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Title: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, June 07, 2009, 01:46:18 PM: NEW - July 7, 2010:
GameStop.com has The Saboteur PC for $9.99.
Shipping costs not mentioned here - which is $2.99 (5-10 day shipping) and up. (http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=72947&affID=77777&sourceID=FKSJxY2VJAk-IhDrwI02PNQ11PaxEMwEdg)

So, if you won't buy online, YMMV - you guys might want to call your local GameStop(s) and see if they have a copy of Saboteur PC for that same exact price...

OLD:
From E3 2009 - preview on The Saboteur from EA. (http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3174650&p=4)

This game is a 3rd person action game with an open-world that takes place in Paris during World War 2. It begins in black and white, but the more you do, the more color gets added to the screen...
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, November 07, 2009, 10:27:05 AM: Giant Bomb quick look (http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-ex-the-saboteur/17-1597/)

Well, I'm sold. That looks pretty fun.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, November 07, 2009, 10:30:55 AM: I'm curious given the game's uncut version that'll have nudity and all, what rating it might wind up with - maybe M or AO?
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: iPPi on Saturday, November 07, 2009, 10:50:02 AM: It looks pretty good, but I'll probably wait a bit before picking it up.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, November 07, 2009, 11:17:54 AM: I'm totally sold. I had no interest in it just from descriptions, but that video was really cool. Looks great. And nice to see they were playing it on PC.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, November 07, 2009, 05:37:10 PM: I like the whole black and white to color gimmick this thing got going on - with it meaning that you got Nazis out of the area.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: idolminds on Friday, November 13, 2009, 06:37:06 PM: The game has strippers. Naked strippers (http://www.gamikaze.pl/Galerie/The_Saboteur_Galeria_5_-_Belle_de_Nuit.aspx#7).
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: MysterD on Friday, November 13, 2009, 06:39:43 PM: Idol - hence why I made the comment a few posts up about whether the game will get a M or AO.

EDIT:
Yeah, I knew I saw it somewhere, a while back - Shacknews. (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60529)

And b/c they wanted to throw a trailer up for people to watch everywhere, under ESRB guidelines (since they rate all the commercial games), Pandemic had to remove the nudity just for the sake of the trailer.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: idolminds on Friday, November 13, 2009, 07:29:41 PM: Huh, somehow I missed that before.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, November 14, 2009, 12:03:50 AM: PC Version system requirements revealed. (http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/51422/The-Saboteur-PC-System-Requirements-Revealed)

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Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7
CPU: Core 2 Dual Core 2.4GHz or AMD equivalent
RAM: 2GB or more
Disc Drive: Dual Layer 1x or faster DVD Drive
Hard Drive: At least 7GB of free space
GPU: Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX with 256MB of VRAM or ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro with 256MB of VRAM
Sound: Direct X 9.0c compatible sound card

Recommended Configuration:
Operating System: Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista SP1
CPU: Quad Core running at 2.8 GHz or equivalent
RAM : 2GB (Windows XP) or 3GB (Windows Vista/7)
GPU: nVidia 8800 GT graphics card with 512MB of VRAM
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 01:53:33 PM: Well, thats not good news. (http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/11/17/ea-to-shut-down-pandemic-studioss-office-brand-and-franchises/) EA is shutting down Pandemic. 200 people being let go, but apparently they are keeping the name and the properties around.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 02:41:12 PM: Quote from: idolminds on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 01:53:33 PM
Well, thats not good news. (http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/11/17/ea-to-shut-down-pandemic-studioss-office-brand-and-franchises/) EA is shutting down Pandemic. 200 people being let go, but apparently they are keeping the name and the properties around.

Sucky.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 04:15:37 PM: I hope the good people at Pandemic will find their place in enriching the studios they move to.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 10:52:15 PM: Ex-employee speaks (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18532751&postcount=309)

Well, I can't actually verify if he was an employee but that would be a fairly convincing hoax if it wasn't.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 12:15:44 AM: Sucks. =T
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 12:33:44 AM: Quote from: Xessive on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 04:15:37 PM
I hope the good people at Pandemic will find their place in enriching the studios they move to.

What about the bad people.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 05:49:59 AM: Quote from: Pugnate on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 12:33:44 AM
What about the bad people.
I hope they stay at EA and bring it down from the inside!
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, December 03, 2009, 02:58:50 PM: Saboteur - Nudity is DLC on console versions; PC version is uncut.
Saboteur PC version - Midnight Show DLC content pack (with all the nudity) comes right on the disc. You're all set.

Though, Saboteur - Console versions (X360 and PS3) will ONLY have nudity in the game if you get the free Midnight Show DLC pack from either XBL or PSN if you buy the game brand NEW.
If you get the game NOT brand new (i.e. used) - $5.00 for this DLC pack. (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61472)

Reviews
IGN - 7.5 (out of 10) for X360. (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/105/1051540p1.html)
Eurogamer - 6 (out of 10) for PC, X360, PS3. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-saboteur-review)
GameSpy - 3 stars (out of 5) for X360 and PS3. (http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/saboteur/1051641p1.html)
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: iPPi on Friday, December 04, 2009, 12:25:05 AM: I guess the consensus is that the gameplay kind of sucks... the visual style doesn't really save the game. I guess I won't pick this up at its full price.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, December 09, 2009, 03:04:54 PM: Reported on Bluesnews.... (http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewstory&threadid=105158)

Holy crap; from EA's boards.
The Saboteur is having issues w/ ATI card owners that have Multi-Core processors and either Win Vista/Win 7. (http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/346070.page)
Title: Re: The Saboteur - 3rd person open-world action-game in WW2
Post by: MysterD on Friday, January 01, 2010, 04:10:13 PM: Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation takes on The Saboteur in this editorial/review. (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1353-Saboteur)
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, July 07, 2010, 08:47:32 PM: GameStop.com is selling Saboteur PC for $9.99 now.
This thread gets a bump for that. (http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=72947&affID=77777&sourceID=FKSJxY2VJAk-tkrAzkxVulrJzTfU0mkT1A)

If interested, you might want to see if your local store has it for the same price or just buy it online (shipping costs will apply, of course).

SIDE NOTE: PC version is known to have issues w/ ATI 3000, 4000, and 5000 cards, so you know...
So, you might want to check EA forums, to see if it been fixed, if there's work-arounds, and whatnot. (http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/forums/show/3817.page;jsessionid=77F8F0BAE1995E6C8B35DE1AA6F76E7D)
So, you have been warned...
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, July 07, 2010, 09:17:10 PM: Damn, I want that. I wonder if I can find a GS that has it.

According to the site, there are 2 places not far from here that have it. Hopefully they don't sell before I get back next week.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, July 08, 2010, 01:31:26 PM: Good luck, Idol.
I'm gonna have to call my local Gamestop(s), too...
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: idolminds on Thursday, July 22, 2010, 06:07:27 PM: Acquired!

And there are naked chicks EVERYWHERE. Ok, just in the strip club but its your hideout so you're in there pretty often and they are EVERYWHERE inside that place.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, July 23, 2010, 12:17:38 AM: I'm sad that I couldn't find a copy of this on PC at my Gamestop. But it was at the other one I was at... damn it.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, July 24, 2010, 05:46:31 AM: Quote from: idolminds on Thursday, July 22, 2010, 06:07:27 PM
Acquired!

And there are naked chicks EVERYWHERE. Ok, just in the strip club but its your hideout so you're in there pretty often and they are EVERYWHERE inside that place.

So, is it Idol's favorite game of all time now...? :P

EDIT:
Thanks for the re-reminder about this game, Idol. I checked online earlier on GameStop.com and my local GameStop had it listed as available. Called them to check - yup, they got it. Just went and just picked it up for $9.99. :)

EDIT 2:
Well, I'm running this game on my aging PC on 1024x768 w/ most stuff running on either High and Very High. No performance issues or anything. B/c it feels like a cross b/t Assassin's Creed (Sean can climn and scale any building, pretty much) and GTA games (driving elements) - I've been sticking w/ basically only the 360 gamepad - yes, even for the shooting elements.

So far....after doing the first mission and the 3 months earlier mission(s)...this game is awesome. Hope it keeps it up the entire way.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, July 24, 2010, 09:42:30 AM: I'm really enjoying this game. Theres a lot of influence from GTA and Assassins Creed, and a lesser influence from Gears of War (though I guess most 3rd person shooters have cover hugging now). Big open world game, some climbing around, blowing up nazi installations, lots of sneaking around. Its pretty awesome.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, July 24, 2010, 12:06:08 PM: Quote from: idolminds on Saturday, July 24, 2010, 09:42:30 AM
I'm really enjoying this game. Theres a lot of influence from GTA and Assassins Creed, and a lesser influence from Gears of War (though I guess most 3rd person shooters have cover hugging now).
Yes, most games do have cover mechanics - since UE3.0 Engine games (Rainbow Six: Vegas series and especially Gears of War series) made it suddenly popular.

Hell, even Alpha Protocol and Mass Effect 2 have a cover system. *shrug*

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Big open world game, some climbing around, blowing up nazi installations, lots of sneaking around. Its pretty awesome.
I'm wondering why reviews for this game were all the place...

I dunno, but it's surely worth the $10 + tax that I paid for it - from what I've played so far. Especially if it stays as awesome as the opening stuff was.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, July 24, 2010, 05:56:15 PM: I haven't looked at the reviews past a quick glance, but there are some issues.

People complained about climbing being so easy in Assassins Creed. Just hold the A button and up you go, the character directs himself. Well, the alternative is The Saboteur. You have to press A every time to jump from handhold to handhold. Its just a lot slower and doesn't add anything to the process. It works, but it would have been better if it was more like AC.

I dont know if this is par for these kind of games, but the automapping is kind of funny. You know the line thats drawn on your map so you know how to get where you want to go? Yeah, that. Again, it works it just...doesn't understand the world state. There are nazi checkpoints dividing Paris into 3 zones, and you get travel papers as you play that will let you through these checkpoints without making the nazis want to shoot you. Sometimes the automapper will send you to one of these checkpoints anyway, if you have the right papers or not. So you have to bust out the map and look for a way around it yourself because generally the waypoint is NOT in the restricted zones, you'd just be passing through.

Speaking of the map, I don't think there is a button to quickly bring it up. So you have to pause, choose map from the menu, then hit the "zoom" button to actually have a workable map. They should have made it easier to access.

I've also hit a few bugs. Like a guy in a cutscene runs in backwards. And Ive had the game lock up when I receive a note from someone. But those are fairly rare.

One fun thing I just did was the first race mission. Get a fast car and race through the city. Its hard because theres quite a bit of traffic and pedestrians. Including Nazis, which look down on being run over. And if you hit one of their cars they get pissed. They also don't like it when the automapper forces you to plow through one of those Nazi checkpoints I was talking about. That made the second half the race pretty interesting.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, July 25, 2010, 06:01:27 PM: Well, I've been missing out. I had a look at the cars in my garage, and a list of cars I have yet to collect. I notice one of them says it can only be won in a game in the VIP area of the Belle. The strip club. I didn't know there was a VIP area! So I went, and found the "secret" door. I played the game and won the car, woo! Also...burlesque shows. Double woo!
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: idolminds on Monday, July 26, 2010, 09:52:58 PM: Well...fuck. I think I might have just screwed myself with this game. I wanted to get some tips on doing some of the unlockable perks so I hit a FAQ...and...well...
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2) DO NOT complete any of Dr Kwong's optional missions until you have completed
the "A2.024 - Needs Of The Few... Or The One" mission. The reason being
once you complete Kwong's first mission he then moves to Chinatown and
remains there even when you have completed his missions. Towards the end of
the "A2.024 - Needs Of The Few... Or The One" mission when you escape Notre
Dame Kwong will spawn in Chinatown and will be killed by the Germans. When
he dies you will fail the mission. Its impossible to save him and so you
will have load to save before you did the first Kwong mission.
I have been doing all of the optional missions before doing the story missions, so this basically screws me over. I guess that particular quest is next so we'll see if I can do it. But if not...ugh, this is going to suck so bad. I don't want to start all over again. I dont have any saves from before I did the Kwong missions.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 05:27:31 AM: Oh, that bites, Idol. :(

Where are the modders to fix the problem? :o

I doubt EA will fix it - the game has yet to be patched.
Plus, Pandemic's (unfortunately) gone now, anyways.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 01:52:53 PM: After reading around, it appears some people reported being able to complete the mission. They said the guy spawns on a street corner, so as long as you watch your shooting (its one of those "shoot from the back of a speeding truck as the AI drives" missions), don't cause an enemy car to explode near him, and if the nazis dont shoot him...you can finish the mission.

So I tried it and amazingly made it through in a single go. I never saw the guy, and apparently the Nazis didn't kill him. So...hooray! I can continue the game!

(click to show/hide)
The Nazis destroyed the strip club. Those fuckers are going to PAY!

EDIT

Well, good thing I was able to beat that mission since I didn't realize just how close to the end I was. Anyway, I beat the game. Though I'm not done with it yet. I did 100% of the story missions, but only 26% of the "free play" targets. Around the city are all these sniper towers, radar placements, AA guns, etc all usually guarded. My job: blow them up. I have a LOT of them still to do.

(click to show/hide)
And they fixed the strip club. Take THAT, you fuckin' Nazis!
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 05:05:10 PM: I've made my way to...
(click to show/hide)
...The mission where you get into trainyard, hop on the train, blow up radio car, and go after the Doctor on the front car of the train.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 08:40:56 PM: Ok, maybe I am done with it. I just spent some time clearing some of the freeplay targets. I looked at how much I cleared, then zoomed out the map to see how many remain. Yeah...thats a lot. Like, way too many. And since theres really no reward for it (on PC, I imagine the console version has achievements and trophies), I dont think Im going to play it another 30 hours just to do them all.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 09:27:33 PM: I made my way to...
(click to show/hide)
Hop the rooftops and bug 7 radios mission.
Finished that mission and stopped.

Man, this game's been awesome so far. And the missions really have been nothing short of epic.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 09:41:45 PM: Awesome, D. You're really close to the end. I'll give you a wanring and its not really a spoiler. But pretty much the next story mission is a long chain of events that takes you right to the end credits. So be ready.

So yeah, I uninstalled. I sorta need the room and I didnt really look forward to doing all those little things. It was a pretty great game overall, though. Definitely worth checking out.

Since I did a post about complaints, going to list the things I liked:

Theres a lot of stealth involved but its not annoying like in most other games. If you kill a guard without shooting or blowing him up you can take clothes and sneak around in them. This lets you into restricted areas without instantly raising an alarm when seen, but it has its own drawbacks. Running in uniform draws suspicion. You cant get too close to other Nazis or they will notice you aren't quite right. A little meter fills up and when its full they blow the whistle. But the nice part is getting caught isn't an instant-fail situation. You can still shoot it out, or run away to reset the alarm, and if you're really good you can get away far enough to quickly take down an enemy and get into his clothes, ending the alarm. Sometimes its good to go around snapping peoples necks so you have an easy place to run to grab a disguise.

Now, if you do die or otherwise fail a mission, never fear! A checkpoint is never very far back so retrying is easy. And if you blew up 10 of 20 objectives and then die and have to restart, you don't have to blow up those first 10 again. They stay gone. It makes it so its not such a pain in the ass to play (like GTA where you have to drive all the way back to where the fucking mission is before you can retry it from the beginning)

Boobies.

The Perks are nice. Kind of like achievements where you have to accomplish something and you unlock it, but these actually have in-game effects. From unlocking weapons and cars, to new moves, or even gameplay things like less scope movement, or being able to plant a bomb while in disguise doesn't alert Nazis that can see you.

The weapons dealer. Lots of weapons to buy. But the nice part is once you buy it, its simply unlocked. You can go to the dealer and switch between all your unlocked weapons for free. Then just buy some ammo and off you go. A similar thing with the garages. Once you've "captured" a car, you can go to a garage and request whichever vehicle you want for free.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 10:11:26 PM: About the side-missions - oh yes, those are littered like crazy all over the game-world. I probably got like 5% off those done - if that. I've found myself sometimes doing one here or another there, when on my way to say meet-up with a contact to start a mission.
Title: Re: The Saboteur - Gamestop.com selling PC version for $9.99 (July 7, 2010)
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 04:58:41 PM: Finished the game earlier today - OMG, what an awesome bleepin' game. Epic as hell and awesome action. It was so worth the $10 - and then some. I think it took me around 15-20 hours or so to finish the main quest. I got around 78% of the missions done, once the main quest was over and stuff.