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Hate to say it, but Saints Row: The Third > Uncharted 3.

Ryan_Som · 2011-11-20 07:51:13

Let me just qualify this by saying I'm a HUGE Uncharted fan, check my user reviews for Drake's Fortune and Among Thieves (9.0 and 10.0, respectively). Uncharted 2 was an amazing experience front to back and I consider it one of my favorite games of all time. From start to finish the single player story was great and the multiplayer was great fun with friends and could get decently competitive (prior to patch 1.05).Fast forward to present day. After beating Uncharted 3 I can confidently say that it's a great game. It feels like it falls short of Uncharted 2 for me. Perhaps it was hype, or perhaps it was the fact that I never felt like the addition of MP in UC2 affected the single player. In UC3...I definitely feel it.So one's a linear action-adventure game and the other's an open world game. Why even compare the two? Well, here's why:Both third-person shooters. In this category, Saints Row excels. Both by having more awesome weapons and a wider assortment (yes, I know some of the weapons in SR are goofy) and by having a much more response and accurate aiming system (though I do wish there was an option to disable aim-assist) without having to resort to a lock-on system like Red Dead's 'Normal' aiming mode. I don't how or why Naughty Dog would break something that wasn't broken, but the sensitivity settings (or lack thereof) and aiming in UC3 feels like such a chore to use. I feel like they copied these aiming mechanics from GTAIV. They're laggy and unresponsive, even on the highest sensitivity. Naughty Dog says that they're working on a patch for that, which is odd considering the aiming for MP is tighter and more response. I hope this doesn't mean ND is starting to regard UC single player the way fans of Call Of Duty view its campaigns.Both feature huge, cinematic moments. Uncharted's might be more glamorous, Hollywood-like moments, but Saints Row still manages to best them, the whole while being completely playable. I know UC gives you control during the best parts, but in the plane sequence in UC3 you almost fall out of a plane and have to fight your way back on before it inevitably ends up crashing. In Saints Row: The Third, you fight your way off a plane, skydive through debris to save a gang member who's free falling, and you mid-air shootouts like in the movie Shoot 'Em Up. You then dive back into the plane, killing more of the remaining crew on your way out the back.Customization! Now I know that Uncharted is all about the controlled, scripted aspect of the single player game, but this time they included character customization in the MP. That's great and it's a welcome addition, however I feel that compared to the quality that Naughty Dog normally puts out, it's a half-hearted effort. No hair or facial hair choices. No different facial features. Limited clothes / color choices. No sliders for anything. Hell, PlayStation Home has more customization options. Then again, this IS ND's first attempt at this where Volition has had experience.Upgrades. Along with all the character, vehicle, and gang customization there's weapon customization. Being able to upgrade your weapon's proficiency throughout the course of the game lets you feel like you're making progress and that your weapon's abilities are also scaling with your skill at the game. It's part of the reason I loved Resistance 3's campaign. They're in the MP portion of the game now. All that would had to be done is adding them in a meaningful way to the SP.Surprising story. Saints Row may be over the top and ridiculous, but the story still manages to be cohesive, funny, and it makes sense. The added fun of seeing and hearing YOUR character in those cutscenes greatly adds to that. Uncharted is starting to become a little TOO formulaic. UC1 and UC2 basically followed the same story arc...with a few twists. I feel like, in a way, ND kinda phoned it in for UC3. It's not a bad game by any means, but other than some graphical upgrades it feels like a step backwards...especially considering things like unlockable cheats that were in the first and second game AREN'T in the third (Seriously, who does that?). As for my use of 'surprising' describing either story, I'll put it to you this way: One of the games had the guts to kill a main character in the first 15 minutes.TL;DR: While not as polished, Saints Row: The Third manages to be better than Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception through customization options, more responsive aiming, crazier cinematic moments, weapon upgrades, more freedom, and a story that keeps you guessing while being entertaining the whole time.

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#101 carljohnson3456

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[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"][QUOTE="mems_1224"]finally beat saints row the third. definitely better than UC3. maybe not as pretty but the shooting actually works and its a hilarious game with a surprisingly great economy system navyguy21

I look forward to playing SR3 after a price drop... but please dont act like the shooting in UC3 doesnt "work".

Its kinda weird in UC3, not sure why they even touched it from what it was in UC2. But yea, it works and gets the job done. If youre playing it for the shooting then youre doing it wrong :P

I wont lie, the shooting is DIFFERENT than UC2, but it's far from "not working". I kinda got what everyone was saying at the beginning of the game... but by the end, I was making head shots left and right, lol.

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#102 CleanNJerk

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I dont have to play either to know for a fact tha Uncharted 3 is better.

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#103 navyguy21

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I dont have to play either to know for a fact tha Uncharted 3 is better.
CleanNJerk

lol, how is that possible?

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#104 CleanNJerk

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[QUOTE="CleanNJerk"]
I dont have to play either to know for a fact tha Uncharted 3 is better.
navyguy21

lol, how is that possible?

Going by the reviews, it seems Uncharted 3 lives up to expectations. However, Saints Row 3 is only slighty better than Saints Row 2. Considering i've played Saints Row 2 and Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3 must be better than Saints Row 3.

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#105 gmaster456

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Nice opinion.

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#106 polFdrawykS

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i dun hav to play any of these games to know unflopted 3 is inferior , simply bcuz its not a game, but a movie :lol:

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#107 RandomWinner

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Not OK. That's like saying

Mario Kart 7 > Skyward Sword or

Banjo Nuts and Bolts > Skyward Sword or

Infinity Blade 2 > Skyrim

Their not comparable.

What's that? People are actually saying those things because of review scores? Carry on TC. I'll add it to the list.

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#108 navyguy21

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[QUOTE="navyguy21"][QUOTE="CleanNJerk"]
I dont have to play either to know for a fact tha Uncharted 3 is better.
CleanNJerk

lol, how is that possible?

Going by the reviews, it seems Uncharted 3 lives up to expectations. However, Saints Row 3 is only slighty better than Saints Row 2. Considering i've played Saints Row 2 and Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3 must be better than Saints Row 3.

But if one haves more fun with SR3, wouldnt that make SR3 the better game? At least to that individual? Therefor it wouldnt be a fact? Example, some sites gave SR3 9s and 9.5s. Im just saying :P

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#109 mems_1224

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[QUOTE="mems_1224"]finally beat saints row the third. definitely better than UC3. maybe not as pretty but the shooting actually works and its a hilarious game with a surprisingly great economy system carljohnson3456

I look forward to playing SR3 after a price drop... but please dont act like the shooting in UC3 doesnt "work".

:lol: no, the shooting in UC3 is awful in the campaign, im not the only person that has realized that.

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#110 mems_1224

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[QUOTE="navyguy21"][QUOTE="CleanNJerk"]
I dont have to play either to know for a fact tha Uncharted 3 is better.
CleanNJerk

lol, how is that possible?

Going by the reviews, it seems Uncharted 3 lives up to expectations. However, Saints Row 3 is only slighty better than Saints Row 2. Considering i've played Saints Row 2 and Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3 must be better than Saints Row 3.

going by reviews uncharted didnt live up to expectations because its worse than 2

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#111 Slashless

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I enjoyed Uncharted 3 more.

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#112 jettpack

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ones open world not cover based and not serious. the other is linear, cover based and more serious story wise. THERE IS NOTHING TO COMPARE.

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#113 skrat_01

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[QUOTE="skrat_01"]Fair enough we can compare anything, and I haven't played UC3 so I can't make a proper judgement. What I will say is that from all that I know, Saints Row 3 has stronger internal logic in its writing and design, then Uncharted 3 does; which is a bit bizzare really.OB-47

Do you mean writing as in the script? Because Uncharted's cutscenes (and even in gameplay) are quite lively and well written

Not really, more everything that surrounds the script. A script is a script, but telling a story there is a whole lot more to it; Take Uncharted - your character is a loveable rouge; who is a mass murderer by functionality; function and writing doesn't really gel with the games tone. Saints Row 3 however takes place in a world akin to Death Race 2000; the heroes and celebrities are murderers; absurdities are common and everything is logically twisted; as the games function is.

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#114 chocolate1325

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Saints Row the Third is just a bad mans GTA.

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#115 Riverwolf007

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finished it with one of my buddys last night in co-op and sr3 is hands down my goty.

open world crime? zombies? streaking? 100% co-op? tank battles while plummeting to your death from a cargo plane? wrestling? space marines? streaking while combating the zombie apocalypse with laser cannons in co-op?

this game delivers.

i had more fun and more laughs playing this game than any other this year and it is not even a contest.

i know you guys are more set in your ways than my grandparents and won't touch it based on your preconceived notions about it and all i can say is it is your loss.

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#116 kris9031998

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Okay, im going to be one of those few people in the minority, but say i hated SR the third. The combat was downright terrible, i mean seriously they made EVERYONE into a bullet sponge. Running them over doesnt kill them unless you do it about 3-4 times. Then the fact that the story is absolutely short as hell (it was ten hours and it was a SANDBOX) , made no sense what-so-ever, and the ending(s) sucked. Adding zombies into the game was a terrible idea, seriously they were only in it for what, ONE MISSION? Really? Im not saying UC3 is any better, i mean i dont like the game at all. But seriously, after playing one my favorite sandbox games (Saints row 2) i was heavy disappointed.

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