The Saboteur
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A new look into World War 2 in a great game.
After seeing a few videos on the Saboteur and getting on the whole "WWII hook" again, I decided to pick it up for roughly $40 a few months after it was released. It was a very unique approach to WWII, taking some liberties with history, and having its silly/serious moments. You play as Sean Devlin, a foul-mouthed and street smart Irishman who is a racing mechanic. As the game progresses, you lose a race with a famous German racer who is a sadistic German officer with no regard for human life. Soon after losing the race to him, you plot your revenge, but things don't go quite as planned. You are then forced into the beginning of WWII with the Blitzkrieg upon France taking place, as Paris is occupied in little time. You become allies with the French Resistance and later British Intelligence, to destroy German radio towers, speakers, Zeppelins, and find the German officer and kill him once and for all. The Saboteur is a great game; it brings new life to the WWII genre in a way that other games have never done before, and has a very Mercenaries feel in the way it plays. There's multiple free play objectives that will occupy your time for a while, a very good plot that has its silly moments with the British Intelligence, but the ending is a very bitter-sweet closure to the game. The music on the vehicle radios and in the game aren't very vocal, with only 1-2 vocal songs being on the radio and the rest being limited instrumental songs, it still grasps you in the mood of the game and doesn't let you go. You get a variety of weapons from Dynamite, Panzershrecks, MP-40, Controlled Explosives, and of course, your weathered, bar-fighting Irish fists. You can choose many ways of approaching a mission; you can either go in guns-blazing, destroying everything in your path with sticks of dynamite and a machine gun, or go in quiet with a SS disguise and a silenced pistol. One of the very unique things of the game is that as you give hope and resistance in a section of Paris, the area goes from black-and-white to being vibrant with color. This is truly one of the great WWII and sandbox games, and deserves more praise than other "war games".
5/7/13
Its worth evry penny
Its an Awsome game I have it both for 360 and ps3 I have 100 percent completed both.It's a really good game.
10/29/12
EPIC!!!!!
I have played this game several times and its an epic win everytime. Story line is great and the action is every intense. Car chases are insane. One of the best game's I've ever played. Totally worth the money. Everyone needs to try this game!
10/11/12
Never in a million years
Would I have thought I would rate a WWII era game this high. I bought this game new, just wanting something different to play. From story, to gameplay, just everything surprised me. I ended up enjoying this game more than any GTA I ever played. Give this game a shot and you might be as surprised as I was. Even after you "beat" the game there's still so much to do if you didnt "liberate" every location. I loved sneaking up on the enemy and stealing their uniforms to sneak into areas you are not allowed and then blowing up sniper towers or other important landmarks with your tnt. Only negative about this game would be i experienced a few hiccups in gameplay where i had to restart the system. Still love this game till this day though.
8/21/12
cool game
this game is great it is so much fun to play climbing buildings i loved it. there are cool pistols in the game and there a strip club in the game(i know a little weird).
7/26/12
Awesome!!!!!!!!!
This is an enormously underated game. This is a definite gta mixed with assassins creed with a drop of call of duty 5. If you enjoy great games with a lot of game time definitely go and buy this game right now! I had my doubts too until I played this glorious game. So drop what you are doing right now and buy this game! :-)
6/21/12
Another Great from Pandemic Studios....
Great Story dragged me in quick and I could not put the controll down. The only problem I found was the controls could of been a little better, but that can be put aside when you get used to it. Great game at this price! Another Great game from Pandemic.
6/14/12
Grand Finale of Pandemic Studios
Pandemic has been well known for createing favorable games such as Star Wars Battlefront, Destroy all Humans, Mercenaries; and The Saboteur has been amazing from the start. The story is flawlessly layed out, and the only predictions you can make (As in, if someone will betray you, etc.) is if you're really a historical fanatic about the War In Europe. Amazing historical accuracy's in this game have really impressed me; an example would be during the climax. It was hidden in plain sight, and not even I could determin who the person was.... The one man who seem's to be your ally, is your enemy. If you know about the event in 1928-1935 that Third Reichgermany was involved in, you should know the second antognist, However, I did not know that the game's historical accuracy was that clever! ==== One very intresting ascpect I loved about the game was the Black and White lighting. In the area's that are under "The Shadow" of german occupation, A noire move like coloring is casted in the game. This change's in to positive Francais color as you inspire the people of that area to fight back against the occupation === Lastly, If you loved Mercenaries 2, you obviously know that Mercenaries 3 was cancled as the company shutdown. Spiritualy, This is the grand sequal to Mercenaries 2, and the Grand Finale of Pandemic Studios
6/7/12
UNDERRATED GAME OF THE XBOX
This game is amazing for any gamer. not only is it a awesome shooting system but the driving is amazing and each mission is different from the one before it and you will not get bored with it and won't want it to end and when it does you still have challenges to complete so there is lasting appeal.
4/28/12
great storyline
This really suprised me. I got it just because i needed a game to hold me off for a couple of months. When i first played this game, i didn't know what was going on. Then it said 3 months earlier, and i quickly learned what was going on. I love the story to this game. Your not just running around killing for no reason. One of the best story wise games i've played in a while. For the price it's at, you can't go wrong.
4/18/12