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.
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5 (24) 4 (19) 3 (2) 2 (1) 1 (0) 4.4 starsAverage score of 55 user reviews
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Genki Commands you to read this user-review. 7
The first ''substantial'' piece of DLC has finally arrived, offering up new activities, Homies, outfits and vehicles. The fact that everything new there is to do and see can be wrapped up under an hour is a notable downside to what is otherwise a relatively creative endeavour.GENKI MADNESS! Or more specifically, Genki Bowl VII (which is once more commentated by the reprisal of Zach and Bobby) has opened up within Steelport and the infamous ''Boss'' of the Third Street Saints gang (or whatever th...
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In Space, no one can hear you groan. 0
I'd rather have just paid for this as a poster.The second piece of ''substantial'' DLC content released for Saints Row The Third is at the very least a markedly improved stash of stuff over its predecessor, the iterative activity dump that is Genki Bowl VII, but of course that doesn't exactly stand for much. Speaking as a singular piece of content, however, Gangstas in Space is also relatively poor but unlike Genki Bowl does still manage to reimburse players with some of the reasons as to what m...
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Y'all know me, I'm a real OG - Saints Row, B**ch! 0
Alright chums, less do this.The Stilwater-based Third Street Saints gang have certainly come along away since their arrival in 2006. What was originally a fairly grounded, but still ridiculous, street-gang, out to eradicate other equally ridiculous, but still somewhat believable, street gangs have evolved into Volition's latest open-world epic bonanza of pure, thick, almost physically manifested insanity that is Saints Row The Third.After the events during Saints Row 2 and The Saints acquired al...
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Energy drinks and so forth 0
Not to get my melodrama on, but there’s a problem with seriousness. So many games try their damnedest to play the straightest of laces with material that isn’t especially well worth the investment in dignity. It’s hard to get particularly invested in a major war game where the solution to Russia’s invasion of the American heartland is to detonate a nuclear bomb in space. Or about the secret cult of Italian assassins as depicted through the genetic memory of a clueless bartender. How about that g...
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An impressive commitment to absurdity. 0
Don't let some of the juvenile humor deter you from checking out the game.Saints Row was essentially the bastard-child of an era when GTA clones ruled store shelves, being among the monstrous list of terrible to mediocre copycats of RockStar’s gift to the industry. The original idea of Saints Row was living the super-thug fantasy. With RockStar implementing far more serious tones in their games, Volition went the complete opposite direction. Saints Row: The Third finds a true identity for the fr...
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God giveth and God taketh away... again! 0
I have to admit, overall the Saints Row The Third Season Pass was a particular disappointment. While Trouble With Clones, the final piece of story DLC for Saints Row The Third, is my favourite of the three, its 30 or so minute running time and crushingly disappointing lack of rewards sour what could have been a suitable ending to the Saints Row The Third narrative.Not quite the reunion I was hoping for.Johnny Gat, the equally chaotic and cool best friend to The Boss, and his death in SRTT was on...
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What drugs can do kids. 1
Saints Row: The Third is a game where reality is thrown completely out the window and the idea of tedious things such as opening silly car doors and simple gravity are put in the burn barrel. And for the most part tossing all reality out turns out to be beneficial in the fun department.The gameplay is like that of similar sand box titles like GTA and Just Cause but holds a tighter play style. Character actions are snappy and fast not allowing for many “syrupy” car crashes and missed punches. We ...
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What the ****?! 1
It's a shame for all video games that come out after this masterpiece, Saints Row: The Third, because they will never reach the heights it reaches. If you open your heart to what it has to offer, it will change you in ways that no movie or song can. Video games as art? Fuck art. This is something more. No one game should have all this power....
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It's a Fun Diversion, but Not Worth Keeping 0
After playing through this game twice I can safely say I saw everything Saints Row: The Third had to offer. While SR3 isn't a bad game, per se, compared to Saints Row 2, this one was lacking. It's a great example of style over substance. There are a lot of "Holy shit!" moments in the game, but once you've experienced them there's not much else to brag about and really no incentive to go back through.Some activities were mildly entertaining ("Mayhem" & "Fraud") while others were completely an...
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I Guess Every Superhero Needs His Theme Music... 0
The Saints Row franchise has been viewed as being a Grand Theft Auto clone to many people, but personally it is keeping what GTA was in the beginning being a sandbox filled with fun toys to mess around with in a living city. There is enough insanity to make the Saints Row games feel separate from Rockstar's juggernaut that started with the second game, but now pushed into another level in this third entry. Saints Row: The Third is quite simply an open-ended sandbox game done right with...
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Saints Row: The Third Review 0
The crazy crime title that is Saints Row: The Third accomplishes the first priority of which I think games must have to complete first on their “checklist,” a fun time. From parachuting out of airplanes, navigating tanks through the streets, to witty and humorous punch lines and whacking assailants on the side of the head with giant dildos, Saints Row: The Third was perhaps the most fun game I’ve played in a long time!The game is practically an open world theme park for you to roam around to do...
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Absurdly fantastic 0
I did not identify with Saints Row I or II, dismissing them as shallow knock-offs of the GTA franchise. However, after watching a few clips on SR3, I decided to give it a try. The mechanics are fluid and refined. The combat is enjoyable. There are some missions that are not fantastic and perhaps go on a bit too long, but on the whole the missions are quite enjoyable. However, it's unfair to boil Saints Row 3 down to it's core components when it's the experience the game provides that allow...
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Silly and childish, Saint's Row: The Third is a great Game 0
Sometimes absurdity is a welcome distraction. Saint's Row: The Third is extremely absurd. From the look of the various gangs around Steelport to the activities from the opening bank robbery to the end decision and how it's handled, this is an absurd game. Saints Row has always been absurd though. Even with the mostly straight forward first game in the series there were still crazy activities like picking up hos from abusive pimps and delivering them into the assumed friendlier arms of the Third ...
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Disappointment in Space 0
If there was one game of 2011 that embodied the spirit of pure fun, it was probably Saint’s Row: The Third. The game was stylish, ridiculous, and managed to deliver some exquisitely over-the-top experiences in an entirely self-aware manner. It’s therefore a pretty big letdown to see it become another of the great AAA games out there that has been saddled with DLC that feels tacked-on and poorly made.Jenny and Zhen.Gangstas in Space acts as an epilogue for the main game in which, as the boss of t...
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It’s a silly, irreverent, and over the top blend of action and violence. 0
Saints Row doesn’t just blur the line between fame and notoriety; it outright crosses it and then runs over it a few times for good measure. For those new to the series, the Saints are a criminal gang whose popularity affords them celebrity like status complete with in game photo ops, branding and lucrative merchandising opportunities. The story is light enough that newcomers won’t feel lost but provides enough call backs and references to prior games to appease fans of the two prio...
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Saints Row: The Third 0
So as Grand Theft Auto continues to get more series with each iteration, Saint's Row continues to try to stay a bit crazy. In this version of the game you'll have to take on Luchadores, have the option of hitting individuals over the head with a dildo bat, and go on a game show where the main objective is to shoot as many mascots as possible. Then again if you were doing anything else, this might not be a Saint's Row game. Graphically for the most part the game looked like all the Saint's Row g...
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Saints Row: The Third Review. 0
Saints Row: The Third is dumb fun, what more can I say. It's a pleasant reminder of why you fell in love with video games in the first place, because they were fun. In an age where we often take games a tad too seriously, it's refreshing to see a developer create a world for you to simply have fun in. Yes there's a funny story nestled within, yes there's a point to all the crazy violence you create along the way, but it doesn't matter, because Saints Row: The Third only cares that you're having ...
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Once More Unto The Row 0
Saints Row: The Third doesn't take itself seriously, but it does contains some serious amount of fun. Whether you're playing through missions to progress the story, running around the city messing with pedestrians, or completing one of the many activities in the game, you're bound to have a blast with this over-the-top open world game. Saints Row 2 introduced more of the crazy gameplay elements to the series, and The Third rises the bar even further with more variety and twice as many crazy mome...
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New Island, New Life 0
The third instalment of the Stilwater Saints returns replete with new characters and gangs as well as a new playground, Steelport. We see the Saints resting on their laurels as champions of Stilwater and starting to become more corporate than most gangs would. After a quick kidnapping, the Saints realize they have to return to their roots and do what they do best - kick some ass.With every iteration of Saint’s Row (SR), you always have the option to customize ‘The Boss’, the protagonist for the ...
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If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It... But Do Add More Dildos 0
This week, we’ll be reviewing Saints Row: The Third. For those of you who have never played a Saints Row game before, let me describe the experience. Thrust into a crowded and hectic metropolis, you are immediately, overwhelmingly, and very deeply troubled by your surroundings... not only by the celebrations of violence, depravity, and avarice all around you, but also by the fact that these behaviors are encouraged, and even rewarded. Eventually, though, you begin to lower your inhibitions, and ...
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We've Come A Long Way From "Just Another GTA Clone". 0
Up until about two weeks before it's release, I wasn't sure if I was going to jump into a purchase of Saints Row: The Third. I had my doubts about the game, especially being as I was quite frustrated with how a lot of Saints Row 2 was cheaply put together (the piss poor multiplayer modes, anyone?) After watching the trailer which showcased none other then a cameo from Burt Reynolds himself, I decided to take the plunge and pick this game up. However, I waited until Skyrim was completed before I ...
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Saint's Row 3 Y'all 0
EditVTOL Jets, Predator Missles and Dildo Bats, Oh my! (Saints Row the 3rd Review)by Kenny Rioux on Monday, January 16, 2012 at 7:34pmThe Saints are coming...As some of you may know, I listen to a podcast from a video game based website called GiantBomb.com. Every Tuesday night, they release an episode for free on Itunes and for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours, I am entertained constantly by Ryan, Brad, Jeff and Vinny (and sometimes Patrick) as they talk about video games. These guys know their stuff and...
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A Lot To Do In Stillwater 0
Starting out in this game you expect it to be similar to Grand Theft Auto and thinking of drugs, prostitutes, and mostly the sporadic killing that will ensue in the many hours. However, Saints Row: The Third takes on a very different, absurd, and humorous approach to the open world crime game. You will be placed in scenes of insane action and dialogue that your parents probably won't approve of. Saints Row The Third also comes with a new perk system to make sure that you can get extreme bonuses ...
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A tonne of crazy absurd fun 0
Saints Row the Third is an ambitious and often very weird creature that has some truly incredible creativity behind it and will have you doing things you’ve never done in an open world gangster game or well, any game before. In terms of raw content however, it can get quite divisive and often feels like it could have been so much bigger and better.Sticking to the core story focused portions of SR3 is how best to play but being an open world title you are naturally inclined to want to explore, to...
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Equally as good as the second 0
I still haven't played the first game in the Saint's Row series, and I'm not quite sure I should bother, but the second and third entries in the series are certainly masterpieces. This is a game that is completely committed to providing the player with batshit insane FUN and it does it well. Almost any sensibilities of seriousness have disappeared and this is easily the silliest sandbox game ever made. I liked Yahtzee's comment that this is a game on full-on "Evil Dead" syndrome (first one was s...
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Game of the Year 0
The Saints Row series started off as a generic GTA rip-off, but has become an insanely goofy series instead. You are, as usual, a member of the Saints, except that now, the Saints are multimedia superstars who sell everything from attire to drinks. But, the Syndicate isn't fond of you and have sent several gangs out to take you down. You fight the Luchadores (whose gimmick is EXACTLY what you think), the Deckers (a hacker gang), and The Morninigstar.The game is a tour-de-force. There is so much ...
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All of the clunk from PS2 era open world games lie unfixed in SR. 0
The original Saints Row's downloadable demo, years and years ago, left me wondering how another run of the mill GTA3 clone could garner such praise. The industry had bombarded us with 25 to Life, True Crime, Driver, and eventually, Crackdown, and I thought that that ship had sailed. There was one last way to make people care about gangster games again, by beating GTA4 to market as the first "next-gen" game of its kind. We all know that next-gen Grand Theft Auto put the final nail in these amateu...
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One of the better open-ended action games of this generation 0
After being thoroughly underwhelmed by the mediocre and poorly-ported-to-PC Saints Row 2, I had little interest in playing Saints Row the Third. After hearing about how much better it was than SR2 from just about everyone who played both games, I decided to give this one a try. It looks great, it plays pretty well, and, in general, it is one of the better open-ended action games of this generation. It doesn’t have any big flaws, other than the fact that it doesn’t do any one thing well enough to...
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A Fantastic Port for a Great Game 0
As a lot of the PC gaming community will probably know, the Saints Row 2 PC port was an absolute disaster. Fortunately, within my experience, this is certainly not the case with this particular title. Now that we've dealt with the elephant in the room, I can actually address the game itself.One of the immediate qualities of the game which immediately got me hooked is its sense of humour (I'm British; deal with the spelling). Yes, it's obviously crude and immature, but who the hell cares!? The wa...
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Rewriting the Open World Formula 0
I'm going to start by saying I never played Saints Row 1 & 2. That said, I really don't give a shit. Whatever those games were, it doesn't matter now one bit. Saints Row: The Third flipped the script on open world sand box games, and can not be deemed anything but a game changer.First off, the story is ludicrous. The 3rd Street Saints are celebrities that have been relocated to the city of Steelport. As you would expect the Saints are now competing with these rival gangs to control the city....
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Also Nicolas Cage... 0
It’s rare that a sequel to such a derivative game manages to exceed the legacy of its predecessor and truly become something unique. Saints Row the Third is one of those games. What started as a relatively humble rip-off of GTA: San Andreas in Saints Row 2 has since morphed into an amazing and ridiculous power fantasy that takes the open-world genre to new extremes. Emphasis is on “extremes”.No one is putting emphasis on it like professor Genki!You play as the Boss, the same “character” from Sai...
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A Grandiose Adventure 0
There nothing quite like having a free falling shoot out.Grandiose, many games try to capture this feeling, but few actually can pull it off. Saints Row the Third is one of the few titles that can. And it is not just because it has the player going through scenarios where they are sky diving through a plane or they are being gangsters in space. It is the fact that these situations work well and fit correctly into the game itself, making it a better experience by being there. While other games ei...
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six years later and the third, more or less, holds up 0
absurdity is, for all intents and purposes, the name of the game here. going into playing saints row: the third 6, almost 7 years after its release i had a decent idea of what to expect. some genuinely funny one-liners sprinkled in and around the action. explosions and lots of them. also, dildos. when everything was said and done, that's what i got. at the end of my 15 or so hours, i was highly satisfied recording sixties sci fi action movie sequences, invading cyberspace as a laser shooting to...
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Saints Row The Third Review 0
Saints Row The Third is the third game in the Saints Row franchise a GTA like open world crime action game series this game changed the direction of the series for a more over the top funny style of gameplay and story telling . this helped the game feel fresh and special as the focus was not a GTA rip off anymore and the saints row series finally found its own identity .the game takes place in the city of Steelport. a city based on major american cities like New York and Chicago. the game takes ...
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Lack of adjustable baseball caps aside, Saints Row 3 is awesome! 0
Saints Row 3 has dialed up the crazy from the last game.You all know about how the Saints are celebrities now and folk are asking them for autographs in the opening as they rob the bank. That's all well and good.But on the other hand it feels like they've dialed a few things back also.Now this review is honestly going to be me just ranting about the customization options mostly, because frankly I don't feel like the actual game play itself has changed dramatically from the last but for in...
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First DLC jitters 0
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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Bad. Just Bad 0
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...
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Genkibowl VII made me a sad panda. 0
I immediately fell in love with Saints Row: The Third upon its release. Through multiple play throughs and hours of side activities the game never really felt old to me, but I had just about done everything there was to do in the game aside from wrapping up the last few challenges, so the list of things to do was a little short. I was excited for the prospect of being able to repopulate my world with the few new activities included Genkibowl VII, unfortunately the pack left me wanting. There are...
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Over Too Soon 0
The second DLC is the best of the bunch and one that shows the most promise of good DLC missions for this title. In the DLC pack, you are starring in a production where the director adores everything you do --- and hates everything your female lead does. You can do wrong, she can do no right, and you're going through missions trying to stay alive and dealing with the director's incessant abuse of your co-star.They even up the feel of this being a movie by the film grain effect that takes over th...
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Really, Really Short 0
Saints Row: The Third was my GOTY last year...but the DLC has been underwhelming. It's been amusing, but brutally short. The final Season Pass DLC (I'm assuming the last of the major DLC for the game as well) continues this streak by putting on an amusing diversion --- for about an hour.Johnny Gat is cloned by your biggest fan, Jimmy Torbitson, except Johnny is now a huge brute who is ransacking Steelport. Jimmy narrates the attempt to bring Gat (Johnny Tag here) under control.As usual, things g...
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The Craziest Open World Game Yet Is Also One Of The Best 0
Saint’s Row The Third is easily the most ridiculous game I’ve played in a year that has already seen its share of mass destruction, dicktits, and Big Boners. Think about that for a second. This is a game so unrelentingly absurd, it’s sometimes difficult to tell the numerous glitches apart from conscious design decisions. But where so many other games grimace seriously through their campaigns, Saint’s Row The Third sports a shit-eating grin, laughing along with the player at the madness occurring...
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Hat Trick for the Saints 0
When Saints Row came out, I was still young and impressionable, and when I saw videos of the game, I thought it would be too wacky to be palatable, so I skipped it.When Saints Row 2 came out, I gave it a few months before I picked it up for my Xbox... and got hooked to it, logging some 50+ hours into my save file.As soon as I heard that Saints Row the Third was coming out, I was ecstatic and preordered that shit immediately. My money payed off.Saints Row the Third is a bit of a departure from th...
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I Thought I was Done With This 0
In 2008, Rockstar released Grand Theft Auto IV. Unlike the previous title in the series, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the game told a darker tale with a serious tone. Driving on the sidewalk held a consequence of conscience. Hiring prostitutes felt dirty. Every aspect of the open world served not the sandboxy bloodthirsty whims of the player, but the gravitas and reality of the story. Though there was some absurd humor, the story of that game's protagonist, Nico Bellic and his failure at makin...
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Saints Row, the first in our hearts. 0
You really need to play Saints Row the Third. /game of the year argument.Ok, for reals. Like a lot of people I had no idea what I would be getting into when I ordered this game. Sure, I knew it was about a gang and it was open world but aside from that I was really had zero idea what this game was. If you had told me while I was on the amazon page that this game had everything from gangstas in space to zombies to tron inspired battles inside a computer.. well, I would have thought you were high ...
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