Saints Row 3 PC advice.

[Longstreet]

It was a great game to play, the ONLY downside i can think of is that the radio played the same 6 or so songs all the time, well ok that ain't very different than real radio. but as far as i could figure out there was no way of including your own music. Unless you count gunfire of course. IF this was possible, someone enlighten me please. Otherwise they must make his happen.


On the control part, SR3 handles beautifully on K/M, way better than SR2, which drove me close to insanity before i got adjusted to it and learned to cope.


Just a tip, don't rush it. Campaign is a breeze, although it has its rough spots, but if you go through it too fast the side missions don't really have any appeal anymore.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

It's a decent port, though the engine swings from "smooth as water" to "entire game in slow motion" at random.

 

[Callate]

The only issue I ever had with SR3 was that the DX10/11 version didn't want to load on my GTX 280 video card (which was, at least in theory, DirectX 10 compatible.) The DX 9 version played just fine, though. All in all, I thought it was a pretty enjoyable experience, and I quite enjoyed some bits of the script.

 

[V8 Ninja]

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It's pretty easy to run for the most part until something big goes down like massive scripted demolition or something, speaking from still running a dual core and a mid-range GPU from 3 years ago

Weird. I know a friend who had slightly worse computer parts than mine and couldn't run the game at all. Eh, I guess it must have been due to computer setup and such.

 

[The White Hunter]

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It's pretty easy to run for the most part until something big goes down like massive scripted demolition or something, speaking from still running a dual core and a mid-range GPU from 3 years ago

Weird. I know a friend who had slightly worse computer parts than mine and couldn't run the game at all. Eh, I guess it must have been due to computer setup and such.

I have an E5700 Pentium Dual Core @ 3.00GHz, an Asus Radeon HD 4770 512MB (gddr5), and 3GB of RAM, and on rock bottom settings, most of Saints Row 3 is playable, but if something like happens like when the statues are exploded off the wall during the intro, the frame rate plummets and the game is like arse for the duration.

Otherwise I manage a solid 30fps but not much else. It came with the humble bundle is the only reason I have it, I already finished the PS3 version.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

The only iffy part is weapons selection, you have to use the scroll wheel (selection can take several seconds) or press number binds (you constantly screw up which weapon is bound to which key). Especially grenade selection, I don't think that there are originally any grenade selection binds.

Otherwise, it runs like a charm. Runs like a charm, if your computer can handle it.

 

[The White Hunter]

As someone who's worked on the game, I hope you enjoy it and thanks to the others for the support!

I dropped that game about 20 minutes into it. While driving it snaps your camera to look forward and you have no control over it. I like to look around while I drive and that game would not let me. It ruined the experience for me.

Sleeping Dogs is like that too. I think it's lessened if you use a gamepad, as you'd be constantly sending camera input, while with a mouse, once you stop to look somewhere, the game thinks you've stopped and goes "Oh you're moving in a car and not looking around, I'd better refocus the camera to help you drive."

Shame it a game killer for you though - I had to switch to a gamepad for Sleeping Dogs because of that, but didn't have to in SR3.

I'll see if I can alert my colleagues at Volition to include an option on the PC to not snap the camera if you're using a mouse when driving.

Thats a pretty painful thing in a lot of games these days though, I just got done with the Metal Gear Rising: Revengance demo (stupid name is stupid), needless to say I wasn't particularly impressed by the whole thing but so far I'm yet to be impressed by Platinum, but the camera simply will not point in the direction I want it to.

I understand resetting the camera to the direction i'm going, but sometimes I just want to look at something in one direction and move in another.

I never had this issue until the last couple of years where everything became focused entirely on set pieces...

 

[V8 Ninja]

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Weird. I know a friend who had slightly worse computer parts than mine and couldn't run the game at all. Eh, I guess it must have been due to computer setup and such.

I have an E5700 Pentium Dual Core @ 3.00GHz, an Asus Radeon HD 4770 512MB (gddr5), and 3GB of RAM, and on rock bottom settings, most of Saints Row 3 is playable, but if something like happens like when the statues are exploded off the wall during the intro, the frame rate plummets and the game is like arse for the duration.

Otherwise I manage a solid 30fps but not much else. It came with the humble bundle is the only reason I have it, I already finished the PS3 version.

Ah, I see now. My friend was testing the game solely on the opening scene(s), so that was why it didn't work well for him. I should probably tell him about that.

(Also, BTW, my friend definitely has better computer parts than you. No offense.)

 

[The White Hunter]

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Weird. I know a friend who had slightly worse computer parts than mine and couldn't run the game at all. Eh, I guess it must have been due to computer setup and such.

I have an E5700 Pentium Dual Core @ 3.00GHz, an Asus Radeon HD 4770 512MB (gddr5), and 3GB of RAM, and on rock bottom settings, most of Saints Row 3 is playable, but if something like happens like when the statues are exploded off the wall during the intro, the frame rate plummets and the game is like arse for the duration.

Otherwise I manage a solid 30fps but not much else. It came with the humble bundle is the only reason I have it, I already finished the PS3 version.

Ah, I see now. My friend was testing the game solely on the opening scene(s), so that was why it didn't work well for him. I should probably tell him about that.

(Also, BTW, my friend definitely has better computer parts than you. No offense.)

No offence taken, this hunk of scrap was just bought off the shelf 3 or 4 years ago and the HD 4770 a friend loaned me recently to fill the void. I'm planning on building my own rig around an i7 3770K & GTX 660ti, but I'm unemployed at the moment so it's not wise for me to spend around £850 on a PC when the one I have manages to play most games fairly well.

I haven't played the game too much past the opening on PC, but it worked fine apart fromn the phsyics-intensive parts where tonnes of shit is going down.

I want a new PC, mine sucks ):

 

[wetfart]

How does the driving handle on the PC?

I wound up having to buy an xbox controller because I was having such a hard time trying to drive in SR2 with the keyboard and mouse.

Capcha: all dancing

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

I've been thinking about finally getting around to picking up Saints Row the Third... is it ruined by being on PC, really needing a controller instead of keyboard/mouse?

My advice is don't bother. Saint's Row 3 was ruined to start with, PC controls can't improve it at all.

 

[The_Lost_King]

How does the driving handle on the PC?

I wound up having to buy an xbox controller because I was having such a hard time trying to drive in SR2 with the keyboard and mouse.

Capcha: all dancing

Driving works great with the key board. Never felt the need to use a controller.

 

[Baldr]

I've been thinking about finally getting around to picking up Saints Row the Third. However, I don't have access to my Xbox currently (plus the damn hardrive's full). So I was wondering how the PC version played. Is it playable, or is it ruined by being on PC, really needing a controller instead of keyboard/mouse?

I usually hook up my controller, but when I'm in a hurry or lazy, I have no problem with the keyboard/mouse controls. You can find a cheap wired (off brand) Xbox 360 controller at most GameStops, if you live in the US. All of them work with a PC.