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  Saints Row: The Third is the third game in the Saints Row series. Developed by Volition Inc and published by THQ, and released in November 2011, the game could somewhat inaccurately be called a "GTA Clone." The similarities are apparent - both games feature gunplay and vehicular mayhem against a backdrop of modern-day organized crime. Where they differ, of course, is in the execution. Saints Row 2 struck a fantastic balance between gritty street drama and utter madcap foolishness. Saints Row 3 takes it a step farther - gone is really any semblance of drama, replaced by VTOL jets, laser tanks, and over-the-top Japanese game show-themed bloodsport. In short, it doesn't make a lot of sense, but Saints Row: The Third is a hell of a lot of fun. The game really shines, however, with its beautifully implemented two-player drop-in-drop-out online co-op. There's no better way to explore the gritty industrial hellhole of Steelport, nor to follow the Third Street Saints on their mission of redemption and revenge, than with a buddy. To that end, starting in Video 2, I'll be cashing in a hefty chunk of goodwill to bring some friends along for the ride. We'll try to progress through the story at a reasonable pace, but for some reason, shenanigans always ensue. So join me and a bunch of madmen as we play Saints Row: The Third.                        Bonus Concordat put together a handy visual guide to modding vehicles not normally moddable on Youtube MisterFuzzles re-wrote one of my favourite tunes in honour of everyone's favourite murderous hellhole that is not Detroit. MisterFuzzles posted:Hmm. Remember that bad verse of 19-2000 I made an SR3 version of? Here's the full "masterpiece" of crap. Skippy Granola fucked around with this message at May 15, 2013 around 17:34 |
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 They look like they are living bobble-heads in the tutorial level... Anyway, I expect great things from this. I mean, opening with a faux-Japanese commercial and going into a gunfight... and then signing autographs while in the middle of it. The fact that the first military base you assault has that Unicorn as its emblem really shows how wimpy they are when just 2 people can run up with handguns and take it over.  This has the makings of a great LP already.Perhaps you could change your outfit every recording session? I hear there are a lot of character customization options. Pharohman777 fucked around with this message at Nov 27, 2012 around 04:55 |
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Pharohman777 posted:I hear there are a lot of character customization options. Oh, there* are. *Possibly NSFW
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 04:54 |
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All of the Boss's voice actors did such a great job. Except you, Steven Blum.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 04:55 |
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Xaiter posted:All of the Boss's voice actors did such a great job. Except you, Steven Blum. Surprisingly one of the few times I didn't immediately recognize a Blum voice. If you pull goon volunteers for coop stuff, I'd totally be down. I can bring in a Zombie Amy Winehouse, Doctor Fathattan, or a few other monstrosities. My steam ID: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Death_Sandwich
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 05:08 |
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I always used White Lady Voice and played as She-Hulk, and overutilized the wrestling takedowns.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 05:16 |
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I mean that's just the tutorial mission. Ragny and I just recorded episodes 2 and 3 (basically going to bring in a new bro every recording session), and oh my god. We got NOTHING done.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 05:22 |
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I ran through this entire game as the Hulk in a Suit. What I'm saying is that if you don't use the character creation tools to their fullest, I'll be really disappointed.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 05:50 |
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I note a disappointing lack of the one true voice of The Boss (Female 1)  Otherwise, looking forward to an LP of the best game of 2011.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 06:03 |
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I'm strangely attracted* to having Male Voice 1 (Troy Baker) on a female character. It's so wrong but it feels so right. I'd be happy if Troy Baker voiced everyone ever. *exaggeration for the sake of comedy; I do not claim an actual attraction to this strange scenario or Troy Baker's voice, although he has a drat good voice You seem to be showing off the game really well and I can't wait for co-op shenanigans. Will there be signups for that, or do you already have your bros and sisters lined up?
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 06:25 |
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One of my favorite games, but sadly, never been able to try it in co-op. I'll be keeping my eyes glued to this.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 06:32 |
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This game is pretty drat fun, it has a few flaws but way more awesome things to make up for them. My favorite part was the Professor Genki missions and I wish there had been more of them and less of the boring escortish stuff.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 06:54 |
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Wild Knight posted:I'm strangely attracted* to having Male Voice 1 (Troy Baker) on a female character. It's so wrong but it feels so right. I'd be happy if Troy Baker voiced everyone ever. Welp, I've asked a bunch of people to join me but I would definitely not be averse to some more people down the line. I'm probably not going to do an open signups thing because that could get really clusterfucky and awkward. Instead, I'm just going to exercise LPer fiat and just ask people I think would be fun co-commentators. That said, feel free to hit me up on steam and we can play some off camera - I'm always down for more SR3. Now, as for thread participation, how about we talk about crap that you guys would like to see on camera? Neat little secrets and out of the way crazy poo poo that you like to do to blow off steam in Steelport? Name it, and I will make it happen.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 07:01 |
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Never in my entire life has a game amped me up so much in the first hour that I played it. The first few missions really are insanely fun and...well, insane. and then I proceeded to completely forget I owned it for about uh...let me check...2 months. 
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 07:06 |
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Skippy Granola posted:Now, as for thread participation, how about we talk about crap that you guys would like to see on camera? Neat little secrets and out of the way crazy poo poo that you like to do to blow off steam in Steelport? Name it, and I will make it happen. Strap pedestrians with explosives, throw them into the ocean, watch the magic.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 07:11 |
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...I have never played a Saint's Row game. Evidently, this has been a gross oversight on my part.  Lizard Wizard posted:Oh, there* are.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 07:15 |
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As much as enjoyed playing Saints Row: The Third, there's a lot about the story that really rubbed me the wrong way but for now let's just start with what we've got. Gat's death. It's just so poorly handled! Honestly for the first couple hours of me playing it was my understanding that I was trying to rescue Johnny but it just never happened. I figured Loren was just lying to us that Gat was dead and that it was up to us to save him but it just never happened. Nope, he's dead For Real. Seriously? For a man like Johnny Gat, that was a terribly underwhelming death. Sure, he's a male Mary Sue. Whatever. He's a lot of people's favorite character and whenever he's around he generally steals the show so how come his death was just glossed over like that? Killed off-screen without so much as a goodbye or anything-- just some gunfire over an intercom and that's the last time we ever see him. They just leave it too unclear. Nobody ever really mentions it. I get Daniel Dae-Kim was probably super busy at the time but come on. EDIT: The man's been run through by a katana for Christ's sake! Kaubocks fucked around with this message at Nov 27, 2012 around 07:43 |
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They telegraphed that he was gonna die so clearly, though. Virtually every single signal that could be given was given other than him clearly being decapitated in front of the player.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 08:11 |
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Rotating guest commentators? If that means a new insane minion to tag along with the Boss every episode I can't wait.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 08:26 |
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I would like to be considered for some of the coop madness. http://steamcommunity.com/id/dreadwroth Does it matter if I have all of the perks unlocked?
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 09:05 |
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 It somehow never clicked for me that Male Voice 1 was Troy Baker, I must have gotten him confused with Nolan North. Now I'm tempted to play again and make a Snow or Yuri Lowell character...what have you done to me Skippy?  That said, I really enjoy this game co-op. Me and a friend played through the whole game as an purple and yellow alien married couple, sharing our people's culture with the earthlings. The character customization in this game really leads to some  moments, I love it.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 09:15 |
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The progression of absurdity of the Saints Row games goes from mild to balls to the wall and it's great. Volition knows knows what you want and that's fun, satisfying, MURDEROUS gameplay. I mean, as shown in the first video they give you a loving predator missile within the first half hour of the game. Though I have to say my favorite parts of the games is when the characters sing along to the radio.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 09:39 |
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It still shocks me that they killed off Johnny. I am partial to the female russian voice, voice 2 of memory. SR3 is all sorts of great though, will definitely be watching this. Edit: are you playing PC or one of the console versions? And are you gonna be bringing goons in from the thread or? Veloxyll fucked around with this message at Nov 27, 2012 around 10:24 |
| # ? Nov 27, 2012 10:21 |
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I never played Saints Row 3 so this looks like a lot of fun.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 10:31 |
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I was asking for this in the request thread. Thank you!
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 11:54 |
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Veloxyll posted:I am partial to the female russian voice, voice 2 of memory. Same here. I ran with the Aussie male voice in SR2 but just couldn't resist the female russian one when I started playing SR3. I'm just gonna assume you'll be doing the mission DLC right? Mostly because The trouble with clones is amazing and should be done.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 12:03 |
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The fact that each voice has different lines is one of my favorite parts. It does make it worth it to play through 6 times.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 13:26 |
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I was Cockney Boss in 2, but yeah, Troy Baker And isn't Laura Bailey () one of the female Bosses? As for what I want to see, I could go for as much Professor Genki as possible. Seriously, love me some Ethical Reality Climax.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 13:51 |
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:
I bet you Skippy wishes those tigers were panthers.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 13:52 |
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MadiTC posted:
Right before this LP I watched the Spec Ops: The Line one, and I still thought Male 1 was Nolan North, it's an uncanny resemblance. The sandcastle test post reminded me to finish this game up. I did, and it was great. Skippy, this game's storyline can be a bit disjointed if you play missions in any random order. I played them in the order recommended in this thread, and it definitely helped the story flow better and make more sense. You might want to use that one for the sake of the thread.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 13:55 |
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Oh man, I am so excited for this LP. This is the only game I've ever beaten three times, and I'm currently on another so I can't wait to play along with this. Probably the most fun game I've ever played, but I agree with the story being somewhat lame and not written very well.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 14:06 |
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I only have this game for PS3 as my computer was not designed with Steam games in mind. Well, I mean I can play Team Fortress 2 on it, but...no...nothing else. Not even APB. I will however be looking in awe at the custom characters and mourning Johnny Gat at every opportunity.
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As much as I loved this game, it was a bit underwhelming for me. I never played the first game (I watched the LP of it on here). But it did push me to buy SR2 back in the day and I fell in love with it. The second game set the standards a bit too high for this one. I think it's that activities that bothered me the most. Most are copied and pasted from the first two, and the ones they added were something we've seen earlier in the series with a cheap gimmick, or just terrible (Guardian Angel). Bitching aside, I'm still excited for this LP.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Right before this LP I watched the Spec Ops: The Line one, and I still thought Male 1 was Nolan North, it's an uncanny resemblance. Yup, that's the story guide I was using - I actually have it printed out and sitting next to me right now.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 16:55 |
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What got me more than Gat's death was Shaundi's re-design. It's really grating that they felt the need to replace her with basically a completely different character for what I guess were marketing reasons.Veloxyll posted:I am partial to the female russian voice, voice 2 of memory. Yes, this. Best voice.
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Is there any indication why she's basically a completely different person between games? I mean they still make jokes about her drug use, but she doesn't joke at all anymore, and it's clear she's not a joking person even before Gat dies.
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Lotish posted:Is there any indication why she's basically a completely different person between games? I mean they still make jokes about her drug use, but she doesn't joke at all anymore, and it's clear she's not a joking person even before Gat dies. Not really. She just goes from 'easy-going stoner who gets around' to 'generic angry action girl with a stick up her rear end' with no explanation. I could understand if it was a change after the intro, but no, she's just kinda like that. There's a character later on who's more like classic Shaundi, but that's not for a while.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 21:06 |
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Lotish posted:Is there any indication why she's basically a completely different person between games? I mean they still make jokes about her drug use, but she doesn't joke at all anymore, and it's clear she's not a joking person even before Gat dies.  She actually finished off the world's supply of weed in between games. I imagine that would make anyone a bit pissy.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 21:10 |
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Maybe this game was going to be, like, the new Tomb Raider or something and they switched it to Saints Row at the last minute.
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Lotish posted:Is there any indication why she's basically a completely different person between games? I mean they still make jokes about her drug use, but she doesn't joke at all anymore, and it's clear she's not a joking person even before Gat dies. Ultor does drug testing.
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