PART 1:
well... I heard interesting things about this game, so it peeked my curiosity, so i borrowed it from a friend to keep me busy until Kingdom Hearts 3D comes out. Also, I have been wanting to write a video game journal like this for a while (and i really should have done it for Dragon's Dogma.)
For starters Saints Row is a sandbox Grand Theft Auto style game, but unlike GTA, it doesn't want to be taken seriously... which I kinda dig! However, my biggest fear is that the game is published by THQ... normally if I see THQ, xSEED, EA, or Actavision on a label of a game... I try to avoid it. I am gonna ignore my publisher phobia and play this game anyway!
When I first start the game, I set it to the Normal Difficulty, which sounds safe. The game introduces itself like the starwars movies, Opening Credits in OUTER SPAAAAACE!!! One thing I notice however... the game isn't afraid to curse, which I don't mind. Shortly after the game shows me a commercial for some non-existant energy drink where some black guy goes popeye and kicks some ass... in horrid animations... why emphasize energy drinks... they are disgusting, shortly after it leads into a small group of what appears to be robbers... the writing is decent, but the animations make me wanna puke blood >> the characters try robbing what looks like a movie theater and they are... kinda failing... two things I am really noticing is 1. So far is that the story reminds me of one of my favorite movies, "The Boondock Saints" and 2. there is a Fuck Load of purple in this game... something tells me that ame has a slight interest now... now time to actually play the gameplay part of the game.
Part 2:
My first impression... HOW THE HELL DO I PLAY *does the forbidden taboo of LOOKING AT THE MANUAL*ok... I have an assualt rifle and I am running and shooting... ok... nothing interesting so far... look a guy is close to me... and I can't punch or knife... ok...
FIrst off i should play this game like it is the first game I have ever played ever... so far i understand that this is a 3rd person shooter type of game (kinda like resident evil... cept resident evil looks and plays better)
apparently my "team needs to get into a vault and some swap guys show up as I am about to get in... that was... expected... okay... I know this game avoids realism... but I am taking out helicopters with a machine gun... really... One of the helicopters crash into where I am and I get caught... my characters closing statement is "Well Shit" and the level ends and my tv is coated in purple... so far not entirly impressed...