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[Urist McScoopbeard]

The Fulton makes TPP way too easy on the whole.

[Cheedows]

Killed a bunch of chainsaw-wielding college students (I think?) with a chaingun.

Also took down a pirate VS Ninja fight with a rocket launcher, and blew up a violent environmental protest with satchel charges.

I now have unlimited ammo for my very powerful pair of Kobra pistols.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Saint's Row 2.

Try doing the Snatch activities, after level 6 you get unlimited SMG ammo for all the drive by and matrix gun-fu you could ever dream of.

[SOLDIER First]

The Fulton Ballista makes TPP way too easy on the whole.

[AzyWng]

Killed a bunch of chainsaw-wielding college students (I think?) with a chaingun.

Also took down a pirate VS Ninja fight with a rocket launcher, and blew up a violent environmental protest with satchel charges.

I now have unlimited ammo for my very powerful pair of Kobra pistols.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Saint's Row 2.

Try doing the Snatch activities, after level 6 you get unlimited SMG ammo for all the drive by and matrix gun-fu you could ever dream of.

Thing is, the Kobra is already an auto-pistol.

Granted, it's only got twenty rounds and goes through them quite quickly, but it's also got a pretty fast reload.

I've also discovered the joys of cruise control, which should help me avoid the driving glitch I've encountered (I put something about this in the "How did you last die" thread).

Haven't done the later levels of Snatch because recovering hos from pimps who try to re-snatch them is a bitch (pun intended) to deal with. Especially since you can't just shoot everywhere and then pour a 40 oz. on the aftermath, since the hos don't count as ho-mies (ha ha) while they're being re-snatched.

The Fulton Ballista makes TPP way too easy on the whole.

There we go.

Was about to make some snide remark about how the Fulton allowed you to upgrade your crew, thus allowing you to upgrade your weapons, making the game much easier, especially as countermeasures are put in place, but you already handled it.

This does remind me of a video I saw on Saint's Row 2 VS Saint's Row IV - the person who made the vid hated weapon upgrades and character because they made the game too EASY MODO and because they couldn't be undone.

You got dual pistols? You're stuck with them.

You got exploding bullets? You're stuck with them.

You got acid rounds? You're stuck with them, too.

[Twinwolf]

...Couldn't he just not buy them?

[SOLDIER First]

To be fair, you won't always realize something is that good until after you buy it.

[AzyWng]

Occasionally he'd just purchase a few upgrades for a gun and then he'd save, not knowing he'd saved the weapon upgrades as well.

Also, the vid creator hated the way the acid rounds looked.

The fact that they were always green (and would thus clash with the many weapon skins for the acid round's associated gun) was the main source of his enmity - he compared them unfavorably to a fart.

[Sirus]

To be fair, you won't always realize something is that good until after you buy it.

When are dual pistols ever bad?

How about exploding bullets?

Hell, even acid bullets sound awesome.

Worst case scenario he could always re-load to an earlier save.

[SOLDIER First]

In the case of this specific vid author, as described above, they make the game too easy. I think that would be pretty bad, maybe?

[EnigmaticHat]

I for one like the option to be able to run missions with dumb shit like melee only or pistol only.

Edit: and having every equipable weapon be god mode would kinda kill the spirit of that one

Double edit: I did play Saint's Row 3 and I wasn't bothered by any of the upgrades.  However I've also heard that the later superhero stuff does break the games by, for example, making cars useless (in a GTA clone with a detailed car customization system).

[Sirus]

There's no way that someone could see the opportunity to double their firepower (dual pistols, ferex) and not think that game difficulty might be affected somewhat by taking it. Unless the difficulty spikes to compensate (or the increasing difficulty of the game leads towards dual-wielding being a vital upgrade), I think this dude must have known that things would get a bit easier.

[SOLDIER First]

"A bit" is not "too easy".

[Sirus]

I was trying not to overstate. Obviously, doubling your rate of fire and shots-per-clip is a pretty hefty upgrade. Especially in Saint's Row, which as far as I know doesn't impose a drop in accuracy when dual-wielding anything.

[AzyWng]

I was trying not to overstate. Obviously, doubling your rate of fire and shots-per-clip is a pretty hefty upgrade. Especially in Saint's Row, which as far as I know doesn't impose a drop in accuracy when dual-wielding anything.

I think it doesn't drop reload rates either - they remain he same in 2 at least.

I've also heard that the later superhero stuff does break the games by, for example, making cars useless (in a GTA clone with a detailed car customization system).

I think the game started life as a GTA clone, but since 2 the game has become much different.

For starters, in GTA you can't custom-make every aspect of your characterful, from body type to clothing colors and patterns.

Ditto for the vehicles.

Incidentally, the vid author noted that the addition of superpowers meant Saints Row could no longer be compared to itself.

I should probably link to the vid so we're all on the same page, but I'm on school wifi and YouTube is blocked.

Here it is.

[Egan_BW]

In 3 I had great fun making enemies do hilarious backflips and fly through the air when I shot them with dual explosive pistols. :V