SAINTS ROW THE THIRD |OFF| GOTY, HOES, PENIS, GIMPS, LUCHADORES, ORALE!!!!

[pilonv1]

Just saw that on twitter. Apparently he got it for $1700 in a chartiy auction.

I would totally pay $1700 to charity to be in the next Saints Row.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Yeah, $1700 is a steal for something that awesome

[Sho Nuff]

The Cheapy pack better come out for the PC, that's all I'm sayin

[Cormacaroni]

so you can get a nude patch?

[Bebpo]

Got a giant naked man in my party and rode a giant ball down in freefall

awesome game

[Positive Touch]

and the missions only get better from there!

[bork]

Got a giant naked man in my party and rode a giant ball down in freefall

awesome game

See?  We knew you'd come around!

[Robo]

  CheapyD  

  Volition

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Got a giant naked man in my party and rode a giant ball down in freefall

awesome game

DAMPER BABY!!!101

[chronovore]

Got a giant naked man in my party and rode a giant ball down in freefall

awesome game

Wait, you hadn't even played the first main story mission (other than the intro) before passing judgement on the game, Bebpo? I'm going to start calling you "Himuro."

[Bebpo]

The cutscene when it lands was kind of confusing.  I thought it had missed him and there was going to be a boss fight immediately following, but then everyone was talking like the guy died.  I've noticed that at a few places with the cutscenes, directing feels a little off.

[Great Rumbler]

I've noticed that at a few places with the cutscenes, directing feels a little off.

Volition had a really small team and a really small budget for the cutscenes.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Anyone know if they patched this game for AMD users?  I keep wanting to buy it off Steam but all those people reporting problems with framerates with AMD cards have kind of put me off.

[Bebpo]

I've noticed that at a few places with the cutscenes, directing feels a little off.

Volition had a really small team and a really small budget for the cutscenes.

That makes sense.  The cutscenes are good (and they look really nice on PC with 4x AA maxed; have a CG look to them because of the cartoon style), but there's definitely some jank to them and the story doesn't necessarily flow as well as it should.

[Himu]

MAKE A SAINTS ROW 3 VIDEO, HITLER YOU CUNT

[Himu]

I've noticed that at a few places with the cutscenes, directing feels a little off.

Volition had a really small team and a really small budget for the cutscenes.

That makes sense.  The cutscenes are good (and they look really nice on PC with 4x AA maxed; have a CG look to them because of the cartoon style), but there's definitely some jank to them and the story doesn't necessarily flow as well as it should.

This is especially noticeable after SR2, which has such tight cutscene and story direction.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Anyone know if they patched this game for AMD users?  I keep wanting to buy it off Steam but all those people reporting problems with framerates with AMD cards have kind of put me off.

I have an AMD card and get 60 fps at High settings and 30 at Ultra ... I dunno if there are actual issues but it's never kept me from enjoying myself.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Time for the $5.00000 question: if I love Saints Row 3 and it changed my life and I am getting a FEEL BOSS tattoo next Tuesday, is Saints Row 2 still worth checking out and playing through?

[Himu]

Time for the $5.00000 question: if I love Saints Row 3 and it changed my life and I am getting a FEEL BOSS tattoo next Tuesday, is Saints Row 2 still worth checking out and playing through?

Long answer:



Short answer:

Yes

[Bebpo]

Yeah, I'm thinking about finally getting around to play SR2 after I finish SR3.

[Great Rumbler]

SR2 is a bit more "serious business" than SR3, but it's still a whole heap of fun and actually has more stuff to do.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

SR3 is apparently a brand new engine from SR2, so hopefully (the confirmed!) SR4 can add more content and improve the city's readability.

[Himu]

Despite being "serious business" it's still about making your character the biggest badass in the city. SR3 just amps it up. Also, you'll see more of characters from SR3. Shaundi isn't a shit character in SR2!

[Himu]

I actually think SR3's boss is a pussy compared to SR2 boss.

[chronovore]

Time for the $5.00000 question: if I love Saints Row 3 and it changed my life and I am getting a FEEL BOSS tattoo next Tuesday, is Saints Row 2 still worth checking out and playing through?

Yes. The driving isn't as good, but there are more activities, more co-op oriented actions, and more interesting bugs! It is less polished and somehow more charming for showing its seams.

[Bebpo]

Hey, how do you do the poses/taunts? 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

On PC, X + C

[pilonv1]

Also the City in SR2 is much better.

[Eel O'Brian]

I never even bothered to install SR2 (came in a Steam "pack") because I heard it's almost unplayable on PC. Was this ever corrected?

[Sho Nuff]

The best thing about SR2 was that you could switch your melee moveset, so after you beat the pro wrestlers you got a shitload of wrestling moves you could randomly do on people

[chronovore]

Hey, how do you do the poses/taunts?

D-pad left/right on console.

[chronovore]

The best thing about SR2 was that you could switch your melee moveset, so after you beat the pro wrestlers you got a shitload of wrestling moves you could randomly do on people

Sez you, Mr. Kung-fu Crane Kick.

[cool breeze]

Time for the $5.00000 question: if I love Saints Row 3 and it changed my life and I am getting a FEEL BOSS tattoo next Tuesday, is Saints Row 2 still worth checking out and playing through?

Sr2 on pc? The port is pretty shit.  360 ver runs bad too, just saying.

Story isn't nearly as crazy either.  It's more grounded gang stuff...with ninjas and stuff.

+ Gat
+ better city
+ other things like kung fu and pimp cane shotgun

[benjipwns]

You can "brute force" past some of the issues in SR2 if you have newer hardware and tons of RAM but the port will always be bad because they completely screwed up the streaming. (Before the patch there was a frame rate cap of 32fps, no 16:9 resolutions, few graphics options and the world streaming was even worse. Things would go slow motion, now you just get a slight hitch between sections.) The console version doesn't have the world's best framerate either though.

Here's the mod everyone talks about that has bug fixes, tweaks and bunches of new content:
http://idolninja.com/sr2.php

And a FAQ from that guy about some of the issues:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1715922

[Himu]

If you're goin to play SR2 on pc you NEED Gentlemen of the Row, which fixes stability issues and adds more content.

[Eel O'Brian]

awesome, thanks benjipwns

[Positive Touch]

i couldnt even get the fucking thing to run for more than five minutes on my pc, fwiw.  game ran in fast-forward and crashed whenever i tried to start a mission

[Bebpo]

Have about 10 hours in this now.  Just gotta buy that airport and then I'll have all the properties and can start spending all my tons o' moneyz on character abilities and weapons which should be fun!  The only thing I've upgraded so far has been the starting pistols to get explosive ammo for it.  I'm about halfway through the story missions, and 1/3rd through the activities.

Liking the game a lot.  I'm not sure if I like that all the islands are open at once from the very beginning and you can do activities and stuff everywhere.  Was SR2 like that too?  I'm used to EVERY OTHER SANDBOX GAME giving you like 1/3rd the map at a time, so you can kind of pace between doing all the side stuff -> main story -> new area opens -> side stuff -> main story.  Here since everything is open I'm just sort of doing mainly side stuff for the entire map and every 20-30 mins I'll do a story mission for kicks. 

Are there any other hidden activities (aka, stuff that doesn't show on your map as icons) besides Hostage Situation and the Survival missions you get on your phone at times? 

I found a car that's ridiculously fast, so I pimped it up with Nitros and a saved it in my garage.  It's nice to get around fast 

[Himu]

Every SR has the game open from the get go

other hidden activities include base jumping, car surfing, streaking, and flashing.

[Bebpo]

Found the first two of those.  Do you have to be naked to do the other 2?

[Himu]

you need a streaker jacket which you can buy at planet saints iirc to flash, and to streak just go buck wild

[Bebpo]

Couldn't find the jacket for flashing.  Oh well.

[benjipwns]

It's at Let's Pretend.

Which is in Luchadore territory, down the main street from Three Count Casino.

[Bebpo]

Thanks!  Will check it out next time.  I bought the airport + crib, so now it says I have all the properties except some crib that doesn't exist yet for purchase on the left island, guess it will open later in the story.  Been working on wrapping up the rest the side activities and gang areas while doing story missions, fun stuff!  Now that I actually have lots of money I'm buying all the character upgrades and my character is becoming SUPER PERSON lololol.  Love throwing dudes far!

[Bebpo]

My favorite line in the story so far is

these hos ain't hos!

favorite side activities are TANK, Murderfuntime, and Mayhem.  I like blowing stuff up and shooting people for combos

[Sho Nuff]

SR2 has the best cutscenes in the series

[Himu]

SR2 has the best cutscenes in the series

[Bebpo]

haha, that's awesome.

I'm definitely going to play SR2 after experiencing the greatness that is SR3, but will probably be in a year or so since I'm gonna be sooooo burned out on SR after I finish marathoning this 100% over the next few days.

[Himu]

you can't be burned out on SR. I have played 100+ hours of SR2. 50+ hours of SR3. How did I do this? co-op. Co-op makes it never boring.

[chronovore]

Every SR has the game open from the get go

other hidden activities include base jumping, car surfing, streaking, and flashing.

There are also the Territory Takeover or whatever those PINK FIST missions are. You have to find those.

[chronovore]

you can't be burned out on SR. I have played 100+ hours of SR2. 50+ hours of SR3. How did I do this? co-op. Co-op makes it never boring.

Oh, man. SR2 is so good in co-op. Activities are so fun.

[pilonv1]

Every SR has the game open from the get go

other hidden activities include base jumping, car surfing, streaking, and flashing.

There are also the Territory Takeover or whatever those PINK FIST missions are. You have to find those.

I had one bug out on me on 360, there was one territory takeover near the casino that never popped for me. I ran/drove around there for a good hour or two and couldn't find it. If I used the takeover ability it completed it for me. I figure at some point I knocked them into the water or something and they're down there and not in their usual location.

[Bebpo]

Can you not rob stores once you own them?


Also the collectable finder is really helpful.  Without it I wouldn't have bothered getting all collectables, but I've been grabbing them as I do other stuff now that I have the finder so I'll probably grab them all.  I think the only thing that might keep me from 100% is the HARD version of some of the activities are really frustrating and it's annoying to keep redoing them.  I tried some Guardian Angel one with 6 stops and she kept taking damage little by little from cars shooting rockets while I was shooting the cars.  By the 4th or 5th stop was dead :\  Don't like that side activity, takes forever and is boring. 

[Himu]

I like Guardian Angel. Play the activities you don't like on co-op.

[chronovore]

I played on Normal, so if you're on Hard this may not work: Shoot the cars. Even with the sniper rifle, shoot the cars. They explode, which takes out the nearby creepers. Trying to actually snipe the enemies is too hard.

Upgrading the weapons used in those missions also helps.

Lastly, you can rob stores you already own.

[Bebpo]

Oh wait, I think I'm talking about Heli Assault.  The one where you ARE the helicopter and need to shoot the cars following the green car.

[Himu]

That was the worst one in SR2. It's much better in SR3. Heli Assault is much more fun (like anything else) with a partner.

I played on Normal, so if you're on Hard this may not work: Shoot the cars. Even with the sniper rifle, shoot the cars. They explode, which takes out the nearby creepers. Trying to actually snipe the enemies is too hard.

Upgrading the weapons used in those missions also helps.

Lastly, you can rob stores you already own.

He's talking about the difficulty of the activity instances.

[Bebpo]

Yeah, I'm playing on normal which is super easy outside the "HARD" version of certain activities in 1p.  At the end of the game if I have any left that I'm stuck on I'll try co-op for them.

[Bebpo]

You know, as much as I like these guys and think they get 95% of it right, there's definitely some weak choices here and there.  Like the whole point of the Heli Assault activity is have an activity where you get to BLOW SHIT UP WITH A HELICOPTER...because that's fun, right?  And everyone likes fun!  But then they make it an escort mission and by principal escort missions are not fun, so they kind of mess that up.  Helicopter side activities should have been just flying around blowing lots of shit up with explosions or flying through air rings like pilotwings or something.  The Tank activities are fun because you just blow lots of shit up in combos and who doesn't like blowing things up & combos? 

No one.  That's who.

[Bebpo]

Wow, collectable finder + helicopter is almost like cheating.  GPS next collectable -> fly there in 2 secs, land, repeat.