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Saints Row Gameplay plus new info
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You should have seen the reaction to Gat being killed off so unceremoniously in 3.
The reaction to this gameplay reveal frequently coming across as "I'm so glad you finally let us know this Saints Row game will be like a Saints Row game, you should have told us that it was like Saints Row when you announced it as Saints Row" makes me feel like I am losing my mind.
I played through - and reasonably enjoyed - Agents of Mayhem, but I don't remember anything about its gameplay seeming to pack a punch.
Ditto. I mean, every game will hit with people differently, but I've played through all SRs except Gat Out of Hell, and while I generally enjoy the characters I have no strong opinion one way or another about them returning or not returning. But then again, that other thread has people referencing narrative beats from SR2 that I remember fuck-all about, so clearly it resonated with some people more than it ever did with me.
The appeal of SR has always been 85% gameplay, 10% humor, 5% character for me.
They had spent so much time concern trolling and speculating that the information on display just got outright ignored while gamers argued that a game that never once attempted to portray gang culture accurately wasn't "gangster" enough for them. That penny arcade comic posted in another thread was so accurate it had me dying.
Gat was a fun character who was voiced by Daniel Dae Kim (Jin from Lost) so he had a strong presence to the point where he had a DLC focused on him
I'm definitely getting this game, it looks like so much fun! Only slight problem I hav is that the rolling animation seems kinda stiff to me? Maybe Im trippin lol but the game isnt out yet so I aint too worried! Diggin the art direction as well.
I guess it looks fine for what it is.
But what it is still does not interest me. I wanted something inbetween SR3 and SR4, with the old gang, and this ain't it. But good luck to Volition.
But what it is still does not interest me. I wanted something inbetween SR3 and SR4, with the old gang, and this ain't it. But good luck to Volition.
Gameplay trailer looked great. Love the art in the locations as well.
This is how you sell me on the game - not a long cinematic movie. That's worthless to me.
This is how you sell me on the game - not a long cinematic movie. That's worthless to me.
I've honestly been thinking about it yeah! Might try it out before the new one comes out to warm up. So much to play in the mean time though 🙃
It's worth it and can be completed fairly quickly. Some of the side activities are worth doing though so that adds time.
I had only recently found he was voiced by Daniel Dae Kim when someone posted a tweet confirming he hadn't been asked to do any VO for the new one.
I think it's understandable for people to resonate deeply with the characters - it just wasn't something I had ever considered would be the case with this particular series since so little of that stuff resonated with me. When I think of the world of SR or GTA (the latter of which being a series I've generally loved more than SR), the characters have always felt largely incidental to me - not because I'm not aware that the creators put a lot of time into the dialogue and script (especially R*), but rather because I haven't found any of their stories to be so well written that they leave an indelible mark.
I've beaten each GTA game from 3 onwards at least a couple of times - and in some cases, 3, 4, or 5 times - and there's not a character that comes to mind from any of them whose death or failure to return in a new entry were it rebooted would bother me. When it comes to video games in general, there are just exceptionally few characters that I've found have done that to me.
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Sounds like you can customize your crew as well,their clothes and such I imagine.
Look at this we already got a silly ass weapon with the Christmas light bat
www.ign.com
Look at this we already got a silly ass weapon with the Christmas light bat
Saints Row: Here's What Comes in Each Edition - IGN
Everything you need to know about Saints Row, including what comes in each edition, what preorder bonuses to expect, and where to preorder it.
They should've showed this at Gamescom instead of that bad CG trailer.
This actually looks like the type of crazy stuff I love in Saints Row. Definitely interested to see more and try it out.
This actually looks like the type of crazy stuff I love in Saints Row. Definitely interested to see more and try it out.
I don't know if I speak for anyone else, but the gameplay of the original SR games was average at best. It was the stupid writing, including the stupid characters, that made the series memorable and worth playing. lol
Eh, people might call me crazy, but I think even SR1 controls better than literally any Rockstar game, if we're talking about the actual act of holding the controller and playing. Sure, the entire Saints Row series is kinda janky, but they feel good to play, even compared to other open world games that are technically more polished.
I don't think you're crazy- my whole reason for being excited for Saints Row 1 way back when was "finally a GTA game with controls by a dev from Earth." The free aim and strafe friendly control setup was a godsend after years of the GTA3 sequels and spin-offs. Even small things like the ease of drive-bys and tossing explosives was a big deal at the time.
The way all of that carried over into Saints Row 2 on top of all the customization, open world discovery, progression, and campaign co-op going against GTA4's technically impressive but hugely regressed game design is why I hold SR2 in such high regard.
that trailer has basically no gameplay. i skipped around both vidoes in the OP and sasw maybe 30 seconds of gameplay?
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Seems like you got alot to do
Saints Row PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Series/Epic Everything You Need to Know
A good amount info that's getting lost or jumble up, if this thread is not wanted nor needed a mod can close Story Customization Create the Boss of your dreams, with the most extensive character customization suite ever seen in the series, then complete the look with incredible options...
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I agree and I have recently played both Saints Row 1 and GTA V.
Well that's good to see. I'm definitely looking more forward to this one seeing some of that.Seems like you got alot to do
Saints Row PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Series/Epic Everything You Need to Know
A good amount info that's getting lost or jumble up, if this thread is not wanted nor needed a mod can close Story Customization Create the Boss of your dreams, with the most extensive character customization suite ever seen in the series, then complete the look with incredible options...
Same. I can't quite place why. I feel that the vehicles drive as if they have a strained relationship with the ground. Like it doesn't connect right. But in SR 1 that feels intentionally arcadey and works for the overall design.
In GTA V it feels way more floaty. Maybe that's the larger world design so it's more frequently noticable, but in both games I can be driving down a road, hit a wall and spin a little or bounce and keep going. In SR 1 it feels fine in GTA V it looks and feels off.
But I also found the driving in GTAIV to be more enjoyable than V so maybe don't trust my opinion
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Its kind of funny I keep seeing this specific comparison when the big complaint when WD2 was first revealed was the new characters had too much Saints Row vibes
Oh in that respect I agree. Hell, I'd rather play SR3 again than GTA5 or RDR2. SR4 is it's own thing where they just decided to fuck it and you don't even need cars anymore. lol
It's just that the characters and "story" are the real highlight for me, not the actual gameplay. It's weird because they made that game after Saints Row and I don't think anyone remembers anything about it.
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I think the driving its done well in GTA5 it just does not control to tell, I am used to it for sure not but they really need to sort that out.
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Knew he was no good! I could not even find a clip of the show its all stupid nonsense on youtube now.
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In Saints Row 3 and 4, you can have one of every single car in the game with the same customization and colors you changed on them. There is no space limitations in the amount of vehicles you can store in your garage in the previous Saints Row games and I doubt they changed this.
Gen Z vibes is the complete opposite of these characters and the vibe of the game.
If they were trying to capture a 'Gen Z' type vibe they completely missed the mark, this just screams 'This is what millennials thing Gen Z would like' which has a very 'how do you do fellow kids' approach
These characters, and ESPCIALLY watch dogs 2, are not at all what my generation would find fashionable or cool, like at all. The cast of this new saints row look like they've walked off an old LMFAO music video shoot, and the Watch dog 2 character look like some weird techni colour punk boy band. Two types of styles and music which are not popular at all nowadays haha.
I dunno, I'd say there's a lot of elements of LMFAOs pop-electronic you can find in a lot of music today. And while that specific style of boy band isn't as popular, boy bands are probably as popular as they've been in the West since One Direction, with the explosion of Kpop.
I wonder what the mini games will be for the Laundromat, arms dealer & car shop?
I like almost everything I am seeing. The only thing I do not like is that bowtie... something about it just seems off.
I really don't get either & that most likely because I only played 3 & 4. I mean I like the characters just fine, but uh? They weren't to the point of amazing & definitely weren't worth this type of reaction.
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Seems like layered clothing is back:
From the image it sounds like you will be able to wear layers. In 3 and 4 you could only wear only wear set tops unlike 1 and 2.
From the image it sounds like you will be able to wear layers. In 3 and 4 you could only wear only wear set tops unlike 1 and 2.
