Saturday, October 12, 2013

Experience 1011 - Paul

After returning to the simulation everyone was in "attack me" mode. Kinzie had a special mission to calm things down by running around tossing CID into the air the destroying things. All was well after some wonton destruction.

AKA - Do this now.
Afterward I figured it was time to return to the presidential outfit for a bit.

Purple suit... hmm how would it look in reality?


No songs about how this president doesn't fight in wars...

I took on Asha's secondary mission involving the protection of a VIP. This was a piece of cake compared with the protect the vip missions of the previous Saints Row games.


Ominous
Near the end of the mission you are ambushed by tons of enemies (thanks to Zinyak hacking of course). Even without the super powers my weapons are so far upgraded there is little challenge other than avoiding being dumb enough to stand in the middle of too much gunfire.

This wasn't the plan but it was funny to see the VIP flung from the car (not even sure why the car flipped honestly -- this happened just after we got into it)

At the end of the mission you have to battle super Genki. Genki super powered is not really different from any of the other super powered enemies... you have to knock down a shield and then blast him. Super Asha and Super Shaundi were there to help out (not that they did too much...).

The shot below is of my character tossing an enemy droid that is the key to removing all notoriety so the Zin will leave you in peace. It's an interesting design alternative to just hiding and waiting for the notoriety meter to drop down.

Action Shot!
Up next I finally went to save Pierce, the verbal insult punching bag of the gang. He's a goofball and the main character consistently antagonizes him but also generally relies on him. CID interprets the history of the boss and Pierce fairly well.

A bit judgmental aren't we Wheatley?
Pierce's mission centers around a battle with a gigantic can of Saints Flow. It's an entertaining sequence involving the penthouse from SR3 and lots and lots of rockets. The can is also given an actual name: Paul. Paul is quite angry and slams the ground and throws stuff at you.

His name is Paul. Seriously... Paul.

After a number of attempts to take down Paul with weapons you take over a gigantic steelworker statue (the large one from SR3) and take on Paul in melee combat. This melee battle was... clunky and not very interesting.

Bad(?) news - no more Saints Flow.
Who needs [redacted] anyway?

Pierce's side quest is pretty bland and involves a callback to Michael Dorn's character (Maero) from SR2. But (as a positive) as with previous titles there's a sing-a-long to a popular song... and not just one but two! Unfortunately Paula Abdul's Opposites Attract did not result in a very entertaining recording... BUT the second was much funnier: Just a Friend by Biz Markie. Everyone was into that recording: the main character, Pierce, and to top it off with awesome... Zinyak himself interrupts and sings along like he's an opera singer. The Biz Markie song is cut off a bit early but it's definitely a great addition to the history of Saints Row sing-a-longs. Bravo!

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