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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2022 19:50:12 GMT -5
Didn't see a thread for this...Anyone picking it up? Official release date is tomorrow the 23rd. The reviews coming out today are RUTHLESS. I was a huge fan of the series at the beginning but fell off with Gat out of Hell...My wife and I still randomly bust out "bounce like my checks did back in the day"
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on Aug 22, 2022 19:58:44 GMT -5
I’ll pass. Most of the reviews I’ve read make it sound very generic. Not bad, it’s just there. I’m defo suffering from open world fatigue too lol and I made that mistake with Far Cry 6 so wide berth I think
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Aug 22, 2022 20:08:17 GMT -5
Whatculture Gaming raked the game over the coals.
I feel vindicated having reservations about this reboot.
Let that be a lesson.
Reboots always suck ass.
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Post by darbus alan on Aug 22, 2022 20:08:49 GMT -5
I'll wait until it's on sale and after the inevitable patches fix the bugs. That really sounds like the only objectionable thing to me. Otherwise it's more Saints Row, for better or worse.
The character creator is wonderfully bizarre in all the best ways, though.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Aug 22, 2022 20:29:23 GMT -5
GmanLives has a great and hilarious review of it.
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Post by Facetious on Aug 22, 2022 20:51:20 GMT -5
It looks mildly fun, so I might grab it tomorrow. They needed a reboot badly after 4.
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Post by schma on Aug 22, 2022 21:05:13 GMT -5
I'll definitely check it out at some point but I've got a massive backlog of games so I'll just wait for it to go on sale. Maybe see if my friend is up for co-oping again. I pretty much agree with the above comments. More Saints Row is better than no Saints Row and after 4 there was nowhere they could really go with that storyline.
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Aug 22, 2022 22:38:39 GMT -5
Honestly I wouldn't mind a return to the roots in terms of going back to Earth somehow. Maybe even try a new cast.
I just want the wacky crazy weapons to stay. I don't care if it doesn't make sense to have sci-fi weapons in a crime drama setting. That's part of what made 4 so fun to me.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 23, 2022 1:18:01 GMT -5
Yeah, it didn't seem particularly popular at my local game store...
but Saints Row 3 and 4 kinda pushed the envelope so far there wasn't really anywhere else to go with it...
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Post by Duke Cameron on Aug 23, 2022 4:36:43 GMT -5
While I’m sure some of the reviews are honest, I’m also going to take into consideration that this is going to get review bombed by some people who can’t accept the fact that the days of gangsta Saints Row 1 & 2 are long gone. I’ve seen enough of those type of complaints months before the game even came out.
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Post by salz4life on Aug 23, 2022 8:38:35 GMT -5
I've heard it's really buggy, but if/when they fix the bugs it will be fine. I think I will wait and see if it goes on sale.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Aug 23, 2022 11:10:48 GMT -5
The problem is I feel like you've split the room with Saint's Row. There's fans that like 2 because it was a great alternative to GTA, then there's fans that liked 3 who loved the over the top silliness to it. They needed to take a step back after 4 and a reboot seems like the only option here. From the sound of things it seems like they might have went too far back. I honestly forgot the game was coming out today until yesterday. I don't know if that's the game not being advertised or me not paying attention.
I hope it does well regardless but this kind of addresses one of my biggest gripes with modern gaming. 90% of a game's success is hype, advertisement, and reviews. This could be a game of the year contender (not saying it is) but was not hyped to be one or advertised as such, so it's doomed. Also having it being a "back to basics" reboot of a loved franchise has NEVER been good to gamers so this game was snake bit on that alone. Sadly, I can see GTA VI getting announced soon and then everyone will forget this game.
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Post by Hurbster on Aug 23, 2022 11:54:25 GMT -5
The deepest of deep sales only. Not feeling the Watchdog 2 latte rejects.
And all the bugs.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 23, 2022 12:44:07 GMT -5
You were kind of doomed by 3 and especially 4 just making things too stupid I think. Kind of leaves you at an impasse of either going back to basics or trying to dial it up even further and either way you're going to turn off a significant chunk of your fanbase.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 23, 2022 12:49:57 GMT -5
The problem is I feel like you've split the room with Saint's Row. There's fans that like 2 because it was a great alternative to GTA, then there's fans that liked 3 who loved the over the top silliness to it. They needed to take a step back after 4 and a reboot seems like the only option here. From the sound of things it seems like they might have went too far back. I honestly forgot the game was coming out today until yesterday. I don't know if that's the game not being advertised or me not paying attention. I hope it does well regardless but this kind of addresses one of my biggest gripes with modern gaming. 90% of a game's success is hype, advertisement, and reviews. This could be a game of the year contender (not saying it is) but was not hyped to be one or advertised as such, so it's doomed. Also having it being a "back to basics" reboot of a loved franchise has NEVER been good to gamers so this game was snake bit on that alone. Sadly, I can see GTA VI getting announced soon and then everyone will forget this game. Saint’s Row 2 seriously benefitted from out GTAing GTA IV 6 months after it had launched. There’s a reason IV is basically the black sheep, it completely lacks the charm of the other GTA games but Saint’s Row 2 really captured a lot of that before going completely off the rails
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Post by darbus alan on Aug 23, 2022 14:29:49 GMT -5
Personally, I'm much more a fan of the over-the-top insanity of Saints Row 3 and even 4 compared to "GTA with better controls" that SR1 and 2 were.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Aug 23, 2022 14:46:07 GMT -5
I haven’t done much, but I haven’t really experienced many bugs so far. The only thing I’ve had is the socks glitching out in one of the stores.
Not sure why most players can’t like accept styles and just go from there. I started the franchise at the 4th game and played backwards to the 3rd and 2nd and liked both the over the top styles of 3 & 4 and the gangsta style of 2.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 23, 2022 15:58:23 GMT -5
The biggest issue with the tone of 3 and especially 4. Is theres only so far you can ratchet up the madness... and after alien abductions and literal super powers theres not much more room from there.
2 is probably my favorite of the series cause I like more if the minigames but I enjoyed 3. (Also its not like 2 was at all "realistic" as it clearly left the realistic gangster stufffrom one well behind)
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Post by Facetious on Aug 23, 2022 17:40:03 GMT -5
2 was my intro, 3 was my favorite, and 4 was fun, but being a 3 reskin with super powers making all the fun aspects of the game obsolete kinda killed my interest in it real fast.
I purchased the new game, just haven't had a chance to play it just yet.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 23, 2022 18:06:54 GMT -5
Where is even left for them to go?
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