Zero Punctuation: Saints Row: The Third
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i played this, and i liked it. I haven't played Saint rows 2, so I can buy that, and still feel like I'm upgrading to a fuller game with more coherency and customization.
Yeah. I would have been perfectly OK with seeing Saints Row 2 with slightly better graphics, better PC controls (which is the only improvement Saints Row 3 had), new story elements and a new city that actually felt new.Patrick_and_the_ricks said:
However the character customization didn't need any changes, I loved it the way it was in Saints Row 2.
What if... they're holding ALL the previous customisations for ransom as DLC?!DataSnake said:
That character customisation removal sounds rather sad. I liked having a character with the same skinny frame as me. I was hoping they'd add an Irish accent so I could truly insert myself into the game but it sounds like I'd be disappointed.
They aren't the same kind of game really, and it is all about balance, if you strip a sandbox game out of options it becomes boring after a while, and if you give a character way too many options they'll get lost, and most likely the game will be impossible to balance properly.Vegosiux said:
Besides in Skyrim your hard work that was put on creating a character is swiftly made mute by al the armor you wear, while in saints row 3, a third person game you don't have enough options to look the way you would want to.
I would certainly strip down Skyrim's character customisation instead of the Saints row one, because later actually has some bloody point.
I was a little disappointed this week with Yahtzee's review. It's not so much that he's nitpicking a really fun if flawed game, which is what he's done countless times before. I loved SR3 and I'm happy enough that his review still sounds net positive, even if not the love letter that SR2 got. It's just that the review seems kinda joyless this time.
Same thing last week with Skyrim in my opinion (and most of Yahtzee's reviews of late): he liked Skyrim, but took no special joy in criticizing or praising it. Perhaps this is just what happens when you make something fun like video games a career and start to get tired, but it's starting to drain the fun out of Zero Punctuation.
Post-script: To see what I'm talking about, check out the ZP for Red Faction Armageddon (from about 3 months ago). He may not have expressed a desire to fellate that game either, but the review itself was fun as ever. Here's hoping that on Yahtzee's X-mas list he remembered to include hookers, a pound of cocaine and (probably before the pound of cocaine) about a week's worth of sleep and not playing video games.
Same thing last week with Skyrim in my opinion (and most of Yahtzee's reviews of late): he liked Skyrim, but took no special joy in criticizing or praising it. Perhaps this is just what happens when you make something fun like video games a career and start to get tired, but it's starting to drain the fun out of Zero Punctuation.
Post-script: To see what I'm talking about, check out the ZP for Red Faction Armageddon (from about 3 months ago). He may not have expressed a desire to fellate that game either, but the review itself was fun as ever. Here's hoping that on Yahtzee's X-mas list he remembered to include hookers, a pound of cocaine and (probably before the pound of cocaine) about a week's worth of sleep and not playing video games.
I was annoyed because the sprint button has been moved to Lb (on 360) - I keep throwing a grenade instead of sprinting, so end up casually strolling into said grenade as it explodes right in my face. I'm not far enough into the game to comment further than that though.
He's right about Coventry. *shivers*
Pretty much right about SR3 as well. Shame.
It's still fun though.
Pretty much right about SR3 as well. Shame.
It's still fun though.
I knew it! I knew that Yahtzee won't like this game as much as SR2.
the moment I saw the disappointing downgrade to the customization system in the Initiation Station , I knew there's something wrong, and now I can't recreate my Hispanic gangsta from SR2.
that, and the fact that they made shit ton of there content as DLC, how many DLC were in SR2 again? yeah, only 3, and one of em was for free. ಠ_ಠ
the moment I saw the disappointing downgrade to the customization system in the Initiation Station , I knew there's something wrong, and now I can't recreate my Hispanic gangsta from SR2.
that, and the fact that they made shit ton of there content as DLC, how many DLC were in SR2 again? yeah, only 3, and one of em was for free. ಠ_ಠ
Hah, at the end where he was summarizing that the game has become a sold-out parody of it's former self I was expecting him to draw an introspective parallel with himself and this show.
Alas, I was disappointed.
Alas, I was disappointed.
Steal both and shoot up the shop.Fasckira said:
SR2 is like slightly burnt pizza. You have to eat round a few bits, but it's a solid mass of nom.
SR3 is like Space Dust. Makes weird poppy noises, makes you feel awesome, but has no real core to it.
If you've got a PC, burn the pizza a bit more.
Oh thank Christ someone finally bought up the comparatively pathetic clothing options. When I got the character creation demo, I really hoped that would only be the way it worked at first, and not in the full game. But alas. It's still fun but it's kind of a let down for a Saints Row 2 improvement. I think all the wacky content could still be in there, but it should be the filling with some some medium cut coherency and some straight-laced-in-mad-world humour.