The Saboteur

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 349 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 244 out of 349
  2. Mixed: 75 out of 349
  3. Negative: 30 out of 349
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  1. Dsims37
    Mar 3, 2022
    1
    Garbage game. Wannabe Assassin’s Creed and GTA mashup. It doesn’t do well as either. There is a good reason the company that made it went bankrupt. Terrible missions and worse AI. Don’t waste your time when there are so many great games out there.
  2. kanefriessner
    Jul 17, 2012
    3
    This game is nothing but propaganda, allied propaganda. It's like Wolfenstein but not as funny as Wolfenstein games are. The graphics are good but the gameplay is not so good. This is a game where Wolfenstein meets GTA and Assassins Creed. You think it's good? No, it's not! This Assassins Creed gameplay not works as good as in AC. And what about the GTA part? It's s.uck.s too. One of theThis game is nothing but propaganda, allied propaganda. It's like Wolfenstein but not as funny as Wolfenstein games are. The graphics are good but the gameplay is not so good. This is a game where Wolfenstein meets GTA and Assassins Creed. You think it's good? No, it's not! This Assassins Creed gameplay not works as good as in AC. And what about the GTA part? It's s.uck.s too. One of the best thing is that the base of the resistance is a brothel (or what the hell) full of Nazi officers. It's ridiculous. The whole story is really bad and the cinematics too. Look at the cinematic, when Luc (or whoever) plants a bomb to the side of a track in the fuel-depot mission. What was that? A joke? How could this happen? Why the Nazis didn't see a man planting a bomb about 8 meters from their fuel-depo? Were they blind or what? And the race in Germany. Pfff..... Man, that was absurd. The whole German army was there and we can easily shake them off with that racing car. Was that possible? And then the race was the joke of jokes. Look at the race in Mafia and compere it with this. In Mafia you can see a real race. And in this? It's only a joke. The first 7 racers were much faster than me. What did they do? They stopped and were waiting for me in the last corner of the 2nd lap. And then that cinematic....pfff.... But the "best" is the escape from Germany. That was nothing but unrealism. And look at those tanks with 2 (yes two) tank guns. Did the Nazis stole it from the Commies from Red Alert? Then our Irish says: "They started a war". What? Did the developers read the history book before they made this **** Great Britain and France declared war on Germany, not reversely. If you like history it's not your game, otherwise it is.… Expand
  3. LysanderS
    Dec 14, 2009
    0
    The word "broken" doesn't fully describe this game. FUBAR would be somewhat closer. For those of us using ATi cards, EA have decided to say "hey, get f****d". The game constantly crashes, and in order to play, i have to Alt+Tab every time the game freezes. Apparently "EA are aware of the issue" yet are taking over a week to even give us word on patch progress. Knowing EA, The word "broken" doesn't fully describe this game. FUBAR would be somewhat closer. For those of us using ATi cards, EA have decided to say "hey, get f****d". The game constantly crashes, and in order to play, i have to Alt+Tab every time the game freezes. Apparently "EA are aware of the issue" yet are taking over a week to even give us word on patch progress. Knowing EA, they'll slap the words "DLC" on it and charge us £20 for it.… Expand
  4. MartinP
    Dec 14, 2009
    1
    Game simply would not run (even the menus) on a modern PC with ATI graphics and Windows 7. Apparently the developer also is no longer around and therefore no guarantee can be given that EA will be able to fix it. So if you got ATI hardware stay away till the problems are resolved. Really unfortunate was looking forward to playing it. Might get it on the PS3 in stead when the price drops.
  5. RilusZ
    Dec 12, 2009
    0
    Considering that the game does not run at all with Windows Vista/7 and ATI graphics cards, I can't see the game getting more any score at all. It is literally unplayable for thousands of PC players.
  6. Falrinth
    Aug 20, 2012
    0
    Athmoshpere is quite nice, but game is bugged like hell... All my saved games including quick save brings me to the begining of the game - to the bar. Hence its unplayable for me. I cant even find any working Saboteur forums to get help to that. EA is a big disgrace.

    When i finally googled my way to a forum thread describing my problem EA says i dont have privileges to read it... even    Athmoshpere is quite nice, but game is bugged like hell... All my saved games including quick save brings me to the begining of the game - to the bar. Hence its unplayable for me. I cant even find any working Saboteur forums to get help to that. EA is a big disgrace.

    When i finally googled my way to a forum thread describing my problem EA says i dont have privileges to read it... even tho im logged in >.< omfg    … Expand
  7. TsukasaHiiragi
    Apr 7, 2017
    3
    The Saboteur is a crossbreed of a game, and doesn't do well at anything but considering it's age, it gets a passing mark when this game was first released, but for 2017 it simply hasn't aged well. The parkour is slow and geriatric, the driving is stiff and far too many controls and mechanics which add unnecessary confusion. The gun play is the only thing that works although, it is stillThe Saboteur is a crossbreed of a game, and doesn't do well at anything but considering it's age, it gets a passing mark when this game was first released, but for 2017 it simply hasn't aged well. The parkour is slow and geriatric, the driving is stiff and far too many controls and mechanics which add unnecessary confusion. The gun play is the only thing that works although, it is still primitive by todays standards with many bugs and issues which don't happen in modern shooters.

    Not to mention a lot of issues such as Nazi super soldiers with mini-guns ruin the experience that is desperately trying to live up to an authentic WW2 experience. Back in 2009 this would have probably rated 6 or 7 since it isn't terrible, but for the modern day players who just might see this on sale or something, just be warned that this game just simply hasn't aged well and more modern shooters will have spoiled you so you'll only see the flaws that this game has.

    Another major issue is that the game is still unstable, prone to random crashes and quite possible to fall 'through' the map, I think a more modern version of this game without all the major issues and bugs could be well received though, considering all this time and the infamous map glitch has still not been fixed, and your forced to run in low resolutions for the map to work properly which leads me to believe this game is obviously a port of the Xbox 360 version and the console version is probably the better option to play this game.    … Expand
  8. Voyou
    Aug 28, 2022
    3
    Does not save progress.
    Cool world and gameplay are totalled by fake saving, unfit for PC and real games. Concsole cancer should stay on fn' consoles.
  9. Mobile
    Dec 1, 2017
    2
    ENG
    It would seem that the game in 2010, but even at that time it was already obsolete, about the present time, I generally keep quiet. I remember reading about it in a gaming magazine, watched the trailer, interesting was the concept black and white background, but it only spoils the view, and at some points just looks awful. As each game is about resistance, its purpose is one, to    ENG
    It would seem that the game in 2010, but even at that time it was already obsolete, about the present time, I generally keep quiet. I remember reading about it in a gaming magazine, watched the trailer, interesting was the concept black and white background, but it only spoils the view, and at some points just looks awful. As each game is about resistance, its purpose is one, to eliminate the activities of the enemy across the "playing area", and very boring, and difficult each time to get away from the crowds of enemies, performing tasks along the way.
    RU
    Казалось бы игра 2010 года, но даже для того времени она уже была устаревшей, про нынешнее время я вообще молчу. Помню как читал про нее в игровом журнале, смотрел трейлер, интересная была концепция черно-белого фона, но на деле это только портит вид, а в некоторые моменты просто ужасно выглядит. Как и каждая игра про сопротивления, ее цель в одном, устранить деятельность врага по всей "игровой области", причем очень скучная, да и сложно каждый раз убегать от толп врагов, попутно выполняя задачи.    … Expand
  10. zainab12345
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    As the review, I personally love this game as the game has best Graphics and story line is awesome. I have been playing this game since many years and found it is the best Action game and adventures game. I always recommend this to the players, Once play in the life. I wish that all tge player must play once in life. [Link omitted per site rules]
  11. f1o_o1f
    Jul 7, 2022
    0
    - very mediocre writing
    - not a single likable character. All are **** all the time, the macho-protagonist being the pinnacle of horny idiocy
    - lackluster voice acting (both in English and German). They didn't even bother to hire actual Germans to voice the Germans' German lines - way too much senseless stuff to do on the map in terms of post-game (like Assassin's Creed, but even worse)    - very mediocre writing
    - not a single likable character. All are **** all the time, the macho-protagonist being the pinnacle of horny idiocy
    - lackluster voice acting (both in English and German). They didn't even bother to hire actual Germans to voice the Germans' German lines
    - way too much senseless stuff to do on the map in terms of post-game (like Assassin's Creed, but even worse)
    - abysmal mission design

    - nice visual gimmick with the black/white turning into colors
    - climbing mechanic is okay. Not on a level with AC, but it has its advantages
    - decent variety in cars and weapons

    It's quite obvious that Pandemic had way too little money and time on their hands (thanks to those f*cktards at EA) to fully capitalize on the potential of a game like this. The unique setting and aesthetic were promising, but poor writing and lack of funds held this back from being great, or even decent.
    (Any comparisons with GTA or Mafia 2 really aren't suitable, in my opinion. GTA has always shown a lot more quality in writing and management, while Mafia 2 simply shares a similar time-frame while being infinitely better written and designed)

    EDIT: There is an impossible collectible. Good thing pandemic shut down    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#72 Best PC Game of 2009
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#31 Most Discussed PC Game of 2009
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#8 Most Shared PC Game of 2009

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Game Informer
    80
    The Saboteur may lack the polish of the contemporaries it boldly mimics, but protagonist Sean Devlin’s quest for revenge and an alluring 1940s Paris make this a World War II memory worth making.
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  2. VideoGamer
    80
    As addictive as the perk goals are, it's the bread-and-butter sabotage that proves to be the real distraction.
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  3. Cheat Code Central
    76
    A compelling if uninventive experience. Working in concert, this game's tired, uninspired mechanics still manage to get the job done; the whole is definitely more than the sum of its parts.
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