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Saints Row: The Third's Got CG Power

The game doesn't really look like this, but... you get the idea.

Jun. 2 2011

Posted by: Jeff

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Saints Row: The Third

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I couldn't really get into the last SR.  Thinking about giving this one a try, though.

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It's certainly a great looking trailer.

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Spinning DDT through a table! That man is dead!!

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Cant wait
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Pff, this shit's got nothing on Vale Parking 1989!

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That just about reflects how i remember playing saints row 2. Everything being balls out crazy and surviving the impossible every five minutes. 10X explosions, infinite ammo, infinite life, mass hole, and thunder storms. The only way i ever played that game.    

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This actually looks really, really good.

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completely bananas, I like it!
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Not bad, needs more hotdog costumes though.

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That was a pretty fucking awesome trailer, too bad the game could never live up to your buddy taking a bullet for you and then popping back up to keep shooting dudes with you.

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@Afroman269 said:
Not bad, needs more hotdog costumes though.
And foul-mouthed mimes.
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I'm ready to strap it on. Wait, wut? 

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This is exactly as stupid as I needed it to be. I... I loved it.

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God damn it I love Saints Row! I hope they don't take the ridiculousness to far though, Saints Row 1 was about the right level for me.

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Well that did not make much sense, but then when did Saint's Row ever do?

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@craigbo180 said:
God damn it I love Saints Row! I hope they don't take the ridiculousness to far though, Saints Row 1 was about the right level for me.
I can pretty much guarantee you that this game will be more ridiculous than Saints Row 1.
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STRAP IT ON

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Johnny Gat tagged the billboard. Nice.

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@Greenshoes said:
Well that did not make much sense, but then when did Saint's Row ever do?
It actually kind of does, but only cause I read the Game Informer article. The dude who stabs the elevator guard in teh beginning is the main villain, the 2 women are his main sidekicks/henchmen. The penthouse is the Saints' hangout, cause they've "sold out" or become famous by the beginning of this game. The dude gets up there, and he and his gang begin to start to attack the saints. This ends at teh top of the building, with all of the main characters on teh roof.
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great trailer great song

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So is this the sequel to the Social network.....The Sexual Network: A Strap it on story. The story of Joe Francis the creator of Girls Gone Wild.

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Saints Row The Third: Put On A Fake Dick... Now... More  than ever!! 
 
Hope Volition didn't mess this up like they did Red Faction Armageddon. Looks like a logical progression from SR2 so far. I WANT TO BELIEVE.

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I really liked the second SR, its inverisimilitude made it fun.

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I never got into Saints Row 2, and probably won't pick this up, but it looks as though it's turning out exactly as it needs to. That is to say, GTA's crazy kid brother.

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@DystopiaX said:
@craigbo180 said:
God damn it I love Saints Row! I hope they don't take the ridiculousness to far though, Saints Row 1 was about the right level for me.
I can pretty much guarantee you that this game will be more ridiculous than Saints Row 1.
Definitely. The original SR was largely a San Andreas clone, while SR2 then strayed a little with its own brand of lovably absurd stupidity. I feel like SR3 looks, weirdly enough, just a bit self-seriousness with the darker tone upon everything, but from what they've confirmed to appear--like air-strikes, sky-high gun battles, tanks and a unique ball-socking attack per weapon--it'll have just as much fucked up as SR2, and will look better while you're doing it all.
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No Gary Busey in sight, 3/10!

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Man this is a really good trailer.

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That random stupidity of getting friends shot, the cartoony style and the sheer scale while still seeming cool perfectly gets Saints Row.

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Saints Row 1? The row. Saints row 2? The City. Saints Row 3? THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD!

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The trailer was great, i'ii probably be checking out this game because SR2 was just too much when playing with my sis, and whats with the music? It was some weird remix of 21st century schizoid man of king crimson with something completely different. no complaints though.

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It's weird how Volition has taken the crude art style from the first game and almost evolved it into their own little paradigm.

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Strap it on indeed.

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Yo I heard you liked gangsta so I put some more gangsta shit in your gangsta game. 
  
Looking forward to it. 

The future jet at the end though seemed a bit out of place. 

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@ADarkMatter said:
The trailer was great, i'ii probably be checking out this game because SR2 was just too much when playing with my sis, and whats with the music? It was some weird remix of 21st century schizoid man of king crimson with something completely different. no complaints though.
It's Kanye West so I understand the confusion.
 
Honestly I've never been hyped for a sequel, but this has me excited. Saints Row 2 was a blast and if this game tops the crazy even a little bit I'll be pleased.
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I absolutely love this! I hope someone from Giant Bomb ends up getting into Saints Row 3 -- I feel like they really missed out on something special by ignoring the last one.

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Well that was weird. Saints Row weird.

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I hope this means i get to DDT people into glass coffee tables. Strap it on.

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STRAP IT ON

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This is one of my most anticipated games of the year! Despite being a pre-rendered movie,  the trailer's still got me hyped. Loved the previous Saint's Row games and the co-op in SR2 was amazing (really glad to hear that's back for 3).
 
With Skyrim, Modern Warfare 3, Saints Row 3 and Gears 3 all releasing around the same time... the end of this year's going to get expensive.

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I was expecting weird. This was not weird, just a bit crazy. Good, besides the awful facial animations.

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Man i'm so ready to STRAP IT ON

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That trailer is pretty awesome

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Okay, that was pretty awesome.

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A great new red Faction and surely a great new saints row, volition is one serious studio now, that traier was awesome i wonder what there next franchise will be.

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Pretty cool, although nothing but cgi.
 
Also, STRAP IT ON.

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I can't wait.

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STRAP IT ON 
STRAP IT ON 
STRAP IT ON 
STRAP IT ON

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Finally, GTA 5. Really enjoyed the ridiculousness of the last game, let's see if they can top it (and possibly get rid of SOME of the jank, not all of it though)

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NO ONE MAN SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT POWER