The first DLC for Saints Row: The Third has been released and this trailer was released with the express purpose of encouraging you to purchase the addition. GenkiBowl VII brings all new missions centered around the mad world of Professor Genki and his Genki Girls. You can grab it for $6.99 on Steam and PSN or 560 MS Points over on Xbox Live Marketplace.
Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax was far and away my favorite activity in Saints Row: The Third and I've gone back to it repeatedly after finishing the game just because I had so much fun maximizing my scores. Can't wait to strap it on again!
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Love the game, but this DLC is disappointing as hell. It's fun, sure, but it will also last you somewhere around 40 minutes total and 3/4 of the new activities are just reskinned older ones.
Exactly my feelings. If this DLC was something like $4 it'd be absolutely worth it. A shame, because the two new activities (note, two of them are reskins of pre-existing ones) were really fun, but there was only two instances of each. Hardly any playtime in it at all.
I agree with Foggle and Cronagandarub. Whatever is legitimately new is great but the rest of this DLC is the same ol' thing but with one new twist (like the car in the Escort clone has a flamethrower powered by running over pedestrians or sharks in the S.E.R.C. clone) that just isn't interesting enough.
If this is what the rest of the DLC will be like, I think I'll pass.
Well, I can't complain since it's free for season pass holders. But I can imagine a shitstorm of "This DLC is disappoint" is cropping up on the Saints Row official forums, sponsored by people who wanted Saints Row The Third to be Saints Row 2.5. I can't blame them, really. I can, however, blame their awful lack of proper grammar:-/
It's a shame the DLC is so short. SERC is one of my favorite side games in Saint's Row 3. Some of the background commentary is hilarious, "That guy in the hot dog costume just pisses me off."
this game is such a joke now. it was fun for about 3 hours, then it was all the same old shit with nothing new. wheres my weapons, cloths,fight club, racing, etc? you will not get any of my money thq. go screw.
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7:30 PM on 01.17.2012 | 
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Exactly my feelings. If this DLC was something like $4 it'd be absolutely worth it. A shame, because the two new activities (note, two of them are reskins of pre-existing ones) were really fun, but there was only two instances of each. Hardly any playtime in it at all.
If this is what the rest of the DLC will be like, I think I'll pass.
Remember the 100+mb patch?
Skeletor voice please.