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Move over GTA, Saints Row is here.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game Saints Row tells the epic tale of one gang called the Saints as they battle rival gangs to become the rulers of the city Stilwater.

It starts off letting you customize your character - anything from nose size and hair to muscle definition and weight. From there you're allowed to run around, punch & kick enemies & civilians, hijack or buy and customize cars, spray paint walls, buy clothes and jewlery, purchase guns (and boy is there a wide variety of guns such as RPGs, handguns, shotguns, grenades, etc.) , buy CDs, call up your homies to fight along side you, and MUCH more. In order to do missions you have to earn respect. To gain respect you can do "activities" scattered throughout Stilwater such as snatching hookers away from their pimps, protecting drug dealers as they do their things, race, participate in demolition derbies, steal cars for stores, kill rival gang members, and many more. Also, if you wear a lot of purple (the Saints' color of choice) you can gain extra bonus points.

The missions themselves are BRUTALLY fun (with the exception of maybe 3). They go from destroying planes, storming mansions, robbing cars, blowing up buildings, rescuing people... its all really fun, and your rewarded with viscerally appealing and cool sounding cutscenes afterwards.

To earn money you can rob stores (eitrher by holding them up or by opening the safe yourself), beat up people and take their money, do the activities I mentioned, or beat missions. The more money you have, the more things you can buy.

Also, as you take over enemy turfs for your own they will do these things called "push backs" on random areas. This is when rival gangs try to take back their lands, and its basically an all out war between the Saints and the enemies until you kill the red highlighted lieutenants scattered throughout the territory. Once thats done, you can resume your game. Also owning more territories gives you more money each day... by the time I beat the game I hasd about $8 grand coming to me each day.

Moving on, this game has an EXCELLENT sound track. There is something like 100 songs from different genres such as hip hop, rock, and classical to listen to and many of them are really catchy. They even have some big namers on it like Xzibit, Wu-Tang, Winger, and Fall Out Boy (but I dislike FOB). Ontop of that, if you have a hard drive for your system you can upload your own songs into the game which is great. The sound effects are really top notch - like the guns shooting and things blowing up. Additionally, the voice acting is superb as well. Everyone portrays personality through curses, crude humor, and anger.. not to mention THQ also got some big times to do some acting such as the guy who plays Goliath from the Gargoyles and the girl Jackie from "That 70's Show".

The graphics are great in Saints Row. Everyone looks lifelike, and the city looks so realistic. The weather changes from sunny to rainy, night to day... its breathtaking. The cars look AMAZING, be it really new and shiny to old and rusty, everything has an authentic feel to it. Easily better looking then Grand Theft Auto.

But like always, no game comes without faults. For starters, the weapon selection screen is hard to get down and sometimes when you choose a weapon it wont exactly change to that weapon. Ontop of that, shooting while driving is a nightmare. The ally AI is sometimes incredibly dumb and when you want them to get into a car with you they will just stand there. Finally, the ending was terrible - you kill the last guy and take over Saints Row. Julius, who is the head of the Saints, tells you he still thinks something is amiss and that you're his right hand man now. Then they show you cocking a pistol and overlooking a crew of your boys. Then this mission called the "3rd Street Saints" mission opens up where you have to take a bus and destroy it, and when thats complete you, Dex, and Gat have to blow up like 5 police cars... evntually you meet with a guy running for mayor and he says "thank you but I have to kill you". He proceeds to surround you with like 50 of his goons, then the ship blows up. Uh huh..

To sum it up, Saints Row is a MUST HAVE for X-Box 360 owners or people who enjoy GTA-like games. There so much to do, and its so fun to do it that you just have to own this game.

Big disappointment - rent, don't buy!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 19
Date: September 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Overall I was disappointed with this game. The other reviewers have pointed out some real improvements to San Andreas, and I suppose there is something to that, but there's something about not being able to fly a plane that just sucks. I finally found an airport, drove around for like 5 minutes before finding a plane only to learn that I can't fly it. What a huge letdown as a gaming moment, I mean I gave up on Saint's Row right there.

Okay, the map function is much better, the navigation is much better, there are lots of activities, ways you can modify your character, etc. The graphics are better, but not by that much. But there are no motorcycles, bicycles, planes, helicopters, or jetpacks! The reason why Rockstar is so brilliant is that they exponentially improve each version of GTA, but these guys basically cloned San Andreas (without the rural parts) (and without the vehicles) and improved it ... sort of, in some areas only.

Rockstar is going to eventually come out with something so much better than Saint's Row that everyone will completely forget that game even existed.

After San Andreas, I just can't be asked to play any GTA-type game that does not have a working submarine (plus skateboards, bikes, many different kinds of motorcycles and planes, a hot-air baloon, a space shuttle, parachutes, speedboats, jetskis, roller-skates, windsurfers, canoes, and maybe a shopping cart.) It's just not worth my time and I have no idea why a game maker would think it would be. All those things WILL be in the next Rockstar game because those guys are not idiots.

Rent this game but don't blow 60 bucks on it, not unless you really like the whole "activities" thing.

First Impressions

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I spent a good amount of time with the demo, so I knew what to expect. Played last night for a good 3-4 hours. I will keep this short, but for any fan of GTA, you need this game. I'm going to go-ahead and say better than GTA: SA. Again, i've only played a small percentage of this game, but it's top notch. No corners have been cut on the development. It was supposed to be released several months back, but it was pushed back to make improvements - very wise move. Finally, a game besides boxing, that gives me a reason to actually use my 360. Will be taking some sick days at work for sure. The detail is amazing. The sound, the gameplay, the music, the weapons, the huge city - all incredible. Get your hands on this game ASAP.

The best game to date for the 360.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Of course that is my opinion, however what a fun game. I know this game is alot like GTA, to many ways to count. The graphics are really great and gameplay is fun. This is the type of game that you can play for the next few months and not get tired of it because there is so much to do in the game. This is what we want as gammers. I like the fact that once you do a few missions you are not limited to what area of town that you can go, there are no road blocks set up which I think is awesome. I am unable to write a full review seeing how I am only 11% done with the game. Buy the game play it and love it. Not a game for younger kids.

A barrel of Laughs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't think I have laughed this much in years! While the game is 'violent' there is a lot of humor in it as well. From a variety of cutscenes to the absolutely insane Insurance Fraud missions, this game has a lot of humor and enjoyment.

While I'm a pretty big fan of the GTA series, I actually believe I might like this game a little bit better. That being said, we'll see what the newest GTA installment adds. Like the previous reviews have mentioned a lot of the painful tasks are gone and you can just run around and enjoy this one. No more eating to keep your stomach happy. (Please! I have to do that in real life...) Save any time, anywhere. It will simply load you up at the closest save point the next time you jump into the game.

This is more like a free form city with tons of minigames. I've spent 10 hours so far just running around doing minigames and 1 or 2 of the main quests missions!

If your a fan of GTA this is a must buy and if your not this one isn't nearly as intimidating as GTA. Give it a rental try and see how fun it is. Totally addicting!

Great game, just wish there was more to play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

From the minute I put this game in, MIND-BLOWING was all I was thinking. However about 20 mins in I noticed somthing. I had read some of the other reviews and thought ok GTA VI, but this is almost a carbon copy of the "true crime" series. From the shooting, and driving, and I'm not 100% but I am pretty sure that alot of the cars are straight out that game. Also the story is very short, I just got the "Addicted to the Row" acheivment (play for 20 hours, and I am 72% complete and 100% complete with the story. That is about it for the negatives.

On to the good stuff. The graphics are unbelivable, if your driving at dusk or dawn, you can see the shadow of the rims spinning on road under the car. If half of you car is in the shade, then you only get half of a shadow. Play GTA and you will see what I mean. Even though the story was short it was entertaining and well played, the missions made sence. The weapons are nice, they arent unlimited, but they are more than enough for any real gang member, I would assume. The mini games are fun. The car customization is nice, but I was expecting more engine mods, all you can do is NOS, or hydrolics. There are however "vehical specific" mods, which give it a nice feel.

Overall, great game, it just needs to be longer.

Saints Row - Kids love this one.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My two kids love this game.. so by far one of the best purchases I have made for the XBox 360.

GTA on speed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed Saints Row except it seems like Grand Theft Auto almost part to part. Playing this games story mode is a little slow and daunting. What I really enjoy is playing online. That is where the real fun exists. Playing battles against eleven others makes it a lot of fun especially with the live experience. That is why my rating is higher than what it should be. Without online I would only give this game three stars.

Hamburger is to Filet Mignon as GTA is to Saint's Row

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Saint's Row is a very polished game from the graphics to the sound bytes, to the story line.

I concur with the previous reviews the improvements added to Saint's Row were much needed. If you are a fan of GTA you will be all the more appreciative of the improvements. If you are starting with this game and then were to play GTA - likely you would lose interest quickly.

If you are a fan of the GTA genre, this game is a must have.

Simple Review (for the people who dont like to read a lot)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Saints Row
First of all I would like to say that the game is very neat and organized, with the activites and missions. The map and the city are very well planned out, way better then San Andreas was.

There are 3 gangs with very interesting storylines and missions. (The missions were a bit short in my opinion)

Graphics and detail are great. Only thing that is bad about the game is pop-ins (something what like the halo 2 storyline ones) and vehicles dissapearances and other minor glitches.

Its a fun and great game offline and takes days to get 100% (I am at 80%) and online I still haven't had the time to experience.

Thats about it, if you liked GTA, you will definately like this better!

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