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{{Infobox video game

| title = The Saboteur

| engine =

| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]]

| genre = [[Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]]

| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]

}}

 

 

Gameplay in ''The Saboteur'' combines driving, shooting, melee combat, and exploration. Players can make use of a variety of weapons and abilities to fight enemies or explore the environment, such as Sean's [[parkour]] skills, which allow him to climb high buildings in seconds to facilitate traversal. The game features an [[open world]] comprising Paris' various boroughs and the surrounding countryside. Initially, most of the map is occupied by German forces, symbolized by a black and white filter applied on the in-game map, as well as the environment itself. By completing main and side missions, each borough is slowly liberated, and the environment returns to its natural colors.

 

 

==Gameplay==

[[File:Saboteur 2009 screenshot.png|thumb|left|The player character, Sean Devlin, standing on a street corner in a Nazi-occupied borough of Paris (symbolized by the black and white filter).]]

 

Throughout the game, Sean can upgrade his abilities and arsenal via "Perks", such as improving accuracy with a sniper rifle, ammo count for all weapons, damage, and more. Perks are gained through actions, such as evading high-level alarms, [[sniping]] targets or demolishing a set number of German installations or vehicles with a certain requirement. The player also has the ability to scale buildings and run across rooftops, where sometimes British supply boxes can be found, or to reach a good sniper's view of the ground beneath. Garages are available to the player, which can save parked vehicles and repair damaged ones. The player can also engage in fist-fights or use a more stealthy approach, such as sneaking around or using a Nazi's uniform as a disguise.

 

 

===The Midnight Show===

 

The extra content provides the player with new [[brothel]]s and hiding spots. It also includes a [[minigame]] in which the player can earn in-game items such as a car not found during the main campaign. Most notably, however, installing the add-on automatically renders all brothel girls in the game topless, although nudity can still be toggled on and off.<ref name="Nude Pack Gives Gamers Choice in The Saboteur" /> This caused some controversy at the time of the game's release.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=John|first=Tracey|date=December 8, 2009|title=Sex and 'The Saboteur': Dev Talks Nudity in New Game|url=http://techland.time.com/2009/12/08/sex-and-the-saboteur-dev-talks-nudity-in-new-game/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|access-date=November 26, 2011}}</ref>

Sean Devlin is a hard drinking Irish race car driver and mechanic, who emigrated to France to escape his criminal past. A regular among the racing groups of [[Paris]], Sean travels to [[Saarbrücken]] with his mentor Vittore Morini, best friend Jules Rousseau, and Jules' sister Veronique to compete in the 1940 Saarbrücken [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]]. During his stay, Sean meets up with his on-again, off-again girlfriend Skylar St. Claire, and starts a rivalry with Kurt Dierker, an infamous racer and champion of the Nazis. During the race, Dierker cheats by shooting out one of Sean's tires, causing him to lose. Despite Skylar's warnings, Sean and Jules break into Doppelsieg, the automotive factory that Dierker works for, to sabotage his car as revenge. The two are captured by Dierker, who reveals himself to be a Nazi [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] Commander and believes them to be British spies. Dierker tortures Jules to death while Sean manages to escape, only to witness the [[Battle of France|German invasion of France]]. Sean manages to rescue Vittore and Veronique before they escape to Paris. Sean tells Jules' family what happened to him, and vows to take revenge on Dierker.

 

 

Sean meets up with Skylar again, who reveals herself to be a British spy with the [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE), and she takes Sean to her superiors. They task him with a series of jobs, including stealing an unknown treasure from the Nazis. Sean and Skylar are soon tasked with rescuing a defecting German scientist named Dr. Kessler. It is revealed that the Doppelseig factory is a front for an [[German nuclear weapons program|atomic weapons project]] that they were forcing Kessler to create. After Kessler is rescued, he refuses to work with anyone unless his daughter Maria is saved as well. Sean soon rescues Maria from her captors and takes her to the resistance headquarters, which is immediately then attacked by the Nazis, forcing the resistance to flee into the [[Catacombs of Paris|catacombs]]. During this raid, Veronique is captured and prepped for execution at [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre Dame]]. Luc, not wanting to expend resistance resources to save one prisoner, denies Sean's request for an organized raid to rescue Veronique. After this, Sean is forced to rescue Veronique by himself, which he succeeds in doing.

 

==Development==

 

 

 

==Reception==

| X360 = true

| na = true

| EuroG_X360 = 6/10<ref name="EuroG"/>

| G4_X360 = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="g4-review">{{cite web|url=http://www.g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/45188/the-saboteur/review/|title=The Saboteur Review - Xbox 360|last=Manuel|first=Rob|date=December 3, 2009|publisher=[[G4 (U.S. TV channel)|G4TV]]|access-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311103619/http://www.g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/45188/the-saboteur/review/|archive-date=March 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| GI_PS3 = 8/10<ref name="GI"/>

| GI_X360 = 8/10<ref name="GI"/>

| GameRev_PS3 = B−<ref name="GameRev">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/45103-the-saboteur-review |title=The Saboteur Review (PS3) |last=Tan |first=Nicholas |date=December 9, 2009 |website=[[Game Revolution]] |publisher=[[CraveOnline]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009202439/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/the-saboteur |archive-date=October 9, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref>

| GameRev_X360 = B−<ref name="GameRev"/>

| GSpot_X360 = 7.5/10<ref name="GSpot"/>

| GSpy_X360 = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="GSpy"/>

| GT_X360 = 7.6/10<ref name="GT">{{cite web |url=http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/hmlpff/the-saboteur-review |title=The Saboteur Review |website=[[GameTrailers]] |publisher=[[Defy Media]] |date=December 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812044613/http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/hmlpff/the-saboteur-review |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 23, 2015}}</ref>

| GB_PS3 = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="GB"/>

| GB_X360 = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="GB"/>

| PCGUS_PC = 86%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Saboteur |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |publisher=Future US |date=January 2010 |page=68}}</ref>

| PSM_PS3 = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review: The Saboteur |magazine=[[PlayStation: The Official Magazine]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |issue=29 |date=February 2010 |page=72}}</ref>

| rev1 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''

| rev2 = ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''

| rev2_X360 = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref name="Wired">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/12/review-the-saboteur/ |title=Review: The Saboteur Sttumbles by Selling Stealth Short (X360) |last=Kohler |first=Chris |date=December 3, 2009 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref>

}}

 

The PC version of ''The Saboteur'' received "generally favorable" reviews, while the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name="MCPC"/><ref name="MCPS3"/><ref name="MCX360"/>

 

 

 

''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave the PS3 version an A− and said, "The nicest touch is that your free-roaming sabotage has a direct effect on the quests that advance the main story."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://games.avclub.com/the-saboteur-1798218508 |title=The Saboteur (PS3) |last=Teti |first=John |date=December 14, 2009 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |publisher=[[The Onion]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217092126/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-saboteur,36255/ |archive-date=December 17, 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref> 411Mania gave the Xbox 360 version a score of 7.5 out of 10 and said, "If you’re a fan of GTA or Mercs 1 or 2 you’ll probably get some enjoyment out of the Saboteur, but for everyone else this game is a rental at best."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/126668/The-Saboteur-(Xbox-360)-Review.htm |title=The Saboteur (Xbox 360) Review |last=Salmela |first=Mark |date=January 13, 2010 |website=411Mania |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116131305/http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/126668/The-Saboteur-(Xbox-360)-Review.htm |archive-date=January 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' gave the same console version seven out of ten and called it "a highly enjoyable game in its own right and it succeeds at being pure, rollicking entertainment. Players who are prepared to look past its derivative gameplay will find its silly characters [and] ridiculous plot and even some of its technical flaws may just be part of the reason they continue playing it long after the first couple of hours have passed by."<ref name="Telegraph"/> ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', however, gave the same console version six stars out of ten and called it "a big game best taken in small doses: An hour or two of clamber up the side of a building, snipe some guys, drive like hell, lather, rinse, repeat was plenty. Any more than that and I started to think maybe the Nazis could just ''have'' France, if they wanted it so bad."<ref name="Wired"/> ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' gave the PS3 version five out of ten and called it "an awesome display of clichés, stereotypes, shortcuts and failures in logic."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Saboteur (PS3) |author=Edge staff |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |publisher=Future plc |issue=210 |date=January 2010 |page=86}}</ref>

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