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The Saboteur (PS3) | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 193
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Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Genre: espionage-action-games
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: Video Game
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: thesaboteurPS3
EAN: 5030930067229
ASIN: B002GYVYWG
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Pandemic Studios invites you to experience the ultimate open-world action/adventureas The Saboteur. Fight, climb, and race your way through a uniquely stylized version of Nazi-occupied France, and hunt down your sworn enemies who have taken everything from you. Enter the seedy underground world of a saboteur living in 1940s Paris, where the women are sexy, the missions are epic, and the revenge is satisfying.
Play as Sean Devlin, a street-tough Irish racing mechanic seeking personal redemption in the first open-world action game set in Nazi-occupied Europe. Now, its time for paybackwith the help of the French Resistance, British intelligence, an arsenal of weaponry, and your own street smarts and brawn, you must exact revenge on those who aimed to destroy your life. Motivated by retribution and armed with tactics of sabotage, blow up zeppelins, derail trains, implode bridges, destroy armoured tanks, and level enemy facilities in the name of vengeance. - Live the resistance in an open-world Paris Fight and sabotage your way through a stylized open-world 1940s Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower, to the riverbanks of the Seine, the cathedral of Notre Dame or the prestigious Champs-lyses
- Be the Saboteur Use a broad range of weapons and explosives to perform your blockbuster sabotage as you single-handedly hunt-down your enemies to dismantle and destroy the Nazi occupation
- Quiet In, Loud Out Use gameplay systems like Climbing, Sneaking, and Stealth Kills to infiltrate the Nazi occupation to perform acts of Sabotage Once you've blown your target to pieces, leverage the intuitive cover system and assortment of weapons to blast your way to freedom
- Vertical World This version of Paris was designed to leverage the unique abilities of The Saboteur. Being a Saboteur is all about surprise attacks and Paris' rooftops are the perfect path for your
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 28
 Saboteur March 10, 2010
B. W. Soper (UK)
I wasn't expecting too much from this title so I was pleasantly surprised as I went through the game and found myself greatly entertained. OK so the graphics and control systems have some short-comings but you can forgive that for the fun that it gives, a bit like living with a bad mannered smelly old pet! The fact that I must mention is the amount of hours this game has kept me amused. Admittedly the missions were taken care of in the usual double-quick time but the free-play section took me days and days to complete. All in all, not the best game in the world but if you measure quality in terms of longevity I have no hesitation in recommending this game.
A solid game with some nice touches March 9, 2010
Mr. Andrew Dw Sumner
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In a gaming world full of titles with similar story lines or genre it is often quick and easy to stereotype one game with another, and then throw critisism at it because it doesnt follow the same principle. It goes without saying that The Saboteur takes a lot of ideology from titles like GTA and Assassinns Creed, and as such will be placed in the same category as these titles. What is worth mentioning is that the Saboteur is NOT a copy of these games in my opinion, and in fact only adds yet another great title to the genre.
You play the character "Sean" who was an Irish racing driver with a bit of a shady past, who gets caught up in the initial invasion of France by the Nazi`s and, as a result of his involvement at the time, is given a reason to hate the Nazis and therefore want to join the french resistance. What ensues as a result is a mix of driving, stealth, espionage, sabotage,climbing, hiding,sneaking and all out battles with the Nazi`s on the streets of Paris.
The graphics are not benchmark, but are still clear, crisp and extremely well drawn and some of the effects used in the game are top quality. In areas where your influence has been felt the gaming world can be seen in full colour, whereas the areas that still feel the Nazi oppression are drawn using a Sin City style feel, highlighting such things as the trademark Nazi swastika in deep red whilst all around is black and white. Street lamps and windows cast out a dim yellow light and the red armbands of the german soldiers opress the dark and dreary picture being cast. All in all it is a very well thought out depiction of a city being held by an invading force and sets the scene well. It also gives Sean a good way of determining how far out his influence has reached.
Gameplay is good, with a liberal amount of driving, climbing, sneaking around and the inevitable fight as you carry out your mission parameter. Missions can be played as you see fit, and the game follows the "sandbox" genre allowing you to move around freely and conduct sabotage on German installations that will assist you later on in the game. If you take down a Nazi watchtower, it stays down, meaning you dont have to repeatedly destroy the same object.
Driving is similar to most gaming types of the same design and once you are used to it you will be zipping round the streets with no major concerns. One critisism in the damage engine used- Although gunfire will produce bullet holes on your vehicle, if you crash the car (which is highly likely) you appear to cause no damage to the vehicle, likewise crashing into another vehicle will not cause damage to either.
Climbing is a necessaray part of the game, and is carried out by grasping onto ledges or areas that Sean can reach. It can be fustrating at times, but generally it works.
Shooting is straight forward, however there is no lock-on facility so all aiming is done manually. This only adds to the drama in my opinion and makes the game more playable. On average the weapons you use cause a lot of damage to the enemy usually resulting in a first shot kill dependant on where on the body you hit.
Sneaking around is fun, and the ability to change into Nazi uniforms works well, unless you bump into Gestapo who see right through your disguise. Act suspisciosly and you get the same result- Why would a soldier plant a stick on dynamite to one of his own vehicles?? When not in disguise walking around the streets of Paris waving a weapon around is another surefire way to end up in a firefight.
The game itself does have a fairly adult theme to it and as such Seans dialogue can be a bit colourful at times. One of the Resistance headquarters is based in a brothel, so expect to see a bit of skin in the game too, though there is a feature in the options that allow you to cover up the modesty of the girls with tactfully placed stars.
All in all I feel that this is a well thought out game that covers a sensitive time in our history very well, using some clever effects to add a bit of atmosphere. It does have some small issues, hence the 4 starss but all in all this is an excellent game that should not be overlooked. Entertaining, thought provoking, dark, moody and atmospheric. Those worried that this is just another GTA copy, or a sneakfest game, be reassured that it is not. Yes, there is a certain amount involved to it, but it is also quite definately a shooter to boot.
Well worth a try. Highly reccomended.
 Saboteur March 8, 2010
Jake (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great concept, & a huge environment to explore, however the gameplay is weak, & the vehicles steer like icebergs. After just a few hours in I was losing interest and feel very disappointed, I suspect this one will be traded in quite soon.......unfinished!
 This really shows what the PS3 is capable of. March 3, 2010
BIG Apple Drinks Company (Wales)
Their is few games that are so mind numblingly beautiful that you can sit back and just be impressed with the world around you, but this is one of those games.
The scale of Paris and the ability to play this game open ended like GTA makes this one of the best games I have played in a long time.
One warning don't play this by your kids as the language is terrible and my 4 year son has picked up some terrible language that we are having to incourage him not to use as we were unaware that he listens to me playing this game, wait for the kids to go to bed and enjoy this fantastic game.
Also note it contains a lot of nudity.
Slick, cool and Challenging, the best it could possibly be February 20, 2010
J Tanning
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am sitting here writing this review having just completed the game. I, for no real reason, decided to look the game up on amazon and I was amazed. The average review was 4 and a half stars. The average for xbox was 4 stars. How could anyone who had played this game think of it as not being one of the best games they have ever played and 5 stars all round? It didn't make any sense. Then I thought back to my first impressions of the game and realised the people who posted those reviews ust didnt have any patience. Even some of the four star reviews didn't play the game long enough to realise the genius behind it.
To start with I want to talk about my first impressions of the game. If I had rated it within the forst half hour of playing my review would have been similar to some of the three four star reviews and if I had reviewed it within the first hour it probaby would have been a one or two star review. Why? Because the game is different. And tht is precisely the reason I have rated it five stars. My first impressions were well it is an original idea. There have been many WW2 games but I have never seen a free-roaming one and WW2 is the best time to set a shooter game, in the middle of a gigantic war. I like games that have some historical setting such as Assassins creed as it gives them authenticity and gives a good story unlike oter games which completely make up a modern day story, such as GTA4 (which is still the best game of all time)which has a slightly ludicrous story. The story of the Saboteur seemed very good. It was set in Paris which is good, and the map size was brilliant. The world you are in seemed very good, realistic varied landscape and people. The place where games like this can fail is the "getaway" part where you have the police chasing you and you have to get away. Fortunately it is very good on this front with great chases from the nazis and lots of options for escaping. Now we come to what seemed like the initial problems. The gameplay seemed very linear and repetative as the first few missions were similar, basically just kill a whole bunch of nazis. This doesn't mean it still can't be an amazing game; the trick is not to tell you how to follow the linear pattern (where GTA4 excels). The other option is to let you take on the mission however you like and the game seemed to fail here. The other problem was the surroundings seemed very deadened; just a few people moving about, lots of useless nazis, when you do something bad, shoot a gun etc, you just have to move away from the area and the nazis wont find you.
Then when you have played the game for an hour you start to think, as many reviews have stated, that the stealth system is useless. As this is meant to be a major factor in the game it would quite rightly give the game one or two star reviews. When you are diguised you are recognised almost straight away and so the stealth element becomes useless. It is also not like assassins creed in that the free running is not entirely fluid and dynamic it can be stubborn and slow.
Then, when you have played the game for a bit longer and continually try with the stealth you realise that actually the stealth system is very good, just realsitic. The problem other reviews have stated is that other soldiers spot you very quickly when oyu are disguised but the reality is that they would notice you quicky in real life if you decided to get to close to them in an infiltrated building. What the developers have cleverly done is made it so that just because you are in a disguise does not mean you can get away with anything; you have to be tactical and move quickly past enemy soldiers, occassionally stealth killing them when neccessary. You also have to behave like them so you can't run about or climb things or go to the top of buildings when there are soldiers up there (you can but you have to kill them quickly, if you dont want to draw attention to the area by punching them or using a silenced weapon; same if a soldier sees through your disguise on the ground). If you are careful and strategic the game becomes normal difficulty as you can use stealth in situations that would other wise be suicidal, such as killing a nazi genearl surrounded by soldiers. There are also places, usually relevant to the main character story of the main character wanting revenge on the nazi general who killed his friend and cheated to win a car race, were it is all out action and these are also very fun. The free running is also realistic but this is good for the game in two ways. Firstly it is not the quick and easy escape route it would be and secondly it means you only use it when you really have to or really want to and the entire game is not played across the rooftops; thats not what this game is about.
For rating for different catagories;
Setting: 5/5- original ideas, and a stunning recreation of WW2 Paris which is run to run around in and great graphics (I have a HD tv 1080p so other peoples opinions might differ, if your picture is too dark try putting the gamma up in the display options, ignore the "until you can barely see the sign" business)
Story: 4/5- A great story that has a bit of everything needed in a game like this and thankfully not too over the top but not exactly gripping.
Gameplay: 5/5- just needs a little time to be mastered then very fun and exactly what you would expect from a game about a man who is sabotaging the nazis in the french resistance.
Missions: 5/5- varied and interesting
Sound: 5/5 the background music is perfect for the game and very good music itself. Feels authentic.
cut scenes: 5/5 not horrific to watch and not out of sinc and terrible face graphics as with so many games.
The "getaway" scenarios 5/5 lots of escape options so you are not stuck being chased by the gestapo forever but neither is it too easy to get away. Another welcoming factor is that once you destroy the guard towers, AA guns etc that litter the city (these are not part of missions) they do not return and so it is a lot easier escaping in areas where you have destroyed lots of these. It also boosts the moral of the people and "fightback zones" appear which make it much easier to escape the nazis, rewarding you for your efforts.
All in all this is a fantastic game and is probably one of the best games ever made. If you are still not sure, rent it but take your time on it otherwise, like so many of the reviewers on amazon, you might not appreciate how fantastic it really is. It is truely special.
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