
Customers frequently mention the quality gameplay, smooth performance, and portability as significant strengths of Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package. Many appreciate the ability to play this open-world game on the go, finding it fun and entertaining with a compelling story. However, some users report experiencing occasional frame rate issues and find the controls could be improved. Despite these minor drawbacks, the positive feedback on gameplay and portability outweighs the negative comments.
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It’s about time we have a GTA like game on the switch with the new re release on saints row on Nintendo switch. Nice port to have
Posted by StraightUp
For this I give 4 stars because the controls were a little weird. The aiming just doesn’t feel the same as it did on 360, plus for both the joycons and pro controller it seems to have some really bad dead zones. Could be just me but I’ve seen other reviewers with the same problems. Also, I have had some framerate issues here and there but not awful. Now this is the game with just the Day 1 update installed, I believe. So maybe overtime they’ll fix the aiming and controller issues. Now on the positive side this is a fun game. If you’re itching for that open world GTA like experience on your Switch, then this’ll check all of those boxes. Also, I should warn that this is just the GOTY edition from 360 now on Switch with nothing special added. So if you’ve played it on other consoles you’ve basically seen it all. But, you now can play it on the go. Overall I would say get it on a sale if you don’t feel like paying $40 for a game you bought back in the day. Plus, maybe giving the developers more time to fix the controls. If you do decide to buy it, I would totally recommend a pro controller, for me it was a lot more enjoyable than the joy cons.
Posted by Duffster
Having discovered the Saints Row franchise through this title, it holds a nostalgic place in the series for me, and to replay the game portably on the Nintendo Switch is a dream come true. Undocked the game runs as good as the original release on PS3 with occasional polygon clipping being the only thing to take me out of the experience. I recommend downloading the latest patch before starting the game. Only experienced one soft crash the first hour playing out of the 30 or so accumulated. Docked is a slightly different story due to frame drops and stuttering when a lot of action is going on. For a game of this age, I can't see a slight bump in resolution causing that much more extra load which seems to me like the developer just wasn't able to optimize for the Switch's hardware. Portable is a better experience than docked, but docked isn't a bad experience, just underwhelming due to the age of the game. I recommend getting this for the Switch if you're a fan of the series, enjoy open-world action games, or if you just want to let developers know these kinds of games *are* viable on a Nintendo platform.
Posted by Alternaive