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Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package launches on Nintendo Switch on May 10th
- Thread starter Justin Iacobellis
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Odd it's not Saints Row 4, but I'm always down for more Saints Row. A criminally under appreciated series.
This is wild. Wonderful surprise. That was a fantastic game and the last one in the franchise to treat it as the alternative to GTA that I think it should have stayed. 4 was sort of a (somewhat fun) mess, but three checked all the boxes GTA didn't without getting off subject. It had a good spot as the highly customizable, unrestrained alternative.
Deep Silver Fishlabs. The developers of Galaxy on Fire, we have one of the team members on ERA.
I view them as two parts of the same game (4 was originally an expansion to 3, after all), and would have rather they be together.
Man publishers really do love re-heating almost decade-old titles for the Switch audience, don't they?
Maybe I'm too skeptical but I cant see this being anything other than a terrible port.
I feel it.
I feel it.
Yeah - Remasters and Ports of older titles never happen on other systems.
Pretty sure this is the first SR game on a Nintendo console and/or handheld - the system doesnt have True Crime, GTA, WatchDogs or whatever yet - so this seem like a fine and worthwhile addition to the system libary.
The difference is those platforms are also getting new games in these series. The Switch is just getting the old titles. It's super frustrating as a Switch owner. I have the cash and I'll pay for new games, but third parties see fit to just re-release their old content instead.
What new SR game are you talking about ? GTA V has been selling for ages on these consoles and came out on PS360.
If you want more newer titles on the Switch - thats a fair point...but its not a either or situation with ports or remasters. If this product didnt exists you would get SR V this may on Switch instead.
GTA. It's more of a slapstick version of it though, with a "anything goes" sense of humour. Probably hillarious of that's your thing, but the gameplay is very mediocre really. Missions, gunplay, driving, city design, characters, etc - nothing is especially bad, but it's never more then average either.
PS4 and Xbox got SR4 ports, and as there's no SR5 yet we don't know if Switch will get it. But We do know Doom Eternal and, it's looking likely, Wolfenstein: Youngbloood are both coming to Switch. It's not an absolute situation like you make it seem.
Remember GTA during the Vice City days when it was more about the borderline cartoony over-the-top sensibilities and the power fantasy of being a belligerent sociopath rising your way through the ranks of the crime world and turning the world into your own playground?
Take that and multiply the "zany" by about eleven times and you get Saints Row - after the second game at least. It's a fun series but a lot of the fans feel it lost its way after the second once it moved away from being a San Andreas type satirical crime sandbox that was fairly grounded, to the third one onward that emphasized glitzy, wacky and over the top presentation. They still maintain an oddly fun continuity despite that, and the fourth one was arguably the most appropriate way to close out the series.
Saints Row is a poor example, because it hasn't seen a new release since 2013, but a better example is instead of Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ubisoft has instead decided to dredge up a game from 2012 for Switch owners instead.
It just seems with almost every Nintendo Direct we see some weird super-late port from publishers instead of the newest release, often for full price to boot.
It was fine as a launch window filler but these days, almost three months in, it's pretty lame.
Loved this game, got all achievements even for the DLCs. It's what I wanted from a GTA back in the day, not GTA IV's overly serious approach but SR3's batshit crazy shenanigans. And the game is legit good in terms of gameplay and offers a lovely soundtrack, too. If the price isn't insane, I'll pick this up in virtue of its portability.
Not instead - AC Odyssey was never on the table for Switch. AC3 Remastered is a multiplattform game and re-releasing on every system.
Current-Gen AAA titles not hitting your Switch has next to nothing to do with remasters/ports you are worried about.
Depending on the price and how good a port this is, I can see myself double dipping. I really want GTA V, but SR3 was a lot of fun.
Yes.
In fact it uses the soundtrack in a very clever way. The eye of the tiger and I need a hero were awesome too.
Every thread about any release on switch: "here is why it doesn't count or why I'm gonna move the goal posts about it"
its really tired by now honestly. It doesn't add to the thread. It is just whining and posting about droughts after you had to minimize the release in the first place.
Try to guess why Ubisoft or Deep Silver or Capcom didn't make Odyssey, Metro Exodus or DMC V ports for NSW.
I'll help you: NSW can't run these games.
If ports are viable every publisher will be down to make games available on all platforms, 2 years later and people can't accept this. The NSW is a very good console but it's unresonable to expect every AAA games on the platform. Be glad that DOOM, Wolfenstein, MK11 and DOOM Eternal are coming to NSW.