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Matlock
Sep 12, 2004

Childs Play Charity 2011 Total: $1755
THE TEN WORD SUMMARY
"Are you male, 27-35? You will enjoy this game."

THE REVIEWS THAT MATTER ARE IN



Lowtax posted:

now that the embargo is over, I can finally say that Saints Row 4 is a revolutionary step forward in the "blowjobs from robot orbs" genre

IdolNinja posted:

Saints Row IV is a pure joy to play, and I haven't felt this in love with a game since Saints Row 2.

Matlock's Pro Review

THE BIG QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Is it fun? Yes.

Should I buy it? Yes.

But it's an Expansion Pack! Reused cities! It's a full-fledged game.

What does the thread title mean? Kinzie twerks in the game.

Should I, a member of SA, post spoilers pre-release? Nope.

But Matlock, you did! Yes, ones available in the First Hour Of The Game Preview Build.

Who's the narrator? You wouldn't even believe me if I told you.

PC Requirements:

quote:

Minimum:
OS: Windows Vista (x86 or x64) with SP2
Processor: Any Quad Core Processor (Intel Core i5 or AMD Phenom II X4) or 3.0+ Dual Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 10 GB HD space
Video Card: 1GB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader
DirectX®: 11
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or equivalent onboard sound

Recommended:
OS: Windows Vista (x86 or x64) with SP2
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (4 * 2500 MHz) or AMD Phenom 9850 (4 * 2500 MHz)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 10 GB HD space
Video Card: Radeon HD 5850 (1024 MB) or GeForce GTX 260 GTS (1024 MB)
DirectX®: 11
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or equivalent onboard sound

====PM me with metatags, if ones are made.

Also, go hit up IdolNinja's home @ http://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/ for mods.

:siren: If you cannot escape The Real World mission, turn down your graphics settings. This is a known issue that happens when users are running sub-20fps :siren:

Matlock fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Aug 24, 2013

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Inzombiac
Mar 19, 2007

PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY


I am shaking with excitement!

Thisuck
Apr 29, 2012

Spoilers
Pillbug
SIX more days! Can't wait to gently caress cancer! On that note, I hope you get to make more presidential decisions.

Nostalgia4ColdWar
May 7, 2007

Good people deserve good things.

Till someone lets the winter in and the dying begins, because Old Dark Places attract Old Dark Things.
...

Nostalgia4ColdWar fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Mar 31, 2017

Matlock
Sep 12, 2004

Childs Play Charity 2011 Total: $1755

Thisuck posted:

SIX more days! Can't wait to gently caress cancer! On that note, I hope you get to make more presidential decisions.

My mind is fried from the last two weeks' worth of travel, but I do know there is at least one more presidential decision.

Khris Kruel
Nov 5, 2003

Ask me about being a SJW in EE and working to make anyone who disagrees with me a villain and gets no opportunity to defend themselves at all because my army or sycophants I buy off with pixels follows me blindly.

I am male and 30 years old and can confirm I will enjoy this game

Comrade Flynn
Jun 1, 2003

Was Saints Row 3 buggy on PC? I've only bought the console versions so far, but PC seems interesting with all the modding.

PicklesMcGillicuddy
May 28, 2010

I DO NOT EAT HUMAN FOOD; I ONLY EAT
PINE CONES
It's refreshing as a 25 year old to still find things that I'm too young for. Guess I'm just wise beyond my years.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
Just a reminder that this game is going to be awesome like a Bull Moose.

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Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Comrade Flynn posted:

Was Saints Row 3 buggy on PC? I've only bought the console versions so far, but PC seems interesting with all the modding.

The console versions apparently run like loving garbage, so if you have a good PC, buy it on that.

rainy day
Jul 20, 2009

by Ralp
I'll be curious to hear the opinions of people who liked Saints Row 2 but weren't that impressed by 3. Does this entry bring back the character and wit 3 was lacking?

Matlock
Sep 12, 2004

Childs Play Charity 2011 Total: $1755

rainy day posted:

I'll be curious to hear the opinions of people who liked Saints Row 2 but weren't that impressed by 3. Does this entry bring back the character and wit 3 was lacking?

Both I and IdolNinja have said that dozens of times in the last couple months, yah.

Lobst
Mar 28, 2002


~HUG LIFE~
Didn't see this in the previous thread! This is future customization/outfit DLC, I guess :v

That Lincoln looks nice, but part of me wishes they'd have just done uncomfortably accurate Image As Designed face models instead of Point Break-style caricature masks with no lipsync.

luncheon meat
Oct 11, 2007

Brendan Jones, 42, Bendigo
5 goddamn days. FIVE DAYS.

What's the best deal on it at the moment? Being in :australia: I'll either be getting a goon to gift or buying a key from some site. Pretty sure the Russian key is region locked so that's out.

Comrade Flynn posted:

Was Saints Row 3 buggy on PC? I've only bought the console versions so far, but PC seems interesting with all the modding.

SR3 ran great on PC. Light years ahead of 2 because they didn't farm the porting job out to some back alley Eastern block company. 4 is pretty much exactly the same engine from the looks of things. If your PC is relatively modern you won't have a problem.

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

Comrade Flynn posted:

Was Saints Row 3 buggy on PC? I've only bought the console versions so far, but PC seems interesting with all the modding.

There's a weird audio bug where there are no car sounds unless I'm running Windows Media Player in the background ( :wtc: ) but other than a few CTDs it's a pretty fantastic port.

Comrade Flynn
Jun 1, 2003

OLIVIAS WILDE RIDER posted:

The console versions apparently run like loving garbage, so if you have a good PC, buy it on that.

Yikes. How's playing one of these with a mouse and keyboard?

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

Comrade Flynn posted:

Yikes. How's playing one of these with a mouse and keyboard?

It's actually not bad at all, but I'd still recommend using a gamepad if you have one.

Head Hit Keyboard
Oct 9, 2012

It must be fate that has brought us together after all these years.
Oh how I want this game but between my wallet and my computer I don't think it'll happen for a long time. :smith: SR3 was awesome but was so chock full of slowdown unless I ran it in DX9 mode and that's no longer a thing.

Bieeanshee
Aug 21, 2000

Not keen on keening.


Grimey Drawer

Lobst posted:

That Lincoln looks nice, but part of me wishes they'd have just done uncomfortably accurate Image As Designed face models instead of Point Break-style caricature masks with no lipsync.

I suspect these are going to be enormous mascot-style heads, like they did with the TF2 classes, which I think is kind of worse.

404GoonNotFound
Aug 6, 2006

The McRib is back!?!?
Gentlemen, the time is almost upon us to experience Feel Boss.

Vanadium Dame
May 29, 2002

HELLO I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY VERY STRONG OPINIONS

You forgot the best endorsement:

Lowtax posted:

I just spent like three hours streaming Saints Row 4 with Shmorky and if you don't buy it you're like some special kind of stupid.

Synastren
Nov 8, 2005

Bad at Starcraft 2.
Better at psychology.
Psychology Megathread




I wasn't entirely 100% sure I was going to preorder this, as a poor graduate student.

Welp. That's $50 gone! :v:

TheSpiritFox
Jan 4, 2009

I'm just a memory, I can't give you any new information.

We need a new gang tag that says something about requesting off work for Saints Row IV

Mr E
Sep 18, 2007

I'm finding in the past few days that I don't even want to play other games leading up to the release because I'm so excited about this game.

THE FUCKING MOON
Jan 19, 2008

TheSpiritFox posted:

We need a new gang tag that says something about requesting off work for Saints Row IV

Haha yes. I'm in that club too. :shepface:

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

Markoff Chaney posted:

You forgot the best endorsement:

Sadly Lowtax failed to give good enough advice on how I'm supposed to go about robbing people so I can get the money to buy this game. :(

At least there will be the Steam sale.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Going to give this a pass until the frame-rate issues on the console version are (hopefully) sorted out, but it's cool that it's getting a lot of good press aside from that.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

DoctorStrangelove posted:

Sadly Lowtax failed to give good enough advice on how I'm supposed to go about robbing people so I can get the money to buy this game. :(

At least there will be the Steam sale.

He did! He said rob someone who has more money than you.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
good reviews coming out. Now do I pre-order the dubstep gun from Amazon or Gamestop? Or is there a 3rd party with an even better deal

Megafunk
Oct 19, 2010

YEAH!

DoctorStrangelove posted:

Sadly Lowtax failed to give good enough advice on how I'm supposed to go about robbing people so I can get the money to buy this game. :(

Make a forum where people have to pay :10bux: to join and read, but only when popular let's plays of Dangan Ronpa on it get to interesting parts. :tinfoil:

Samurai Sanders
Nov 4, 2003

Pillbug
I'm not sure I will enjoy this game so much, to be honest. 3 left a bad taste in my mouth with how much it rested on its laurels in many respects. Also, I only like having superpowers in games if the enemies are ravenously after my blood every second and the super powers are the only thing that can keep me alive. Is that the case here?

Also the Inauguration Station keeps crashing.

edit: and are the first half of its missions gonna be "do this side activity once, ok you're done" bullshit?

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 07:13 on Aug 15, 2013

Wolfsheim
Dec 23, 2003

"Ah," Ratz had said, at last, "the artiste."

Mr E posted:

I'm finding in the past few days that I don't even want to play other games leading up to the release because I'm so excited about this game.

Same. I was trying to play through SRTT and I just couldn't, knowing what awaits.

It's funny, playing Prototype a few years ago all I could think was "Add these mechanics to GTA and you have the greatest sandbox game ever made." And not only did it happen, but they decided to take out the lovely 'serious' plots of both and put in jokes! It's basically a dream come true!

Paul Revere 3000
Dec 8, 2007

So like a pimp I'm pimpin'
I got a boat to eat shrimp in
Nothing wrong with my leg
I'm just B-boy limpin'


Would there be any significant interest in a XBox metatag? Since most of you are getting it for PC, I don't want to bother making one if it's just going to be me and two other guys on it.

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib

Samurai Sanders posted:

I'm not sure I will enjoy this game so much, to be honest. 3 left a bad taste in my mouth with how much it rested on its laurels in many respects. Also, I only like having superpowers in games if the enemies are ravenously after my blood every second and the super powers are the only thing that can keep me alive. Is that the case here?

Also the Inauguration Station keeps crashing.

edit: and are the first half of its missions gonna be "do this side activity once, ok you're done" bullshit?

I think it was recommended that you play on Hard.

circ dick soleil
Sep 27, 2012

by zen death robot

I keep hearing about how funny Saint's Row IV is, but from what I've seen the jokes are mostly either recycled memes that weren't funny 10 years ago or references that you'd have to play through previous games to understand. And then there's that hi-larious weapon that literally rapes your enemies to death. What am I missing here?

El Tortuga
Apr 27, 2007

¡Terrible es el Guerrero de Tortuga!

Paul Revere 3000 posted:

Would there be any significant interest in a XBox metatag? Since most of you are getting it for PC, I don't want to bother making one if it's just going to be me and two other guys on it.

I'll be playing on the 360 and would definitely be interested in a metatag.

Also, add one more to list of people taking work off. I'll be picking it at midnight and I got Tuesday and Wednesday off. I feel sorry for my wife.

Death Panel Czar
Apr 1, 2012

Too dangerous for a full sensory injection... That level of shitposting means they're almost non-human!

Unlucky7 posted:

I think it was recommended that you play on Hard.
Can any of the lucky fuckers who played it already comment on how hard "Hard" actually is this time? Say, relative to 3. My biggest concern with this is that almost nothing will pose a threat the moment I have a solid rifle and the ability to fly, particularly with Brutes gone and the current word that Wardens are casually dispatched chumps.

Obviously Saints Row was never about being incredibly challenging so much as loving up a sandbox, but it'd be nice to know there's something beyond cheats/mods to chew on. 3 wasn't really hard on "Hard" unless you were doing a no-upgrades run, and then really only on the final levels of Escort and Snatch.

404GoonNotFound
Aug 6, 2006

The McRib is back!?!?

DoctorStrangelove posted:

Sadly Lowtax failed to give good enough advice on how I'm supposed to go about robbing people so I can get the money to buy this game. :(

Haven't you learned anything?

Dildo. Bat.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

TheSpiritFox posted:

We need a new gang tag that says something about requesting off work for Saints Row IV

My final evaluation for my Ph.D happens the day before the game comes out. Happy coincidence, I think.

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Light Gun Man
Oct 17, 2009

toEjaM iS oN
vaCatioN




Lipstick Apathy

Hatbox Ghost posted:

I keep hearing about how funny Saint's Row IV is, but from what I've seen the jokes are mostly either recycled memes that weren't funny 10 years ago or references that you'd have to play through previous games to understand. And then there's that hi-larious weapon that literally rapes your enemies to death. What am I missing here?

Probably people being nice and not showing off good jokes that would be less funny if you had already seen them before playing? Jokes that are funny because of stuff happening in the game that would be spoilery? Plenty of possibilities here.

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