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    Saints Row: The Third

    Game » consists of 22 releases. Released Nov 15, 2011

    After turning their infamy into worldwide fame, the Third Street Saints now find themselves at war with a powerful criminal organization called The Syndicate. Strap it on.

    mikeinsc's Saints Row: The Third Genkibowl VII (PC) review

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    Bad. Just Bad

    Good lord, I had high hopes heading into this. Prof. Genki was a favorite in the game (I was stunned the first time I realized he was an NPC you could kill for huge money) and the SERC was one of the most enjoyable mini-games in the title. An entire game laden with that mini-game seemed like a can't miss prospect.

    It missed.

    Badly.

    First off, the entire premise is just dull and includes some blah mini-games. You have to drive Genki around and avoid the paparazzi, an mini-game I adored. The Yarngasm is difficult to control as I found my ball of yarn would suddenly accelerate uncontrollably and become extremely difficult to control. The panda skydiving was just tedious. They seem to take so many bad concepts and wrap them up in a fairly pointless story that this DLC, while the longest of the bunch, is also the worst of the bunch. By a considerable margin.

    The game is outstanding. This DLC is...not.

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      Saints Row: The Third Genkibowl VII (PC) by raindog505 on February 02, 2012

      Like anyone with a sense of humor and an active pulse, I loved last year's Saint's Row: The Thrid. After playing through the core game ceaselessly over two or three days after its release, I was both satisfied with the delightful absurdity of the Saint's conquest of Steelport and ravenous for more.On paper, Genkibowl VII-the first piece of single player DLC released for Saint's Row: The Third-should overload my sated craving for craziness while fulfilling that void of more Saint's Row. It does n...

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