Saints Row: The Third

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  1. 34m2121
    Jul 4, 2023
    7
    Hemen hemen herşeyi önceki oyundan daha iyi yapıyor. ama benim için 2. oyun daha özel.
  2. nastyjes
    Jan 10, 2023
    6
    Funny gta clone .
  3. Naked_Snakee
    Apr 7, 2023
    7
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  4. xboy1024
    Apr 1, 2023
    7
    It was an OK game, but I kept running in a bug, which minimized the game multiple times during a game session.
  5. Dco326
    Jan 14, 2023
    6
    Graficki lose, bugova koliko hoces, brightnes jakoooooooo los, gemplej isti non stop se ponavlja pucnjava je onako bukvalno sve u svemu nije mi se dopalo nazalost.
  6. reb0rn
    Nov 1, 2022
    7
    This game feels like a downgrade to SR2 in almost every way. To make everything worse, it's not a sequel to SR2, its a light reboot. The game's driving feels pretty good, the open world aspect of the game feels very dead as there isn't a lot to do. This game is trying too hard to try and ignore SR2, by ditching almost everything that happened in SR2 and to make everything worse, it removedThis game feels like a downgrade to SR2 in almost every way. To make everything worse, it's not a sequel to SR2, its a light reboot. The game's driving feels pretty good, the open world aspect of the game feels very dead as there isn't a lot to do. This game is trying too hard to try and ignore SR2, by ditching almost everything that happened in SR2 and to make everything worse, it removed a few characters. But I will give them this, it's fun.… Expand
  7. aecsuter
    Sep 5, 2022
    7
    Even though it's an older game, I recommend buying it on sale, because you'll have good hours of fun.
  8. funnymystical
    Aug 30, 2022
    7
    funny game but..
    story is ****
    co-op is buggy
    driving feels off
    comedy is outdated
  9. maintitle
    May 31, 2022
    6
    I hate this game and what it did tot he franchise with every fiber of my being, but it also has some really sharp clothing options that are better than it's predecessor's had to offer so that brings it up past a five. I never said I wasn't a hypocritical ****
  10. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    7
    Ну вы и кочаны блин опять всё напутали идите спамьте десятки второй части свинопасы
  11. Wrathzo
    Mar 21, 2022
    7
    Saints Row: The Third is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ. It is the sequel to 2008's Saints Row 2 and the third installment in the Saints Row series. The game is set in the fictional city of Steelport (based on New York City), and continues the story of the 3rd Street Saints, once again putting players in the role of the gang's leader, who is fullySaints Row: The Third is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ. It is the sequel to 2008's Saints Row 2 and the third installment in the Saints Row series. The game is set in the fictional city of Steelport (based on New York City), and continues the story of the 3rd Street Saints, once again putting players in the role of the gang's leader, who is fully customizable. Five years after the events of Saints Row 2, the Saints have grown from their humble origins as a street gang into a large media and consumer empire with their own brand, while many of the gang's members have become celebrities and pop culture icons. After being stranded in Steelport, which is firmly ruled by an international crime organization known as the Syndicate, the Saints must rebuild their forces once more to take over the city and defeat the Syndicate, as well as S.T.A.G., a violent paramilitary contracted with restoring order to Steelport.… Expand
  12. kndr
    Feb 1, 2022
    6
    Story is funny and ridiculous. There's no realism here and honestly I love it.

    Gameplay is improved from 2. It's more crazy and faster. But enemies feel bullet spongy and gun recoil is non existent. Which makes gunplay not that fun. Atmosphere is weak and dead. It is just dead soulless brick city and npc's are robots. Overall a good gta alternative with no focus on realism and    Story is funny and ridiculous. There's no realism here and honestly I love it.

    Gameplay is improved from 2. It's more crazy and faster. But enemies feel bullet spongy and gun recoil is non existent. Which makes gunplay not that fun.

    Atmosphere is weak and dead. It is just dead soulless brick city and npc's are robots.

    Overall a good gta alternative with no focus on realism and just pure fun.    … Expand
  13. dandalis
    Jan 31, 2022
    6
    Altough i had fun, in my opinion Saints Row The Third went too over the top for it's own good, they should've stuck with the vibe and tone of previous 2 games, but i guess that wouldnt guarantee as many sales. From a business perspective i can understand why they went for more mass appeal, but as a fan of the style that Saints Row 1 and 2 had, i'm disappointed. Saints Row 1 and 2 werentAltough i had fun, in my opinion Saints Row The Third went too over the top for it's own good, they should've stuck with the vibe and tone of previous 2 games, but i guess that wouldnt guarantee as many sales. From a business perspective i can understand why they went for more mass appeal, but as a fan of the style that Saints Row 1 and 2 had, i'm disappointed. Saints Row 1 and 2 werent mere GTA clones, they were much more than that, but i guess constant and ignorant games journalist whining about them being such, really must've went to Volition's heart...shame.

    So what does SR3 has to offer? Well one major downgrade makes it self obvious quite fast, and it's the city of Steelport. It's a very bland and generic looking game world. No more there's the strong distinctiveness of each district or even interactivity, where ever you travel in Steelport you struggle to tell one location apart from another, it all looks so uninspired. No more there are numerous interesting interiors to explore either, it's a very limited sand box compared to Stillwater.

    Gameplay wise the driving is atleast somewhat of an improvement over SR2, but it still doesnt feel anywhere near as satisfying as GTA driving mechanics for example. Combat mechanics in SR3 feel different than those of SR2, but i wouldnt say better, it depends on individual guns, some feel weighty and satisfying to use, some feel too cartoony. The gun upgrade system was annoying too since you couldnt remove applied upgrades, such as silencer, once you have bought them.

    Character creation and customization also take a few steps back. While it sees a couple of new additions like the ''Sex Appeal'' slider (more games need this), overall no longer there is the depth of the SR2 creator, unless you view addition of something chrome or green skin tones as a major addition. Clothing no longer supports layering either. You can buy more property in SR3, but you cant do anything with it past that, it only generates income. When you take over a gang stronghold (basically an alternative to SR2's crib), it's customization also is very basic compared to what you could do with cribs in SR2.

    Story in SR3 for as crazy it can get, still is kinda fun. It's dumb, stupid fun at that, but even with my disappointment in how it diverted from SR2, i struggle to outright hate it. However one major mistake the story makes is killing off Gat, right at the beggining at that, that was pretty idiotic and i still have no idea WTF Volition was thinking, he pretty much had become the soul of the series. The 3 main gangs of SR3 also are much more generic compared to the cool, interesting gangs of Stillwater.    … Expand
  14. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    7
    GTA짝퉁 소리들었던 기존 1,2편과 완전히 독자노선을 찾은 4편의 교두보역활을 하는 작품. 다만 미션구조가 의미없는 뺑뺑이로 이루어져 있어서 이걸 왜 해야하는지 의문이 계속 든다.
  15. defenz
    Sep 17, 2021
    5
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  16. DeathKillerNOR
    Mar 29, 2021
    6
    {Personal Experience: Personal Experience} 6/10 - Average.
    [I Didn't enjoy the game, but i didn't hate it either. The Game is kinda average.]
    {GamePlay: World/Level Design, Quests/Missions/Objectives, Difficulity (Deffault/Normal), Co-Op/Multiplayer Aspects} 6/10 - Average. [The Saints Row world design looks Fantastic. The Missions of this game are like going from A to point B, do a    {Personal Experience: Personal Experience} 6/10 - Average.
    [I Didn't enjoy the game, but i didn't hate it either. The Game is kinda average.]

    {GamePlay: World/Level Design, Quests/Missions/Objectives, Difficulity (Deffault/Normal), Co-Op/Multiplayer Aspects} 6/10 - Average.
    [The Saints Row world design looks Fantastic.
    The Missions of this game are like going from A to point B, do a thing, then go to point C. Tho the missions have variability that makes it not feel like a chore.
    The Difficulty is on the low end, like i said, this game doesn't take itself seriously.
    This game does not have a multiplayer mode]

    {Narrative: Dialogue, Cutscenes} 8/10 - Great.
    [The Dialogue is sometimes hilarious, but most of the time they seem random.
    The Cutscenes looks great, and the animation during the cutscene is fantastic.]

    {Visuals: Graphics, Motion Capture/Voice-Sync} 8/10 - Great.
    [The Graphics looks fantastic. Not GTA fantastic, but it was never supposed to be like that. This franchise is a less serious game, with a more humorous approach.
    The Motion Capture, well at least at the first part the voice-sync was painful. But it got better longer into the game.]

    {Technical: Bugs, Performance} 6/10 - Average
    [I only notice 1 or 2 minor bugs during my PlayThrough.
    I did have a few performance issues during my gameplay, 1 Game Crash, and quite a few FPS lag and freezes.]

    {Story: The Story} 6/10 - Average.
    [The Story is average, it doesn't anything special, but it's interesting enuff to keep you going.]

    {Replayability: Replayability (Alternate Endings, Secrets, Multiplayer, etc)} 5/10 – Bad.
    [you will most likely play this 1 or 2 times, but the story is set and the only reason to play it once would be to complete it 100% or go another path in one of the 8 Missions that gives you a choice of 2 paths to go on.]

    "6/10 – Average.
    These recommendations come with a boatload of “ifs.
    It's only held back by a few issues (or stiff competition).
    Not always the best choice, but it can get the job done.
    There’s a good game in here somewhere, but you’ll have to know where to look, and perhaps turn a blind eye to some big drawbacks.”
    ~DeathKillerNOR~
    ⚠️ IN MY OPINION ⚠️    … Expand
  17. clem666
    Dec 20, 2020
    7
    'Saints Row: The Third' is a completely crazy GTA-like game that will make you doubt the good sanity of its developers

    The positive points are that it is a great open-world, it has insane characters and story, an amazing quantitiy of additional content: adding more vehicules, missions, outfits,... The customization of characters, cars and weapons is incredible. This game oozes the    'Saints Row: The Third' is a completely crazy GTA-like game that will make you doubt the good sanity of its developers

    The positive points are that it is a great open-world, it has insane characters and story, an amazing quantitiy of additional content: adding more vehicules, missions, outfits,... The customization of characters, cars and weapons is incredible. This game oozes the badass-itude from the beginning to the end! Even your combat moves are awesome (plus you can litterally break the balls of your opponents with a huge dose of style). The artistic direction assumes its full responsability and dives with eyes closed into the twisted fantasies of the developers.

    Negative points now. The game is quite slow to launch and load. Coop system is broken. There is way too much extra content (and some are really disappointing). There are a few really stupid, dull and repetitive missions (like the insurance and the assassination/car theft things). Having all the extra content will make the game much easier: all your movements (in vehicules) will be faster and opponents will be easily killed by your outstanding cheated weapons.    … Expand
  18. Realnoobman
    Jul 19, 2020
    7
    Very funny game, not technically perfect, but original and with a great work behind. I loved this game.
  19. SurujSingha
    May 24, 2020
    7
    Despite starting out brilliantly, SR3 gets increasingly boring over time with a very generic story devoid of proper cinematics or any major plot twists or character revelations. It does have a varied set of over the top , fun filled missions but i personally wanted a more grounded, realistic story which it fails to do. The serious plotline doesnt even suit with the formula that VolitionDespite starting out brilliantly, SR3 gets increasingly boring over time with a very generic story devoid of proper cinematics or any major plot twists or character revelations. It does have a varied set of over the top , fun filled missions but i personally wanted a more grounded, realistic story which it fails to do. The serious plotline doesnt even suit with the formula that Volition applied here. The open world is well crafted and detailed too but Volition wasnt completely able to utilize the open world. Unlike the other open-world games, you actually spend a lot of time with your homies; they take part in most of your missions but despite this the game fails to bond with the characters. The music, animations, gunplay EVERYTHING IS SMOOTH.
    Now everybody might wonder that why i rated it 7/10 despite complaining about its aspects. Well because the game would be liked by most who wants pure fun, but many people if not all who actually bought this game for a proper alternative to the GTA games or Sleeping Dogs like me would obviously be disappointed.    … Expand
  20. r03vg
    Apr 17, 2020
    6
    Мой культурный уровень и воспитание не позволили получить удовольствие от игры. Видимо, я просто не целевая аудитория.
  21. Shimmeywill
    Apr 11, 2020
    7
    Fun characters and decent open world and gunplay. The bombastic nature is novel.
  22. MooplayYT
    Aug 27, 2019
    7
    fun game sh*t for DLC ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
  23. LesPaul
    Jun 1, 2019
    7
    This game is a more light-hearted, non-subtle take on GTA. Can be a lot of fun but after years of playing Arma I found the combat mechanics a little too bland. I didn't quite like it enough to continue after starting a campaign.
  24. dislexicpotato
    Dec 17, 2018
    7
    With a ton of mission variety, great humour and creativity, Saints Row The Third is a fun experience overall but did little to bring me back after the first playthrough.
  25. Mahdiar
    Jul 6, 2016
    7
    Gameplay : 7
    Graphics : 6
    Story : 6
    Sound : 7
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    Overall : 7
  26. ReubenIsAGod
    Sep 30, 2015
    6
    To be brutally honest open world sandbox games are just not my thing. I really enjoyed the humor in the game, at times it can be rather funny, but the setting and environment I personally found to be incredibly bland. Like it has its moments but if anything Saints Row the Third feels like a hollow attempt to kinda invent a dying franchise, Ill admit that it is fun in places and theTo be brutally honest open world sandbox games are just not my thing. I really enjoyed the humor in the game, at times it can be rather funny, but the setting and environment I personally found to be incredibly bland. Like it has its moments but if anything Saints Row the Third feels like a hollow attempt to kinda invent a dying franchise, Ill admit that it is fun in places and the soundtrack is fantastic as will as the driving mechanics and the story itself is so ridiculously silly that its a joy to play. But over then that I cant say that I really wanna play another Saints Row game again, its just not my bread and butter.… Expand
  27. tsakiym
    May 15, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I do not have to say anything more. But i need to write one hundred and fifty characters. i think my score can describe it............................… Expand
  28. Larry223
    Aug 23, 2014
    7
    Este es... Un bastardo. No tiene nada que ver con el anterior. El anterior no me gusto por la horrible jugabilidad pero esperaba que aquí con la jugabilidad y gráficos mucho mejores que en el anterior juego llegara a ser un juego increíble, tal ves uno de mis juegos favoritos, pero no tiene los momentos increíbles del anterior. No me termine el anterior pero en lo que llegue a ver fue muyEste es... Un bastardo. No tiene nada que ver con el anterior. El anterior no me gusto por la horrible jugabilidad pero esperaba que aquí con la jugabilidad y gráficos mucho mejores que en el anterior juego llegara a ser un juego increíble, tal ves uno de mis juegos favoritos, pero no tiene los momentos increíbles del anterior. No me termine el anterior pero en lo que llegue a ver fue muy oscuro y me daban ganas de acabar el juego para matar a los malditos jefes de banda. Aquí todo es un desmadre, locura, estupideces, y diversión sin sentido. No es un mal juego pero me decepciono en eso, es como si RockStar decidiera que en ves de GTAV hubieran dicho que ReadDeadRedemption seria GTAV, seguiría siendo un gran juego pero al cambiar lo que ya se había establecido en la franquicia los fans originales se molestarían mucho por el cambio. Y eso paso aquí :(. Sin embargo: ¿el juego es malo? NO. Decepciona pero al final si eres nuevo te gustara. Tienes una cantidad decente de actividades, una campaña decente, y te divertirás mucho por el grado de locura que tiene, ademas de que las animaciones y los gráficos son infinitamente mejores que en el SR2. En conclusión es decepcionante pero aun así es un buen juego, pero debió haber sido un Spin-Off y no una secuela completa. Le doy un 07/10. Decepciona, pero se gana su estado de buen juego, aun que veo a muchos fans del anterior con el corazón roto.… Expand
  29. Rajasekharan007
    Jun 30, 2014
    5
    i did'nt liked this game,i have'nt played the previous versions... the game is unrealistic,graphics is jusk ok.... . The whole pattern are still from GTA who are the real creators of an open-world game. . the story line is also just ok.
  30. Klewer
    Jun 27, 2014
    6
    I just couldn't quite get in to this. While the game play is quite the game is repetitive and I just wasn't a fan of the over the top story line and crazy going ons. Fun while the novelty lasts.
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#20 Best PC Game of 2011
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#19 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
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#39 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. PC Master (Greece)
    Feb 29, 2012
    86
    The main difference between GTA and Saints Row is that, while Rockstar's infamous franchise seems to grow and mature as the years go by (like whiskey), Volition's sandbox follows the exact opposite path. Each chapter is more wacky than the last, its satirical approach uses extreme, adult- even vulgar humor and intense violence, to the point where one can only childishly giggle.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 19, 2012
    70
    Remarkable and technically excellent urban action game comes with hilarious characters and catchy cooperative mode. Passive environment and repetitive content sunk the final verdict down. [Christmas 2011]
  3. Armchair Empire
    Jan 18, 2012
    90
    This game is magic. Occasionally offensive and funny magic, but magic nonetheless.
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