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    The Saboteur

    Game » consists of 7 releases. Released Dec 08, 2009

    The Saboteur is a action-packed, free-roaming sandbox game that takes place in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Drive the Nazis out of Paris through whatever means necessary as Irish mechanic-turned-race-car-driver-turned-soldier-of-fortune Sean Devlin.

    Worth it for $20?

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    #1  Edited By jNerd

    I've been pretty darn interested in The Saboteur since E3 & it's $20 @ WalMart. 
    Does it run any different betwixt the consoles? I'd probably pick it up for achievements unless it had better fidelity on the PS3 or something... 
    I can't believe Dark Void is $30 & Saboteur is $20. I thought Dark Void looked interested back @ E3 too, but we see how well that panned out.

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    #2  Edited By Venatio

    Yes it's a good game

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    #3  Edited By Dom

    it's a fun game, though i find that it will take time for the "fun" to set in

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    #4  Edited By Korne

    Go for it... its a good game. Why can't games that I want to play from 6 months ago cost around $25?

     

    I just got Muramasa for $37. I want Silent Hill: SS and Little Kings Story, but they are both fairly pricey.

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    #5  Edited By JJOR64

    This game is already $20?  Damn.

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    #6  Edited By ProfessorEss

    I got it for 15 last week.
     
    I don't have much of an opinion yet, I'm still trying to get into it.

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    #8  Edited By DJbruce92

    I paid £30/$46 and thought it was alright. Reminds me a bit of Mercs 2 but this is better.

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    #9  Edited By Meltac

    Yeah, it's a very good game, with some very cool and interesting ideas.

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    its definetly worth 20.

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    #11  Edited By RichardLOlson

    I'll have to pick it up...I wasn't sure if it was good or not.  But the color scheme alone looks really interesting.

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    #12  Edited By Ghostiet

    20 bones? Get it right now. When it was 60 you could hesitate, but when it's 40 bucks off there is no other option than buying.

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    #13  Edited By ian6644
    @jNerd:
    yes definitely worth it
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    #14  Edited By Yummylee

    Very much so. Though I'd personally prefer Deadly Premonition ;P
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    #15  Edited By toast_burner

    Its worth it. If you liked Mercinaries but got disapointed by the 2nd one (or enjoyed it somehow), you will probably like this.

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    #16  Edited By themartyr

    Hey, I wrote a review on this a while back when i first got it.:
    http://www.giantbomb.com/the-saboteur/61-21616/user_reviews/?review=13338     
     
    Having now completed it to its entirety (full 1000 points), I can assure you that if you thought it looked good, and you're none too fussy about perfect games, then I think you will find yourself having tonnes of fun with it.

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    #17  Edited By LiquidPrince

    Yes.

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    #18  Edited By Gabriel

    I always kinda wanted to play it, the premise is intiguing. 

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    #19  Edited By fugie7

    its worth it for that price, it is good game that was really under the radar for everyone. 

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    #20  Edited By CandleJakk

    It's a great game that I felt was very underrated for the most part. It has a few flaws, but it's fun as hell. $20 for it is a fucking steal.

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    #22  Edited By trophyhunter

    yes I bought it for $60 and really love it

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    #23  Edited By ImperiousRix
    @Dom said:
    "it's a fun game, though i find that it will take time for the "fun" to set in "
    My thoughts exactly.  I played a little bit of this game when I got it for Christmas, and it certainly was fun, but that was after a few hours into the game.  Sadly, I only started really having fun about the time I started getting new/better games to play. 
    So, if you don't plan on getting anything else for a while, I'd say it's definitely worth the price.
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    #24  Edited By ProfessorEss

    Finally got into the swing of it last night.
    So much so that I can't figure out why I was finding so hard in the first place.
    Definitely worth 20 bucks and then some.

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    #25  Edited By c1337us

    I bought it out of a bargain bin a month or two ago but I have yet to play it for any great length. It seems Okay though.

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    #26  Edited By PhatSeeJay

    I say what Ryan said in a podcast; It's got a lot of rough edges and no real new ideas but if you're going to start playing it, see it to the end. Things ramps up a lot when them Nazis throws everything they got at you.. Oh and the ending. Almost worth $20 alone imo.
     
    Go for it.. through and through.

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    #28  Edited By SynergisticSyn

    I spent a week going back and forth wondering if I should spend $20 on this game. The other night I decided to bite the bullet and I have been loving it since. I love the aesthetic of the world, and have been spending hours upon hours running around the French countryside, snapping Nazi necks and blowing shit up. The driving is similar to GTA3, except you want to stay on the road and not hit the French pedestrians you're trying to save. I think I've killed as many as the Nazis have executed in the streets. The stealth is interesting, not realistic, which makes it a bit more fun. I found the gun play surprisingly competent, but I try to avoid it because it doesn't fit my play style.
     
    You really can't go wrong for $20.

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    #29  Edited By slowbird
    @themartyr said:

    " Hey, I wrote a review on this a while back when i first got it.:
    http://www.giantbomb.com/the-saboteur/61-21616/user_reviews/?review=13338     
     
    Having now completed it to its entirety (full 1000 points), I can assure you that if you thought it looked good, and you're none too fussy about perfect games, then I think you will find yourself having tonnes of fun with it. "

    holy crap!  that's a lot of destroyed Nazi establishments.  I think it was over 1300 when I added them up.  I'm not sure I could ever get them all.
     
     
    I played and beat it on a 5 day rental, but I would say the game is worth buying if you want to see the extra content that you don't get for renting.  I kinda wish I hadn't played it yet so I could justify buying it at $20.
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    #30  Edited By regularassmilk

    Ah, i'm so glad you asked this. This was going to be one of the first games I bought when I fixed my PS3, I've always had a soft spot for Pandemic, Mercs 1 was my favorite game when it was newer. I played that thing till it broke in half. Well, I found it broke in half one day. Fucking little brothers.

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    #31  Edited By FavoritoBandito

    I purchased it for $20 a month ago and had an absolute blast with it.  It has it's issues but for $20 I never doubted my purchase.

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    buy six copies of sons of liberty

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    #33  Edited By alwaysbeclothing

    I'm a bit of a weird guy.  I picked up Saboteur at the same time as Uncharted 2 and Assassin's Creed 2.  Of the three games, Saboteur is the only one I've played and I don't regret that at all.  Saboteur is a fun game and I really enjoyed it, for $20 I don't see the reason not to pick it up.

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    #34  Edited By toowalrus

    MERCENARIES 2 WAS WORTH SIXTY DOLLA...
     
    Oh, sorry. Uh, Mercenaries 2 is universally hated and... it's fucking awesome. Is Saboteur as good as Mercs 2?

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    #35  Edited By TheGreatGuero
    @Korne said:
    "Go for it... its a good game. Why can't games that I want to play from 6 months ago cost around $25?

     I just got Muramasa for $37. I want Silent Hill: SS and Little Kings Story, but they are both fairly pricey." 

    I'm not trying to sound fanboyish or anything, so don't take this the wrong way, but it's because those are Wii games. Prices don't drop nearly as fast on the Wii as they do on the 360 and PS3. In fact, a lot of the big Wii games still have never dropped in price. That's one thing I love about this set of consoles. Games literally drop in price faster than ever. Within 6 months, it's very likely you'll see a $20, $30, or even a $40 price drop on some awesome games. Within a year, the vast majority of games seem to be down to $20. I hardly ever pay full price for games anymore. It's awesome! It's too bad Nintendo hasn't really followed suit... though MadWorld dropped in price real quick, and so did Zack and Wiki before it became totally rare.
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    #36  Edited By ApertureSilence

    Buy it already!!!

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    #37  Edited By fugie7

    yeah the game is worth 20 bucks.

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    #38  Edited By xplodedd

    its worth 20, although i kinda stopped playing half way through, but for 20 its def worth it.

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    #39  Edited By FirePrince

    Yes it is worth it.
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    #40  Edited By themartyr
    @slowbird: Haha, yeah it is a lot of stuff to blow up, but once I got into the way of it, it wasn't too bad. I think it took me about a week of weeknights, destroying an area every night. I can't describe how satisfying it was to hit that last one!
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    #41  Edited By schizogony

    Mercs 2 is way more fun than The Sab.

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    #42  Edited By dagas

    I got it for €20 and it was much better than I expected. I don't understand why it has reviewed so poorly. For me it was a 4/5 game for sure.

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    #43  Edited By demonbear

    Bought it for 10$ brand new, for that price i'm having a blast. Sure you've seen sandbox action done better else where but what can I say? I like killing germans.

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