Saint's Row

[Zoglog]

http://www.xboxyde.com/partner_leech_9_1742_en.html

19 Minute gameplay footage.


http://www.playerone.be/videos/rowx05gp1.php
http://www.playerone.be/videos/rowx05gp2.php
http://www.playerone.be/videos/rowx05gp3.php

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I must admit from the microsoft trailer it looked like a shitty game with a prerender of what looked like malibu's most wanted trying to be serious. From the looks from a gameplay perspective it may redeem itself tho. We'll see, many have tried but only have produced average results.

[Scorch]

Thanks. I'm REALLY looking forward to this. Can't wait to check this video out.

[uzumaki_star]

I will be getting this when I eventually get a Xbox 360.

[flybrione]

Two of my friends have played it already at conference.

They said that it was great and really will give GTA a run for its money!
Looking foward to it.

[Ledhed]

Looks like utter balls in my opinion.

But hey, I like Halo, so you probably shouldn't trust my judgement to begin with.

[pimpinc333]

This game looks very hott. Thanks OP!

[Scorch]

Looks like utter balls in my opinion.

But hey, I like Halo, so you probably shouldn't trust my judgement to begin with.

True.

I was sold based on what I read about it, seeing it in action makes me want it that much more. Shame you can't fly helicopters, but everything else was awesome.

[Chris in Cali]

A few things I noticed...

1. You can seemingly change your characters appearance anytime... even from a white man to a black man. That's not going to make the story feel too real, then agian obviously you don't have to change it, but it just seems weird

2. There's some really bad slowdown when that gun fight broke out.

3. The in car radio kept play long after the dude got out of the car.

[Zoglog]

A few thing I noticed...

1. You can seemingly change your characters appearance anytime... even from a white man to a black man. That's not going to make the story feel too real, then agian obviously you don't have to change it, but it just seems weird

2. There's some really bad slowdown when that gun fight broke out.

3. The in car radio kept play long after the dude got out of the car.


As for 1, it's because it's a demo. You can make certian changes after the base changes to your characters via "plastic surgery" as to how much you can change? who knows

For #2 and #3 the game is still being worked on so bugs and slowdown are no suprise. It's too early to criticize it for that. I've played many games at e3 with horrible performance but they worked fine in a few months when they finally launched.

From my observation It looks like this game has great potential.

Pros
- Better graphics with an active physics engine (Another video shows your guy flying through the front window in a crash). This actually has a great effect for these sandbox type games which rely on immersiveness. So many hours with GTA just spent messing around and blowing stuff up for fun.
- Gameplay appears to be better than the crappy autoaim system in GTA more along the lines of Hitman/Max Payne which is a good thing in my opinion

Cons
-The whole Bling bling thuggaz Gangastah life has no appeal with me and the promo vid from microsoft did not help at all. Prob a good reason why this game has not received any good buzz till people actually saw some gameplay
-Expensive, Damn straight 399 for the console and then 49 for the game? Sure you get the console but I was really planning on waiting till price dropped. This game could potentially convince me to get an Xbox 360, actually this and 99 nights have already.

Anyway 3 more videos for you guys


http://www.playerone.be/videos/rowx05gp1.php
http://www.playerone.be/videos/rowx05gp2.php
http://www.playerone.be/videos/rowx05gp3.php

One with them flying through window whee.

[Scorch]

A few thing I noticed...

1. You can seemingly change your characters appearance anytime... even from a white man to a black man. That's not going to make the story feel too real, then agian obviously you don't have to change it, but it just seems weird

2. There's some really bad slowdown when that gun fight broke out.

3. The in car radio kept play long after the dude got out of the car.

I find it funny that you bring up all those points, yet fail to mention how he gets shot a bajillion times and never dies. It's a demo, it wasn't the full game code, it was modified for the show floor so people wouldn't die and could get a good idea of the create-a-character.. as far as the slowdown thing.. it wasn't a final build.

[pimpinc333]

I like the rag doll physic's in it.

[Scorch]

I like the rag doll physic's in it.

I can never read any of your posts seriously ever again, I just saw you playing Cabela's Big Game Hunter.

[Zoglog]

I just realized I don't see the saint's row trailer on microsoft's site anymore

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=abde1e02-b529-469e-ae6a-7417fcde9e12&displaylang=en

I guess they realized how stupid it was. Personally it turned me off from the game entirely until I read the gamepro article.

[pimpinc333]

I can never read any of your posts seriously ever again, I just saw you playing Cabela's Big Game Hunter.

LOL not me playing thats my nephew. I also like the car customization. They said you can steal a cab, strip it and rebuild your own car from it. But one this I would like is real car handling. I mean keep the power slides and all but the whole stopping on a dime while going 100 is not good.

[ryanbph]

I can never read any of your posts seriously ever again, I just saw you playing Cabela's Big Game Hunter.
hahaah

[Saucy Jack]

This game sounded great based on what I read in GamePro. They said that the only way it would fail to kill GTA is if they fucked up and shipped out blank discs. Of course, that remains to be seen, but the game looks very good.

I can never read any of your posts seriously ever again, I just saw you playing Cabela's Big Game Hunter.

The game must be really bad. One night, shortly after that game came out, I was at GameCrazy and this family came in. The kid was trading in that game and a few others. They offered the kid about $1.50 for it, and $3 a piece for the other games he brought in. So, he used the credit to get another used game. The father asked the boy how much they gave him for the games. He said it was around $10. The father started screaming about how he spent hundreds on those games... I bet that boy got a beating when he got into the car. But it's also the dad's fault for not being there at the counter with him during the transaction.

[The VGM]

They should spend more time making it, it looks pretty whack right now, and the game looks like its running pretty slow.

[Zoglog]

This game sounded great based on what I read in GamePro. They said that the only way it would fail to kill GTA is if they fucked up and shipped out blank discs. Of course, that remains to be seen, but the game looks very good.



The game must be really bad. One night, shortly after that game came out, I was at GameCrazy and this family came in. The kid was trading in that game and a few others. They offered the kid about $1.50 for it, and $3 a piece for the other games he brought in. So, he used the credit to get another used game. The father asked the boy how much they gave him for the games. He said it was around $10. The father started screaming about how he spent hundreds on those games... I bet that boy got a beating when he got into the car. But it's also the dad's fault for not being there at the counter with him during the transaction.

I don't tend to trust gamepro but the article brought forth some real points. Personally though I think Gamepro is a worthless piece of crap, esp thier corny "Lame Pro" and letters from readers?! I mean....