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That means that the incredibly fun base game is included here, alongside all three previously released mission packs and any bonus items originally exclusive to the вЂFull PackageвЂ™ edition. This being a re-release means that Saints Row: The Third Remastered features all the bells and whistles youвЂ™d expect. Saints Row: The Third, however, comfortably sits somewhere between these two extremes, serving as a care-free sandbox game that stays grounded enough to make your actions be meaningful while still oozing with outlandishness. Then, Saints Row IV went almost too crazy by making you the president, packing in alien invasions and gifting you superpowers that made exploring the open world redundant. After all, the first two games seemed like they were riffing on the GTA formula a little too much and were left wanting for some identity.

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ThereвЂ™s an argument to say that the Saints Row series never got better than this third entry.

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All objectives are assigned to your in-game phone, which youвЂ™ll use to upgrade your custom character, undertake missions and transfer any funds received from expanding your criminal empire. A lot of your time is spent establishing the Saints in this new metropolis you find yourself in, taking down rival gangs to assert your reputation and causing rampant amounts of destruction as the situation demands. Speaking of which, if you missed Saints Row: The Third the first time, itвЂ™s perhaps best described as: вЂњWhat if an open-world game but ramped up to 11?вЂќ. If anything, itвЂ™s perfectly in keeping with the franchiseвЂ™s scrappy overall attitude. Small glitches like this donвЂ™t outright break the experience. Such a visual hiccup is something youвЂ™d expect to see during the time of the gameвЂ™s original release, so itвЂ™s a little disappointing that it couldnвЂ™t be solved for this remaster.

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Put pedal to the metal in any of Saints Row: The Third RemasteredвЂ™s vehicles to reach full speed and youвЂ™re sure to notice parked cars suddenly appearing from thin air. Saints Row, unlike GTA, was never about looking like the most realistic game out there, and even with all these improved visual tweaks, the seriesвЂ™ trademark cartoon-esque art style remains intact.ДЄ technical drawback we did notice in our playthrough was some significant pop in. It feels just as good to blow tanks up to cause as much financial damage as possible or parachute out of a plane as it ever did, only now explosions look more radiant and some nice HDR integration ensures that getting around the city feels immersive both at night or during the day. This doesnвЂ™t really matter in the grand scheme of things, though. The result is a game that definitely looks better than it did before, even if itвЂ™s not quite on par with, say, any of 2020вЂ™s ground-up remakes. The folks over at Deep Silver obviously knew this, spending a lot of time reworking assets like building interiors, character models and gun aesthetics. Whereas in that game navigating the world using superpowers meant that you hardly spent a time in a car or at ground level, in Saints Row: The Third Remastered youвЂ™re able to notice these minute details more.

We say sprawling because the streets and areas featured here are a lot more densely populated this time around - especially when compared to the simulated version of Steelport we got in Saints Row IV. Taking place five years after the events of Saints Row 2, we pick up with the titular gang during the height of their global fame, but it isnвЂ™t long before a botched job sees them need to vacate Stillwater, in favour of the sprawling city of Steelport to set up a new base of operations. To get the necessaries out of the way early, yes, Saints Row: The Third Remastered is very much the same game people who played it the first time around will remember.

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