What a week! When we haven't been busy slaying dragons and wooing wenches in Skyrim, Max and I have spent almost every waking moment this week gangbanging and bludgeoning thugs with oversized dildos in Saints Row: The Third. It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it.
UPDATE: We've also got our hands on some packs of groovy Saints Row: The Third vinyl toys to give away. To win, just leave a comment on this post by 11:59pm PST on November 15th, and we'll randomly pick two winners!
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Professor Genki demands you pick me and the poor crippled kid who may have also entered.... and the Squid monster... I guess he isn't eligible but none the less.
These sour chicken turnips won't teleport themselves you know.
But seriously, nice review.
Covered everything I was looking for and makes me feel better about my purchase.
Course I pre-ordered anyway and a bit disapointed by the removal of some small things but it still sounds like a game I want.
Keep up the good work.
It really is disappointing that you can't select your facial expression or clothing options (like open/closed jacket). It's also too bad they don't have enough hideous clothes. I really liked making my guy dress like a d-bag in the last one.
@hpv- There is always the option to create custom expressions by adjusting lip curl, lip size,lip depth, height of the different parts of the eye brow and eyelid folds and nostrils. It is a lot more work that just picking Blank, Joyful, Psychotic, et cetera, though.
If you want to make your character look like a feminine hygiene product incarnated in human form, besides having a wide array of non-human skin types(if you are looking to go literal with the douche bag look), there are some very Jersey Shore inspired clothes as well as a Jersey hairstyle.
Was that a random enough comment to suit the purposes of the contest?
If not: Skyrim was the worst basketball simulation that I have played all of this century despite the name leading one to believe that the sky was the limit on the distance that one's character could jump over the rim, something which Michael Jordan did on a regular basis back in his old Nike commercials which were 100% true to life portrayals of the game.
Compared to even NBA Jam, it is lacking in realism. I don't even think that I saw paint anywhere except on people's faces, never on the lanes. -10/1000
I'm hoping that once all is said and done with this game (in my case) it will not disappoint. About the video, it was nice to hear details about the character customization that were not touched upon within the written review. I approve.
I am looking forward to Saints Row. I played a little of Saints Row 2 at my friends house, and just picked up the bundle pack of the first two games recently. I've also been messing around with the initiation station and was a little disappointed with how muscular your guy is even with muscle dialed down to zero.
At the moment I would rather be playing Saints Row 3 than Skyrim. Oblivion and Fallout 3 both were okay but I have a hard time believing I would love Skyrim.
Yesterday, in the grocery store, I had my faith in humanity restored. Two small children were walking ahead of me, pointing out foods that they did not like.
Little Girl: "I hate that, and that, and I hate that, too."
Little Boy: "Um. Well, um, I hate everything."
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I give Taras boob shirt a 10/10
(God, I hope I win; oversized dildos!)
Please?
Professor Genki demands you pick me and the poor crippled kid who may have also entered.... and the Squid monster... I guess he isn't eligible but none the less.
These sour chicken turnips won't teleport themselves you know.
But seriously, nice review.
Covered everything I was looking for and makes me feel better about my purchase.
Course I pre-ordered anyway and a bit disapointed by the removal of some small things but it still sounds like a game I want.
Keep up the good work.
If you want to make your character look like a feminine hygiene product incarnated in human form, besides having a wide array of non-human skin types(if you are looking to go literal with the douche bag look), there are some very Jersey Shore inspired clothes as well as a Jersey hairstyle.
Was that a random enough comment to suit the purposes of the contest?
If not: Skyrim was the worst basketball simulation that I have played all of this century despite the name leading one to believe that the sky was the limit on the distance that one's character could jump over the rim, something which Michael Jordan did on a regular basis back in his old Nike commercials which were 100% true to life portrayals of the game.
Compared to even NBA Jam, it is lacking in realism. I don't even think that I saw paint anywhere except on people's faces, never on the lanes. -10/1000
Little Girl: "I hate that, and that, and I hate that, too."
Little Boy: "Um. Well, um, I hate everything."