Saints Row the Third - Strap it On

[Trippy]

The Bear was my preference for vehicular combat. I liked it better than the tanks.

[brellium]

The Bear was my preference for vehicular combat. I liked it better than the tanks.

This, all the civilian vehicles moved around too erratically with the tank.  The military bulldog however is my favorite, it unlike the bear is customizeable.

[01101010]

The Bear was my preference for vehicular combat. I liked it better than the tanks.

That the PEW PEW LASERS armored vehicle or the SWAT? I never used any of those... stole them sure, but never pulled them out to ride around in. Vortex with a cement grey, flat paint job and black deep dish rims was my favorite ride... fit my drive style. But once I got the feel for the motorcycles, the katana and the tron bike were it for me if I was getting around on the roads.

[Trippy]

N-Forcer is the PEW PEW lasers one, which is okay. The Bear even though it nominally just has a machine gun is very powerful, and it will take a ton of abuse before being destroyed.

[Surlyboi]

Literally a ton. I drove one of those things through at least a dozen full-on swat barricades. Kept going. Helicopter attacks, random gangbangers shooting, mutants with flamethrowers, decker chicks with hammers... Doors flapping, sparks flying, but the bear would not be stopped.

[Bzalthek]

By the time I got around to doing the gang activity hotspots I had most of the weapon perks unlocked.  Oddly enough, unlimited ammo rocket launchers and being immune to blasts trivializes those things.

[Sky]

I already had one in the garage, so I took it out for a gang mission, one of those 9 wave deals. Just sat there machine-gunning down all the approaching vehicles, didn't even have to overheat the barrel on the MG. Still not as trivializing as the VTOL, just sit back and launch rockets, win. And not as fun as sitting in there with basic weapons shooting face and picking up the stronger unit's weapons and using those against the rival gang. Hell, I still use the pistol and headshot for the most part, though I've been using the AR-55 a bit more lately just for the increased ammo (still just single/burst headshots, though).

Game started a bit slow, completion-wise, 5 hours for 5%. But by 7 hours I'm 25% done. However, not being an 'achiever', I'll probably be done before a lot of people. I don't play to 100% achievements, rather I see them as a log of how I played the game.

[Bzalthek]

A lot of the achievements were not too bad.  The shit like handstanding on cars or front wheelies with motorcycles.  They were just long enough to get the hand of it, but not so long you were pissed you had to keep doing them.

[Ragnoros]

Got this in the Steam sale a couple weeks back. Just chiming in to agree, I think this is the game I have gotten the most value out of since Terraria. Just nonstop silly fun from minute one to minute eighteen hundred.

[Lantyssa]

Professor Genki is a tough little bastard, but his rocket launcher is nice for a newbie, and he's quite loaded.

[01101010]

Professor Genki is a tough little bastard, but his rocket launcher is nice for a newbie, and he's quite loaded.

You forgot ELUSIVE. I spent 4 hours driving around once looking for his ass because I was broke. Never did find him that day.

[Lantyssa]

I didn't even know he was special.  I've run into him a few times, but thought he was just with the other Mascots in the area.  Since I was messing around, I figured out take that dude out... and he kept taking the hits.

[rk47]

I played this for 3 hours on LAN with a friend of mine. Our first time playing it...he was in the "GTA is da best" camp. After that session we swore to return on saturday to the same LAN cafe and resume our save game. 

[Rendakor]

Wow, this game is great. Grabbed the whole collection during the Steam sale and I'm loving it so far. I'm glad they took the GTA concept and just embraced the absurdity of it.

[LK]

Picked this up finally as well after getting sick of Modern Warfare 3 hacks rampant through multiplayer. The game flows. It's beautiful on the PC. Lots of smooth motion and animations. Also, completely juvenile in everything and not ashamed of it.

[Rendakor]

My only complaint so far is mouse movement while driving; I've had to train myself to let go of the mouse because it makes the camera very jumpy when I'm driving.

[Paelos]

My only complaint so far is mouse movement while driving; I've had to train myself to let go of the mouse because it makes the camera very jumpy when I'm driving.

Yep I don't like the viewpoint. It needs to be higher behind the car and my mouse jumps all over creation.

[Kail]

It's one of those games I feel like I have trouble playing without using both a keyboard+mouse and a gamepad.  Driving feels weird with the mouse, shooting feels weird with the pad.

[Mrbloodworth]

Turn off the Cam while driving. I think its called, smart cam, or something.

[Zetor]

Been playing this since the Steam sale (it was like... 7.50E or something), it's pretty fun as a '1-hour-at-a-time' game!

Some of the missions are a bit  though. Like the trafficking one that starts off with 5 stars, so cars with brutes are tailing the dealer's car along with a chopper... and I only have my newb weapons at level 1. I think I'll have to leave that one until I get some more serious hardware.
Also, any pro-tips for scoring high on insurance fraud? I was able to finish the first one, but the second one's giving me trouble... I'm not sure what's the best way to use my adrenaline either.

[Lantyssa]

For Insurance Fraud, there are little circles on your map.  You'll want to run to them and do your thing there as they rapidly increase your adrenaline.

One thing I didn't realize at first is you can do some weird physics once your adrenaline is going.  Try to figure those out and aim for more cars.  The more you hit in a given 'trip', the more points you rack up.

One thing I do is try to stand in an intersection, but not in the way of traffic so cars go through it.  Then jump in front of the lead and bounce off as many behind it as possible.  If traffic starts getting stuck, run away a little to let it despawn or at least get moving.

[Zetor]

Yea, that's good info, thanks. Apparently adrenaline turns you into Trampoline Man. After abusing that a bit (and getting lucky getting drivers that didn't turn / swerve away at the last moment), I am now 4% closer to controlling downtown!

The over-the-top ultraviolence is pretty amusing in this game, and I like it more than the GTA games I played before (okay, Vice City gets a few points for style, but still).

[Hawkbit]

I bought it during the sale, and it's the only game I'm still playing from my Steam looting.  I was pretty skeptical because SR2 ran terribly on my system, but SR3 runs great.  While I respect Rockstar for putting together these cohesive worlds that feel real, SR3 is simply more fun. 

[Lantyssa]

The over-the-top ultraviolence is pretty amusing in this game, and I like it more than the GTA games I played before (okay, Vice City gets a few points for style, but still).

Wait until you find Professor Genki's Super Ethical Research Climax.

[Zetor]

Oh, I'm definitely digging that one. I think I completed all instances downtown already. Some of them get a bit crazy near the end with multiple hunters [brutes]... at that point I just run for the exit.

"CASH IN POCKET!"  

[Lakov_Sanite]

After being introduced to the mayor I feel the need to do a playthrough as archer.

[Sheepherder]

Dick move, unicorn.

[LK]

The ludicrousness of some of the activities and the main character calling it out is hilarious. I love my female protaganist's responses. "A fucking TIGER?!"

What's doubly amusing is that I'm understanding everything Kenzie Washington says during the Deckers arc that goes over the head of the main character. The personality quirks and exaggerations are also something I can relate to.

They did a fantastic job of making these exaggerated personalities. The Saints pale in comparison -- they seem normal by comparison.

[Surlyboi]

For Shiggles, my halloween costume this year...

[01101010]

For Shiggles, my halloween costume this year...

Coward. You should have went for the purple dildo bat. 

[Lantyssa]

Very Nice.  Is your wife doing the Bloody Cannoness?

[Surlyboi]

She was Viola. Turtleneck, sunglasses, leather skirt and thigh-highs.

[01101010]

She was Viola. Turtleneck, sunglasses, leather skirt and thigh-highs.

 

[LK]

She was Viola. Turtleneck, sunglasses, leather skirt and thigh-highs.

 

[Sky]

Pics or it didn't happen!