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Over in the GTA5/O thread, Kendra_Kirai said:
>Have you tried GTA's absolutely batshit insane cousin on every drug
>known to man, Saints Row? Specifically 3 and 4. The original was
>pretty mych a straight GTA3 clone, 2 was getting wackier, and 3 is
>when it went crazy-go-nuts. 4 is crazy-go-nuts on TOAST. :D

The "game plus all the DLC" combo pack for The Third was dirt cheap on Steam when I decided to check the other day, so I grabbed it, but between one thing and another I didn't have a chance to fire it up until tonight. I played through to the point where it dropped me into free-roam, and, uh, yeah. The phrase "that escalated quickly" came to mind not once but several times during the tutorial rail. :)

"Crazy-go-nuts" is the right term for it, too. It's like a Grand Theft Auto game that was written by Strong Bad.

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>Over in the GTA5/O thread, Kendra_Kirai said:
>>Have you tried GTA's absolutely batshit insane cousin on every drug
>>known to man, Saints Row? Specifically 3 and 4. The original was
>>pretty mych a straight GTA3 clone, 2 was getting wackier, and 3 is
>>when it went crazy-go-nuts. 4 is crazy-go-nuts on TOAST. :D
>
>The "game plus all the DLC" combo pack for The Third was dirt
>cheap on Steam when I decided to check the other day, so I grabbed it,
>but between one thing and another I didn't have a chance to fire it up
>until tonight. I played through to the point where it dropped me into
>free-roam, and, uh, yeah. The phrase "that escalated quickly" came to
>mind not once but several times during the tutorial rail. :)
>
>"Crazy-go-nuts" is the right term for it, too. It's like a Grand
>Theft Auto game that was written by Strong Bad.

This is pretty much the only GTA-type game I've played and I've enjoyed it, though I stopped playing because I got distracted by shiny things (and the desire to record cutscenes before I clear out my older saves).

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I'm glad you're (presumably) enjoying it!

Saints Row 2 is on Steam as well but honestly, the port is somewhat lacking. The control configs are limited compared to 3 and 4 which leads to...awkwardness. It's also considerably less silly/awesome.

If you want to know what happens, rather than playing it, I suggest watching a commentary free Long Play. I just did a quick look for one but couldnt find one I'd feel confident with linking.

>If you want to know what happens, rather than playing it, I suggest
>watching a commentary free Long Play. I just did a quick look for one
>but couldnt find one I'd feel confident with linking.

I don't think I really need it; the opening crawl of The Third does a decent job of setting up the (ridiculous) premise, and the rest can be worked out from context in the first couple of scenes.

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Excellent point! I forgot about that.

Hope you have fun!

At no point in time will Saints Row EVER take itself seriously after 3.

I mean, it gave us Gat Out Of Hell.

In all honesty, getting the cut-scene from SR2 where Johnny is in the courthouse having his trial is somewhat required, just to get an idea of exactly who he is. My suggestion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRD-67wgj04

Most of the rest you can just let slide.

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>In all honesty, getting the cut-scene from SR2 where Johnny is in the
>courthouse having his trial is somewhat required, just to get an idea
>of exactly who he is.

"You want to send me to the chair and you think I give a shit if you like me? Fuck off."

I'd like to think that if he had been caught under different circumstances during the Exile, G might have taken a similar line. (For all I know, he might've at some point. :)

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