julius betraying the protagonist was never the intended outcome: there was a miscommunication at the studio, and the animations department failed to construct the intended scene of having a bloodied julius running down an alley, and instead just gave him a stock animation of him looking at his watch. when, close to shipping, the story team saw this new watch ending, they were like "fck... i guess julius did it then!" considering all this, they really ran with that plot-point well in the sequel, fleshed it out and gave us a great mission and new status quo.
The end scene was crazy. They just yeeted you off and roll The credits. One big middle finger from volition. But we find out our fate in 2 so Not all was bad.
I give it a lot of credit from the voice cast, funny as hell radio stations, and story despite being short by comparison to 2 it was just long enough to get you interested in the sequel
I absolutely agree. The first Saints Row has a very special place in my heart. And no the first game soundtrack surpasses the second especially in the Hip Hop genre.
Fun fact: in saints row 2 you can meet back up with Luz and help her run drugs. During one of the runs she might mention that Maero from the second game was friends with Victor and that they bonded over their love of tattoos.
Ben King was one of the best fictional gangster I’ve seen in a video game. Probably even better than some of the ones in San Andreas imo. He ran his gang like a true mobster and having corrupt cops on his payroll. And avoid getting in the drug game
That "What goes up..." mission was so atrociously hard, it gave me flashback watching you play it. The lack of checkpoint was such a pain point of this game.
Same here. That mission tore my 7 year old mind apart. The rockets were so awkwardly placed making it hard to shoot them, especially with Dex's atrocious driving.
One thing i absolutely loved about going through the story was taking out other gangs would improve the saints you can recruit on the street. Taking down the carnales leads to saints having better and stronger weapons, starting with pistols and bats and maybe a shotgun to smgs and rarely an assault riflle. Taking out the kings means the saints have higher quality clothing. Then taking down the rollerz leads to the saints having faster and higher quality cars. I never really had a problem with the stores, when it came to guns and ammo I would stop at the safe house, I think most of them had a spot where you could swap or retrieve weapons and ammo.
@@joaquizzletwizzle it’s subtle, but you can notice it if you pay attention. They don’t really make it a point, but one of the missions is about taking out a Carnales gun warehouse or shipping center, and claiming it for the saints, that’s where the gun improvements start happening. But not every Saint will have these upgrades, and sometimes it could just be a stronger pistol, or going from a bat to a crowbar, but it’s there. The cars and clothes are the hardest to notice, since most of the time you would be focused on the saints helping you in combat, and it’s not like it means they take more hits
Your description says "or another forgettable GTA clone? Let's find out." , young man, this was gta's scary monster under it's bed . I had alot of good times playing this game at 12 years old. The fact my dad bought it for me and my brother was legendary.
Completing every level in every location of side activities has very useful rewards. Infinite ammo, better run speed, infinite stamina, and that alone is enough to encourage you to grind them so by the time you get to the main missions you’re already maxed out on respect
I remember going to Game stop back in 2009 because I had beaten the GTA IV series, I was looking for more open world action games, and the sales rep said try Saints Row, so I bought 1 and 2, I loved the story of Saints Row and the characters.
I had a similar experience. Back in 2010 I never played any GTA game. Saints row 2 being my first open world crime game. I remember buying for 5$ at a flea market and still today one the best games I've played.
This is hands down the best Saints Row ever made. Playing this on the 360 along with Splinter cell double agent truly felt next gen at the time. I still play this game at least once a year to get that nostalgia. Thank you for making a video on it I’m glad it’s getting the well deserved attention.
I remember someone asking one of the OG devs during a QNA at somepoint about why this was only on the 360 and they said and I quote "Saints Row was [only] on the 360 because it was a new IP and Microsoft were the only ones willing to risk it and give us a chance." Also iirc SR4 was supposed to be a dlc but then got turned into a full game. Its pretty boring the first time around but still good fun to just mess around. I used to hate it but I actually enjoy it quite a lot now
Saints Row 1 is dope, if I remember there's a couple more hints about Troy being an undercover like Dex pointing out how one of Troy's plans is similar to standard police procedure, him telling Lin that if you run undercover with people for long enough that you end up thinking like them, and members of the saints mentioning that he likes to ask a lot of questions about what's going on with the gang and their plans
also that he looks and sounds like a cop even as a kid straight of the bat me and my brother were saying like he doesn't look like a gangster he looks like a cop and it took us half way through the game before starting to trust him and then he turns out to be a undercover cop after all
Thank you for covering one of my favorite games not only that i respect you’re ending so much because you didn’t fallow the gta fan route and called it a clone you gave honest criticism that even the top journalist couldn’t say back when it released
This has been and always will be my favourite Saints Row game. It felt like a game being made from the best bits of San Andrea's but gameplay wise it was way better
One of the more interesting parts of this game was the writers heavily expected people to use the radio to get information. News bulletins would have Chief Monroe or Alderman Hughes talking about events or in ads about the city. The idea being that if you were listening to the radio in game you would get a feeling for things like for instance that Sharp, the leader of the Rollerz was well connected with Hughes meaning that Hughes was connected directly with two of the three games. Of course, what they didn't realize was that no one listens to in game radio ads. They change the channel just like in real life, so lots of this was missed by players. This is why in 2 they made sure Ultor was so well fleshed out in cut scenes as behind things.
I just saw your video pop up in my feed and I know it's gonna be a treat. Lately you've been cranking out better, longer, more quality videos, and we appreciate them, thank you. Lowkey they've been my go-to videos in the past few months. I like that you are brutally honest (I especially liked your nudity/sex thought-process in your God of War video, it was a fresh and true take), you talk gameplay, story elements, visuals, have comparisons. At times you are serious, but lots of jokes come through. Great stuff, keep them coming!
YEEEEEEEESSSSS I've been wanting you to talk about Saints Row series since you started talking about the GTA games and now that you talked about Saints Row and also seeing when it comes to youtube shorts you do nothing but post about Yakuza the fact that you have yet to talk about yahuza like this is baffling hurry up and get on that please, but obviously take your time do what you want man we're looking forward to anything you make
I got SR 1 in 2010 "by an accident" instead of SR2. Later I got the SR2 and I felt no need to come back. Recently I tried it again using Xenia and the day I finished it, I started SR2. Again, I feel no need to come back to the SR 1 but I must say, it has some kind of a specific magic, which wasn't replicated again. In SR 1, you're just a gangster - the game is quite hard, grounded and recruiting gangsters is really helpful. In SR2, if you know what activities to finish first, you quickly become a Forrest Gump with unlimited ammo in strong weapons and you're just a one man army. The original SR 1 magic is gone. ...and I say there's no sequel after SR2.
Their actually is a similar formula you can use in sr1 to make the game easier in the beginning. I always start hitman & chop shop first and treat these activities kinda like background checks since actually having them in the forefront of your mind is a headache. That way if a target pops out or if their is a car I see I do that real quick then continue on with whatever I was doing. The best way to make easy money early on in the game is to do all the insurance frauds with a ambulance and to just drive as hard as you can inside the scoring area and to keep repeating this. Call 911 whenever the ambulance is bout to explode. Rinse and repeat. Easy early on thousands as well as nice rewards for completing. The hitman is necessary because it offers you 3 one hit kill weapons and practically limitless ammo in your weapons cache at your crib so you’ll never need to spend bread on weapons again.
@@GetBackRy3x Cool! I also first finished the Insurance fraud because of the rewards and the entertainment aspect but didn't know the rest. After checking the wikia, I found not many interesting rewards to try to reach. Didn't even try the Hitman.
God I remember 2011, getting the double pack and beating 2 before the summer ended, then playing 1 and still remembering my saves, while 3 was coming out. Special times
so glad you tried it out. the OG SR is so good it's surreal. its interesting how SR went down the zany route, whereas GTA went down the hyper-realistic route. i seem to recall that SR1 used to be on GOG, but now it isnt? i might be completely wrong on this tho. great recounting as always!
Good video. Regarding the grind for respect between missions, I had a different experience. I completed every Hitman Activity and about 5 Activity levels 1-8 to unlock special versions of weapon, ammo stored at your crib, and pretty much enough respect points to complete every stronghold and mission. I noticed the perks of completing most of the activities allowed me to blast through a ton of the missions easily. Especially with the Pimp gun.
This and the 2nd game are arguably some of my favorite games and definitely fit top 10. Something just fits for me with these games and I feel the first isn’t talked about enough with it being a 360 only title. Love this video
Keith David also played as the sidekick with Roddy Piper in the movie "They Live" I highly recommend you watch it. Being born in the 80's this was my introduction to him as an actor.
Back when this game came out my dad would let me play this, couldn’t believe the graphics. He let me pull out money from the sharks but never told me they’d want their money back…
I remember the first time I played saints row I hated having to do side missions to unlock story missions but after a while it started to grow on me and I actually enjoyed it
This is my favorite game in the series I love the whole control the map gang war thing really works for me being a pc strategy gamer and also that soundtrack De La Soul, Bear Vs. Shark, The Fall of Troy, Husker Dü, Eek-A-Mouse, Biz Markie on tops of a good selection of classical music, you cannot beat the mix of tunes they picked
To call the reboot cast 'Saints' is an insult to the rest of the series. A more fitting name would be 'Taints'. The reboot isn't 'Saints Row', it's 'Taints Woke'.
Fuzzy if you ever decide to play this game again make sure you finish every single hitman level and tag spray before you play missions. Youll have enough respect to finish the game, Platinum shotgun, platinum t3k and gold deagle (unlimited ammo supply at cribs) and with all the tags sprayed youll have unlimited sprint. Makes the game much better. Plus if you finish Insurance Fraud youll get a health boost.
I am enjoying this I hope you cover the first 4 games and “Gat out of Hell”also i hope you’ll do the 2 “Godfather” games since it seems you really like Crime Sandbox games
im so glad that you are covering one of my favorite game series its awesome i hope you have a great time playing the games and i hope you do all of the saints row games even thought some of them don't hit with story but i would still love too hear what you got too say about the games have fun playing them💜💜💜
Saints Row 2 remains the most iconic crime sandbox game, it had the perfect balance of goofy and realism in my eyes. But I always regretted that the demolition derby only existed in the first game, the rewards you got were some of my favorite cars in the whole series.
Wu-Tang just living our lives! So, to keep it short, here are my thoughts on Saints Row 1. It’s like GTA San Andreas meets GTA 4 and that’s a good thing. Although I didn’t like doing most of the side quests to do the main story missions, I thought it was good, despite some frustrations as a new Saints Row fan myself. I got Saints Row 3 1st on Steam last year as part of a PayDay 2 promotion. I thing I got either Saints Row 2 or 1 free with Xbox Games With Gold and I got the other when it was on offer. The 1st ending before the epilogue was nice, but the epilogue itself was truly something to watch, like this was a massive conspiracy theory on who blew up the yacht and why did this exactly happen. The music is great, Khryme radio has a good lot of bangers. Starts Row 2 literally improves everything that Saints Row 1 did, even making the side quest grinding for respect slightly better, which is a huge improvement in more ways than one. So yeah, Saints Row 1 and 2 are truly underrated gems, despite some nit-picky quirks here and there. Saints Row 3, I thought it was ok, but I wanna hear what other peeps wanna say bout it. Should I chance Saints Row 4? I heard a lot of bad reviews with Gat Out Of Hell, I won’t chance it, don’t worry. Reboot? In 2022? What do you mean there was a reboot in 2022? I think you’re mixing up with a different game or remake/reboot that came out that year, coz what I saw was this Fortnite clone trying to have this weird story-mode with college students that wanna be all gangsta and basically fails miserably.
That’s why I would rather play the original Saints Row game back in 2006, and Saints Row 2. Also Keith David have also voiced The Arbiter from Halo, and I am really glad that he have been voicing the iconic character like Julius Little, while Daniel Dae Kim have been voicing the fan favorite, Johnny Gat.
Troy didn’t try to get rid of you in the Vice Kings mission. In SR2 he made sure Gat was safe in prison and turned a blind eye to The Saints activities.
I honestly loved Saints row and always thought it was a way more polished game than gta with better shooting and driving mechanics and amazing customization
SR4 feels like a DLC because originaly it was a DLC to SR3 called Enter the Dominatrix. I finished it multiple times so I cant understand how could you drop it half way trough. After playing SR1 and 2 you should go back to it. There are few fun callbacks to those games.
Man I wish you could have experienced this gem, when it was live. The online for this game is one of my favorites ever, I never had that experience with the respect grinding aspect I just enjoyed the side missions but I get the critique
I have two tips for you about your criticism of the day and night cycle. One, if you fast travel by train or cab, it advances time. Two, money is very easy but annoying to get. You have to go to the chop shop at the bottom of the top island where it wants FBI SUVs. Get 5 stars, turn in FBI SUVs for $5,000, rinse and repeat. It's tedious, but it works. Also, completing all 8 of an activity gives you a bonus, and completing all instances gives you a bonus. Some of them are helpful. But most helpful is Hitman. Your target is anyone with the same model as the picture and you HAVE to use the weapon it asks for. I recommend ignoring the "location" because its almost always wrong. For example, the construction worker will always be found at construction sites. The security guard can appear at any strip club, etc. The reward for doing all hitman missions is the best gun in slot with infinite ammo at your safehouse. It's well worth it especially for the pistol and SMG since you'll need it so much in game. The reward for completing all of them is amazing too.
Saints row Had one of the Best Physics and Animations for its time . Especially when you are moving from Gta San Andreas the NPCs felt real they Had Mass and Life into em . It is so Sad That They used random designs from character creator in Saints row 2 and completely abandoned their animations and cloth physics .
I loved the graphics and attention especially at the time it seems like they went backwards with the graphics and customization until 3 and the reboot looks great just don't like the story it doesn't match up at all
Also I like to say that the playa in saints row 1 is default male citizen from saints row. The street gangster version of Gary cooper. Strong and silent type. Saints row 2 playa is a different breed. A power hungry psycho gangster who wants revenge against the city of Stilwater and also was in a coma and sees a different version of Stilwater that is very corporatized. Even the old saints row has turned into an Ultor gentrified district with the Ultor building being an eyesore of the city itself. That playa is either a male female or whatever you want it to identify, but still. The character is very psycho indeed. Also has a music taste for 80s music because the psycho playa turned boss was operational from the 1980s.
I dont consider Saints Row a GTA clone. I consider it more of a competitor to GTA. Saints Row was only ruined because they gave into both GTA and Saints Row fanboys demands to distance itself from GTA. Lets not forget Skid Row Repoop is a dumpster fire and was a final nail of Volition's coffin
im a little surprised you didnt bring up the voice actor for the new Mayer, Clancy fucking Brown. if everyone else is good-excellent quality wise, Clancys downright iconic
How coincidental, I just finished Saint's Row last week and currently playing through 2. Crazy that I used to put off this series as an average GTA rip-off. After playing it, I realize it has its own charm - especially the characters lol Edit: with the issue of Xenia, did you put in protect_zero = false in the xenia config? I finished it on the latest Xenia Canary build and had no issues besides a few audio delays here and there.
@@Anonymous-Wolf Besides the stuff that I said, you could try experimenting with Vulkan. Sorry, I don't have the config anymore since I had to revert to default settings for a different game to run on xenia. There are patches available on Github and the specific github compatibility page for the game helped a lot. Happy gaming, bud!
I've got a feeling after the Saint's Row Reboot, Violation might Remaster Saints Row and Saints Row 2 in hopes to remake the losses they had on the reboot. I'm gonna say this and I think everyone could agree that if they do remaster one and two, it'll be best if it's a *_faithful remaster_* and with little corner's cut
This is what we wantede more than the reboot. Sadly with Volition now shut down we can only hope another big studio acquires the license and does just that. I'm not optimistic though, so it's emulation on PC for me.
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julius betraying the protagonist was never the intended outcome: there was a miscommunication at the studio, and the animations department failed to construct the intended scene of having a bloodied julius running down an alley, and instead just gave him a stock animation of him looking at his watch. when, close to shipping, the story team saw this new watch ending, they were like "fck... i guess julius did it then!" considering all this, they really ran with that plot-point well in the sequel, fleshed it out and gave us a great mission and new status quo.
All I’m going to say is watching this makes me miss the 2000’s more than ever
You find out more on 2.
There is a secret mission which tells
You more.
on saints row 2 they made julius look
Like Samuel Jackson.
Just like it was when he came down Carlos and Ayesha
The OG Saints Row is criminally underrated and I'm glad you covered it! Love your work!
The end scene was crazy.
They just yeeted you off and roll
The credits.
One big middle finger from volition.
But we find out our fate in 2 so
Not all was bad.
I give it a lot of credit from the voice cast, funny as hell radio stations, and story despite being short by comparison to 2 it was just long enough to get you interested in the sequel
it's definitely not criminally underated
@@emperortrevornorton3119 just like
GTA.😂
True
saints row 2 is objectively the best in the series, but saints row 1 holds a special place in my heart so i think it’s my favorite overall
4 they just didn't care anymore.
Aliens? The devil? Wtf.
Same. Soundtrack in both games still bangin' unlike the third and 4.
I absolutely agree. The first Saints Row has a very special place in my heart. And no the first game soundtrack surpasses the second especially in the Hip Hop genre.
@Silent One Both have it's ups and downs. Both games were great.
@Twice is the Worst Girl Group Hell No.
Fun fact: in saints row 2 you can meet back up with Luz and help her run drugs. During one of the runs she might mention that Maero from the second game was friends with Victor and that they bonded over their love of tattoos.
That's sick as hell, one of the only things I think SR2 could have used more of was more connection to the previous game
Ben King was one of the best fictional gangster I’ve seen in a video game. Probably even better than some of the ones in San Andreas imo. He ran his gang like a true mobster and having corrupt cops on his payroll. And avoid getting in the drug game
Benjamin mother effing king!!!
I like the fact that in the alternate universe of Agents of Mayhem , Pierce became the leader of the VC after King passed away in universe
That "What goes up..." mission was so atrociously hard, it gave me flashback watching you play it. The lack of checkpoint was such a pain point of this game.
Same here. That mission tore my 7 year old mind apart. The rockets were so awkwardly placed making it hard to shoot them, especially with Dex's atrocious driving.
"my nerves."
One thing i absolutely loved about going through the story was taking out other gangs would improve the saints you can recruit on the street. Taking down the carnales leads to saints having better and stronger weapons, starting with pistols and bats and maybe a shotgun to smgs and rarely an assault riflle. Taking out the kings means the saints have higher quality clothing. Then taking down the rollerz leads to the saints having faster and higher quality cars. I never really had a problem with the stores, when it came to guns and ammo I would stop at the safe house, I think most of them had a spot where you could swap or retrieve weapons and ammo.
my favorite things about the store was the barber shop I was upset it got removed in sr 2
A developer also got a secret stash hidden
on the game.
If you find it he'll congratulate you for
Finding it.
@@theoutsiderjess1869 as the years went
By they started taking good stuff
out of the game which was fun.😑
I had no idea that's how it works. Wow.
@@joaquizzletwizzle it’s subtle, but you can notice it if you pay attention. They don’t really make it a point, but one of the missions is about taking out a Carnales gun warehouse or shipping center, and claiming it for the saints, that’s where the gun improvements start happening. But not every Saint will have these upgrades, and sometimes it could just be a stronger pistol, or going from a bat to a crowbar, but it’s there. The cars and clothes are the hardest to notice, since most of the time you would be focused on the saints helping you in combat, and it’s not like it means they take more hits
Your description says "or another forgettable GTA clone? Let's find out." , young man, this was gta's scary monster under it's bed . I had alot of good times playing this game at 12 years old. The fact my dad bought it for me and my brother was legendary.
Completing every level in every location of side activities has very useful rewards. Infinite ammo, better run speed, infinite stamina, and that alone is enough to encourage you to grind them so by the time you get to the main missions you’re already maxed out on respect
I remember going to Game stop back in 2009 because I had beaten the GTA IV series, I was looking for more open world action games, and the sales rep said try Saints Row, so I bought 1 and 2, I loved the story of Saints Row and the characters.
I had a similar experience. Back in 2010 I never played any GTA game. Saints row 2 being my first open world crime game. I remember buying for 5$ at a flea market and still today one the best games I've played.
@@thebatman3905 Nice.
@@Profess84 thanks 😎
This is hands down the best Saints Row ever made. Playing this on the 360 along with Splinter cell double agent truly felt next gen at the time. I still play this game at least once a year to get that nostalgia. Thank you for making a video on it I’m glad it’s getting the well deserved attention.
I remember someone asking one of the OG devs during a QNA at somepoint about why this was only on the 360 and they said and I quote "Saints Row was [only] on the 360 because it was a new IP and Microsoft were the only ones willing to risk it and give us a chance."
Also iirc SR4 was supposed to be a dlc but then got turned into a full game. Its pretty boring the first time around but still good fun to just mess around. I used to hate it but I actually enjoy it quite a lot now
Saints Row 1 is dope, if I remember there's a couple more hints about Troy being an undercover like Dex pointing out how one of Troy's plans is similar to standard police procedure, him telling Lin that if you run undercover with people for long enough that you end up thinking like them, and members of the saints mentioning that he likes to ask a lot of questions about what's going on with the gang and their plans
also that he looks and sounds like a cop even as a kid straight of the bat me and my brother were saying like he doesn't look like a gangster he looks like a cop and it took us half way through the game before starting to trust him and then he turns out to be a undercover cop after all
The game is a gem, a scuffed gem, but a gem.
Thank you for covering one of my favorite games not only that i respect you’re ending so much because you didn’t fallow the gta fan route and called it a clone you gave honest criticism that even the top journalist couldn’t say back when it released
I'm happy to see this game and series getting love again
Better than the crappy reboot.
So under appreciated and underrated
I played this all day long as a youngster and the nostalgia is just unreal for me playing it
Can't believe it's been 17 years. Holy shit.
This has been and always will be my favourite Saints Row game. It felt like a game being made from the best bits of San Andrea's but gameplay wise it was way better
Oh yeah, it's always a good day when you get a Fuzzy Slippers upload. I can't wait for Saints Row 2
One of the more interesting parts of this game was the writers heavily expected people to use the radio to get information. News bulletins would have Chief Monroe or Alderman Hughes talking about events or in ads about the city. The idea being that if you were listening to the radio in game you would get a feeling for things like for instance that Sharp, the leader of the Rollerz was well connected with Hughes meaning that Hughes was connected directly with two of the three games. Of course, what they didn't realize was that no one listens to in game radio ads. They change the channel just like in real life, so lots of this was missed by players. This is why in 2 they made sure Ultor was so well fleshed out in cut scenes as behind things.
I love when algorithm reccomends me smaller youtubers that turn out to be hidden gems, love your videos keep it up.
I just saw your video pop up in my feed and I know it's gonna be a treat. Lately you've been cranking out better, longer, more quality videos, and we appreciate them, thank you. Lowkey they've been my go-to videos in the past few months. I like that you are brutally honest (I especially liked your nudity/sex thought-process in your God of War video, it was a fresh and true take), you talk gameplay, story elements, visuals, have comparisons. At times you are serious, but lots of jokes come through. Great stuff, keep them coming!
YEEEEEEEESSSSS I've been wanting you to talk about Saints Row series since you started talking about the GTA games and now that you talked about Saints Row and also seeing when it comes to youtube shorts you do nothing but post about Yakuza the fact that you have yet to talk about yahuza like this is baffling hurry up and get on that please, but obviously take your time do what you want man we're looking forward to anything you make
I got SR 1 in 2010 "by an accident" instead of SR2. Later I got the SR2 and I felt no need to come back.
Recently I tried it again using Xenia and the day I finished it, I started SR2. Again, I feel no need to come back to the SR 1 but I must say, it has some kind of a specific magic, which wasn't replicated again. In SR 1, you're just a gangster - the game is quite hard, grounded and recruiting gangsters is really helpful. In SR2, if you know what activities to finish first, you quickly become a Forrest Gump with unlimited ammo in strong weapons and you're just a one man army. The original SR 1 magic is gone.
...and I say there's no sequel after SR2.
Their actually is a similar formula you can use in sr1 to make the game easier in the beginning. I always start hitman & chop shop first and treat these activities kinda like background checks since actually having them in the forefront of your mind is a headache.
That way if a target pops out or if their is a car I see I do that real quick then continue on with whatever I was doing. The best way to make easy money early on in the game is to do all the insurance frauds with a ambulance and to just drive as hard as you can inside the scoring area and to keep repeating this. Call 911 whenever the ambulance is bout to explode. Rinse and repeat. Easy early on thousands as well as nice rewards for completing.
The hitman is necessary because it offers you 3 one hit kill weapons and practically limitless ammo in your weapons cache at your crib so you’ll never need to spend bread on weapons again.
@@GetBackRy3x Cool! I also first finished the Insurance fraud because of the rewards and the entertainment aspect but didn't know the rest. After checking the wikia, I found not many interesting rewards to try to reach. Didn't even try the Hitman.
Yes sir!!! A new video from you is always exciting. I love your in depth reviews. Well done man!
God I remember 2011, getting the double pack and beating 2 before the summer ended, then playing 1 and still remembering my saves, while 3 was coming out.
Special times
Been watching your videos all week, but this the one that made me subscribe. OG Saints Row is such a hidden gem.
I love Toby, he's voiced by Brandon Keener, who also voices Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect.
so glad you tried it out. the OG SR is so good it's surreal. its interesting how SR went down the zany route, whereas GTA went down the hyper-realistic route. i seem to recall that SR1 used to be on GOG, but now it isnt? i might be completely wrong on this tho. great recounting as always!
Dude you are putting out the content! You’ve been killing the videos, some of my favorite stuff to listen to while I study
Good video. Regarding the grind for respect between missions, I had a different experience. I completed every Hitman Activity and about 5 Activity levels 1-8 to unlock special versions of weapon, ammo stored at your crib, and pretty much enough respect points to complete every stronghold and mission.
I noticed the perks of completing most of the activities allowed me to
blast through a ton of the missions easily. Especially with the Pimp
gun.
I always loved the super unique houses and cars you get at the end of the game too even tho you cant do much in them theyre so nice
56:56 Thank you for that scene 😂😂😭 amazing video ! Also your Manhunt Video was amazing! Watched your video bought the game and now I’m playing rn
This and the 2nd game are arguably some of my favorite games and definitely fit top 10. Something just fits for me with these games and I feel the first isn’t talked about enough with it being a 360 only title. Love this video
Keith David also played as the sidekick with Roddy Piper in the movie "They Live" I highly recommend you watch it.
Being born in the 80's this was my introduction to him as an actor.
I already know this video is gonna be amazing !!!💗
This game, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Elder Scrolls Oblivion, and Hitman Blood Money were my first Xbox 360 games.
Back when this game came out my dad would let me play this, couldn’t believe the graphics. He let me pull out money from the sharks but never told me they’d want their money back…
When I get an Xbox series soon this and saints row 2 is a must to download I miss these games so much we gotta cherish these gems same with days gone
Saints row back in the 360 days was a breathe of fresh air.
I remember not liking the way the cars handle in GTA4 so playing this was a god send
I miss the 2000’s and games like “Saints Row” and “Saints Row 2”
i can’t believe you’re already at 20k it feels like a month or two ago you were at 3-5k so shoutout u!!
At least one good thing came out of the reboot: an in-rush of talented creators doing longform retrospectives on all the good Saints Row games.
the first 7th gen game i ever played. loved playing SR on my 14" CRT.
Let's go, I've been waiting for this! I am really surprised your not that known more, This man needs more subs.
I remember the first time I played saints row I hated having to do side missions to unlock story missions but after a while it started to grow on me and I actually enjoyed it
Never played the first saints row, glad you did a video on it.
I loved this game, I started with 2 but eventually I got saints row 1 on sale, and it was a lot of fun despite its age
What a great game for its time, I was able to play it a couple years after it came out and was in love, I really miss these type of games,
I told ya man. You were in for a treat ! The first game truly is a classic
This is my favorite game in the series I love the whole control the map gang war thing really works for me being a pc strategy gamer and also that soundtrack De La Soul, Bear Vs. Shark, The Fall of Troy, Husker Dü, Eek-A-Mouse, Biz Markie on tops of a good selection of classical music, you cannot beat the mix of tunes they picked
How could Saints Row franchise fall so low. They have evolved from Gangsters to Twitter users.
To call the reboot cast 'Saints' is an insult to the rest of the series.
A more fitting name would be 'Taints'.
The reboot isn't 'Saints Row', it's 'Taints Woke'.
I think it started with saints row 3, thinking killing off Gat was a good idea, he was and is the best member of the gang
Thank you can't wait for part 2
Fuzzy if you ever decide to play this game again make sure you finish every single hitman level and tag spray before you play missions. Youll have enough respect to finish the game, Platinum shotgun, platinum t3k and gold deagle (unlimited ammo supply at cribs) and with all the tags sprayed youll have unlimited sprint. Makes the game much better. Plus if you finish Insurance Fraud youll get a health boost.
The og saints row is my favorite game of all time. I hope i can play it again before i die
I'll be on my death bed and still laughing at the "the los carnales" bit, glad to see it here.
I am enjoying this I hope you cover the first 4 games and “Gat out of Hell”also i hope you’ll do the 2 “Godfather” games since it seems you really like Crime Sandbox games
im so glad that you are covering one of my favorite game series its awesome i hope you have a great time playing the games and i hope you do all of the saints row games even thought some of them don't hit with story but i would still love too hear what you got too say about the games have fun playing them💜💜💜
Underrated TH-camr!!! Love the content!
That fricken little shuffle to the middle! 32:42
Can’t wait till you play Saints Row 2. It’s the best in the series behind SR1.
Saints Row 2 remains the most iconic crime sandbox game, it had the perfect balance of goofy and realism in my eyes. But I always regretted that the demolition derby only existed in the first game, the rewards you got were some of my favorite cars in the whole series.
Such a classic, it’s the reason why I have Saint on my usernames😂
Buddy demo was in the second too
Saints row 2 is one the best open world games of all time
I agree. By the way, the demo derby is in Saints Row 2 and when the activity is completed, you unlock the demo cars.
Great video. though you might want to check your recording software as some of the audio sounds echo-y at times.
From my experience, insurance fraud in SR1 has always been the most frustrating because the cars always would dodge you when you tried to get hit.
nice video bri, i just miss some music playing in the back
Wu-Tang just living our lives!
So, to keep it short, here are my thoughts on Saints Row 1.
It’s like GTA San Andreas meets GTA 4 and that’s a good thing. Although I didn’t like doing most of the side quests to do the main story missions, I thought it was good, despite some frustrations as a new Saints Row fan myself. I got Saints Row 3 1st on Steam last year as part of a PayDay 2 promotion. I thing I got either Saints Row 2 or 1 free with Xbox Games With Gold and I got the other when it was on offer. The 1st ending before the epilogue was nice, but the epilogue itself was truly something to watch, like this was a massive conspiracy theory on who blew up the yacht and why did this exactly happen. The music is great, Khryme radio has a good lot of bangers.
Starts Row 2 literally improves everything that Saints Row 1 did, even making the side quest grinding for respect slightly better, which is a huge improvement in more ways than one.
So yeah, Saints Row 1 and 2 are truly underrated gems, despite some nit-picky quirks here and there. Saints Row 3, I thought it was ok, but I wanna hear what other peeps wanna say bout it. Should I chance Saints Row 4? I heard a lot of bad reviews with Gat Out Of Hell, I won’t chance it, don’t worry.
Reboot? In 2022? What do you mean there was a reboot in 2022? I think you’re mixing up with a different game or remake/reboot that came out that year, coz what I saw was this Fortnite clone trying to have this weird story-mode with college students that wanna be all gangsta and basically fails miserably.
That’s why I would rather play the original Saints Row game back in 2006, and Saints Row 2. Also Keith David have also voiced The Arbiter from Halo, and I am really glad that he have been voicing the iconic character like Julius Little, while Daniel Dae Kim have been voicing the fan favorite, Johnny Gat.
keep it going man, great video
Troy didn’t try to get rid of you in the Vice Kings mission. In SR2 he made sure Gat was safe in prison and turned a blind eye to The Saints activities.
"Hector says buenas noches."
Love your videos fr. I hope you do Vice City stories
"2" was the best part & a fan favorite.....it added the serious gangster element we open world crime addicts need for our sandbox fix.
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I remember when I was younger, my dad wouldn't buy my gta, but I was able to sneak sr2 bro it holds such a special place in my heart now
Been loving the videos hopefully you make one on the second game!
pleaae drop more videos soon found them recently and they’ve been like crack
I honestly loved Saints row and always thought it was a way more polished game than gta with better shooting and driving mechanics and amazing customization
I love the fact that you don't hold back with your opinions and language👌🏻👌🏻
SR4 feels like a DLC because originaly it was a DLC to SR3 called Enter the Dominatrix. I finished it multiple times so I cant understand how could you drop it half way trough. After playing SR1 and 2 you should go back to it. There are few fun callbacks to those games.
The best Saints Row imo
damn had it really been that long? i remember being like 6 years old playing Saints Row 2 when it came out cuz my step brother had a copy. good times
Lol, this is another one I struggled with - as he rams bridges support column head-on after just starting the chase.
Man I wish you could have experienced this gem, when it was live. The online for this game is one of my favorites ever, I never had that experience with the respect grinding aspect I just enjoyed the side missions but I get the critique
I have two tips for you about your criticism of the day and night cycle. One, if you fast travel by train or cab, it advances time. Two, money is very easy but annoying to get. You have to go to the chop shop at the bottom of the top island where it wants FBI SUVs. Get 5 stars, turn in FBI SUVs for $5,000, rinse and repeat. It's tedious, but it works. Also, completing all 8 of an activity gives you a bonus, and completing all instances gives you a bonus. Some of them are helpful.
But most helpful is Hitman. Your target is anyone with the same model as the picture and you HAVE to use the weapon it asks for. I recommend ignoring the "location" because its almost always wrong. For example, the construction worker will always be found at construction sites. The security guard can appear at any strip club, etc. The reward for doing all hitman missions is the best gun in slot with infinite ammo at your safehouse. It's well worth it especially for the pistol and SMG since you'll need it so much in game. The reward for completing all of them is amazing too.
1:38 no you cant. The game is notoriously hard to emulate. Only now people are getting it to run properly without crashing or low framerates.
1 is great 2 is superior but 1 isn’t to far behind I love the story and certain mechanics
Saints row Had one of the Best Physics and Animations for its time . Especially when you are moving from Gta San Andreas the NPCs felt real they Had Mass and Life into em . It is so Sad That They used random designs from character creator in Saints row 2 and completely abandoned their animations and cloth physics .
I loved the graphics and attention especially at the time it seems like they went backwards with the graphics and customization until 3 and the reboot looks great just don't like the story it doesn't match up at all
I preferred Saints row 1 & 2 over gta but switched to gta after playing 5 min of the third game. That shit was trash lol
Johnny gat is a real homie
Also I like to say that the playa in saints row 1 is default male citizen from saints row. The street gangster version of Gary cooper. Strong and silent type. Saints row 2 playa is a different breed. A power hungry psycho gangster who wants revenge against the city of Stilwater and also was in a coma and sees a different version of Stilwater that is very corporatized. Even the old saints row has turned into an Ultor gentrified district with the Ultor building being an eyesore of the city itself. That playa is either a male female or whatever you want it to identify, but still. The character is very psycho indeed. Also has a music taste for 80s music because the psycho playa turned boss was operational from the 1980s.
"I look like every other retro gaming TH-camr" I'm imagining Scott The Woz with bunny ears.
I dont consider Saints Row a GTA clone. I consider it more of a competitor to GTA. Saints Row was only ruined because they gave into both GTA and Saints Row fanboys demands to distance itself from GTA. Lets not forget Skid Row Repoop is a dumpster fire and was a final nail of Volition's coffin
The online multiplayer was pretty fun as well, me and my bro played the hell outta of the "Blinged out ride" matches.
Awesome video bro
I still play this game to this day😈💯
im a little surprised you didnt bring up the voice actor for the new Mayer, Clancy fucking Brown. if everyone else is good-excellent quality wise, Clancys downright iconic
I thought the ending was brilliant! Remember, you're a gang member; how do most gang members end up???
Exactly. So it was no surprise the ending of SR1, it was a pleasant surprise that our character survives at the start of SR2.
How coincidental, I just finished Saint's Row last week and currently playing through 2.
Crazy that I used to put off this series as an average GTA rip-off. After playing it, I realize it has its own charm - especially the characters lol
Edit: with the issue of Xenia, did you put in protect_zero = false in the xenia config? I finished it on the latest Xenia Canary build and had no issues besides a few audio delays here and there.
You can fix the audio delays by setting max_queued_frames to 3 on Xenia's config file.
@@arkaua awesome! Didn't know that, duly noted for the next time I do another run.
Ahhh is there any possible way to get your config settings ? Please 🙏
@@Anonymous-Wolf Besides the stuff that I said, you could try experimenting with Vulkan. Sorry, I don't have the config anymore since I had to revert to default settings for a different game to run on xenia. There are patches available on Github and the specific github compatibility page for the game helped a lot.
Happy gaming, bud!
Saints Row and Saints Row 2 are so good! I’ve played both many times. The ones that follow, I disregard them.
I've got a feeling after the Saint's Row Reboot, Violation might Remaster Saints Row and Saints Row 2 in hopes to remake the losses they had on the reboot.
I'm gonna say this and I think everyone could agree that if they do remaster one and two, it'll be best if it's a *_faithful remaster_* and with little corner's cut
This is what we wantede more than the reboot. Sadly with Volition now shut down we can only hope another big studio acquires the license and does just that. I'm not optimistic though, so it's emulation on PC for me.