This afternoon Cliff Bleszinski–industry giant perhaps best known for his role as designer in the Unreal and Gears of War franchises–has been sounding off on what he thinks makes the Saints Row franchise great, and not so great.
Like dildos.
Gathered from a string of tweets on his Twitter profile, Bleszinski seems to think the franchise has great game mechanics–enough to “give GTA a run for their money”–but finds that their presentation is a little too “immature”, saying “[Battlefield] didn’t go after [Call of Duty] by putting dicks on their guns.”
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For the people saying the third was awesome, have you guys played the other games?
Cars didn't fly like in SR2. And it would be silly to take their stories seriously in the first place.
SR2 was a bit too ghetto.
First of all, if you're quitting the gaming business or taking a break, then take a break and stfu. Cliffy's always running his mouth. And BF didn't go after COD.
Half the men weren't actually hulking, they just had on armor and None had small heads. Also, you totally lost me on they beat people to death with penises.
I'm going to go with you've never actually played the game, knowyourstuff and your actually a stealth fanboy which didn't get the game on either the pc or ps3, so your just raging now.
Sure there was some immature stuff like dildos and whatnot that didnt really need to be there but the campaign was really good and for the most part didn't have that stuff.
And honestly, other than Dildos, there wasnt really any sex jokes. Just over-the-top stuff like that batmobile car and jets and the shark gun and stuff xD
But honestly all that just made freeroaming timeless.
Yes, I finished SR2. But I just loved SR3! I personally find it better in every way! good graphics, game play, okay story and so over top but just pure fun overall!!!
Bulletstorm was one huge dick joke.
Thematically, BF2 did modern combat before COD4.
Cliffy, please shut up.
And, then the second game comes second, and the third.. third.
I did, in no way, care for the 'over the top' parts of the games.
Some of the wackiness was okay, but I still preferred it to be serious.
Strange....for I thought I remember seeing that SR3 was the most successful....and all I heard from all my friends who had bought it before me kept on saying how awesome it was and how you can just buy it and just get right in and don't need to play the other games. All positive things of it....
'Its a Known Fact' - . . . You should be a reporter and start using that line on a lot of things.
Actually Saints Row 2 and the third were both very similar in sales and reception so neither one was more successful. Yea it was easy for newcomers to get in the game because volition completely neglected the story from the two previous games which to be honest was a slap to the face to the series hardcore fanbase. The third was way too over the top and got stale fast. SR2 had way better missions, activities, a better city by a long shot which had so many things to explore with a bunch of easter eggs, better characters, and the story if I would even call it one was garbage compared to previous games. All I am saying is SR2 had a good balance of being serious and crazy which is the reason the series got popular in the first place. The third lacked the charm that the first two had. If you go to the Saints Row online forums it will be very clear that the majority of the community doesn't like the third. Maybe for newcomers the game was fun but for the fans of the series previous installments the game was a huge disappointment. This Angry Joe review of the game will prove why my statement is valid:
http://youtu.be/XHB0CQ3uPj4
Says the guy that endorsed Bulletstorm... geez.
Have you not played Bulletstorm? It has just as many d!@k jokes as Saint's 3. The dildo in SR3 is nothing more than a visual d!@k joke... my comment was just saying it's the pot calling the kettle black, but I was also joking at the same time. You seem like a very serious person though.
Being serious is pointless because if people want that, they'll go with GTA. I loved Saints Row 3 because they intentionally made sure every mission was over the top ridiculous. It's for FUN! Not an engaging story.
This is not a GTA, it's a Saints Row it always had the sense of humor that GTA never had and it never will. So what it has dildos? if you don't want to use then you won't use it.. if you want, then go ahead.
It can be a serious game or it can be a funny game, do what you like. It has those 2 options.
That's why I love Saints Row and prefer it over GTA a thousand times.
PS, we're both adults.
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I love Gears but he thinks is the best just because he made this games...
As for Saints Row. I love the franchise. Saints 3 was straight awesome. I LOVED the over the top action. Oh, an airplane is coming right at you? Shoot the windows, fly through it while shooting the fuck out of everyone, and jump out the back. Oh, your in a wrestling ring? Grab a chainsaw and cut people in half. The game constantly tossed crazy situations, and was plain fun. GTA IV was a boring, slow game. IMO, Saints > GTA/Crackdown/etc.
But I think Cliff has a point. Adding Dildo's to the game just seemed crude. It wasn't necessary and didn't really add anything to the game.
And Cliffy B. is just talking to talk, he makes a comment about Saints Row 3 dildo, however none of the wild and zany stuff in Saints Row 1-2, or early Grand Theft Autos.
by the way, Bulletstorm, was Cliffy Bs' coming out of the closet game, and he has the nerve to judge anyone lol. Go mack another subpar game, and stop talking.
And the reason GEARS sold so well is cause Microsoft has crap for exclusives. they buy rights to DLC and first releases but cannot lock down a studio to save their lives. And what magic Cliffy had is gone. Gears 3 was a joke (and before anyone says well it sold well.) Well of course it did, you have Forza, Halo, and Gears. not tons of options in the way for exclusive fanboys to choose from.
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" HEY DICK-TITS, THIS GAME AINT GONNA ORDER IT SELF HAHA!!!! "
Marcus Fenix : " More like TEN shit loads!"
SR3 lacked tact in general. They killed Johnny in 5 minutes, for crap's sake. The story was great up until they killed Julius...it was like they took recognition of the irony and killed it in place of goofiness. It was a tad disappointing that Saints Row 2's excellent story telling didn't go anywhere with the ironic stuff, and neither did SR3.
"it was ridiculous bullsh** from the get-go"
Whaaaat??? It's not like you blow up a building, jump out of a plane, and launch missile strikes in the first 2 hours.
lol
Look I love the fact we can act crazy in SR series but a little bit of a mature tone would do wonders for it. Give us all the craziness but than also provide a proper story that makes sense and is fun to play
Hopefully now with a different publishers that will happen
You just want it to BE GTA?
That makes sense.
I loved SR3 and thought it was the best out of the series. I do also believe they have the power to rival GTA because the engine and mechanics are on point. The shooting and controls are top notch. The hand to hand combat destroys GTA in all areas. if they did do a game like Heat, Traffic, or Michael Mann production I think they would blow the roof off. Everyone's fav mission in GTA was the bank robbery if you do a story that's believable and engrossing, you have a hit. I love the customization as well. Playing as myself was such a blast.
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That is all
though I gotta admit this statement was really dumb "“[Battlefield] didn’t go after [Call of Duty] by putting dicks on their guns.”"
Nah your not being genuine, your a troll. No way can someone have such a horrible opinion/attitude towards as much as you do.
On topic: Saints Row is a game that doesn't take itself too seriously and that's why its formula works.
Edit: It's now clear Cliff tries to put his traumatizing past which involves dildos behind him by making the most generic, laughably bad "masculine" bro game he could possibly make.
Also making an article on someone's tweets is sad.
ok sure, what ever you say.
GTA is much more grounded in realism; for SR to aspire to be like Heat or any other Michael Mann film would just make it into more of a, "GTA clone," since GTA already utilizes those tones.
If you want to see what happens when a game tries to be more serious like a competitor, look at the Tony Hawk Skateboarding series. Skate was a success and they tried to follow. Nobody wanted it because Skate already did it perfectly.
SR3 over did it an everything else suffered because of it....especially the map size
They need to reboot it and go back to what SR2 was like
next saints row will be better than GTA 5
i cannot imagine how gta 5 is going to be
I love Michael Mann, and Training Day is great, but this is such a bad idea. You can take the dildos or leave them, but the day Saint's Row takes itself seriously, it's all over.
NDA (National Dildo Association)
Too much?
I loved SR3.
There are way too many games that try and emulate the GTA style. SR3 went against the grain and did its own thing. It's one of the few games that I beat and immediately started all over again.
So tired of people crying its too over the top. At least it wasn't a stereotypical shooter like 9 out of 10 other games on the shelf.... Didn't cliff make Bulletstorm? Thats called being afraid of going over the top. Meanwhile Saints Row 3 was actually one of THQ's highest selling titles, higher than the 2nd one that supposedly everyone prefers.
Honestly people are so uncomfortable with themselves that they are afraid someone else will see them playing a game with a dildo in it and need to shut it off. The only thing that went to far was whats his name with the auto tuned voice, if I wanted my ears to bleed to Lil Wayne I'd turn on crap radio.
also the opening of the game was pure awesomeness lol, i dont think any other game could pull that off.
So tired of everything needing to be "realistic" and "serious" all the time, it gets boring. They take the fantasy out of everything.
exactly how i feel i get enough of that in my every day life over the top games like SR3 is the perfect game to sit back, play and laugh at lol.
guess thats why im loving Ni no Kuni so much its taking my back to my youth when rpgs were about charming fantasies and not the overly boring realistic open world of todays rpgs.
This is optional features, it's idiotic to complain about..
If some people think it's more fun to beat up someone with a bat, instead of a giant purple dildo, they can do that.
But if people think it's more fun to beat someone with a giant dildo, they can do that.
I think very few people would think this game would be more fun, if they only had one option.
Cliffy needs to shut up, already.