The Saboteur™

Essentially, The Saboteur is Thief – a stealth/action hybrid – modernized and put to nazi-era GTA Paris. You have freedom to do missions in your own way; in vast majority of cases no one is railroading you to follow a certain path. You can go guns out, all ninja or something in between. After gaining silenced pistol and the perk to sabotage, i.e. plant bombs, without suspicion while disguised the game turns into complete awesomeness. If missions aren't enough, the sheer amount of free play targets (worth dough and impacts e.g. escaping pursuit) is staggering. I also like the certain adultness and rough edges of the game, which seem to missing from modern titles. However, it's not all sunshine and rainbows though: – Console saving system with checkpoints. It works rather well, but when you run out of "easy missions" exploring and causing mayhem to nazis becomes ever more dangerous. – It's from 2009 so graphics, especially draw distance, can be bit so-so. It's not ugly per se, but looks dated. – Odd glitches every now and then – SOME missions are guns akimbo shoot'em ups... – ...especially towards the end of the game. By far the most annoying aspect of the game to me. – Side quests run out: Some areas are essentially not visited unless you go there in free play. – Feels like the devs ran bit out of steam towards the end of the game. Side quests and advancement (only so many perks & guns to find!) essentially stop. Although, end of the final mission is IMO extremely stylish. As far as stars go, I'd say 5- would describe the game best. There are some issues beyond mere age that could have been polished and/or fleshed out with bit more development time. Verdict: Grab it, play it, regret that there can never be a remake due to the game's graphical content....which includes blood, nazis with real swastikas (gasp!) and nudity (double-gasp!)

The saboteur is a very unique game set in a world war 2 setting. The area unlock that goes from black and white, to colored by progressing through story missions is a very cool mechanic in this game. I do have to note though that when initially starting this game you will have to change some graphical settings, in the graphics setup tool provided before starting them game. If however you still run into problems, go to an nvidia control panel (or similar), next go to program settings, select Saboteur.exe and change the max fps to 60, set graphics to 1920x1080 and enable vertical sync if you want.

Open world: 5/5 Setting: 5/5 Controls: 4/5 Characters: 3/5 Graphics: 2/5 Story: 2/5 Game balance: 1/5 Replay value: 0/5 I forgot how bad story was... I also forgot that the weapons are ridiculous here. I play this game because of setting and open world, other parts of the game are much worse.

What can I say? Driving around Paris, killing Nazis and blowing up stuff, what is not to like? I had a lot of fun playing this game. The quirkiness of the main character's dialogue adds a lot of charm to the game. I wish EA would release a version with improved graphics (which I'd gladly buy) because it does not look great on a 4k monitor. The above doesn't take an iota of how good the game is, and I recommend it.

This is my favorite open world games of all times. Great setting, tight story, descent shooting, good driving. And the refreshing mechanic, where nazi occupied zones appear in black and white until you liberate the sector is very well implemented.