Saints Row - 17 Years Later
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- Saints Row - 17 Years Later
I'm fairly new to the Saints Row series, my first time playing the games being during the lockdowns of 2020. I started with 3, then 4 and finally 2, but never played the first game in the series till now. Is it a hidden gem stuck on the Xbox 360 or another forgettable GTA clone? Let's find out.
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Chapter Breaks:
00:00 - Intro
03:21 - The Plot
05:31 - Gameplay
12:22 - Side Activities
19:01 - The Story
22:11 - Los Carnales
32:56 - The Vice Kings
46:42 - The Westside Rollerz
58:01 - Strongholds
59:33 - The Finales
1:05:51 - Epilogue
1:09:01 - Closing Thoughts
1:15:35 - Outro - Hry
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
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 😎
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.
@@theoutsiderjess4869 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
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."
The game is a gem, a scuffed gem, but a gem.
Can't believe it's been 17 years. Holy shit.
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
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
I'm happy to see this game and series getting love again
Better than the crappy reboot.
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.
So under appreciated and underrated
I played this all day long as a youngster and the nostalgia is just unreal for me playing it
Oh yeah, it's always a good day when you get a Fuzzy Slippers upload. I can't wait for Saints Row 2
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.
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
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
Yes sir!!! A new video from you is always exciting. I love your in depth reviews. Well done man!
This game, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Elder Scrolls Oblivion, and Hitman Blood Money were my first Xbox 360 games.
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.
I miss the 2000’s and games like “Saints Row” and “Saints Row 2”
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!
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
the first 7th gen game i ever played. loved playing SR on my 14" CRT.
I already know this video is gonna be amazing !!!💗
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!
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
I love when algorithm reccomends me smaller youtubers that turn out to be hidden gems, love your videos keep it up.
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
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
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.
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
Been watching your videos all week, but this the one that made me subscribe. OG Saints Row is such a hidden gem.
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.
They added activities as missions in SRTT and everybody hated it. Personally, I don't like grinding for respect either. But the problem is that if you take it away then there's no point in having the activities. I'm not sure what a better system would be though.
Thank you can't wait for part 2
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
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
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
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.
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💜💜💜
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
I told ya man. You were in for a treat ! The first game truly is a classic
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,
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.
Never played the first saints row, glad you did a video on it.
Dude you are putting out the content! You’ve been killing the videos, some of my favorite stuff to listen to while I study
Been loving the videos hopefully you make one on the second game!
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
The best Saints Row imo
1 is great 2 is superior but 1 isn’t to far behind I love the story and certain mechanics
Let's go, I've been waiting for this! I am really surprised your not that known more, This man needs more subs.
I love Toby, he's voiced by Brandon Keener, who also voices Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect.
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
Wish they brought this to PC :(
Ok you made me download a ROM and Emulator.
You can always vote witchur wallet and campaign for another studio like io interactive or hazelight studios to own de ip so that we can get good releases on pc
@@AliBazz Mate I'm a pirate now
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
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!!
Love your videos fr. I hope you do Vice City stories
pleaae drop more videos soon found them recently and they’ve been like crack
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 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
Underrated CZcamsr!!! Love the content!
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.
Man I loved the first sound track that Aisha song still rocks
Lol, this is another one I struggled with - as he rams bridges support column head-on after just starting the chase.
keep it going man, great video
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.
I’m still playing it! Good memories
I still play this game to this day😈💯
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.
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
46:15 had me dying in fits - fucking opened the door and King went on his jolly way to Neptune
I remember that time when I first got my Xbox 360 along with this game and a copy of Just Cause 1 for Xbox 360 as well.
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 online multiplayer was pretty fun as well, me and my bro played the hell outta of the "Blinged out ride" matches.
I remember playing this game when it first came out. The ending definitely felt like a sequel was in the works. But i was in middle school and i wasnt following gaming news as much as i was today so i wasnt sure it would come out until i saw a gametrailers video about it
Definitely keen for a SR2 look back!
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.
That’s crazy I loved the hitman side missions
nice video bri, i just miss some music playing in the back
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
Great video. though you might want to check your recording software as some of the audio sounds echo-y at times.
Wake up babe, FuzzySlippers just posted a Saints Row retrospective
Awesome video bro
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
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.
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
Great vid, keep it up :)
There are in fact whacky and cool guns in the game. They are unlocks and very much worth unlocking as a first priority when playing this game.
There’s the pimp cane shotgun from doing all the snatch activities for starters which is awesome and super powerful. Then there’s also the gold desert eagle, the platinum as12 shotgun and platinum tek9 sub machine gun. There’s also some rocket launcher unlocks and stuff. You gotta do all the hitman activities to unlock all the weapons. Totally worth it though since they are all super OP and you basically get unlimited ammo since you can just refill at your safe house for free.
Edit: just heard your gripe about the hitman missions. I actually remember figuring out how to make all the targets spawn without any issues but it’s been years. Hitman was like my favorite activity, and like I said the rewards are the best.
There’s also really awesome rewards and bonuses from other activities too, like buffs to your character. So the best way to play the game is to min/max by crushing all activities first, then taking your super buffed character with OP weapons through the story
Keith David also voiced Halo's Arbiter. And will now take over the role of Destiny's Cmdr. Zavala from the late, great Lance Reddick.
Johnny gat is a real homie
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.
I love the fact that you don't hold back with your opinions and language👌🏻👌🏻
Saints Row 4 was supposed to be a DLC for 3, that’s why it’s the same city with a 1/3rd of the cast of 3 gone.