Saints Row IV

[KingPK]

Oh man, you can adjust the pitch of the voices. Now I can't decide between Chipmunk Nolan North and James Earl Nolan North.

 

[KingPK]

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/09/mire-yourself-in-inescapable-debt-get-1-million-saints-row-4-s/

I'm in for $100. Anyone else?

 

[vivisectvi]

Next week!!

Easter Eggs/In-jokes/Refences compillation (some spoilerz ahoy)! I love that "Nolan North" is a labelled voice selection during character creation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KWOr0dgVCw

 

[2GOLD]

Holy shit...they went all out.

 

[KingPK]

Stupid UPS man not here yet

 

[Mazto]

Got it at the store, stayed up a bit last night and some more this morning, about 20% in.

Non-spoiler thoughts.

Customization- What I've dabbled with there's quite a bit it looks like most guns have 16 or so options for looks (pistols for example have 4 base looks with 4 color schemes, some greyed out at the moment for unlockable)
For clothes they didn't go back to the awesome Saints Row 2 method of being able to layer stuff, but they added quite a bit to the shops and it looks like only a little (stuff that was kind of redundant in The Third anyway) has been cut. One cool bonus is that you can buy full sets of Decker, Morningstar and Luchadores in... I wanna say it was Nobody Loves Me, mighta been Leather and Lace and also the Specialist look (finally I can have my Saint be the Rollerwhore Decker girl)
All the vehicles I've picked up have decals that you can put on them, and they vary (the Decker Ghost, a stylized skill, the Saints Fleur are some I've come across so far)
One issue I've found is after the initial set up, when I go to Image as Designed and do the voices, the character doesn't speak so I just guess on what I'd like to hear and then waste money redoing it if I don't like how they sound.


Powers-
Going in I thought I'd hate the powers, and while it totally changes the game dynamic I do like that the assualt based powers replaced the Grenade slot so instead of chucking a Flashbang, you can mass freeze a group for a short period of time which I can deal with. Running super fast and jumping across the board is also more fun than I thought (although it makes Insurance Fraud kinda easy, just run hella fast, jump and ragdoll midair and aim for traffic on the way down.)

Side missions-
Come across Insurance Fraud, Mayhem (with different weapons), Tank Mayhem,

Spoiler

Mind Over Murder- A Genki based game with Telekinesis throwing stuff through designated targets

, a powerbased Trailblazing and I'm sure more will open up down the line.

I'm having fun so far, and the pop culture references come a mile a minute the basic gameplay is the same (take over the city by clearing out groups of gathered Aliens), the powers twist is there if you want it, but like I said before, at least this early in it's simply a Grenade replacement, I'm sure that'll change once I get deeper in the power unlockables. The city layout is exactly the same (all the stores are where you remember them from The Third) only with all your Cribs being rubble and Alienified stuff around. But the map is exactly the same, usually with the mob groups being exactly where they were in The Third

 

[KingPK]

YES

EDIT: YES

 

[2GOLD]

Went and picked it up and grabbed some other games too. Good thing I got five months of free time to kill.

 

[bps21]

I picked up this and splinter cell. I've been in a gaming drought lately aside from some live arcade games here and there. Feels good to have made it out. These two, GTA in September, Arkham Origins in October, next gen in November. Gaming vacation officially over today lol.

 

[KingPK]

Super Sprint is cool

Insurance Fraud is cool

Insurance Fraud with Super Sprint? Dude.

 

[Sabre]

I'm loving how the game is essentially the matrix on crack. Good times.

 

[2GOLD]

Anyone else get the 317mb update?

 

[Mazto]

Spoiler

SAINTS OF RAGE I'D PLAY THAT MISSION ALL DAY FOREVER

 

[2GOLD]

These tower climbing things are way too super fucking fun than they should be. Even falling down it doesn't bother me at all.

 

[KingPK]

Man, I don't know if I can go back to just driving cars in GTA and Watch Dogs after being able to effortlessly dash and fly across the city in this. Plus, that fucking Mix station has the greatest soundtrack since like San Andreas.

I don't know where the people that say "the 360 version runs like garbage" are coming from; it's perfectly fine, especially if you install it.

 

[Mazto]

Seriously though, I got one of the side missions with waves of enemies

Spoiler

NEVER ENDING GENKI

with Insane in the Membrane playing, for a minute I thought it was intentional shift, part of the mission, but no, it was just the radio.

 

[2GOLD]

You know, I am shocked how much of this is Infamous clone. Just shocked. Not in a bad way but wow.

 

[Youth N Asia]

I really wanted to buy this at launch, but I can only seem to play one game at a time, and don't think I would be done with it before GTA came out. And I know for sure that will be a buy right away.

 

[vivisectvi]

I love that you can have the radio on outside of cars now, that's a nice touch. ;-)

 

[KingPK]

You know, I am shocked how much of this is Infamous clone. Just shocked. Not in a bad way but wow.

There's a lot of Mass Effect in here too. If it was written by insane people, of course.

 

[vivisectvi]

So.. many.. references!

Also, this is going to be in my head for a while now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hiUuL5uTKc

 

[vivisectvi]

Man, I don't know if I can go back to just driving cars in GTA and Watch Dogs after being able to effortlessly dash and fly across the city in this. Plus, that fucking Mix station has the greatest soundtrack since like San Andreas.

I don't know where the people that say "the 360 version runs like garbage" are coming from; it's perfectly fine, especially if you install it.

True say on the flying/dashing thing.. I don't even bother with cars anymore.

What are they saying about the 360 version? I get a lot of screen-tearing indoors on the PS3 version but it's a-ok outside in the simulation.

 

[KingPK]

Jeff Gerstmann at Giant Bomb called out the 360 version being junk compared to PC and basically shamed anyone that would dare play it on console.

 

[Mazto]

I've only had a couple minor issues (I had to chase an "Invisible" Snitch by it's glowing shadow once, and had a car thrown on top of me while I was standing in a corner that freaked the camera out for ten seconds) on the 360 and it runs smooth. Dunno what he's talkin' about.

 

[vivisectvi]

Jeff Gerstmann at Giant Bomb called out the 360 version being junk compared to PC and basically shamed anyone that would dare play it on console.

Ahh..

 

[2GOLD]

I don't care what they say, destroying the final hotspot tower as "The Boys are back in town" finished up playing is one of the best experiences in a game ever.

And killing a whole group of aliens to "This is how we do it" is hard to top. Until it is followed by "Insane in the Membrane".

Whoever decided the radio should be heard at all times deserves a raise.

 

[vivisectvi]

I had a random instance where my guy tries to get Kinzie to sing along to Opposites Attract. She was having none of it.

 

[2GOLD]

I had a random instance where my guy tries to get Kinzie to sing along to Opposites Attract. She was having none of it.

Happened with me too, wanted her to do the cat parts.

 

[Molotov The Bear]

Jeff Gerstmann at Giant Bomb called out the 360 version being junk compared to PC and basically shamed anyone that would dare play it on console.

That's kinda funny because I've been watching a Lets Play of people playing it on PC and there's glitches all over the place, at least in the early parts.

 

[KingPK]

Spoiler

Who is voicing Fun Shaundi? It sounds like Eliza Dushku if she smoked two packs a day.

Why is Keith David so damn stuck up anyway? Even the robot blew me.