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Posted by: Seriously Mike Oct 28 2011, 12:22 PM

So, SR3 is coming out mid-November, with the character editor (offering everything bar the story mode rewards) released on Tuesday. This time, the over-the-top action moves to a different city, where the Saints mess with an international syndicate, a gang of luchadores, Hollywood Hackers and high-tech anti-crime unit. This includes jetbikes armed with lasers, VTOL planes, fighting the boss of the hackers in VR, blowing ludicrous amounts of stuff up (even with airstrikes), running naked in the streets, punching people in the crotch and smacking them across the face with large floppy purple dildos.
If you need some pink mohawk action, don't look any further, really.

Posted by: Stahlseele Oct 28 2011, 12:32 PM

This game is SO hillariously over the top . .
You fall out a plane, back into the plane, through the plane, back out the plane, killing doods: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z_64WwS9bnA
Also: SR3 includes Tron: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IbRDARgBaw&feature=relmfu

Posted by: CanRay Oct 28 2011, 05:59 PM

I wish I had waited for this instead of getting Rage.

Posted by: Critias Oct 29 2011, 02:53 PM

Everything I see for Saints Row just makes me think "Hey, cool, a Prime Runner Los Angeles Shadowrun game," pretty much. It's gonna be awesome, if you go into it with the right mindset.

Posted by: CanRay Oct 29 2011, 03:54 PM

Especially if you played the first two to find out how you got to be a Prime Runner.

Saints Row 1, you literally start as Joe Schmoe on the street who saw too much... Just random passerby #42. Then the game demonstrates just how much of a monster you really are.

Posted by: Stahlseele Oct 29 2011, 05:52 PM

Never played Saints Row before, but this is just over the top enough for me to consider playing ^^

Posted by: CanRay Oct 29 2011, 06:56 PM

It starts as a GTA-Clone, and cranks the insanity up to 11.

Apparently you're able to jump into cars through the windows, knocking the driver out the other side.

Posted by: Stahlseele Oct 29 2011, 08:49 PM

Well . . . it COULD WORK! . . In Theory . .

Posted by: Rastus Oct 29 2011, 10:01 PM

Jump through a cars window? Hell, you could jump through a cars windshield as shown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_auekKc1580&feature=related and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwnrrK9Fqkw.

Posted by: CanRay Oct 29 2011, 11:30 PM

http://youtu.be/sNom4k5Pwb8

Posted by: KarmaInferno Oct 30 2011, 01:14 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PSuhYcWhmM



-k

Posted by: CanRay Oct 30 2011, 03:05 AM

For those that don't mind spoilers...

http://youtu.be/HB3NjHgYYZA

And they have to crank up the awesome from THAT!

Posted by: KarmaInferno Oct 30 2011, 03:44 AM

Is that the same video from the second post?




-k

Posted by: CanRay Oct 30 2011, 03:49 AM

It doesn't have German subtitles.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Oct 31 2011, 06:56 PM

And then, WE BLOW UP A SKYSCRAPER!!!
...or actually take it over for a new headquarters.

Posted by: Stahlseele Oct 31 2011, 07:01 PM

Sounds like F³NV.

Posted by: CanRay Oct 31 2011, 07:02 PM

Done in the first game. The Vice Kings (Gold Coloured Gang) HQ was a Corporate Skyscraper with a Penthouse Suite.

And now the Third Street Saints are just the Vice Kings wearing Purple. Supported by Ultor. Ultor, exploiting people on Mars ever since we dumped them there.

Posted by: Rastus Oct 31 2011, 09:27 PM

Guess what folks? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K97u5usT9WY&feature=relmfu

In addition to showing off the cool toys of S.T.A.G. who obviously take notes from Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., that trailer gives you an uncredited cameo of Zimos, an old school pimp who used to work for the syndicate before he managed to annoy the DeWynter Sisters a little too much. That little bit of autotune singing in the beginning is his voice, and that scene of a gimp pulling a rickshaw? That's featured in the mission you rescue him.

Posted by: CanRay Oct 31 2011, 11:36 PM

Gimp-powered Rickshaw Chases... Damn... *Writes that down for the Demo Game I'm working on for Shadowrun*

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 1 2011, 01:57 PM

One of the female voices has a Russian accent. Surprisingly, there are only two Balalaikas uploaded to Saintsrow.com. And the worse one is mine.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 2 2011, 01:00 AM

And the http://kotaku.com/5855265/celebrate-all-saints-day-with-new-screens-and-details-for-saints-row-the-third/gallery/3.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 2 2011, 01:21 AM

Damnit... I'm going to have to go over the budget again... Maybe I can find something the store would like a lot in trade...

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 2 2011, 08:15 AM

Heh, there's some extra cash waiting for me this month. SR3 and a new gamepad it is, I guess.

Posted by: Tanegar Nov 2 2011, 11:39 AM

Is it just me, or is there something funky with the renderer in the "Initiation Station?" It makes skin look like a triangle mosaic, and women appear to have pronounced five o'clock shadow when zoomed out.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 2 2011, 12:38 PM

There's something funky with your system. If the problem persists after restarting IS, that is - on the first run, some options refused to be switched and after putting a hat on the character, it disappeared. And I mean, the whole character did.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 2 2011, 12:44 PM

Well, the prevailing theory is that Playa/The Boss in female mode is just a transitioned transexual. There were strong hints of this in one of the few spoken parts of the protagonist in the original Saints Row. It would also explain a "Woman" being in a All Male Prison in Saints Row 2.

And, let's face it, who the *HELL* is going to make fun of the protagonist, considering what (s)he can do?

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 2 2011, 12:57 PM

It wasn't all-male prison. There was a mission where you had to spring the drug-dealing mom out of there in SR2 (IIRC it was a Samedi mission).

Posted by: CanRay Nov 2 2011, 01:06 PM

Oh yeah, her! I loved her baking!

Posted by: CanRay Nov 3 2011, 01:23 AM

http://youtu.be/gC2QD2UYguM

And for some reason I want snickerdoodles.

Posted by: Rastus Nov 3 2011, 07:18 AM

Good lord, was that Pierce riding shotgun? He must of expanded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWqNDnk1elE&feature=related during the interim years.

Speaking of singing along with the radio, behold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9BoIEY4xA4, and the only one to get a reaction out of all six selectable voices. Almost http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LblT4sJ9MDI, its only off by a hair.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 3 2011, 07:24 AM

I've often quoted the voice I had when Pierce was in that mission, "When did you grow a vagina?"

Posted by: CanRay Nov 3 2011, 07:41 AM

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3603628057/

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 3 2011, 06:56 PM

Hey, it's that song from Dave Mirra's Pro BMX!
And possibly the most badass Nissan Jackrabbit in the universe.

Posted by: Tiralee Nov 4 2011, 02:17 PM

Hell - the female voices for the protagonist were uniformly terrible. Playing as Dr Girlfriend the Cockney Sociopath made it all the more enjoyable.

Nothing like painting a wall red with a Mosaco security team and the sudden, "What I wouldn't give for a decent pint about now.." makes it awesome:)

-Tir (Yes, I do have the damn thing preordered.) Skyrim's going to be too involved just yet...

Posted by: CanRay Nov 4 2011, 03:15 PM

I'm saying "Screw the budget" and pre-ordering it today.

Posted by: CanadianWolverine Nov 4 2011, 05:46 PM

How I wish I could say "Screw the budget" as well...

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 4 2011, 05:54 PM

One Month of Ramen only no option?

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 5 2011, 03:19 PM

Well, I wasn't bothered, played through the whole game once with the first female voice, wasn't that bad. The "Cockney Sociopath" voice was horrible, though, making me play Sonny Sprockett with a Latino accent.
Also, extra $400-$500 this month. And promised Christmas bonus next month. Christ, I'm gonna be LOADED for the rest of the year.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 5 2011, 08:15 PM

In Rleation:
The year is all of 8 weeks long.

Posted by: CanadianWolverine Nov 7 2011, 07:22 PM

Unfortunately no, its a family budget and being responsible means others needs come before my wants. Its a luxury entertainment item, it doesn't come before food on our budget. And we are having trouble with ... oh never mind. The answer is no

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 7 2011, 07:26 PM

Ah. Family.
Yeah, that will hamper the nerd lifestyle of ramen and video games . .

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 7 2011, 09:40 PM

Fuck me with a stungun, it's not $400, it's $1000! Of course, that is before taxes, but c'mon. I can still pull $750-$800. However, I don't feel like upgrading my gaming rig, really.

Posted by: X-Kalibur Nov 7 2011, 10:28 PM

I just did that myself. Cost me ~1300-1500 USD. Mostly because I wanted to use an ITX board and a really small case. It's maybe slightly larger than a fat PS3 and makes almost no noise because I got an SSD for it instead of an HDD. Was really unnerving at first, since I couldn't tell if it froze or not at times while dicking with it. The price to pay for being able to cold boot Windows 7 in under 10 seconds from pressing the button.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 7 2011, 11:01 PM

what are you people talking about? O.o

Posted by: Critias Nov 8 2011, 03:18 AM

Mike's got some extra money coming in, but thinks it would still be unrealistic to upgrade his gaming rig in order to be (better)?) able to play Saint's Row. X is sharing his own recent experiences with sinking money into his computer.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 8 2011, 03:20 AM

I'd rather spend it on a giant dildo to beat people with.

Posted by: Fabe Nov 8 2011, 05:21 AM

Has to be posted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naGOZoHxA-I

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 8 2011, 07:39 AM

Well, considering that I have a dual-core 2.6 GHz processor, 4 gigs of RAM and brand-spankin' new GTX560, I don't think I need anything more. Although the Chinese have an awesome micronetbook for 600 bucks, so maybe I should save some money for that. Or build myself a new airsoft rifle (I don't own many rifles. Handguns yes, but it's rifles that are more practical).

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 8 2011, 09:17 AM

Ah well, i'm hoping my rig will run it just fine.
And if it doesn't, i'll have to try on the laptop.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 8 2011, 03:13 PM

I have a console.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 8 2011, 03:56 PM

I have 2 Computers that cost, together, about 5000€ . . If those can't run it something is WRONG <.<

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 12 2011, 04:36 PM

Heh, my dumb-ass neighbor laid his hand on a pirated copy. The trick is, it's a DVD image of the retail discs, and the PC version uses Steam. This means, nobody is going to be able to install it, to say nothing about playing, before the release date.
And that's an anti-piracy measure I can live with.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 14 2011, 04:56 AM

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/music-video-saints-row/723775

Posted by: CanRay Nov 15 2011, 07:57 PM

Got it.

Yes, it's very Pink Mohawk!

Posted by: Lindt Nov 16 2011, 09:10 PM

Canray... Just you wait. Youll meat the Mayor. THEN you will think its the greatest game ever made.

Posted by: KarmaInferno Nov 16 2011, 10:01 PM

Was that intentional, or a typo?



-k

Posted by: Critias Nov 17 2011, 05:24 PM

Given the game...I could see it going either way. Guess it just depends on if your Boss is male or female.

Posted by: Lindt Nov 17 2011, 07:40 PM

Meat = meet. Blame autocorrect.

Well, there is the giant purple floppy sex toy bat thing. That counts as meat right?

Having just finished the main campaign, I found it monumentally fun. The end comes fast, but its awesome. Also... zombies.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 17 2011, 07:55 PM

Not too fast, I hope. I bought it to get the taste of Rage out of my mouth.

Posted by: Psikerlord Nov 18 2011, 09:59 AM

I'm looking forward to this one. Have to say the GTA 5 teaser trailer sucks compared to the SR3 stuff Ive seen.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 18 2011, 12:18 PM

It's because GTA5 is aiming for a kind of "The Sopranos" mood, while SR3 just wants to headbutt hookers in the ovaries and blow shit up while running naked through the main street.

Posted by: nezumi Nov 18 2011, 02:43 PM

Looks like GTA for loons

Is it a good idea to pick up the first two games before this one?

Posted by: CanRay Nov 18 2011, 05:50 PM

You don't have to, but there's a good bit of backstory and references to them, as well as the history of knowing how the Third Street Saints became the giants they are. Such as why So-And-So hates the Saints so much, and quite a few names that are spoken about, and, of course, Benjamin King's movie (Based on the book that came out in Saints Row 2.). It starts out as a GTA Clone, and then just ramps up the Pink Mohawk Attitude. There's even a Magician in Saints Row 2! It's like Stilwater/Steelport are on heavy Mana Spikes and there's lots of Adepts around!

It also makes Johnny Gat and the Protagonist (Playa/Boss) feel that much more bad-ass. They're both available on the X-Box Marketplace, Saints Row 2 is available on the PS3 Store, as downloads. Good luck finding a copy of the first Saints Row for PS3 that's in playable condition. I'm thinking of hitting up EB Games to see if I can find Saints Row 2 used in a good condition, as there's DLC out for it that I didn't play (And I want to enjoy the game again.).

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 18 2011, 09:29 PM

Hold on. A MAGICIAN? You mean, that creepy-ass Sunshine dude? Considering what you need to off him, I'd rather say he was a pissed-off loa or, worse, a shadow spirit. Although I guess that loa ain't the friendliest of the spirit bunch anyway.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 18 2011, 09:43 PM

Exactly. Possession-Based Magician.

Honestly, Saints Row is "Shadowrun's Past".

Posted by: nezumi Nov 18 2011, 10:14 PM

I don't do consoles, but it looks like Saints Row 3 at least is available for PC.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 18 2011, 10:25 PM

Saints Row 2 is available on Steam. Actually, let me double-check. Yep, it's for sale, $14.99.

Posted by: Lindt Nov 18 2011, 10:27 PM

Saints Row 2 for PC is kind of a mess. But its super cheep on Steam.
Its the poster child for 'Poorly optimized' console ports. But if you have a decent rig, it will run, just don't expect a lag free game.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 18 2011, 10:32 PM

In my utter stupidity, I got Rage for PC as I finally have a decent rig for gaming. And five hours later...

"THAT'S F***ING IT? AND THAT ENDING??? RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN SKRIM OR SOMETHING!"

So, I screwed around with the budget and got Saints Row: The Third to wash the taste out because I can't handle something like Skrim at the moment.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 19 2011, 02:02 AM

OK... If that's how Luchadores really train, I'm never saying wrestling is fake ever again!

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 20 2011, 08:04 PM

Of all the songs...

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 20 2011, 08:07 PM

Yep, the car chases are nearly impossible to complete. That is, expect if your able to pin the other car and have stuffed yours with gang members that can pepper it with weapons fire.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 20 2011, 09:53 PM

Yeah, I'd suggest it more for console then. Used PS3s and 360s go pretty cheap now. Just get from a reputable Fixe... Er, store. Damn, got Shadowrun on the brain at the moment.

Oh, met the Mayor, and he's THE ONE GUY THE PROTAGONIST DOES NOT TALK SMACK TO! Three games of being a complete and total bad-ass and back-talking ruthless killers, and we find the one guy he won't say shit to if his mouth was full of it!

Then I had to cry at the last bonus you get for beating the game. Hopefully him and Lin can go around on murder sprees in the later games. Apparently the fourth has been announced, and they're ramping it up even MORE!

I didn't even know the dial had a 21!

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 20 2011, 10:45 PM

Note the unplayability of car chases was a reference to Saints Row 2, not 3. In 3 they did not hire out for the PC version, but developed it in house alongside the console version. Btw, anyone else see a pattern about sub-contracting version of sections of the game and the results turning up sub-par? The much pissed on boss battles in DEHR was also sub-contracted.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 21 2011, 12:18 AM

...And Carlos?

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 21 2011, 12:22 AM

Damn it ray, you are making me want to buy this game even more <.<

Posted by: CanRay Nov 21 2011, 06:17 AM

It's a running joke that Lin is still around and killing. Didn't see anything about Carlos, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything.That sound I'm hearing is your budget screaming in terror.

It will lull me to sleep tonight...

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 21 2011, 01:02 PM

yeah, and i wanted to be more carefull with my budget . . it's down to 6k€ by now <.<

Posted by: CanRay Nov 21 2011, 03:42 PM

Yeah, well, I'll put it this way... It's thirty times the awesome that Rage was in 1/3 of the discs! Over ten hours just for the storyline, more than enough to pay for itself on my "Scale of entertainment/cost equation". (Yes, I actually have one. Rage failed on it by 35%. Saints Row: The Third paid for itself with the radio stations and advertizements alone.).

And I get to play it again to entertain family and friends.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 21 2011, 05:10 PM

*sigh*
ok, when i have my next pay check, i'll try and see about aquiring this ._.

Posted by: Critias Nov 21 2011, 08:36 PM

I have it and I can't play it.

I always have to leave some awesome stuff -- like Saints Row, Arkham City, Skyrim -- for my wife to get me for Christmas. In the case of SR3, though, THQ had a pretty sweet preorder deal going (some free DLCs), that I knew would save us a couple bucks if we bought it early. So it's bought. It's mailed. It's arrived. It's sitting right. over. there.

And I can't play it.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 21 2011, 08:45 PM

why not?

Posted by: CanRay Nov 21 2011, 08:58 PM

What Stahl asked? Is it the violence? The over-the-top nature? Computer requirements?

Posted by: Critias Nov 21 2011, 10:05 PM

Because she made me promise to wait 'till Christmas to open it, 'cause it's supposed to be a Christmas gift. We only bought it early to get the good deal on the DLC...so there it sits, taunting me. Taunting me.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 21 2011, 10:30 PM

Oh, well, in that case... *Slasher Smile* I beat the storyline.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 22 2011, 12:16 PM

Dude . . that's . . kinda not fair O.o
Also: you bought it, torrent a version somewhere and play that when she's not looking.
Nobody will know!

Posted by: CanRay Nov 22 2011, 03:45 PM

Nobody but yourself.

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 22 2011, 05:09 PM

Seems there is a surprising love for the STAG Condor around the web.

Posted by: Critias Nov 22 2011, 05:26 PM

I know! This is what I get for trying to be nice, and leave her some cool video games to buy me, so she's all "I'm the cool wife, I bought my hubby ______ for Christmas." People wonder why I can be dickish sometimes, and it's because I get punished with frustration and misery when I try to do nice things for my own wife! With these kinds of mixed signals, isn't it no wonder that I can get snippy? I could be shouting dragons off mountainsides right now, bat-a-ranging sociopathic thugs, and pimping out a murdermobile, in an assortment of universes, and instead I've got the worst case of videogame blueballs the world's ever seen, because these are games that I know are in my house -- my house! in my name! -- that I'm not allowed to play.

I'm wearing her down, though. We invariably bust out a sort of pre-money barter system in the weeks leading up to Christmas. If I bust out one of her gifts early, we'll likely trade and I'll get to snag one of my games ahead of time (and if I do, it'll be SR3, because I think it's the least likely to absolutely suck me in and keep me from worrying about real life).

So we'll see. Maybe by this time tomorrow...

Posted by: X-Kalibur Nov 22 2011, 05:45 PM

Wow, that takes cock blocking to a whole new level, Critias.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 22 2011, 06:02 PM

Just good that my girl is a cute little nerd herself and never would do something like that to me . . not because she ain't cruel, because she totally is, but because she would be the first to want to play the games ^^

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 22 2011, 06:21 PM

i really need to find a life partner like that.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 23 2011, 12:00 AM

Everybody does . . i still don't know what she sees in me that makes her stay with me . .

Posted by: Critias Nov 23 2011, 05:08 AM

Woohoo, talked her into lettin' me fire it up!

I forwarded her her email notification about the special 1-year recruitment gig I got her for World of Warcraft (so she gets the swanky new mount, gets Diablo III for free, and gets into the next WoW beta), and then I guilted her into letting me play Saints Row by calling it a trade. Muwahahaha!

So far, I'm diggin' this game. I yoinked a cop car and pimped it out in Saints colors, then thought bigger; snagged a Humvee, instead (turret and all), and pimped it out in Saints colors. Then I just drove around cackling maniacally and menacing the city for, uhh, like three or four hours.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 23 2011, 12:48 PM

Ah, i see somebody is a master of the marital arts *snickers* ^^

Posted by: CanRay Nov 23 2011, 04:07 PM

Master the "Bo-Duke-En" yet?

Posted by: Critias Nov 23 2011, 04:28 PM

Yup. Just a few hours of casual play last night, only did the first mission or two (got the penthouse suite, then stopped "working"), mostly just romped around murdering people and that sort of thing.

Is there some trick to the "streaking" mini-mission? I've been making progress on several others (driving on two wheels, running over pedestrians, headshots, nutshots, driving the wrong way, etc), but even when I decided to run around butt naked for a while, I didn't receive any time towards that particular goal.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 23 2011, 04:40 PM

That's the one thing I haven't done yet.

You're still in the "Tutorial" missions stage, BTW. The next set of missions opens up the "Mini-Games" like Escort and Snatch and the rest of our favorites from the previous games.

Posted by: Critias Nov 23 2011, 05:28 PM

Ah, okay. So just gotta grind away at the main missions a little more, maybe? It's just throwing me off, because other of the mini-game stuff (driving on two wheels, driving the wrong way, power sliding, etc) are tracking progress, but the streaking one just isn't. I don't wanna be running around naked for no reason! It makes me cringe extra every time I wipe out on a motorcycle and go skidding down the road.

And I don't have favorites from previous games, as this is actually my first taste of the series.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 23 2011, 05:39 PM

Then you're going to love this. Especially as you don't *HAVE* to do them unlike the previous games. (Respect wasn't a leveling system, you had to earn it to propel the storyline. It made sense in the first game where you were the new guy that people didn't even know the name of and had to put in work to prove yourself, less sense in the second where you were the damned BOSS.).

Honestly, I miss the FUZZ minigame, where you dressed up as a cop and was filmed doing Saints Row version of COPS. "Hippies are sitting around peacefully. Disperse them. With a chainsaw."

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 23 2011, 07:46 PM

Just remember that if you want a STAG Condor in your garage, you better grab one early or you will have to go thru the "humanitarian aid, inc" vehicle stealing missions to get the chance at one.

Freaking thing looks like it dropped straight out of a clone wars episode.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 23 2011, 10:06 PM

"It looks like a Helicopter f***ed a Jet!"

Oh, wait, that's the F-69. Never mind. Yeah, the Condor rocks! I gotta see if Oleg fits in it.

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 23 2011, 10:56 PM

Hehe, i made sure to use the "whiskey" voice. The various exclamations of the main character became very dry indeed

Only problem with the Condor is that is not armored at all...

Posted by: CanRay Nov 23 2011, 11:00 PM

I just love the cockney accent. Played that in Saints Row 2, and it felt so... Over the edge with all the US/Gangsta accents.

Next time I play through, I'll be using the Eastern European Female Voice, I think. Already got one of the pre-made characters from the online site selected and ready to use. Bit skimpy on the clothing, but, hell, they come off quick enough.

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 23 2011, 11:23 PM

Heh, one of the pimp missions must be interesting to play with a female character

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 24 2011, 12:02 AM

btw, did anyone else notice a Hackers quote during one of the decker missions?

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 24 2011, 05:58 AM

Hehe, the more i play it the more it feels like a Shadowrun game.

Managed to make my character impervious to bullets and fire, so i am facing down heavy weapon brutes with impunity. And i maxed out the SMGs with incendiary ammo, so now i am chewing thru vehicles like crazy! Best part was getting a call about mascots gathering outside a store and and going SMG crazy thru wave after wave of costumed hostiles showing up on scooters, in electric cars and even what looked like roofless golf carts. The whole experience was surreal!

Posted by: CanRay Nov 24 2011, 03:24 PM

Honestly, this is how a Shadowrun game should be made, damnit!!!

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 24 2011, 03:57 PM

more or less, yes.
now make it more RPG like and MMO.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 24 2011, 04:01 PM

Actually, it is RPG-like. You level up, buy abilities and such. Very nice.

As for MMO, that'd be a bit rougher. Fifty guys fighting over stealing a cop car...

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 24 2011, 09:52 PM

That, and some dumbass parking his butt near the newbie spawn with a vtol...

There is coop tho...

Posted by: CanRay Nov 24 2011, 11:28 PM

Yeah, I'm not about to trust some random stranger on the Internet to not be a Griefer who just swears at me and calls me "Newb" because I suggest tactics and the use of terrain in a firefight.

Sorry, it's why I got rid of CoD: Black Ops.

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 25 2011, 12:34 AM

No wonder CS did so well while more tactical mods flatlined...

Not that there is much practical use of terrain in SRT (to not confuse it with shadowrun 3rd edition )

Posted by: KarmaInferno Nov 25 2011, 03:57 AM

It would also be merely a matter of time before cars started getting stacked and positioned to spell out rather unsavory words and sentences.




-k

Posted by: CanRay Nov 25 2011, 04:03 AM

Um... Yeah, time... Sure... *Tries to look innocent, fails*

Posted by: Tanegar Nov 25 2011, 05:26 AM

You wanna make a multiplayer Shadowrun video game, that's great. A Shadowrun MMO? No, thanks. WoW's pretty neat, but it's only a nodding acquaintance with actual roleplaying.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 25 2011, 05:35 AM

It's like Marijuana. It'll hook the kids and then they'll want the Heroin that is RPGing.

...

Maybe that's a bad analogy.

Posted by: Tanegar Nov 25 2011, 07:33 AM

Do you have data on that? I don't, but my gut feeling is that the bleedthrough from WoW to tabletop gaming is minimal.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 25 2011, 08:04 AM

Or you will have to deal with a bunch of goons in pickup trucks trying to run you over or ram your vehicle while you're doing your quests. True story.

Posted by: Stahlseele Nov 25 2011, 10:00 AM

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=34491

Posted by: Tanegar Nov 25 2011, 05:50 PM

I've seen it, I'm just deeply pessimistic that the final product will be worth playing.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 25 2011, 09:08 PM

Got it. Sadly, the Steam servers are apparently constipated, or someone in the neighborhood is downloading humongous amounts of porn, because I can't even download the thing.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 25 2011, 09:49 PM

*Begins to sing "The Internet Is For Porn" and stops as is seriously beaten soundly*

Posted by: CanRay Nov 25 2011, 10:06 PM

OK, you know the moment that I *KNEW* that SR: 3 was Shadowrun in the Fifth World?

When this came on, and I went, http://youtu.be/7f_HsjpSVaI

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 25 2011, 11:07 PM

Yea the use of music is better then most in this game

Hilarious to have that in the background while i was grabbing a Eagle to go finish things once and for all.

Posted by: CanadianWolverine Nov 26 2011, 04:27 PM

I'm coming, Shaundi and Burt! I loved that mission.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 26 2011, 04:50 PM

Yeah, sometimes I have a moral choice in the decisions in the game, that one... "We can get the bastard later... I couldn't save Johnny, I WILL SAVE THE REST OF MY CREW!"

*Sniff* Zombie Johnny. Last of the OG Crew other than the Boss.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 27 2011, 04:39 PM

Get butt naked, and double-tap the down button (The one you can use to take pictures if you've activated it on your cellphone.). That activates the streaking mini-mission. Just after the time ran out on my first try of it, I found a photo op, so one lucky Saints fan got hisself a damned good photo of my Eastern-European Buxom Musclewoman in her birthday suit and ink!

Posted by: Lindt Nov 27 2011, 08:45 PM

Its funny, I was fully expecting Johnny to just show up midway thru the game. Just 'SUPRISE COCKBAGS!!' and kill some dudes. And when I got Zombie Johnny... I was a sad sad panda. But then again, there are those upcoming DLC mission things... who knows!?!

Posted by: CanRay Nov 27 2011, 09:15 PM

Come on man, spoilers. Although I'm kicking myself. I heard the Mayor come on a commercial and went, "I know that voice..."

Get to the mayor, *Headdesk*

My take was mostly, "I let Johnny down... I AIN'T LOSING ANY MORE OF MY CREW!"

Anyhow, we knew Johnny was dead. They had him in a coffin and was getting ready to bury him next to his girl... Before they blew the pimped-out hearse into the ocean.

Posted by: Critias Nov 27 2011, 11:43 PM

Not for nothin', but you're the one that first mentioned "Zombie Johnny," dude.

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 27 2011, 11:45 PM

Spoilers? If you check their youtube videos they spoiled it themselves at one point.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 28 2011, 04:17 AM

...

...

Oh yeah. Damn. Oh well. Really been a weird and bad, um, too long for me.

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 28 2011, 04:26 AM

I really do not get the whole Johnny Gat issue. But then i basically "crashed" thru the second game, barely paying attention to the storyline...

Posted by: CanRay Nov 28 2011, 04:46 AM

Johnny was the third Saint you meet in the original Saints Row (The first two being Julius, the founder of the gang, and Troy the second in command.).

He was the only member of the Saints to not drop his flag when the Saints fell apart between Saints Row 1 and 2, and your main supporter during Saints Row 2. He's the ranking person in the gang, and only doesn't take command because it's not his style (He enjoys putting in work too much to deal with the rest of the BS that The Boss has to.). Considering the superhuman amount of injuries he's been inflicted with and still gotten back up to kick major ass, he was pretty much assumed to be as unkillable as the Protagonist (Playa/Boss). Having him die so early in SR3 is a major WTF moment that says "Almost anyone can die now.". And hurts all the more when you start shooting mascots of him in Professor Genkis and... Well... The Deckers kick you in the crotch over it as well, I'll put it that way.

It's like Wash getting it in Serenity. Sudden, unexpected, and very, very harsh.

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 28 2011, 05:02 AM

Never gotten into firefly/serenity much either, so...

Then again, i am not much for live action anything these days

Posted by: CanRay Nov 28 2011, 05:09 AM

Johnny Gat is essentially "NPC Protagonist #2" in two games. As tough as your character, as deadly, a one-man army. Take into consideration that he's beating up "Frenchie" with a SWITCHBLADE in his belly, then uses it to cut Boss and Shaundi free, and then kill the pilot with it. And holds off how many people while trying to fly the jet? (Enough to make him go, "Wow, that's a lot of guys!" when he's taken on half a city's police force on his own!).

It's the reason that the Boss is hitting everyone in the crotch. Johnny's death has been a blow to him/her, and it's like losing an arm. The one that usually holds the guns (s)he isn't using at the moment.

EDIT: Also, it forces him to rely more on Pierce. And that's never a good thing.

Posted by: Lindt Nov 29 2011, 04:23 AM

So am I the only one that wondered why Shaundi went from hippie to scary? I mean I understand after the intro, but it seems somewhere we lost the girl whos into mission in SR2 was jumping a Bootlegger off a few ramps and smoking a lot of dope.

And no.... relying on Pierce is never a good thing. Just look at 'Three Way'. I did that mission a dozen times because he kept getting his ass blown up by tanks.

Edit: And just because... my second play threw is a fat English bloke with a green Mohawk and purple suspenders. It never gets old.

Posted by: Critias Nov 29 2011, 04:44 AM

She went from dope to coke?

Posted by: CanRay Nov 29 2011, 05:23 AM

Well, she gave up the Hippie Lifestyle to have her own TV Show and a Jetset Lifestyle. Coke would be the likely thing to take.

Also, she probably got tired of all the jokes about her lack of combat ability in SR2 and grew a pair (of steel ovaries) between games.

In addition, survivor's guilt over Johnny. It does weird things to people.

That said... Um, yeah... She's still the Gang Bicycle who is relying upon Ex after Ex, and... Well, play the game and find out.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Dec 18 2011, 02:48 PM

So, here I was, playing "http://deckers.die/" in Saints Row The Third, when, just in the middle of kicking Matt Miller's dumb limey ass, my computer decided to kick the fucking bucket for good.
FUCK YOU, MATT MILLER!
(the one that isn't Positron, while we're at it)

Posted by: CanRay Dec 18 2011, 04:04 PM

Wow, the game hacked your computer! SWEET! They really are Deckers!!!

Posted by: Seriously Mike Dec 18 2011, 06:05 PM

No, it's just that my PSU is a few watts short of what the video card demands. And it's old. Luckily I just puked out almost $100 on a new one.

Posted by: CanRay Dec 18 2011, 07:55 PM

So the game was able to hack your Hardware, NICE!

Posted by: Seriously Mike Dec 19 2011, 07:54 AM

I never expected it to do such a thing. I played up to this point without problems, thinking that the game wasn't as taxing as, let's say, Batman:AC, and suddenly, among all those blinkenlights, BOOM.

Posted by: CanRay Dec 19 2011, 06:52 PM

Yep, they crashed your system good, didn't they?

Posted by: Faraday Dec 20 2011, 09:16 AM

This is the reason I buy good PSUs from reputable companies.

Learned that lesson myself the hard way.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Dec 20 2011, 01:34 PM

That's why I spent $100 instead of $60. But the fact is I have a 500W PSU that was enough for GeForce 9800, but GTX560 requires at least 550W. Once some serious graphics processing starts, my computer is prone to sudden shutdowns.

Posted by: CanRay Jan 18 2012, 01:32 AM

Just got the Genkibowl DLC...

There are now rumors that JOHNNY IS ALIVE! Or that his death is in doubt. Could that be due to his Zombie, or is something else going on???

Posted by: Seriously Mike Jan 18 2012, 08:27 AM

"The Trouble With Clones"?

Posted by: CanRay Jan 18 2012, 10:03 AM

Possibly...

Posted by: CanRay Feb 6 2012, 09:45 PM

OK, finally found out why Zimos was dressed up like a horse. It's quite hilarious!

Posted by: Stahlseele Feb 6 2012, 10:05 PM

You know, i still haven't managed to play this yet <.<

Posted by: CanRay Feb 6 2012, 10:13 PM

Then quit reading this thread and get it.

Posted by: Stahlseele Feb 6 2012, 10:50 PM

too much work . .
also, it's 12 in the night in 10 minutes . .

Posted by: CanRay Feb 27 2012, 04:43 PM

Gangsters... In... SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!

Posted by: Stahlseele Mar 20 2012, 10:07 PM

ok, i bought it . .
first problem:
fucking game comes with fucking 2 DVD's . . and i STILL need to fucking download 2.5 GIGABYTES before i get to play?
what the fuck?

OK, let's try FNV Ultimate Edition next . .

Posted by: CanRay Mar 20 2012, 10:24 PM

Everything fits on my X-Box 360 with one DVD.

Just finished "Trouble With Clones", compared to the other DLC, it was a bit too easy... And felt... Unfinished in some way.

Posted by: Stahlseele Mar 20 2012, 11:44 PM

Any Spiderman-References in that one?

Posted by: CanRay Mar 22 2012, 02:01 PM

Not that I saw.

Also, finally finished Saints Row The Third. I now own the city in total. I made Hulk Hogan cry and know what Kenzie does after the Hacker's backs are broken.

Posted by: Critias Mar 22 2012, 02:26 PM

I need to play more, or rather need to find/make the time to play again. My new Boss is Sterling Archer -- suit, haircut, everything -- from an alternate reality where his mother raised him to be a stylish gangster, instead of a superspy.

Posted by: Tanegar Jul 19 2012, 09:47 PM

Continuing my torrid affair with Steam sales, I picked up Saints Row: the Third and all but the most recent DLC (normally $104.83) for $24.99. I'm having much more fun than I did with Grand Theft Auto IV, largely because Saints Row understands how ludicrous the core concept is and embraces the madness, where GTA4 insists on taking everything super-seriously.

Posted by: CanRay Jul 19 2012, 09:57 PM

I'm eagerly awaiting "Enter the Domin-Matrix"!

Posted by: taeksosin Jul 19 2012, 10:10 PM

I think that unless Rockstar stops taking GTA so seriously, Saints Row will have out GTAed GTA. Loved this game enough to purchase it instead of eyepatch it, and I've already easily gotten my monies worth out of it.

Posted by: Grinchy McScrooge Jul 19 2012, 10:23 PM

It has since been folded into Saints Row 4, so you'll be waiting a while longer...

Posted by: CanRay Jul 20 2012, 12:52 AM

Posted by: StealthSigma Jul 20 2012, 11:10 AM

I named my Shadowrun PC's mook Kinzie...

Posted by: Thanee Jul 20 2012, 12:46 PM

SRTT is really crazy!

Bye
Thanee

Posted by: JCATL Jul 20 2012, 01:58 PM

I second these

Posted by: Tanegar Jul 20 2012, 06:11 PM

I killed Professor Genki! Walked out of a Friendly Fire and there he was. Didn't even put up much of a fight, I stun-locked him with akimbo pistols until he dropped something like $850,000 dollars on me. I'm gonna go buy up as much property as I can.

Posted by: CanRay Jul 20 2012, 09:00 PM

Lucky! I had to put in work to get my paper!

Posted by: Critias Jul 20 2012, 11:07 PM

Yeah, I had fun blasting the snot outta him, too. It took me a second after I shot him -- because I shoot all mascots, on principle -- to realize he hadn't died. Then it took me a second after that to notice he'd pulled out a launcher and was trying to murder me right back.

Then, the fight really started.

Posted by: Tanegar Jul 20 2012, 11:44 PM

I actually kept shooting him for some time after he died. The reason I was in the Friendly Fire was to buy the level 4 upgrade for my pistols (explosive bullets), so his body kept flying up in the air when I shot it, causing me to think he was still alive.

Posted by: CanRay Jul 21 2012, 12:50 AM

Body juggling is a great passtime!

Posted by: Tanegar Jul 21 2012, 02:45 AM

Well, I have purchased every store, crib, and property on the map (unless others appear later in the campaign), plus various and sundry upgrades, and I still have close to $500,000. Oh, and my hourly income is over $30,000. I'm thinking killing Prof. Genki so early will prove to be a game-breaker.

Posted by: CanRay Jul 21 2012, 03:39 AM

Until the heavy guns start coming out.

Posted by: Halinn Jul 21 2012, 01:48 PM

The real fun is in driving a tank through a siege anyhow. Get wanted enough, and they'll even start sending in other tanks against you

Posted by: Tanegar Jul 21 2012, 04:05 PM

Oh, I've done that already. One of the DLCs adds a Humm-Vee(!), a tank(!!), and a VTOL fighter jet(!!!), all in Saints colors. The VTOL's not accessible until you take the penthouse, with its heliport, but one of the first things I did was go on a tank rampage.

Posted by: Halinn Jul 21 2012, 04:41 PM

The saints tank is quite nice for shooting down helicopters, yes. It is best done if you both get 5 stars from the police and a gang, of course. More mayhem = more fun

Posted by: Tanegar Jul 22 2012, 08:58 PM

The key for "grab human shield" really, really, REALLY needs to be separate from the key for "enter vehicle." Kthx.

Posted by: CanRay Jul 23 2012, 05:06 AM

At least it isn't the same key as "Cock Punch".

Posted by: Tiralee Jul 23 2012, 11:11 AM

Wait, I thought "Grab Human shield " WAS the "Enter Vehicle" action?

I mean, I have to do it twice, but it's great tossing grandma into the face of an oncoming law enforcement officer

-Tir

Posted by: StealthSigma Jul 23 2012, 11:11 AM

Professor Genki's DLC was incredible. There's nothing quite like, once you finish all the missions, driving around in the Genkimobile with Sad Panda, Sexy Kitten, and Angry Tiger.

That's when you know you've made it.

Posted by: CanRay Jul 23 2012, 05:32 PM

Big pimpin' indeed!

I like the Emu myself. It's a Smart Car, sure, but I always get the idea of it being a Jackrabbit from Shadowrun.

Posted by: StealthSigma Jul 23 2012, 06:42 PM

A Hammerhead equipped with Nitro and the roof off.... make out all the exhausts and make it so the hood option has the air intake for the engine.... flames spit out everywhere from that mofo.

Posted by: CanRay Jul 26 2013, 07:32 PM

Well folks, I'm about to crotchpunch a friend in order to get my disc back to play this before Saints Row IV comes out.

Any memories not posted anyone wants to share?

Posted by: Remnar Jul 26 2013, 10:30 PM

Only that after reading this I should have grabbed it on the Steam summer sale like I almost did.

Posted by: StealthSigma Jul 29 2013, 12:13 PM

Strippers. Strippers in angel costumes.

Posted by: Tiralee Aug 7 2013, 07:28 AM

Forgot that my saved games were on the other xbox account, so I started from fresh...and absolutely romper-stompered my way through, hoovering up respect much faster than the cash.

I found that actually going for the cash option was a lot more fun that respect - I mean, I could get tons of that my failing (again) the heli missions while trying to blitz the city - nothing like splattering the various vehicles (and after too much Battlefield 3, the chopper use was soooooo easy) as a twitch response.

Got to level 50 before even getting to the deckers - and unlimited ammo is just gravy

-Tir

Posted by: StealthSigma Aug 13 2013, 03:49 PM

I've been playing through again after having just finished Saints Row 2. Nothing is more fun than running down sidewalks buck assed naked and doing a running melee attack at pedestrians that features them getting a faceful of crotch.

Posted by: CanRay Aug 17 2013, 12:57 AM

Just got my disc back (After finding out I couldn't DL Saints Row 1 from XBL ). Enjoying some time with The Boss until it's time for The President.

That said, made the "Dolly" for Saints Row IV.

Posted by: CanRay Aug 20 2013, 11:58 PM

'Merika, Hell YEAH!

Apple Pie, Hell YEAH!

Handguns, Hell YEAH!

Freckle B*****es, Hell YEAH!

Rugby for P***ies, Hell YEAH!

Saints Row, Hell YEAH!

Posted by: X-Kalibur Aug 21 2013, 05:18 AM

What he said.

Posted by: StealthSigma Aug 21 2013, 06:47 PM

Am I to assume this is some sort of posting regarding Saints Row IV?

Posted by: CanRay Aug 22 2013, 04:35 PM

*Crotch Kick* HELL YEAH!!! 'MERIKA!

Posted by: X-Kalibur Aug 22 2013, 05:12 PM

I was more than half way through the game... and that's not even counting all the clusters I had collected (over 800, sigh) when, due to many issues compounding over time, I had to format the drive containing Steam. And I didn't move the SR4 save. Now I have to start all over *sigh*. At least I can now co-op the whole game with my friend for the achievement.

Posted by: CanRay Aug 22 2013, 07:57 PM

I need to know someone who has it on X-Box to Co-Op with.

Posted by: StealthSigma Aug 23 2013, 06:55 PM

I need a PC partner to coop with. My SR3 partner didn't get it because reviews looked bad.

Posted by: X-Kalibur Aug 23 2013, 11:28 PM

Which ones? Only IGN and one other gave it "poor" reviews and they were like 71. Everyone else was 90/100 or 9/10.

Posted by: StealthSigma Aug 26 2013, 08:20 PM

I dunno. My coop partner from SR3 said he wasn't getting it because reviews were bad.