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Quick Look: The Saboteur

Ryan and Jeff cause all kinds of problems for Hitler and his homies.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Dec. 3 2009

Cast: Jeff, Ryan

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

The Saboteur

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Edited By dudacles

Are you supposed to pronounce the "Saboteur" part of the title the French way? The way Jeff and Ryan pronounce it sounds so odd...

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Ah Jasus his accent is grand, ta be sure ta be sure.  We all soond like tha' har in O'reland.

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Edited By Tennmuerti
@crusnchill: I don't have problems with games being unrealistic (no game can be truly realistic anyway). Just in this particular case the limits of my suspension of disbelief find themselves stretched. I can understand a marine absorbing some fire in full body armor or an elf drinking some magic potion in a game where magic is present to restore health.
It's just that here the dude has no problems at all continuing scaling a building like nothing is happening, when several Nazis are unloading clip after clip from their machineguns into his back. Something like this tends to start to impose itself on the fun part of a game for me, it's personal preference. For example I find Just Cause 2 trailers completely retarded and will not buy that game.
Not sure about Saboteur, will try to see/know more about it before judging. I like the overall style of the game so far.
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@rugripper40 said:
" omg    why the fuck would i want to see tits in a game when i can look at my wives tits in real life...lmfao...what is wrong with these developers...i guess there physically and emotionally unsatisfied...too many geeks in there masterbation chambers,they need to come out every now and then and touch reality...lol "
"Wives"? You have several?:P
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Bewbs.

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@Tennmuerti: I'm sure upping the difficulty would resolve that pretty quickly.
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Edited By adziboy

It's such a shame Pandemic got shut down now; this is looking to be quite a fun game. The one thing I disliked about third person, open world shooters was that they never focused on the shooting. I think The Saboteur definitely picked up on that and the shooting looks pretty fun, especially with the third-person-perspective and one shot weapons. 
 
Definitely picking up the game, regardless of reviews, and best of luck to the guys at Pandemic who either lost their job or have to move. I can't imagine it being easy, but I can't wait for the stuff the 'new' Pandemic make. 
 
Good luck guys, great game.
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"BLOODY HE......." *falls to death* I beleive his last words will be remembered as "bloody hell" . This game looks kind of, well, maybe fun, but, unpolished and a little too over the top. I mean, nazi-occupied Paris right?   I don't like that a game with that in it also has an incredibly badly-done stereotypical Irishman with a bad accent too, in an indiana jones role with very twitchy gameplay and bad aiming. Had this had more polish, been slightly less rough around the edges and been a little more respectful to the subject matter (even if the gameplay is unrealistic) it could've been better....

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@lhaymehr said:
" I so want to like this game but there are so many issues with it. I do like the visual style though. I've never seen anything like it before. They are doing some amazing things with display buffers. Amazing tech. The way they seamlessly blend colors on specific textures. Technically an absolutely outstanding job! "
This from a guy with a Wolfenstein logo as an avatar...
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@PlasmaBeam44 said:
"So, since this game is all stereotypes, does that mean the developers picked you to play as a Scottish guy, since a French dude would just run away? "

.... Scottish? 
 
 
:/
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@atomic_dumpling said:
" @LeBart said:
" What's with the obsession with boobs ? First of all, this guy is in a french cabaret, it makes sense to see naked ladies. But it's such a small part of the game, why would you even talk about that for more than 30 seconds ?  "
It's America. Boobs are a forbidden sign from god over there. All that's missing is a choir singing "hallelujah". "
A forbidden sign from god? Perhaps you would like to re-parse that sentence into something that makes sense.
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@Tennmuerti said:
" One thing I disliked a lot from seeing this quicklook is the ridiculous amount of bullets you can absorb. People were shooting at you from so many directions, when he was climbing it just seemed completely messed up, his back must have absorbed several kilograms of lead. Bit of a turnoff.  I don't think I want to play Terminator in a Nazi occupied France. "
You dont play many games do you?
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That actually looks good, I will prolly rent this.

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Those were some realistic looking fake boobs, well realistic real boobs not real fake boobs, as most games have fake looking boobs that look like fake real boobs, I'd much rather have a game with fake boobs that look like realistic real boobs..... BOOBS!

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@Pie: Actually I would fall under the category of people who are called out for having "no life".
You didn't read both posts did you?
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Disappointing.. it looked like a really good game.. if only they had polished it some more =/

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Edited By Madyew

While this game doesn't look bad, this doesn't make me want to play it. Not ready for another open world game.

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Looks like something I might enjoy, probably pick it up next year.

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@buzz_killington said:
"

I thought Pandemic would go out gracefully. Apparently not, cause this one looks janky and mediocre as well.

"
agreed. Except for the boobs - those were nice -.-
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Edited By Scarlet_Rogue

I'm done with Ryan Quick Looks. A one armed autistic kid could play games better.
 
The game doesn't look too bad though.

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Is Sean voiced by Robin Atkin Downes? If yes, I'm happy he got another big role, since he's a talented dude.

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That was a pretty good takedown using the rifle as a baseball bat. Heh. That climbing sequence at the end was pretty sweet too. Looks like an okay game, but not without its problems. I don't know, I might check it out later.

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I dunno, this looks more appealing to me than the GTA games, as far as open world games go. Which, to be fair, is not a genre I am terribly big on.  Infamous is, thus far, the only one I've liked.
 
but I'm willing to give a try.  It looks more promising, for my tastes, than GTA by far. 

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@Pie said:
" @Tennmuerti said:
" One thing I disliked a lot from seeing this quicklook is the ridiculous amount of bullets you can absorb. People were shooting at you from so many directions, when he was climbing it just seemed completely messed up, his back must have absorbed several kilograms of lead. Bit of a turnoff.  I don't think I want to play Terminator in a Nazi occupied France. "
You dont play many games do you? "
but he is right...
 
That's one thing that looked off-putting to me.  I still wanna play the game but it seems like he can absorb far too much damage and he can regenerate his health far too fast.  If there is difficulty settings I'm definitely gonna put it on the hardest which I've started doing with all my games now-a-days actually (after Demon's Souls :p).  
 
Some of the videos I've watched are a tad misleading tho.  One video the dev said he had invincibility on just for the purpose of showing off the demo without dying.  Wonder how many times they have done that.
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Edited By MagikGimp

I said this in the Quick-look Ex but I'll say it again: what's the point of going to the effort of making war-time Paris look really realistic and then have your game be the complete opposite? Even the boobs are ridiculous; they didn't have silicone then!

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Edited By FuzzYLemoN

I am now seriously interested in this game, as opposed to passively interested.

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Upset by his accent?
 
Damn right. True Irish stereotype.

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beat some meat in a game with boobs!

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in the saboteur, the are many activities like beating your meat 

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looks more like infamous than assassins creed!
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Edited By solviper

I have started playing this game and it's really fun. It's basically Assasin's creed and gta put together. Or something like that.

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That was a great ending to the quick look. I was holding my breath wondering if he will be able to make it to the rooftop.

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I have to admit, "Buy our game new and get boobs", is a solid market strategy for a game.
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So they ripped the radar from Grand Theft Auto IV and changed the color to yellow. Hm.

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My heart skipped when you turned nudity off.. thank goodness you came to your senses.

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been really looking forward to this ql.. n1 guys.. 

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Edited By ArbitraryWater

I like the stylistic choices, but otherwise it kind of looks like a standard janky open world game.

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Watching this makes me wanna go and play more AC2.  If Pandemic wasn't having money troubles they shoulda pushed this to 2010 but that's how it goes in this competative market. 
 
Still might rent this since i was intrigued by the concept of a stealth action game set in WWII. 
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I have been super psyched to get this game!! Black and White + WWII + Paris= MIND BLOWN

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Finally a game that makes sense! Usually in those types of places their is nudity! In GTA IV there was random stickers over their nipples in a fucking strip club which irritated me so much. I cant wait for this game, only a few more days.....I cant wait anymore, I love how I get my exclusive knife.
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@ArbitraryWater said:
" I like the stylistic choices, but otherwise it kind of looks like a standard janky open world game. "
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Just as I thought,  Ryan loves to beat the meat.

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doesn't look too great, but for some reason that doesn't stop me from wanting it. but i'd still rather use my $60 on another of the big releases next year i think, like maybe bayonetta.

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Great Quick Look, guys! Definitely gonna rent this on Gamefly. I only hope to know that I will know what Sean will say when he falls. The mystery will unfold.

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I was thinking of getting this for my birthday, but now I think I'll ask for something else.   

It just seems kind of clunky. You've got to admire the effort Pandemic put in, but it just seems inferior to games with similar mechanics such as GTA IV or Assassin's Creed II.   
 
The theme of the game in WWII Paris is interesting, but the shortcomings of execution aren't enough to win me over. Only if I really wanted another Nazi-killing game would I get this.  
 
I appreciate that everyone in this game is a stereotype - the Nazis, the Resistance and of course, Sean so that wasn't what put me off. 
 
@MagikGimp: I didn't notice anything with the boobs which implied they were silicone. Maybe I wasn't paying as much attention to them as you though. :P

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Icemael  said    "Wives"? You have several?:P  
 
 
no man have one wife  but i could have wrote wife s   but i thought wives was correct..im not a writer but love to game...lol 
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"BLOODY HE... licoptors?"

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looks like it has issues, but also looks really fun :)

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Edited By Lazyaza

I like the visual style and setting of this game but gameplay wise just seems like an unrefined hybrid of asscreed and gta.

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@Icemael said:
" @rugripper40 said:
" omg    why the fuck would i want to see tits in a game when i can look at my wives tits in real life...lmfao...what is wrong with these developers...i guess there physically and emotionally unsatisfied...too many geeks in there masterbation chambers,they need to come out every now and then and touch reality...lol "
"Wives"? You have several?:P "
That guy talking about his wives is obviously some 13 year-old kid trying to look cool.