Framerate cap is weird in this game. Out of the box, on my system, gameplay is capped at 67 FPS and cutscenes are capped at 22, regardless of video settings and whether or not v-sync is enabled.

If you are on Nvidia, you can fix this strange behavior by setting the game's Max Frame Rate to 120 FPS in the Nvidia Control Panel and turning off V-Sync in-game. Cutscenes will be stuck at 30 but actual gameplay goes up to 120 and the frame pacing improves considerably.

Sure, I put a "yes" for recommended, but it really should be some kind of Orange Cassidy-esque half-assed thumb-barely-up-at-all sort of deal. It's... fine. Just fine. I just don't really see a reason to get this remastered version instead of the original.

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In fact, I went back to play the original game with my wife, after I wrote this. You should still get *a* Saints Row 3. But which one?

Do you need 4k textures? Get the remastered version.
Do you need fewer bugs, a smoother gameplay experience, better framerates, a manageable level of traffic, and textures that match the overall art style? Get the original one.

You know, just get the original one anyway.
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You want a short version? Here's your short version: When you take a game built around a cartoony look, and then make the textures hyper-realistic but leave everything else untouched, everbody looks like a Rob Liefeld refugee. They've not changed anything else in the game, so all the old garbage is still garbage, especially driving. This is the second-worst driving implementation I've ever experienced. But that still means the coop is there, and coop makes every game even better.

This game is built around gradeschool humour, knows it's ridiculous, and knows you know it's ridiculous. So if you're okay with fart jokes and nutshots, you'll be fine. If you're not, you're not going be wringing a masterpiece of literature out of this.

So for those of you who've stuck around past that, well, have you played the original Saints Row 3? No? Go buy yourself a copy, send a second copy to a good buddy, stop reading this right now and go do that instead. You owe it to yourself. The original version will still look decent, will run on a potato, and is absurdly good fun. Seriously. Get on that.

So if you're still here, that means you have played the original Saints Row 3. This remaster adds some fancified textures and updated the graphics engine, but I can't really see anything else going on. There's really no new assets, and I'm honestly hard-pressed to find much meaningful difference between the old and new versions of this game. This is the game in the Saints Row series that stopped trying to be Discount GTA and struck off in its own direction, a direction of over-the-top bombast. It's still (arguably) the best in the series.

Ultimately, here's what matters: it's still Saints Row 3, and apart from the gaming blight that's the driving model, it's still great. It's still coop, it still has the "Penetrator", and my wife still loves smacking people with the assault dildo. We'll find our fun anyway. And for that reason, it's still thumbs up.

(But seriously. Just get the original version.)

As a kid I wanted realism and played GTA SA while wondering why people would play the knock off that is saints row. As an adult now in the mundane world; there is something great about being able to hit a random pedestrian with a giant dildo. 10/10

8.3/10

Well well well, what do we have here?

Okay let's just get this outta the way first and foremost. I played Saints Row 1 when it came out and absolutely loved that game. I loved the idea of working my gang up in the world and getting some retribution (and respect) for my boys... No I'm not a gang banger...i'm a 47 year old guy who's lived in the country most of my life. But hey this is what video games are for right? Release your imagination - live a different life....

Anyway I also loved Saints row 2.

When #3 came out, and I saw the ads (and reviews) with a character running around with a giant purple dildo, I said "No - Just no. What happened to the seriousness of this series I was enjoying so much? So I skipped the game. It just looked too whacky for me.

I will admit now that I probably made a mistake. I bought this yesterday and I said to myself "Self - just set aside the whackiness and enjoy the ride." And it's been one hell of a ride in the first couple hours! It's been really FUN!!

The whole campaign is 2 person online co-op, and I was hoping my son or buddy would play with me, but they both passed. Oh well i definitely plan to play this by myself anyway. It's a great throwback to some older titles.

One more thing to note. I was feeling nostalgic and I didn't know there was a remaster of Saints Row the 3rd, so I first bought the original release with all DLC for $11. I installed the game and it looked okay except that the game kept stuttering and pausing every few seconds. Cut scenes were also running at 21 FPS (I run an i9-9900k with a 3080 TI). During my research into the problem I discovered they had remastered this game. I bought it for $13 and it runs smooth as butter. All the issues I had with the original are gone and this game now plays great. It cost me an extra $11 but maybe somebody will read this and realise the remaster is indeed the way to go!

Please update Saints Row 2 on PC, I have cookies

questo gioco è molto bello, magari con dei bug ma quello è il fascino. lo consiglio ad ogni persona.

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ok

Good Remaster but I really want a Saints Row 2 Remaster.
It will be great if volition give the old game the same treatment.

Kayne West - Power.