Saints Row: The Third Trailer Brings Down the House (With Bullets)

[BlindChance]

We do know, thanks to IGN [http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/117/1171975p1.html?fb_ref=at_xt%3D4de6a065ed180fdc_0&fb_source=profile_oneline], that while it is still an open-world game, the vast majority of missions will take place in instanced spaces like one would find in MMORPGs like WoW. This gives developer Volition the power for more scripted events in action scenes to better further the plot, though some gamers will undoubtedly lament taking players out of the open world, even if it's only for missions.

WHAT? No no no no no! Seriously, I cannot even believe this was ever considered.

OK. Breathe, mate. Breathe.

The ruination of GTA IV was entirely in how scripted it was. (Oh, and your annoying cousin.) What made games like GTA3 were the brilliant, do-it-any-way-you-can missions. My favourite memory of GTA3 was attempting to assassinate a mafia don with a sniper rifle, getting spotted, leaping from the building (and nearly killing myself) before hurling a grenade at his fleeing car... and making the once in a lifetime shot of it exploding right next to it. The car flipped, and exploded.

That's beautiful. It's organic. It can't be replicated by any scripted sequence. It's what Grand Theft Auto was built on, and what made it special. Somehow, Rockstar forgot this, and ruined GTA in the process. But Saints Row 2 remembered it, and I jumped across.

And now, Volition seem to have forgotten it too! Argh!

 

[Brian Hendershot]

Mr. Funk, that game was never a "over the top guilty pleasure" for me. It was just pleasure.

Haha, man I am super stoked for this game!

 

[dancinginfernal]

That was wonderful. Song went well with the trailer, good syncing.

Liking the look of the man with the scarf. Here's hoping for scarf accessories.

 

[Couch Radish]

If Shaundi from SR2 comes back, I'll be a very very happy man.

In fact, she will.

Once you are reunited with Shaundi you pull your parachute and enjoy a brief moment of calm ? until you realize the plane is turning around and coming right at you. Much to Shaundi's dismay you toss her aside to continue her freefall, ditch your parachute, smash through the plane's cockpit window, shoot a bunch of guys inside, grab another 'chute, exit the back of the plane a second time, and rescue Shaundi again.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/117/1171975p1.html?fb_ref=at_xt%3D4de6a065ed180fdc_0&fb_source=profile_oneline

Yep, she's here.

 

[SeriousIssues]

ANOTHER GOD DAMN NOVEMBER RELEASE DATE COME ON WHAT ARE YOU PLAYIN' AT VIDEOGAME WORLD, THIS IS INSANE.
MODERN WARFARE 3, SKYRIM, NOW THIS, WHAT ELSE?

Man, my pocket is going to be hurtin'. So is any free time I might've enjoyed beforehand.

 

[Instant K4rma]

Hell, I'll pay 60$ just to support the crew working on these trailers. Well, having the game would be a bonus, too...

 

[MisguidedTerran]

Ladies and gentlemen, the best game of the damn year.

I keep seeing that chick with the laptop and noting the FBI letters on her jacket, that's messing with my head. Gat's the gentleman who steps in to take a bullet, before getting pulled back into the fight. Two of the more standout characters, the bouncer and the luchador (note his boots) will be recruitable in game. Pierce and Shaundi may be the two back to back gunfighting near the boss, so on so forth. Something weird with the trailer, everyone's gunning left handed...

The Morningstar gang is sort of like the mafia, as info tells us, and is the controlling faction of the Syndicate, a large, branching criminal organization. Ruling with them in Steelport are the Luchadors, bright green masks and burly men, and the Deckers, a sort of strange pop, emo, techgeek appearance to them. This time around, apparently the opposing gang members may be popping up in the others' respective storylines, which kinda brings the big story itself tighter.

In any case, this will end up as my game of the year. No Elder Scrolls, Modern War, or even a dude in a costume with pointy ears is gonna change that.

 

[MisguidedTerran]

Can someone help me with the song? It's so fucking catchy.
Also, I think that's two guys making out after the elevator zoom.

Saints Row 3: promoting LBGT AND kicking ass. This is GOTY material.

Well, hate to break it to ya, but I believe that's the couple that got in the elevator in the first place.

 

[PsiMatrix]

Can someone help me with the song? It's so fucking catchy.

Kayne West "Power"

Also, I think that's two guys making out after the elevator zoom.

Saints Row 3: promoting LBGT AND kicking ass. This is GOTY material.

Agreed.

It touched on it in the last one. When Ultor tries to have you killed and 'you' are at a bar hitting on the female bartender, it doesn't change depending on your gender which was female on my first run through.

And I kicked a lot of ass in SR2, look forward to kicking so much more.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

i came.

i swear to god, there's nothing i hear about this that doesn't make it more perfect... well, unless they now allow for FULL customization of your gang.

 

[triggrhappy94]

THAT LOOKED SO BADASS!!!!

But where was Gat, and the rest of the grew?

Can't wait 'til I get to dust of my signature fadona and duel Desert Eagles and roll out with my gang of (what looks like) CoD extras.

 

[Deathfish15]

This shit is going to be epic! I cannot wait to be back in Purple.

 

[AMX58]

freakin A man

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

Oh November.... You have so many things to steal my money....

Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
Saints Row 3

Ive never seen a good year to buy video games (How Odd)

ANYWAY

This is going to be awesome....I can not wait because 1+2 were awesome and I know they can keep topping that (I kinda wish they would rerelease 1 for PS3 tho)

 

[Fruitloops89]

Well I know what I will be doing this Thanksgiving.

 

[luckycharms8282]

This trailer left me with a sense of "wut?" Lots of punching and fighting I see.

 

[Fasckira]

Eeeee, cant wait. Loved the second one (first one I found a bit meh) so Im hoping this should be as awesome if not better.

 

[Corpse XxX]

My god that looks fantastic!

And the Hurricanrana through the glasstable was truly epic, i do believe i drooled a bit..

Bulldog, bro. Hurricanrana is with the legs. Like so.
And fuck yeah, it was badass. Fuck MW3, I'm getting this.

Alright.. My bad.. Its been a good couple a years since i was into wrestling so my lingo is out of date also i guess..

Still, the most electrifying man in all of sports entertainment is back i have heard.
So i might have to start watch it again.. Cause you know what?

DO YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING?!?!

 

[Mysnomer]

Guys, I like this trailer too, but come on. It's a big cutscene, undoubtedly made specifically for the trailer, and reflects / expounds upon NOTHING we can expect to see in the finished game. Yawn, wake me up when there's a REAL trailer.

Well, I appreciate your sentiment, which I interpret to be, "Wait for gameplay to make judgments." But I dispute the claim that it tells us nothing. 1)A nod to the co-op revive system and 2)Crazy grapling/martial arts returning. Granted, not a lot, but it isn't nothing.

Also, I have to tip my hat to the choreographer, because when they panned over the guy on the balcony, I thought, Wouldn't it be cool if he jumped down from there. Whatever, that's too out there... Then *BAM* It happens.

 

[Kroker]

That's the Ultor logo. Those guys are from the Ultor Corporation, as seen in Saints Row II. .

Ultor? Weren't they the evil corporation in Red Faction? Good Lord, are Saint's Row and RF in the same univers? What they hell are they smoking at Volition.

Actually I was wrong, they're members of The Morning Star, one of the three new gangs in the game. STAG is the Special Tactics Anti-Gang unit of the government. Regardless; Ultor are indeed in Saints Row and Saints Row II though, so yes the two game series are set in the same fictional universe. This was foreshadowed by The Boss telling Eric Gryphon that Ultor can go to Mars for all he cares at the conclusion of the Corporate Warfare DLC.