The Saboteur

I'm a little late with this review, seeing as I actually bought in in december 2009, started playing it in January 2010 and Platinum'd it in June 2010.... June 9th to be exact. I remember the date well because I was gutted Id finished what I believe to be the best game on PS3.. Big statement and Id better start by saying that it is flawed, bugged, and generally not actually finished but all that doesn't matter once you start to 'get' the game. Sean Devlin is a cracking character, very likable with some of the best one liners I've experienced in nearly 33years of being a Gamer, yup, I'm a mature gamer LOL

Graphics are decent, not Uncharted quality but certainly better than Mercs 2, Pandemics previous game which in many ways, shares the same DNA as The Saboteur.

Gameworld is alive and vibrant, the black/White and Nazi Red is with the constant rain is very depressing and the transformation to colour is a joy.

Side Missions, well, there are over 1250 side missions which… more »

I'm a little late with this review, seeing as I actually bought in in december 2009, started playing it in January 2010 and Platinum'd it in June 2010.... June 9th to be exact. I remember the date well because I was gutted Id finished what I believe to be the best game on PS3.. Big statement and Id better start by saying that it is flawed, bugged, and generally not actually finished but all that doesn't matter once you start to 'get' the game. Sean Devlin is a cracking character, very likable with some of the best one liners I've experienced in nearly 33years of being a Gamer, yup, I'm a mature gamer LOL

Graphics are decent, not Uncharted quality but certainly better than Mercs 2, Pandemics previous game which in many ways, shares the same DNA as The Saboteur.

Gameworld is alive and vibrant, the black/White and Nazi Red is with the constant rain is very depressing and the transformation to colour is a joy.

Side Missions, well, there are over 1250 side missions which along with the story, kept me busy for close to 80hrs. It got to the point that real life driving would have me looking at Mobile Phone masts and mentally planting explosives to blow them up :D

Story is decent, amusing in places, reflective and brutal in others.

Bugs, plenty of them, ranging from system crashes to bouncing vehicles, spawning enemies in mid air, unattached telegraph wires, dodgy anti aircraft aiming, ah, the list is endless but it just doesn't matter, the same is brilliant and at little over a tenner, a steal.

One piece of advice, actually two, expect nothing till after the first few hours of play and secondly, save your game often.

My wallet was a bit heavy one day and I like games based during wartime, so I bought The Saboteur. Although I'm only two thirds of the way through it, I think that overall it is a fantastic game.

The world you inhabit is massive. Games like this still amaze me. How can I spend 10 minutes driving across the world without a single loading screen or pause? It's also probably the most vibrant and varied world I have personally seen in a computer game. It may not have the comical quirks of a GTA game, but it makes up for it in sheer beauty. Paris has never looked so good.

I have very little patience with computer games. If something takes me more than five attempts, I'm probably going to give up. This is another area where, for me at least, The Saboteur is excellent. It provides a challenge whilst never giving me that annoying feeling that it's actually impossible, and there is a room full of game developers laughing hysterically at my frustration. The main story is also not… more »

My wallet was a bit heavy one day and I like games based during wartime, so I bought The Saboteur. Although I'm only two thirds of the way through it, I think that overall it is a fantastic game.

The world you inhabit is massive. Games like this still amaze me. How can I spend 10 minutes driving across the world without a single loading screen or pause? It's also probably the most vibrant and varied world I have personally seen in a computer game. It may not have the comical quirks of a GTA game, but it makes up for it in sheer beauty. Paris has never looked so good.

I have very little patience with computer games. If something takes me more than five attempts, I'm probably going to give up. This is another area where, for me at least, The Saboteur is excellent. It provides a challenge whilst never giving me that annoying feeling that it's actually impossible, and there is a room full of game developers laughing hysterically at my frustration. The main story is also not hugely long, but there is plenty of free play stuff to blow up, and for that reason, it's a great game for dipping in and out of as well as one for getting really involved in. I regularly challenge myself to blow things up in the most creative way I can, and that's where this game's greatest strength lies, the flexibility it offers in general play.

The side missions can be a bit repetitive. Having said that, this is an accusation I would level at a lot of these types of games, especially GTA. All of GTA's missions fall into one of about 4 categories (follow someone/blow something up/collect something etc.) and there is very little room for being inventive within those missions. In The Saboteur you can decide how you want to go about destroying/killing your target for yourself. Having looked at various walkthroughs of missions I've completed, most of the time I have taken a different strategy and that level of flexibility within missions is great, and in my mind it also removes the element of repetition.

I've read a few reviews saying that the voice acting is rubbish. To be honest, I hadn't noticed and even now I think about it, it seems fine to me. Perhaps I am less discerning about my voice actors than other people.

Other gripes I have include the climbing mechanics being a bit slow and tedious and the stealth system when you are disguised is a bit odd. These are miniscule though compared to the positives. It is inevitable that this game will be compared with GTA4, and I think it wins by a mile. I got GTA4 and was bored after a few hours. I can't wait to get home most days so I can go about sabotaging some more Nazi installations in whatever way I feel is appropriate. The worst thing about this game is that Pandemic Studios no longer exist and therefore a sequel is unlikely.