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17 Oct 2012, 4:26 pm

Both Saints Row The Third and GTA 4 disappointed me in their own ways. I was really looking forward to both.

I naively thought Saints Row The Third was going to be like SR2, but better. Biggest disappointments were finally tracking down a casino only to find out you couldn't play on anything, and the zombies. I don't mind zombies, when they're in a game about zombies, but when they're stuffed into any old game because they're trendy or something, then I have a problem with it. The broken bridges were annoying, too. Same for GTA 4, thought it was going to be like GTA: San Andreas but better, in terms of gameplay and side stuff. Overall though, I'd still have to go with GTA 4.

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It surprise me no one mentions Yakuza , easily on par with GTA and in many ways a superior game. At the risk of sounding like that 1999 angry gamer guy as in nothing good was made after that date it's gloriously old school some have said it's the spiritual successor of Shenmue . This is one of the few games that makes me feel like a proper gamer (it is from Japan so it's to be expected I suppose) I think Western developers can learn a lot from this game eg massive map doesn't = awsome or simple run of the mill gameplay can still be engrossing and fun (it's not a very hard game to master)


Yakuza is one of my top favourite games. The amount of effort put into Yakuza is seriously impressive. I've 100% completed the 3rd one and have finished the 4th. Looking forward to the next one. Kenzan is quite good also (only in Japanese though, as far as I'm aware).



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19 Oct 2012, 6:06 pm

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I just started playing "Sleeping Dogs" and it seems pretty good so far. It's Asian gangsta theme reminds me of GTA:Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS. Sleeping Dogs is made by Square/Enix which is a good video game company obviously.


Your right their I've yet to dislike a game from that company , they make the best RPG's. Though I do worry it was in "collaboration," it's for that reason I wont buy Bulletstorm as it's in "collaboration" with those epic failures at EA, sadly if I judge it by the YT videos it seems to have to much Gears of EA and not enough Serious Sam . :wink:


I just got the "Sleeping Dogs" platinum trophy for the PS3 version. GTA could take a few tips from this game.



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21 Oct 2012, 6:22 pm

^^^^

I'll check it out I'm just a little suspicious when their selling it as a game that "borrows" from many genres, lazy game design? Who knows? apart form Yakuza it would be nice to have a GTA sandbox challenger, I think I'll give it a go I can always return it to EB if it's crap, I wonder is it a keeper? I only like keepers , what's the point of one play though games only ?


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03 Nov 2015, 3:47 am

Those games were both equally disappointing. SR 3 was stupid and juvenile (not dissing anyone who liked it) and GTA4 was boring and mundane. But they each had their good points. GTA4 had some of the best blood and gore in it, so taking your aggression out on NPC's was pretty satisfying. SR 3 had better gameplay and side activities - although the gameplay wasn't as good as SR 1 or 2.



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03 Nov 2015, 9:19 am

I much prefer SR3. I've never been the biggest an of rockstar. I found the over the top humor of SR3 to be incredibly entertaining. The game clearly did not take itself seriously, and I think that's what I enjoyed about it.

But to the OP's point, I think there is room for both games, although I believe GTA has a bigger following so it will have more staying power.



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03 Nov 2015, 3:08 pm

I prefer the GTA games on the PS2 and the first two Saints Row games. They were all a happy medium between realistic and fantasy. Now they've both gone two completely different routes. GTA is now more mundane and Saints Row is now so stupid that it's not even entertaining anymore.

Did Rockstar really think we wanted such lame side activities in GTAIV? I think that game only made so much money because of the graphical features.



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11 Feb 2016, 6:33 am

To be honest, I think they're both equal in their flaws and merits.

GTA 4:
Better story and endings
Better scenery
Better characters

But boring, mundane side activities

SR 3:
Better side activities
Better customization

But too goofy and silly to be believable (IMO) and almost too linear by mixing the side activities into the main missions.