0265291d ago

And, as of now, 3 people disagree with you on that. I assume this means they don't think you really were disagreeing with edge.

doctorstrange5291d ago

Edge's scores are always a bit off imo

LOGICWINS5291d ago

Thats like telling someone who prefers burgers over hotdogs that their opinion is "off".

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Eiffel5291d ago

They can't even give a good score to a game entirely fun focused, there's no hope for EDGE.

coolbeans5291d ago

It's easy to tell that this game simply isn't for every sandbox fan. That's all I find telling from the score.

Eiffel5291d ago (Edited 5291d ago )

Apparently not, seems too many gamers want an overly serious narrative game that tries to push the boundaries of hardware, with minimal fun and overkill realism. Like GTA IV, that was fun am i rite?

NYC_Gamer5291d ago

well,GTA4 was fun to me really enjoyed the story.

LOGICWINS5291d ago

The strong realistic narrative of GTA4 is what made it fun. I took Niko seriously, therefore I took his struggles seriously, this led me to being very immersed with the game...hence having a lot of fun with it.

Eiffel5291d ago

Apart from the story, it didn't offer much to do for me. I'd rather put gameplay and fun above any story, graphics, or realism. Lets try to not make a game into something it's pretending not to be, I like a serious narrative every now and then, but when it affects the gameplay for the sake of realism and story, it's not much a game anymore.

A lot of people who enjoyed Vice City and San Andreas moved on to Saints Row because it offered that fun gameplay they enjoyed previously, Rockstar abandoned that, can't blame them for trying new things but it definitely alienated a great number of their fanbase. .

vickers5005291d ago

@Eiffel

Well said.

+bubbles

YodaCracker5291d ago (Edited 5291d ago )

@Eiffel - Alienated a great number of their fanbase? LOL... GTA IV is the best-selling title of the GTA franchise, the highest rated game of the last DECADE, and the oldest game still in the top 10 most active titles on Xbox LIVE. And GTA V is just as hyped as GTA IV. It's predicted by analysts to far outsell it as well.

I, too, would put gameplay and fun above most everything else, and that is a big part of the reason GTA IV is my favorite game of this generation. The groundbreaking Euphoria physics engine greatly enhances the gameplay, and is what puts it head and shoulders above any other open world game for me. I could have more fun experimenting with the Euphoria physics engine than I ever could from Saints Row's multitude of shallow mini-games.

The insane level of detail and character in GTA IV's environments make it FUN to explore. GTA IV's deep and satisfying driving mechanics make it FUN and rewarding to handle vehicles, unlike in Saints Row where every car stops on a dime and powerslides around corners like a Matchbox car.

The outspoken minority of GTA IV haters cannot change the fact that it is one of the greatest and most respected games of this generation.

coolbeans5291d ago

"Tries to push the boundaries of hardware, with minimal fun and overall realism"

With all due respect, it just seems that you're shoving your opinion down everyone's throat when the case is still "different strokes for different folks". To be fair to GTA IV, it may have sapped many extra features from San Andreas, but you can't argue that no other sandbox game before IV had such a superfluous amount of online extras. Just because they went for a more narrative-driven story-which was pretty damn good, doesn't mean they still didn't have an aim towards pushing the fun in sandbox games to its fullest online.

In the end, we can agree that IV was a dissappointment, but we should also agree that it brought new things to both the genre and the series as a whole that were welcoming, albeith sacrificing other things that were enjoyable in previous GTA games.

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soundslike5291d ago

8? meh

6? nah

games hard to score IMO. depends on how much weed you smoke

Pintheshadows5291d ago

Or how much Peyote you eat. It has been my surprise of the year so far. 2 was okay but I'm loving 3.

*Spoiler Alert*

Burt Reynolds.

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Games with Best Character Creation Systems

GF365: "We all love experimenting with character creation to make unique protagonists. These are the games with the best character creation systems."

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IamTylerDurden11119d ago (Edited 1119d ago )

Slightly disappointing game but Wo Long had a good creator. I was impressed by Oblivion back in what 05, 06? But the worst i have ever seen, clearly, Valheim.

ModsDoBetter1118d ago

What was up with Wo Long?

Not looked at any reviews and did download it on my Xbox before I sold the console but never got around to playing it. Saw it drop in price on PS5 and was thinking of picking it up.

RE: Character creation

Oblivion hold a special place for me, when it came out on PS3, it was the first game of its kind that I had played and the character creator took was amazing.

I do like Monster Hunter: World & FFXIV, personally.
Cyberpunk did good in that department, despite its numerous flaws.

IamTylerDurden11118d ago

I played Oblivion day 1 on 360 and was impressed with the creator. Damn near 20 yrs ago, it was impressive at the time. Special game, unfortunately 90% of current gamers on social media have not a clue about the older stuff. Elder Scrolls is just Skyrim to many. They know not of Gothic and the old guard that paved the way. Flimsy ass rhetoric and recycled opinions about the same bs is what garners attention. Meme culture. Insight and intellect hold no place on the current day internet. Fuck likes, follows, BS. I say what i believe is relevant, what i'm interested in, and following means fuck all bc i don't respect 99% of the ppl online anyway.

For the "TLDR" bs. I'ma not space it out on purpose. Fuck you very much folks.

isarai1119d ago (Edited 1119d ago )

Honestly the one I remember being easiest and flexible enough to make any character I imagined was the PS2 WWE games, and Saints Row 2. I did really enjoy Dragons dogmas character creation too

EternalTitan1118d ago

Where is Black Desert Online?

IamTylerDurden11118d ago (Edited 1118d ago )

I was gonna mention Black Desert but the game is horrible so...

Creator was the best part.

bunt-custardly1118d ago

Lol CP 2077 is one of the easiest and less detailed editors around. It's all a mish-mash of presets.

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jwillj2k41223d ago

Honorable mention to Drive Clubs Ferrari Fxx-K. Should be there over Horizon.

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TheColbertinator1222d ago

The Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak from the Gran Turismo series

Nissan Skyline from Need for Speed Underground

Motorcycle Steamroller from Dead Rising 3

And finally a car you never drive but saves your ass over and over : Honey Badger from COD MW2

Gardenia1222d ago

I was thinking of Mad Max. That V8 felt really good to drive around in, especially with upgrades.

dumahim1222d ago

No one liked the Batmobile in Arkham Knight. Top 10?

toxic-inferno1222d ago

I don't know... It was a strange addition to the game, and the parts of the game where you had to fight in it were tedious. But driving it around Gotham felt brilliant.

BrainSyphoned1222d ago

FFXIII-Snow's Shiva motorcycle
Persona 5-Makoto's Persona motorcycle

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Interview: Director of Immortals Fenyx Rising and AC Odyssey Talks about His Career

In a recent podcast with Wassup Conversations, Scott Phillips the director of many games such as Immortals Fenyx Rising, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Saints Row The Third and Saints Row 4 talks about behind the scenes of those games.

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