Saints Row then.....

[df0notfound]

I also like the way waypoints are done showing you realtime multiple routes that you can take.

Half the fun of gta actually trying to get places without paying that much attention to the map.

This is a bit too hand holding for me

[Boozy The Clown]

http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/727/727119p1.html

Exclusive Ghostface track.

[Ben]

Full Soundtrack Listing

It doesn't have the overall theming of the recent GTAs so it seems a little random but there's some suprisingly good stuff on it in places, especially under Hip Hop. I'll have it locked on the Classical station regardless.

[amc]

When are they going to sort the v-synch out on the 360, the (supposed) final build of this game is full of it.

The music station interludes have some cringe worthy moments(trying to do what GTA does so well but fails embarrisingly)

Needs more play yet before bieng wrote off as a bad GTA clone.

Yes its out there!

[scottcr]

I played for about 30 minutes and wrote it off as a terrible GTA clone.

completely misses the point of what it is that makes GTA good.

the yanks'll love it though...

[Meers]

I played for about 30 minutes and wrote it off as a terrible GTA clone.

completely misses the point of what it is that makes GTA good.

the yanks'll love it though...

Yeah I was having a debate with someone on another forum about it being a terrible GTA clone as well, and I added that I found it had no character at all, compared to GTA.

Then this idiot tells me it has, via the character creator thing.

A character creator doesn't give the game character, I said.

For him, it did, was his reply.

[JohnC]

I really don't care for character creators. I'm happy to stick with a default character.

[Paulando]

Unless it's an MMORPG, character creators are fucking useless.

Except for in WWF Smackdown of course, we had plenty of fun with that one.

[Roboplegic Wrongcock]

Am really liking this game now, just generally running around playing around with the physics is a lot o fun and gun battles are a delight today I managed to get three gangs fighting and the police joined in as well. Before I threw a pipe bomb in and blew most of them away.

[Boyatsea]

I really don't care for character creators. I'm happy to stick with a default character.

Nah.

I want a motherfucking BEARD dude!

[therev]

Full Soundtrack Listing

Bit shit, that.

Still going to be buying it though.

I've played the demo for hours already, despite assuming it was going to be a rubbish GTA clone before playing it. And for few a minutes after starting to play it.

And then I found the pipe bombs...

[hoot]

There's a seller on eBay doing the US (I think) version for £28 delivered, money back if it isn't multiregion.

[suzakuseven]

I'll probably pick this up with a 360 next week, I'll be needing a adventure game to supplement my N3 hack-and-slashery. Pity it seems to be borked in VGA though (that is to say, it only really looks good in widescreen resolutions and my monitor auto-stretches these)

[Bojangle]

There's a seller on eBay doing the US (I think) version for £28 delivered, money back if it isn't multiregion.

It is, according to Video Games Plus.

[Karzee]

Not many reviews out for this in Game Rankings, and none are the few trusted ones I go with, but the ones there are good:

GamePro - 4.75 out of 5

Official Xbox Magazine - 8 out of 10

Game Informer - 8.75 out of 10

Frag Land - 90 out of 100

Official Xbox Magazine UK - 8 out of 10

Play Magazine - 9 out of 10

[sir stiff_one]

I really liked it.

[diggler]

Any word on how the co-op works exactly? Online only? Split screen? Is it the whole game? Or a shitty tacked on mini-game like San Andreas.

[Mr. Gerbik]

According to xboxworld.nl, co-op in Saints Row "involves missions for two players vs AI in unique levels".

Doesn't sound too promising, then.

[diggler]

That's a bummer. I hear Crackdown has 2 player mode for the entire game, was hoping this would be the same

[Boozy The Clown]

Multiplayer modes

Gangster Brawl – The Saints Row version of death match, this mode is a free-for-all or team-based brawl to the finish.

Big A$$ Chains – Free-for-all or team-based, players battle it out as they collect Big A$$ Chains from their fallen opponents and deliver them to the drop-off point to earn cash. Score multipliers are added when multiple chains are dropped off at once, but if the player is killed, all chains are lost.

Blinged Out Ride - Two gangs compete to turn their beater mobile into a Blinged Out Ride, earning money to upgrade their car by eliminating rival gang members and picking up cash spawns throughout the level.

Protect Tha Pimp – A pimp, protected by his bodyguards, must escape through one of multiple exits. Standing in the way are armed hitmen, looking to bring him down, while trying to avoid the pimp’s trusty one-hit kill backhand. It’s a race to see if the hitmen can eliminate the pimp, or if the bodyguards can stop the opposition and deliver the VIP to safety.

Co-Op – Two players must survive an onslaught of police and enemy attacks as they attempt a variety of missions, which include escaping a crime scene and delivering “special” packages.

Link & HD Multiplayer trailer

You can run about in your pants, with a green afro online. You can start your own gang. The green afro pants young team.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

You can run about in your pants, with a green afro online. You can start your own gang. The green afro pants young team.

Hmm, this could well be the best thing ever.

[Twyford]

There was an 8 hour run through of this last night on Gamespot apparently, covering both the single and multi player. Did anyone catch it?

[Guest]

Do we have any online reviews of this yet, it's out in a coupla days in the states?

[Twyford]

Do we have any online reviews of this yet, it's out in a coupla days in the states?

Metacritic have a few reviews up from no one especially important. Gamespot and IGN reviews should be up on Tuesday/Wednesday.

[Mr. Gerbik]

The way it was written on xboxworld.nl made it sound like you couldn't run around the entire city in co-op, but in Boozy the Clown's post it sounds like you can. Anyone got a definitive answer on this?

[GwiDan]

It says a lot about the demo that I had more fun by trying to break it by going through the barrier to areas I'm not supposed to than by playing properly, trying to complete the missions, and listening to the insultingly bad dialogue.

[Roboplegic Wrongcock]

So whose going to be buying this then?

[Paulando]

To be honest, I think I'll be buying it despite being initially put off by the demo. I went back to it, and if they definitely do sort out the framerate problems I can see it being quite a fun game to fuck around with. The driving and the combat are certainly better than in GTA.

[Roboplegic Wrongcock]

I've had no problems with the frame rate did you download your demo from live or play the version on the OXM360 disc...?

[Paulando]

Downloaded the demo from the Live Marketplace, and the framerate was shite.