The Saboteur: Difference between revisions

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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.

 

===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>

 

==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>

| 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"/>

| OXM_X360 = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.oxmonline.com/article/reviews/xbox-360/s-z/saboteur |title=The Saboteur |last=Dyer |first=Mitch |date=December 8, 2009 |magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] |publisher=[[Future US]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213011751/http://www.oxmonline.com/article/reviews/xbox-360/s-z/saboteur |archive-date=December 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref>

| 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>

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[[IGN]] praised the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions for their sound, black and white visuals, and "cheap thrills", while criticizing their unpolished gameplay and somewhat silly animation.<ref name="IGN"/> [[GameTrailers]] called the Xbox 360 version yet another open-world destruction game of 2009.<ref name="GT"/> The game was praised for being fun, although the site criticized the choppy voice acting, varying graphical quality and the unpolished end product. ''[[X-Play]]'' praised the same console version's unique look and setting, and the variety of gameplay, but criticized its poorly executed story, enemy AI, and various glitches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/45188/The-Saboteur/review/ |title=The Saboteur Review (X360) |last=Manuel |first=Rob |date=December 3, 2009 |website=[[X-Play]] |publisher=[[G4 Media]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102090324/http://g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/45188/The-Saboteur/review/ |archive-date=January 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref>

 

 

''[[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>