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Saints Row: The Third is INSANE On Nintendo Switch 2 | Performance Review

2025-06-16 · 9 min

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  1. Hello, welcome back to a new video.

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  2. So here we have Saints Row: The Third

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  3. playing on the Switch 2, and I have to say

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  4. this game looks absolutely insane.

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  5. The graphics are sharp, clear, crisp, and

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  6. the frame rate is very smooth.

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  7. So obviously there's no updates, upgrade

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  8. patch for it for the Switch 2, but because

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  9. the Switch 2 just performs on a much more

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  10. powerful hardware we are seeing improved

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  11. frame rates, improved clarity and

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  12. crispness in the gameplay, and it's just a

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  13. much overall better experience in this

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  14. game.

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  15. So if you're not aware of Saints Row,

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  16. basically it's like a more in-your-face,

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  17. tongue-in-cheek, comedic version of

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  18. GTA.

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  19. So it's kind of like GTA, you've got a

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  20. city, you've got hijacking vehicles,

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  21. driving A lot of violence.

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  22. You got kind of like crime-based missions.

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  23. You can attack everyone on the streets,

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  24. which is pretty cool.

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  25. And, um, yeah, it kind of has a more

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  26. cartoony feel to it.

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  27. So you can get in the cars

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  28. like that, and the driving— driving is

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  29. very similar to GTA.

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  30. It is very much like GTA.

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  31. I would argue that this is— if you want a

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  32. GTA experience on the Switch 2,

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  33. unfortunately there's no GTA 5 or 4.

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  34. But there is San Andreas, but Saints Row

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  35. the Third just looks much better.

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  36. This is, I mean, it's kind of like

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  37. Cyberpunk, I guess, but much older.

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  38. And you got the free roaming, the driving,

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  39. the graphics are pretty good, to be

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  40. honest.

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  41. It's just all the cutscenes and dialogue,

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  42. cheesy dialogue, is kind of annoying.

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  43. But yeah, it is kind of like a

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  44. bit like Cyberpunk experience but in a

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  45. more modern setting.

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  46. I mean, you got traffic, you got— you can

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  47. drive any vehicle.

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  48. Um, it's a pretty good substitute for GTA

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  49. 5 if that ever comes to Switch 2.

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  50. Who knows?

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  51. So yeah, the game runs really well, really

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  52. smoothly, very nice.

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  53. It's got quite a very responsive,

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  54. in-your-face kind of feel.

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  55. Everything's just over-exaggerated.

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  56. Access the phone.

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  57. Okay, you got a phone, then what?

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  58. Missions.

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  59. Got a camera.

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  60. Oh, access the map.

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  61. We got the map.

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  62. Set GPS.

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  63. Take a screenshot.

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  64. Oh,

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  65. that looks pretty cool.

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  66. Like that.

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  67. Okay, sorry, I got the screenshot.

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  68. You can fight— you do these special moves

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  69. as well

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  70. on random people.

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  71. God, he just— that's a bit over the top,

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  72. isn't it?

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  73. Her head got stuck in the bin.

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  74. Oh my God,

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  75. the finishing moves on this are crazy.

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  76. Oh, that's my ally.

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  77. Whoops.

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  78. Can I beat up the cars?

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  79. Guess we do the mission.

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  80. Oh, I'm running out of battery already.

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  81. Damn, it looks pretty good.

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  82. I feel like I'm playing Cyberpunk, to be

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  83. honest.

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  84. I actually like how it's third person and

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  85. not first person.

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  86. Yeah, the one thing I didn't like about

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  87. Cyberpunk was the first-person camera.

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  88. I think third person is much better in

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  89. this kind of genre.

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  90. Yeah,

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  91. it's kind of cool, like, uh, looks like

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  92. Cyberpunk, isn't it?

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  93. Obviously the graphics aren't as good as

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  94. Cyberpunk because it's An older game.

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  95. Why is she just shooting everyone?

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  96. Whoa, my God,

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  97. uh, what do I do?

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  98. I drove into the sea.

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  99. Whoops,

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  100. wasn't even watching.

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  101. I'll warp to the shore.

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  102. That's good.

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  103. Where's my car?

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  104. He just jumps into the window.

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  105. The driving feels pretty nice.

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  106. Oh, I'm abandoning my friend.

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  107. Get in,

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  108. just get in.

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  109. Oh my God, what an idiot.

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  110. The ragdoll is quite funny.

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  111. Yeah, it seems pretty good.

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  112. Quite a fun gameplay if you want to look

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  113. for GTA kind of game on the Switch too,

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  114. and maybe you don't want to pay £60 for

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  115. Cyberpunk.

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  116. It's pretty funny.

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  117. What was that?

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