Yup. Like I said it's like playing games with cheat codes on, fun for an hour or two but then it's back to the real game.
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Saints Row IV |OT| One Nation, One Crew
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Yup. Like I said it's like playing games with cheat codes on, fun for an hour or two but then it's back to the real game.
That's definitely a fair statement to make about the game. Exploration is limited to finding items which I can understand may not be the most exciting.
including the loyalty missions, i think you still have a ways to go.
including the loyalty missions, i think you still have a ways to go.
I play about an hour at a time, I'm like just after getting
and I've hit level 50, got the
. I've been doing all the side-quests as well as random challenges that I enjoy, pretty much only activity I find kind of boring is that audio-surf-esque running automatically one. A couple frustrated me the first couple of times I tried them but I found a way to enjoy them all. 17 hours played, and I still enjoy using a lot of the powers, I guess it helps to pace yourself.
I love the world traversal so much, I've gotten like 850 clusters or something just because I love using a mix of jumping, dashing and gliding to land on very specific places. It feels so awesome to me when I can take off from one place like on high, then land specifically onto a cluster.
The main and loyalty missions are really great too, they have a nice variety to them and the simulation setting gives them a lot of freedom.
Would like to see them make a separate franchise akin to something like SR4 and Crackdown, since this fills the superhero gap for me a lot better than games like Prototype or inFamous. It knows exactly what it is, and it does it so well.
johnny gat
nuke ability
I love the world traversal so much, I've gotten like 850 clusters or something just because I love using a mix of jumping, dashing and gliding to land on very specific places. It feels so awesome to me when I can take off from one place like on high, then land specifically onto a cluster.
The main and loyalty missions are really great too, they have a nice variety to them and the simulation setting gives them a lot of freedom.
Would like to see them make a separate franchise akin to something like SR4 and Crackdown, since this fills the superhero gap for me a lot better than games like Prototype or inFamous. It knows exactly what it is, and it does it so well.
Just finished the game and it is indeed amazing. I was hitting level 50 before the end of the game....probably one of the most fun games I've ever played. Although some parts of the game aren't good (can't tell you how many times I would get stuck floating in the air while trying a jump and that one part in the final mission everyone knows about) and the world design was very bland, it is truly excellent. The story also managed to be fairly decent as well. One of my biggest complaints about the game is a lot of the side missions involve side activities that you may have already done -- it ends up being talking to one character two or three times to collect rewards unless you just avoided the side activities for most of the game.
I'm on Team Nolan -- it's the only one to play this.
This will sound completely crazy but I felt like this was
If there is a SRV I hope,
Either that or a complete reboot of the series building off of what was done with SR4. I don't want to just do drug trafficking, escorts or racing like in this first game. I want to punch things really hard with the mech suit and use the Black Hole gun.
I'm on Team Nolan -- it's the only one to play this.
I wish that there was a Super Homie form for Roddy Piper. Oh God that would just be amazing.
This will sound completely crazy but I felt like this was
a Dr Who story with Persona 4 like characters and Infamous/Prototype style gameplay.
that the Boss and other characters are able to figure out how to use their superpowers in the real world without the power suits and restore everything to the Earth.
That reminds me - what was the point of the
Boss face-change
fight an evil twin of the Boss I designed
I'm fairly certain the reason was so that they didn't have to have the
evil boss
your normal character
I thought it was to make him look like Snake a little bit. Or they didnt want to make the boxes of clones in the chambers look like your character maybe it was easier for them that way.
boredJonathan
Member
Was anyone else super disappointed in
dialog and attitude? Having only played SR3 and 4 I wasn't sure what to expect. I thought maybe he'd have some insightful comments on the saints and instead he just came off as some sociopath with little to add. He honestly seemed like an afterthought to the other characters. Probably my biggest disappointment with the side characters.
Johnny Gat's
If the issue was difficulty of implementation, I'd have thought it would be far tougher to
convert your character - and unique clothing - to pixelated 2D
side-scrolling
That was my experience with SR3. If you enjoyed what the game served up, it was a real pleasure to just do everything.
You'll probably hit the Fourth and Forty requirement in SR4 without having to leave the system on in the background. But the Distance Travelled in an Alien Vehicle is vicious. I love the game, I've played it to death; just need to score Gold on that final MOM mission for 100%, but there's no way I could spend four hours flying around Steelport in a spaceship, especially since SR4 is designed to make vehicular travel redundant. I ended up leaving the game running with an elastic band around the left analogue stick. I can't imagine any other way to hit the requirement short of not using your traversal powers for the whole game, only moving around the map while in alien vehicles; which sounds purgatorial.
I bought this over the weekend on PC. Is this game just poorly optimized?
I can't maintain a constant 60FPS even if I drop a bunch of settings. I get drops all the time with a 2500k and a GTX770. Tried various resolutions as well. Is there a solution to this? Is it running like this for everyone?
I can't maintain a constant 60FPS even if I drop a bunch of settings. I get drops all the time with a 2500k and a GTX770. Tried various resolutions as well. Is there a solution to this? Is it running like this for everyone?
ambar_hitman
Member
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/09/total-war-rome-2-fails-to-conquer-saints-row-4-in-uk-charts/
Number 1 in UK in 3rd consecutive week. Take a bow.
Last week though, next is going to be GTA V
Number 1 in UK in 3rd consecutive week. Take a bow.
Last week though, next is going to be GTA V
Noisepurge
Member
Can't trust anything these days, bought Saints 4 in Best Buy from New York. Get back home to Finland, open it:
game was in one of those security packages and plastic wrapping, Best Buy now a scammer shop?
game was in one of those security packages and plastic wrapping, Best Buy now a scammer shop?
Conscience Falls
Member
I'm really looking forward to the DLC, without new game plus I'm not quite sure what to do with my maxed out super Boss.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/09/total-war-rome-2-fails-to-conquer-saints-row-4-in-uk-charts/
Number 1 in UK in 3rd consecutive week. Take a bow.
Last week though, next is going to be GTA V
that's great hopefully they have great sales in every region. and yes you're right. lol.
CarbonRevenge
Banned
Nope, that's basically Gat anyway with how he acts. He has been acting alot like that since SR2 as a guns blazing type of guy who doesn't really care except to really just be able to shoot people.
Imo, he has also finally found some peace after everything that has happened to him.
Random pick time. .still looking for some inspiration. heh
IISANDERII
Member
Put some 50hrs into it and got 90% of the Trophies. Felt very compelled to do as much as I could because I played on Hardcore and it was a challenge.
Playing on Normal or Easy is much less enjoyable. Very fun game.
Playing on Normal or Easy is much less enjoyable. Very fun game.
Well just finished the other night. While fun, this game has got to be one of the buggiest games I've ever played. I'm talking about audio clipping out during cut scenes and getting hit with invisible cars. The game keeps on freezing in the middle of the final mission (it happened three times in a row now) and the game just isn't good enough for me to just power through it. I loved all the call backs to the previous Saint's Row but a lot of the jokes fell a little flat to me. The powers are fun but kinda useless other the the super sprint and the super jump. They keep on giving you activities as side missions which is just dumb and the world kind of feels dull and lifeless. When they actually give you mission instead of stupid activities, they are actually pretty good.
Definitely glad I just rented this one and didn't buy. I honestly couldn't see myself playing this anymore but I did have a lot of fun with it.
The Johnny Gat rescue mission is the best in the game by far to me and makes the game worth at least playing.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
So this discussion got me thinking about how I played both this and 3.
SR3 I ended up playing until I got control of most of the map, then quit when the unlimited ammo and no ragdoll, etc. basically made the encounters feel empty.
SR4 I played around with the Overrides and a few activities for about 5 hours, then immediately started a new campaign playthrough. All I'm interested in are finding the text adventure pieces, otherwise I just wanted to do the main missions again, which after playing through twice I still feel most are brilliant.
But, whereas in 3 the world framed the missions, in 4 it felt essentially like another side activity. There's no denying traversal feels great and collecting clusters has a nice flow to it, but the missions that do make good use of the superpowers really drive home how poorly the open world content challenges most of the powers.
It's gonna take some really specific DLC or some good mods to make the open world more engaging, and I can't pretend that's really acceptable. I really enjoyed the game, but as much as repurposing the bland city gave it a new lease on life, it just underscores how much of a failure the city was to begin with.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
So I made the best costume ever.
I will have a hard time creating a better one. Oh, and Night on Bald Mountain came on the radio just as I exited Let's Pretend. Swear down.
I will have a hard time creating a better one. Oh, and Night on Bald Mountain came on the radio just as I exited Let's Pretend. Swear down.
Can't trust anything these days, bought Saints 4 in Best Buy from New York. Get back home to Finland, open it:
game was in one of those security packages and plastic wrapping, Best Buy now a scammer shop?
WOW!!
Rekki-Maru
Banned
yea- these younglings don't have a clue. It was Gat's plan that took down Ben King's whole gang.
Was thinking about picking this up later on in the week. Really loved 3 but I didn't feel the need to get this on launch day. I'm thinking about it a lot more now but I was wondering about the framerate issues on consoles. I know it can be bad but does it drop to single digits? I had an alright time (regarding technical issues) with the PS3 version so I should be good to go here right?
edit- You know, I think I'm just gonna hold off on it. Watched some more videos and I didn't even know it was the same city. Just bought some XBLA games and maybe it'll come down in price.
edit- You know, I think I'm just gonna hold off on it. Watched some more videos and I didn't even know it was the same city. Just bought some XBLA games and maybe it'll come down in price.
My game hasn't from on me in some time so that a plus but I ha some funny stuff happen to me.
After I first beat the game and overrode the system, my character model basically disappeared. lol
And the other time I tried to run around holding one of those orbs incased in glass with telekinesis and my whole game started to glitch.
After I first beat the game and overrode the system, my character model basically disappeared. lol
And the other time I tried to run around holding one of those orbs incased in glass with telekinesis and my whole game started to glitch.
Yahtzee, who as we all know considers Saints Row 2 one of his favorite games ever, finally got around to reviewing the game.
He seems to have really enjoyed it and was a lot more charitable towards it than Saints Row 3.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
As much as I am loving this game I have to say it's a glitchy piece of shit. It has froze my PS3 more in the last few days than its been frozen in the years I've owned it.
Sounds like he just thought SR3 was too all-over-the-place.
It's something I can definitely agree with. It's rather insane how even after seeing all those crazy trailers for this game, it somehow manages to have so much more context and focus than SR3 did.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Well, there is a reason a lot of people have been saying to go with the PC version.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Beat it two nights ago and loved it. The end battle kind of sucked, but aside from that I think I like IV more than The Third. Better side activities (no more reliance on AI for those) a ton more character depth, a ton of call-backs, and the super powers made navigation a lot of fun.
I wouldn't want every SR to have powers, but one game seems solid with them. Hopefully V is a bit more back to the roots now.
Took me about 20 hours, I'm now going back to get all the collectibles and do whatever challenges I can mop up.
I wouldn't want every SR to have powers, but one game seems solid with them. Hopefully V is a bit more back to the roots now.
Took me about 20 hours, I'm now going back to get all the collectibles and do whatever challenges I can mop up.
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
Well, there is a reason I didn't get it for the PC. If I had a PC that could play it I would have gotten that version.
I'm very torn as to which I prefer between 3 and 4. I finished SR4 and immediately started to replay SR2. As fun as it was to jump back into that game (still my favourite overall), this would have been my six or seventh run, and I felt too familiar with it, so I restarted 3. I'm really enjoying it; it doesn't feel anywhere near as restrictive as I would have thought coming from SR4. It feels deeper in many ways, as if there's more to do in the world, and I'm enjoying the Diversions more overall. The main missions are still a blast. Combat and weapons are different enough to still feel fresh compared to SR4, and though there's obviously much less depth due to the limited enemy types, gameplay is so different that it's a pleasant contrast.
Whatever direction Volition take SR5, I think I'll be very happy with it. I didn't object to the missions in 4 that removed super powers, and I don't object to losing them in 3. If anything, the two types of gameplay just feel like different power sets.
I really want to replay SR4, but I want to give Volition more time to patch a few bugs. I've heard the awesome HOOOOO! compliment all of once in Image as Designed. Like most of the new compliments, it's never worked during gameplay as anything but a pose, and I kept it equipped and used it frequently during the game. Actually, that's all I'm waiting for them to fix.
The BS Police
Banned
I've been feeling a little nostalgic and regrettably I traded in the original Saints Row awhile ago. I've looked everywhere even online and I can't seem to find copies of the original game anywhere. Amazon.com has copies from 3rd party sellers but none of them ship to Canada.
Does anyone know any other options where I can find the original game?
Does anyone know any other options where I can find the original game?
Try messaging those Amazon sellers just to be sure. I always double-check, and have found several times that the seller is very happy to ship to Canada. Best of luck - hope you find a copy somewhere.
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
Loved the stealth mission with asha, some great lines that had me laughing.
I went with the PC version!
Game locked to where I had to alt + F4 if 4 times while playing in order to proceed.
Lets not pretend the PC version is perfect. It's far from it and pretty buggy itself.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I must have been lucky then, only saw 1 crash and a few bugs in over 20 hours.
And who said I was saying the PC verison was perfect? I was just saying it's comparatively better than the console versions..
Atraveller
Banned
I once encountered this problem with the Skyrim CE. It's collector's edition ffs! After a few weeks for writing emails, A disc was sent to me from Bethesda JP.Can't trust anything these days, bought Saints 4 in Best Buy from New York. Get back home to Finland, open it:
game was in one of those security packages and plastic wrapping, Best Buy now a scammer shop?
The BS Police
Banned
I think I found one, but they are all from UK or Japan. I'm assuming it should work on my North American system since it's region free?
I really enjoyed the first main mission and im still working through them, the best ones are the ones with the AWESOME soundtrack, gets you pumped, esp with a good sound system.
My gripe is I REALLY dont like having to collect those bits for your powers ontop of roofs etc, I dont mind collectables, but not ones that are apparently needed. I spend more time jumping around buildings, from 1 to the other without taking anything else in.
I am looking forward to some more good missions, so its bitter sweet atm, anyone got a time-frame on main missions only complete time?
My gripe is I REALLY dont like having to collect those bits for your powers ontop of roofs etc, I dont mind collectables, but not ones that are apparently needed. I spend more time jumping around buildings, from 1 to the other without taking anything else in.
I am looking forward to some more good missions, so its bitter sweet atm, anyone got a time-frame on main missions only complete time?