So, why do people dislike Saints Row the Third anyway?
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Saints Row 3 is a lot of fun, but I believe Yahtzee eloquently summed up my biggest problem with it: it's simply "masturbatory." It's a blast to play, but there's no real sense of context or challenge. Yes, it's hilarious to slap people around with a giant purple dildo, but the fact that the rest of the world is so ridiculous that the ridiculous no longer becomes special.
I stopped playing Saint's Row III when I went to the weapon shop for the first time and the melee weapon's upgrades were something like baseball bat->baseball bat with spikes-> A giant purple dildo!
I don't want sound like a prude, that weapon would have been a hilarious secret in some S&M club late game. But throwing a dildo in your face almost immediately? It seemed like they were trying too hard to be "edgy" and "wacky".
I think SR3 could take some tips from Team Fortress 2 how to balance out the wacky and the serious stuff. Sure, there's giant ham, lollipop and fish melees, a guy singing to his sandwich and rubber boots/brain slugs/living octopus/birdcage as hats, but all these are balanced by other relatively serious and realistic weapons and environments.
TL;DR: In the words of Robert Downey Jr: "Never go full retard."
I don't want sound like a prude, that weapon would have been a hilarious secret in some S&M club late game. But throwing a dildo in your face almost immediately? It seemed like they were trying too hard to be "edgy" and "wacky".
I think SR3 could take some tips from Team Fortress 2 how to balance out the wacky and the serious stuff. Sure, there's giant ham, lollipop and fish melees, a guy singing to his sandwich and rubber boots/brain slugs/living octopus/birdcage as hats, but all these are balanced by other relatively serious and realistic weapons and environments.
TL;DR: In the words of Robert Downey Jr: "Never go full retard."
Well, initially I was just disappointed that Eliza Dushku wasn't back as Shaundi.
Yahtzee summed it up best when he said that SR2 controlled its wackiness. SR3 runs with it, and suffers. I preferred being a gangster, not a parody of a sell out.
Still, I do like both games (SR1? We don't talk about it).
Yahtzee summed it up best when he said that SR2 controlled its wackiness. SR3 runs with it, and suffers. I preferred being a gangster, not a parody of a sell out.
Still, I do like both games (SR1? We don't talk about it).
yep, my thoughts exactly. I'll never understand people who waste time playing this crapLittle Gray said:
I don't understand why someone would search for "dislike Saint's Row" just to necro a thread to let us know as much. Seems a lot of effort to me and possibly a waste of time.gavinmcinns said:
This thread is a good read especially now as GTA V adds a fresh perspective. I can't help but wish V was more like IV or Red Dead Redemption which would leave Saint's Row as the goto for silly, yet often entertaining guilty pleasure. Not going to happen though.
I disliked it because I believe in points on the scale aside from super realism and uber whacky.
SR2 occupied a spot somewhere in the middle and I loved it, as others have said better than I.
My character in SR2 felt and WAS a badass. In 3, I never felt like a badass, I felt like a clown.
SR2 occupied a spot somewhere in the middle and I loved it, as others have said better than I.
My character in SR2 felt and WAS a badass. In 3, I never felt like a badass, I felt like a clown.
If you'll notice, I wasn't talking to you. And there you go, you even enjoyed the thing so good on you.GoaThief said:I don't understand why someone would search for "dislike Saint's Row" just to necro a thread to let us know as much. Seems a lot of effort to me and possibly a waste of time.gavinmcinns said:
This thread is a good read especially now as GTA V adds a fresh perspective. I can't help but wish V was more like IV or Red Dead Redemption which would leave Saint's Row as the goto for silly, yet often entertaining guilty pleasure. Not going to happen though.