After many 100+ hours of Saints Row: The Third, I am finally sitting down to write this review. This review is going to be a long one so if you don't like reading, I am sorry but I can't help myself from writing a whole novel...
To begin I will start off with the story. The story was done well, for the most part, and it flowed and made coherent sense for most of the plot. The story concerns you as the leader of the Third Street Saints crash landing in the town of Steelport after a failed bank heist. Over the course of the game, you take on the three different gangs found in Steelport; The Deckers, Luchadores, and Morningstar. The antagonists are mostly formidable foes, mostly except for the Morningstar main threat which gets neutralized in the beginning of the story. The Morningstar and even some of the Deckers story could have been flushed out and built up more because in the end, they feel like they end up taking a backseat to the Luchadores and Killbane plot-line. In summary, the plot and story are pretty good and provide some entertaining and enjoyable moments throughout, except for the part where the zombies happen. Yeah, that part is just a no from me...
Moving onward, let's talk about the setting of Steelport. In short, it's a pretty well-put-together city, but not as good as Stilwater as there is less variety in the city structure and the districts. After playing in the city for many hours the variety seems to be limited, yeah you've got a central city area, as well as some residential suburban areas and an industrial district but that is about it for the variety. There is a lot less detail and variety than the setting of Stilwater from Saints Row 2. All in all, the setting is adequate enough but feels bleak and dreary in comparison to what I've seen out of Stilwater as there is less variety from both the city and the NPCS and their animations.
Let's talk about character and car customization. Character customization is one of the strong points of Saints Row. It is one of few games with extensive character customization. There is so much flexibility in this area that you can make and be whatever character you want. In addition to the character customization options, there are a number of different clothing options to choose from giving you even more flexibility. Although the car customization options in the garage a slightly fewer compared to games such as Grand Theft Auto V they do a good job of giving you choices when it comes to options and colors. In the same regard, there are also many weapons that you can purchase/unlock to choose from giving you endless options for murder.
To conclude the review Saints Row: The Third is a really good game and although maybe not be as good as the second game it is still a really fun and enjoyable experience as well as a fun and open world game to just let loose and mess around in causing extreme chaos and mayhem. I strongly recommend this game and if you are still reading this review I would encourage you to buy it when it is on sale as I got the game and all the DLC for very cheap and I definitely got my money's worth. In closing, I will just say that this game is something special...
To begin I will start off with the story. The story was done well, for the most part, and it flowed and made coherent sense for most of the plot. The story concerns you as the leader of the Third Street Saints crash landing in the town of Steelport after a failed bank heist. Over the course of the game, you take on the three different gangs found in Steelport; The Deckers, Luchadores, and Morningstar. The antagonists are mostly formidable foes, mostly except for the Morningstar main threat which gets neutralized in the beginning of the story. The Morningstar and even some of the Deckers story could have been flushed out and built up more because in the end, they feel like they end up taking a backseat to the Luchadores and Killbane plot-line. In summary, the plot and story are pretty good and provide some entertaining and enjoyable moments throughout, except for the part where the zombies happen. Yeah, that part is just a no from me...
Moving onward, let's talk about the setting of Steelport. In short, it's a pretty well-put-together city, but not as good as Stilwater as there is less variety in the city structure and the districts. After playing in the city for many hours the variety seems to be limited, yeah you've got a central city area, as well as some residential suburban areas and an industrial district but that is about it for the variety. There is a lot less detail and variety than the setting of Stilwater from Saints Row 2. All in all, the setting is adequate enough but feels bleak and dreary in comparison to what I've seen out of Stilwater as there is less variety from both the city and the NPCS and their animations.
Let's talk about character and car customization. Character customization is one of the strong points of Saints Row. It is one of few games with extensive character customization. There is so much flexibility in this area that you can make and be whatever character you want. In addition to the character customization options, there are a number of different clothing options to choose from giving you even more flexibility. Although the car customization options in the garage a slightly fewer compared to games such as Grand Theft Auto V they do a good job of giving you choices when it comes to options and colors. In the same regard, there are also many weapons that you can purchase/unlock to choose from giving you endless options for murder.
To conclude the review Saints Row: The Third is a really good game and although maybe not be as good as the second game it is still a really fun and enjoyable experience as well as a fun and open world game to just let loose and mess around in causing extreme chaos and mayhem. I strongly recommend this game and if you are still reading this review I would encourage you to buy it when it is on sale as I got the game and all the DLC for very cheap and I definitely got my money's worth. In closing, I will just say that this game is something special...