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Product Description Saints' Row is one of the worst neighborhoods in the city of Stilwater - it's also where you grew up. You're tired of being on the bottom of the food chain, so you've decided to make your play. Start out as a member of the 3rd Street Saints, a local gang & work your way up to being king of Saints' Row. Then do what it takes to get the money and build the respect and power you need to muscle your way to the top of Stilwater's gangs. Form gangs, recruit gang members, and compete for cash and respect in a variety of modes including co-op
Customer Reviews
Saints Row - Kids love this one. Posted 14 March 2007
My two kids love this game.. so by far one of the best purchases I have made for the XBox 360.
Best of the GTA Wanna-Be's Posted 28 February 2007
Look, this game is not as good as GTA, especially the amazing experience that is San Andreas. However, this game is still very good and will hold over GTA fans until IV comes out later this year. If you enjoy playing GTA, chances are you will enjoy this game, especially where this franchise made some significant improvements. If you didn't like GTA games and are offended with overt violence, strong language, and direct sexual references, then steer away from this game. Here are the pros, cons, and "washes" as they compare to GTA:
Pros:
Better graphics
Better sound effects of cars and weapons
Cars are cooler
Superior implementation of the map functionality.
Save system is improved, but I can not understand in today's day and age of gaming why RPG-action games like this don't have a "save-at-any-time" functionality or at least provide reasonable interim mission save points - which this game did not.
Ability to save up to 70 cars in your garage
Insurance Fraud missions are arguably the most enjoyable missions ever envisioned for a sandbox game.
Some other missions that were direct rip-offs from GTA are arguably more fun like the pimp missions, hijacking, and hit-man.
Cons:
There is no mistaking that overall feeling of an awesome atmosphere you get in any GTA game that just wasn't present in this title. I can't put my finger on it, but you will see what I mean if you get to experience this game vs. any GTA game.
Story was a little better in San Andreas
No planes, boats, motorcycles, helicopters, or bicycles.
Voice acting is superior in GTA San Andreas. With that said, there was just way too much cursing. Cursing in any game or movie is good for adult entertainment when it is appropriate for the setting. This title just went way over the top on the cursing and was mostly out of place.
Music selection is superior in San Andreas in both amount and quality.
Washes - neither better or worse than GTA:
Open world sandbox environment enabling diverse ways to execute missions
Driving mechanics of the cars
Despite popular opinion, weapons functionality, though different, have about the same difficulty/ease factor.
Map size and mission amount/scope is more epic in San Andreas, but this title is probably a little bigger that GTA III and possibly Vice City. Not too shabby.
Move over GTA, Saints Row is here. Posted 13 February 2007
The game Saints Row tells the epic tale of one gang called the Saints as they battle rival gangs to become the rulers of the city Stilwater.
It starts off letting you customize your character - anything from nose size and hair to muscle definition and weight. From there you're allowed to run around, punch & kick enemies & civilians, hijack or buy and customize cars, spray paint walls, buy clothes and jewlery, purchase guns (and boy is there a wide variety of guns such as RPGs, handguns, shotguns, grenades, etc.) , buy CDs, call up your homies to fight along side you, and MUCH more. In order to do missions you have to earn respect. To gain respect you can do "activities" scattered throughout Stilwater such as snatching hookers away from their pimps, protecting drug dealers as they do their things, race, participate in demolition derbies, steal cars for stores, kill rival gang members, and many more. Also, if you wear a lot of purple (the Saints' color of choice) you can gain extra bonus points.
The missions themselves are BRUTALLY fun (with the exception of maybe 3). They go from destroying planes, storming mansions, robbing cars, blowing up buildings, rescuing people... its all really fun, and your rewarded with viscerally appealing and cool sounding cutscenes afterwards.
To earn money you can rob stores (eitrher by holding them up or by opening the safe yourself), beat up people and take their money, do the activities I mentioned, or beat missions. The more money you have, the more things you can buy.
Also, as you take over enemy turfs for your own they will do these things called "push backs" on random areas. This is when rival gangs try to take back their lands, and its basically an all out war between the Saints and the enemies until you kill the red highlighted lieutenants scattered throughout the territory. Once thats done, you can resume your game. Also owning more territories gives you more money each day... by the time I beat the game I hasd about $8 grand coming to me each day.
Moving on, this game has an EXCELLENT sound track. There is something like 100 songs from different genres such as hip hop, rock, and classical to listen to and many of them are really catchy. They even have some big namers on it like Xzibit, Wu-Tang, Winger, and Fall Out Boy (but I dislike FOB). Ontop of that, if you have a hard drive for your system you can upload your own songs into the game which is great. The sound effects are really top notch - like the guns shooting and things blowing up. Additionally, the voice acting is superb as well. Everyone portrays personality through curses, crude humor, and anger.. not to mention THQ also got some big times to do some acting such as the guy who plays Goliath from the Gargoyles and the girl Jackie from "That 70's Show".
The graphics are great in Saints Row. Everyone looks lifelike, and the city looks so realistic. The weather changes from sunny to rainy, night to day... its breathtaking. The cars look AMAZING, be it really new and shiny to old and rusty, everything has an authentic feel to it. Easily better looking then Grand Theft Auto.
But like always, no game comes without faults. For starters, the weapon selection screen is hard to get down and sometimes when you choose a weapon it wont exactly change to that weapon. Ontop of that, shooting while driving is a nightmare. The ally AI is sometimes incredibly dumb and when you want them to get into a car with you they will just stand there. Finally, the ending was terrible - you kill the last guy and take over Saints Row. Julius, who is the head of the Saints, tells you he still thinks something is amiss and that you're his right hand man now. Then they show you cocking a pistol and overlooking a crew of your boys. Then this mission called the "3rd Street Saints" mission opens up where you have to take a bus and destroy it, and when thats complete you, Dex, and Gat have to blow up like 5 police cars... evntually you meet with a guy running for mayor and he says "thank you but I have to kill you". He proceeds to surround you with like 50 of his goons, then the ship blows up. Uh huh..
To sum it up, Saints Row is a MUST HAVE for X-Box 360 owners or people who enjoy GTA-like games. There so much to do, and its so fun to do it that you just have to own this game.
GTA:III in 2K6? Posted 06 February 2007
Saints Row - Circa 2006
GOOD:
- Great Graphics and physics make the game come to life.
- Shooting works efficiently and easily, Shooting is more like that of a Third Person Shooter (like Lost Planet on Xbox 360)
- Online gameplay either with or against other people, with modes like versus/team play ect...
BAD:
- Plot is considered pretty weak to many.
- Voice acting maybe good, but most dialog feels like a forced/fake attempt to seem hip-hop urban.
- No Motorcycles, Boats, or helicopters (only the police get helicopters).
- Game might seem like too much of a Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas rip-off for some.
IF IT FITS YOUR TASTE:
- A go anywhere do anything at any time type of game that we have seen in such games as Grand Theft Auto. You're a new Gang member in an up and coming gang and it's your job to help stop (kill off) other rival gangs.
- Much like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (on Xbox 360, PS3, PC) you can customize your own character with things like Race/Hair styles/and setting the positions or types of things like eyes, nose, mouth ect. Also you can go back anytime and change these attributes (at the plastic surgeon for body and face and Barber for new hair types or styles). On top of all that you have many different clothing options/styles/types to choose from different clothing stores.
- GPS type map lets you put markers on the map and the CPU will map out (using a dotted line to your goal) the best/fastest route to get there.
- Lots of Car customizing to be had. Also note your garage can hold over 50 cars (which can be accessed by a scrolling menu). Also once a car is added to your garage its saved their so if you lose your car it will show up in your garage (in the same state you left it in), and if you destroy your car you can get a brand new one from your garage (for a small price).
- Pick and use weapons/health ups from a click wheel (like Turok 2 form N64 had), this makes switch weapons fast and easy. Also you don't lose weapons after you die.
- If you fall into water in the world of Saints Row you can swim, but you can also warp to the shore saving time and effort.
GAME ITS MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2/Xbox/PC)
- The Godfather: The Game (Xbox/PS2/Xbox 360)
- CrackDown (Xbox 360)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- There is already new content out for download for this game (most of which is free) via Xbox-Live. One pack gives you a Santa Suit.
- Reportedly this game is also coming to Sony's Playstation Three.
A GTA rip-off that is better than GTA itself Posted 06 February 2007
Ever since GTAIII came out for the PS2 a few years ago, there have been countless rip-offs that people want to burn, except it would be waste of wood. Well, after years of sad attempts to conquer the gang-bangin' leader of controversial video games, GTA now has a worthy competitor, Saint's Row, for the Xbox 360.
Like most stories of this genre, you live in this gang corrupted city named Stillwater. Three major gangs own parts of the city, they're the Vice Kings, West Side Rollerz, and Los Carnales (remember its not THE Los Carnales), and a smaller gang called the 3rd Street Saints (>GASP<). This where you come in. You are later save by the Saints and join them in thier unrelenting quest to take the wor...I mean...city.
Let me break it down for you.
The Good-Full character creation and customization. You can be muscular, good lookin', and have a full set of hair, or fat, ugly, and in serious need of a toupee. Use money you earn to buy 100s of clothes and acceseries (or a facial and hair cut!). Sorry, no bikes, motor cycles, boats, planes or choppers, just cars. But they make it up to you by allowing you to fully chop down any vehical you find and build it to your perspective (if you got the cash). Barely any glitches at all, mabey a few now and them only if you play non-stop for 7 hours (unlike GTA). Terrific graphics, everything has the smallest details from mailboxes to skyscrapers (characters actually have hands and fingers!(Unlike GTA)). Tons of fun and clever side missions to keep you buisy. Online play, create your own online character and compete in many kinds of modes with friends.Regenerating health and "save anywhere" function. Store as many cars as you want in your garage. If they get destroyed pay $500 at the machanic and your car is as good as new. Replay missions and cut-scenes in the movie theaters around the city.
The Wack-Character only male semi-mute. Area isn't that big or creative. Not the most original or epic story. The "gain respect" system slashes out the realism by using respect to "purchase" new story misions. Some side missions can be very frustrating.
All in all Saint's Row is a very good game. If your into the GTA genre and have a 360, get this game NOW.
Pssst, Rockstar. Take notes
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