I feel like I remember Ryan saying on a podcast that he got this in the beginning of the game. I'm about 20% in and haven't seen it yet ... Did I miss something?

Nah keep goin it's unavoidable.

They have exaggerated incredibly the speed at which you unlock stuff.

However, everything else about this game is almost undersold.

I picked it up during a mission, raced to my heliport and stashed it.
Had it way earlier then I should have, but I can't remember what mission that was though.

If you play through the story missions exclusively without screwing around or pursuing side activities, you could unlock the VTOL sooner rather than later. But then you'd be missing out on screwing around and pursuing the side activities.

The VTOL is pretty damn fun to mess around with though.

If you play through the story missions exclusively without screwing around or pursuing side activities, you could unlock the VTOL sooner rather than later. But then you'd be missing out on screwing around and pursuing the side activities.

@Three0neFive said:

@Hailinel said:

If you play through the story missions exclusively without screwing around or pursuing side activities, you could unlock the VTOL sooner rather than later. But then you'd be missing out on screwing around and pursuing the side activities.

But the problem with that is that when you finally do unlock all the cool shit near the end of the game, you don't really have any use for it since you already did most of the side stuff. Saint's Row 3 is just bad pacing all around. Don't get me wrong, I had fun getting the platinum, but I can't believe people are talking about it as highly as they are.

Oh, hell no. I spent so much time just fucking around in that game that when I did reach Level 50 two or three missions before the end of the game, I still had plenty of side stuff to do. For my money, the pacing in the game was perfect.

@Three0neFive said:

@Hailinel said:

If you play through the story missions exclusively without screwing around or pursuing side activities, you could unlock the VTOL sooner rather than later. But then you'd be missing out on screwing around and pursuing the side activities.

But the problem with that is that when you finally do unlock all the cool shit near the end of the game, you don't really have any use for it since you already did most of the side stuff. Saint's Row 3 is just bad pacing all around. Don't get me wrong, I had fun getting the platinum, but I can't believe people are talking about it as highly as they are.

Oh, hell no. I spent so much time just fucking around in that game that when I did reach Level 50 two or three missions before the end of the game, I still had plenty of side stuff to do. For my money, the pacing in the game was perfect.

@TaliciaDragonsong:

How the fuck do you steal a jet.

@Alo81 said:

@TaliciaDragonsong:

How the fuck do you steal a jet.

Military bases just have them lying around. Just jump in.

I unlocked the VTOL 10 hours in

@Alo81 said:

@TaliciaDragonsong:

How the fuck do you steal a jet.

Military bases just have them lying around. Just jump in.

If you've piloted a helicopter, you've flown a VTOL... although not quite the VTOL everyone is talking about...

You're almost there

You should keep playing Saints Row 3

No its closer to half way through

INFINITE. FUCKING. RANGELESS. FLAMETHROWER!

GodDAMMIT, how the fuck did this game not win over Skyrim?! HOW?!

Should have been GOTY.