Saints Row: The Third

If you like absurd and clever jokes, if you like unrealistically cool and random missions, if you like awesome musics, if you just want to watch the world burn, then this game is for you. It has some flaws, but this is one of the games I just download and enjoy after years.

Things I like about the game:

• Cars and helicopters being destroyed using a gun or a tank. I think its funny when those vehicles destroy.

• Shaundi.

• Giving compliments to the people.

• The Boss.

• Friendly Fire gun store.

• Oleg and the the other big giants. It's especially funny when the giant is on the truck if a major battle continues happening.

The crossroads in the series and a major breakthrough in gaming, this new step of embracing the out there and absurd is a fantastic thing for the industry giving a truly brilliant experience that is absolutely hilarious and as a result one of my all time favourite video games the silliness, the generic conventions on multipliers and the dark humour all create a fantastic experience that's an impressive play

At it's core a video game really needs to do one thing, give you a damn fun time. Too much focus has been given to grinding, realism and multiplayer when sometimes what you need is take your brain out crazy entertainment and that is where Saints Row 3 delivers.

Saints Row immediatly got flack for being a GTA clone, that frustrates the life out of me. Why is it a clone? There are few genres/premises in games that haven't been done before, is every racing game a Mario Kart ripoff? Is every first person shooter a Wolfenstein clone? No! People need to lighten up.

Saints Row 3 broke free of any such comparisons, no longer being a standard gang themed open world game and deciding instead to go in a new direction. What direction? Well, a rather weird one.

Mind controlling octopus gun? Giant dildo sword? Streaking side missions? Saints Row got silly and all the better for it. The game is colourful, over the top and seven shades of crazy.

Saints Row 3 has a lengthy enjoyable and wild story and that's not even touching upon the dlc packs which bring even more hilarity. The customization is limitless, the humour is hilarious and the open world is brimming with things to do.

We need more games like this and though it's sequel was enjoyable it paled in comparison and we have no sign of life from the franchise here in 2018.

Saints Row 3 is not art, it isn't an epic, it's not a multiplayer title with infinite playability it's just pure unconditional fun.

The Good:

Customization is limitless

Great story

Highly original stuff

Soundtrack

The Bad:

Nothing springs to mind

Things I Learnt From This Game:

Every game needs streaking side missions

Holding Out For A Hero makes any situation that much more epic

Hulk Hogan hasn't poisoned everything he's touched, just most things

8.5/10 A tier, really fun. Got it because it is meant to be the best in the series, in competition with 2. Really fun, wacky story. Just a great over the top game, the city was very baron but the activities were fun. Insurance fraud, the genki games, trial blazing and sky panda where my favorites. I like that the main villain isn't the gangs in this one and is a much larger threat. Im not sure if it's a spoiler so I won't say who they are. The gangs however in this were very weak and the villain they set up at the beginning was so poorly used in my opinion. The tech gang was good but a very minor if kind of cool threat. Just a great over the top game, the city was very baron but the activities were fun. Insurance fraud, the genki games, trial blazing and sky panda where my favorites.

I will always adore the customisation, just so great, there are so many clothes and ways your character can look. I like how you gradually get upgrades and new weapons, you do feel really over powered later on but progression is really well done none the less.

I wish your hideout wasn't always the same, you conquer a casino but when you do it just turns into another one of your penthouses. There are very few shops that aren't the saints chain of store, the graphics aren't bad but definitely feel like a restored PS3 game. If the open world had more to it I would probably give it a 10/10. The main missions also felt a bit repetitive and a lot of them were basically the side activities. I'm really glad I played it, definitely has a few flaws but was really enjoyable. Just not as expansive or interesting as SR2.