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    7 months ago

    Even IdolNinja was saying it was pretty good.

    It wasnt terrible, but it was a decent return to form considering the last two games before it went all in on the super powers and over the top cartoonyness. Definitely not something with staying power like the previous games, though.

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      7 months ago

      I dug the return to silly side missions and down to earth gangster-dom.

      RIP to a legend as well. The times I interacted with him on Steam and Reddit, he was a great guy. Gentlemen is a constant on every fresh OS install.

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        Yeah, thats what I loved about SR2 the most that was lost in the other games. The story was still serious, about the gang and fighting for territory from rival gangs, while the gameplay had those silly side missions that “cut the tension” in the main story. They didnt do that for SR3. They got rid of the main missions and basically took the sides from SR2 and made those into the main missions. Like they misunderstood what people loved about SR2 and doubled down on silly missions. But it was the balance that made it so good!

        Still sucks to see Volition gone. They made some great stuff.

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          7 months ago

          Could not agree more about Volition. During that early/mid 00-10’s era they were an immediate buy as a studio. From RF1 all the way to SR4. They completely embodied the AA tier of games.

          Great gameplay, fun story and characters and, in just about every game one or two unique ideas that set them apart from their peers.

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            7 months ago

            Also Red Faction. My friend and I had a blast on PS2 with it. Even more so when it came to PC where they had mods.