[tjbyrum1]

Never played the game, and I doubt I ever will, but after watching the trailer, I was wondering - how does it stack up against the GTA games?

[highgrade89]

Firstly the forums for GTA not SR and its nothing compared to GTA

[kesta195]

They aren't bad at all, some people on these forums feel like they have to hate Saints Row because its sort of GTA's rival, but they're still fun games, just a little OTT for my taste. GTA is far better, but to say SR is a BAD videogame is borderline ridiculous. If you want a bad game play Naughty Bear or Quantum Theory.

[Toup]

I actually had fun playing it. Oh and if you have a friend you can play with, even better. You can't compare it to GTA, it's like a silly gta. Gta fanboys seem to hate it, don't know why. This is not the place for the topic btw.

[ccrogers15]

There not bad games. 3 is lacking bad behind its originals, as the original 2 games are better, but as said above people THINK they need to hate saints row cause its a "GTA CLONE". Not true. I use to be like that, till i played Saints Row 2, and it was epic.

[Zip87]

Get SR2, don't even bother with 3.

[Cole Phelps Gta]

Saints row 2 was the best. One is good and saints row the third is badass and awesome

[deli2000]

Quite fun. But nothing groundbreaking. Ignore the people comparing to GTA, they're different games.

[Cole Phelps Gta]

In all seriousness play saints row 2 first it's the best and i personally think it can compete with gta it's an incredible game the storyline is so much better than saints row thid row which basically has the same side missions anyway both great game though

[thebestgameever]

saints row 3 is probably the most disappointing game I brought.

I don't know what it is, but something about the game pissed me off. The small map and the craziness was just too much IMO and made it feel like a joke. This game is a prime example for why EVERY game should have like an 1 hour free play-though. It makes me want to ACTUALLY pirate games.

Except from the first 2 or 3 missions, it felt very boring and I pretty much rushed through the game.

SR2 on the other hand was pretty good, enjoyed it.

Obviously this is just my opinion.

[Forumrunner]

Saints Row 3 has great potential, but half of the game you're just doing the side-missions from Saints Row 2. This time as real missions. That killed all the fun for me.

[Chickenwing]

I compare it to....

GTA is a James Bond movie (Realistic to an extent and still fun with sometimes a good thought out story)

SR is a Mission Impossible/A-Team movie (Fun to watch but not as good as James Bond.... Over the top action!)

[thebestgameever]

QUOTE (Chickenwing @ Thursday, Apr 12 2012, 12:59)

I compare it to.... GTA is a James Bond movie (Realistic to an extent and still fun with sometimes a good thought out story) SR is a Mission Impossible/A-Team movie (Fun to watch but not as good as James Bond.... Over the top action!)

I agree with you 100%

Also it seems to lack the quality of an James bond movie.

[matajuegos]

I haven't played a Saints Row game in my entire life but I will sometime (until the SRTT gets cheaper lol) I don't know, they say it's a good game, you know: only to be chilling when you have nothing better to do. The only thing I don't like is the f*cking fanbase of that game, those guys are bashing almost every sandbox game ever released (not only GTA) jesus christ! those guys are like kids!!!

[Cosmic Gypsy]

i hated saints row 1 and 2 because...

graphics / gameplay / animations / physics / city / atmosphere / voice acting / AI were TERRIBLE. Edit: Oh yeah, and the sound was terrible also, thanks YukiEiri, knew i forgot something.

and i never gave 3 a chance just cuz it looks so retarded and childish.

honestly, i tried my hardest to like SR. its not like i feel the need to hate it because im a GTA fan, i just hate it because its CRAP.

This post has been edited by Cosmic Gypsy on Thursday, Apr 12 2012, 18:13

[DeafMetal]

I recently bought Saints Row 2 because I've heard so many people preaching how much better it was than GTA IV. To put it shortly: its not; by a long shot. Saints Row a complete blast to play and is a hell of a game in its own right, but it should not be compared to GTA, which does the vast majority of things that both games share a LOT better. I agree with Chickenwing's analogy, I think it fits it perfectly. If you have the money to spend, I would definitely recommend the series, though.

[YukiEiri]

QUOTE (Cosmic Gypsy @ Thursday, Apr 12 2012, 13:07)

i hated saints row 1 and 2 because... graphics / gameplay / animations / physics / city / atmosphere / voice acting / AI were TERRIBLE

Well, skipped SR1.

But 2 had horrible graphicks (even SanAndreas looks better), gameplay, anims, physics, sounds.. xP
SR3 looks better, but still has horrible physics and sounds and is just .. too silly.

So I've played two of them, do not like either.

And the fact that at least 50% of SR3 missions are actually side missions is BAD!

[Killjoy2022]

think of it this way, GTA is for the intense story and powersliding around corners in a car with a semi automatic. Saints Row is a game for when you wanna dress up as a pirate with a giant purple dildo baseball bat or a punch that makes people explode. both really good game series, but Saints Row feels a little 3-era to me, i see it as what GTA woulda became if it stuck to the 3era ways.

[Cosmic Gypsy]

Oh yeah, and every single saints row game feels low budget as f*ck.

[KevinR1990]

To use a modified version of Chickenwing's analogy: Grand Theft Auto is like Boyz n the Hood, Heat or The Sopranos, stylish but grounded in reality, while Saints Row is like Bad Boys or Hot Fuzz -- violent, insane and loving every minute of it. It's the same basic conceit (an open-world crime game) taken in two very different directions. Even San Andreas, the most over-the-top GTA game, doesn't approach anything close to the craziness of any of the SR games past the comparatively grounded first one.

The third game was alright, but I preferred the second one. The customization and activities were better in the second one, the city of Stilwater was more interesting than Steelport with its endless, overbearing grime, and late in the third game you can upgrade your character to become effectively invincible, which made things boring.

Personally, I prefer GTA IV over any of the SR games (never played the first one because I don't have a 360), though with the second game it's a fairly close contest. I feel that SR2 has better clothing options and a lot more cool things to do than IV, and its expanded Stilwater was a great, diverse place to play around in (though Liberty City is just as good, <cough>even if Alderney could've been so much better</cough>), though IV still wins on account of the better multiplayer, the better music, the better story and characters, the smoother gameplay and physics, the nicer graphics, and by a mile and a half the better expansion packs. I still own both, though.