The Saboteur™

Won't launch for some mysterious graphics card related reason. The only fix I could find that didn't involve downloading malware launches the game in windowed mode with the left end of the screen slightly cut off. A Steam game rereleased in 2024 shouldn't be doing this, it should be optimised for modern systems, but that's EA for you.

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A decent game. Not amazing. Not bad. Just decent. It is however plagued with lots of small ever present issues. While these issues haven't been bad enough to make my overall impression of the game a negative one, they are pretty annoying in the moment. Climbing is annoying because you have to repeatedly hit space rather than just holding it to climb. On top of that, climbing isn't entirely intuitive. There are some ledges that look like they should be climbable but aren't and though more rarely there are "invisible ledges" on the big important buildings that you wouldn't know existed unless you were already on a ledge below it ready to jump to it. The big scenic buildings usually only have one way of getting to the top and although this route is marked, it's pretty boring compared to having to figure it out yourself. Then again because what things you can grab onto is so inconsistent and unintuitive its probably better this way. Climbing is a huge part of the game so while it isn't a massive issue it is noticeable. Disguises are pretty bad since you actually draw more attention to yourself while just jogging than if you were undisguised. If you wanted to actually make use of disguises you would have to walk everywhere and that just makes the game painfully slow. Do yourself a favor go to the ai.ini file in the game's folder and change Disg_JogRadius to the same value as Disg_LoiterRadius if you plan on actually using stealth. On the topic of stealth, multiple times in the main missions the game just automatically sounds the alarm even if you manage to perfectly sneak your way to your objective which would be especially annoying if you spent a significant amount of time walking in a disguise. I can understand wanting to make an exciting escape sequence but it's kind of sad that there isn't an option to get in and out quietly. It really makes it seem like stealth was an afterthought and they just expected the players to blast their way in. The minimap is way too small for when you're on foot which makes it much more annoying to hunt freeplay targets because you have to first hit escape, then click on map, and then click on full map because the map they show you on the first click is just the same zoomed in map they show on your minimap. And because this is an old game there is no option to change the zoom on your minimap and you can't just hit M to go straight to the map screen. Quicksaving doesn't work and manual saving doesn't save your position, only your progress on stuff like freeplay targets and car collections. Every time you load in you will be placed back in one of your hideouts so its a cool way to get back to the city if you're in the middle of nowhere but it sucks when you're trying to stay in the middle of nowhere. I got in the habit of saving manually every time I opened the map because there are also no random periodic autosaves. Autosaves are only for when you finish a mission or complete a perk challenge. So if you clear out a good few dozen freeplay targets but you haven't manually saved in a while and then your game crashes you will just lose all that progress. And again quicksaving doesn't actually work. Also quickloading just loads your autosave so it's not very useful either. Even though I have been just complaining about the game I did quite enjoy the game overall. The story is solid although the main character's personality really just boils down to "♥♥♥♥ you I'm Irish" which does have its moments. The setting is the main draw here at least for me. The black and white in the oppressed areas really sets the mood and is very nicely contrasted by the liberated areas that are in full color. Also the small amounts of reds and blues that are allowed to shine through in the oppressed areas are very striking and looked really good. I really liked how the cars looked , especially the race cars. I didn't mind how clunky the regular vehicles were because to me it was really just to emphasize the maneuverability of the race cars and the other higher end vehicles. The gameplay loop of bombing targets to get money to buy more bombs and upgrades so you can bomb more targets was pretty fun although I did wish there was some kind of reward for completely clearing areas of nazi targets. The satisfaction of clearing the map was okay too though. But yeah an overall net positive experience.

I don't know if it's a bad game or it's aged so badly. - It lags on Geforce 3050 - It's very hard to shoot because cursor has "large steps". Your cursor is under the enemy and when you move mouse a little up, it jumps a lot and it's above the enemy. - Scripts sometime doesn't work and need to restart mission. It's not fun to do same things again and again. Why did I drop the game? Bryman mission. I freed him from the cell and need to run away from enemies. This... Bryman... cannot use ladders. OK. Let's try to find other way. This... Bryman... slowly walks when nazi shoots all over the place. OK. Let's take down enemies. This... Bryman... doesn't want to enter the car and waits when nazi call reinforcements. You know what? Let him be in a prison. I don't want to play this mission 7th time and find out what else Bryman doesn't like

This game is stupidly fun. Why EA shut down Pandemic I will never understand.

An oddly niche game about WWII with engaging combat and clever visuals. Tons of hours of gameplay, all for pretty cheap.

Отличная игра. Даже через столько лет и несмотря на баги.

a masterpiece and the absolute definition of a well produced video game (excellent voice acting, tons of things to do, and a deeply gripping storyline). the only downside is getting this classic to run on modern hardware. because it's an older title, you’ll need to manually tweak some resolution settings in a notepad file just to get it past the launcher. my fix: i got it running flawlessly at 1920x1080 in windowed mode, combined with a borderless window mod to simulate full screen. if you're willing to spend 5 minutes tinkering, it is 100% worth it. get this when it's on sale, worth a try

I originally played this game back in 2009 and recently decided to replay it. For a game released in 2009, it still holds up surprisingly well. Performance was smooth, I didn't experience crashes during gameplay, and I was able to complete the story without major issues. One thing I really liked was the ability to climb buildings. The lack of fast travel may not be for everyone, but for me it added to the atmosphere and made traveling through the city feel more meaningful. Overall, despite a few technical quirks, the game is still perfectly playable today. There are some minor bugs. The only recurring issue I encountered was when exiting the game through the menu. The game would freeze and could not be closed normally, forcing me to restart my PC, so I recommend saving first and then closing it through Steam Overlay or Task Manager instead. I am including this discussion thread because I am not the only one experiencing this issue. You can take a look at it and maybe find a proper fix, but I simply used the workaround mentioned above: [hr][/hr] https://steamcommunity.com/app/24880/discussions/0/7056650397735556926/ [hr][/hr] [h3] Since this is an older game, it launched in 800x600 resolution for me. I am including the guide I used to set everything up properly on a modern PC. [/h3] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3174907944 [hr][/hr]

Ancient open world game that has no shame in copying Assassin's Creed, when it was a liked franchise. Its basically just Assassin's Creed in WW2 France. Not bad to be honest. Does what it does right. The graphics are ok for the era and the color effects only appearing on liberated regions is cool. I only have a problem with the "health bar" being a blood screen. Getting hurt really obscures your screen and you can't see where the enemies are. Weapon selection is a bit limited and you can only hold two at once. Most feel ok, but the limitation means you will just walk around with the same weapons. Vehicles are also very limited and you will just stick to one or two of the fastest cars or maybe a tank if you manage to store one. They drive ok at least, besides feeling a bit heavy. The different control system for tanks takes a while to get used to. The story is very cliche and there isn't much to talk about it. Aside the very brief story about the nazis finding the body of Christ, that is never mentioned again, the story has no interesting points. Go to place, climb around, bomb thing, kill person. Maybe drive to escape enemies. Not amazing, but not bad. A product from its time. Remember to download the patch since the Steam version uses an older version.