THQ's 2011 open-world, urban warfare action-adventure, third in the series: The Third Street Saints have moved from street gang to international brand complete with mascot and licensing and have attracted the attention of The Syndicate, the world's largest criminal organization.
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Do wheel spikes actually accomplish anything?
When upgrading cars, it's possible to purchase wheel spikes that add a spinning metal blade to your car's tires, ostensibly to pop other cars' tires and to injure pedestrians—so far, though, I haven't ...
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How can I own 100% of a district in Saints Row: The Third?
In Saints Row: The Third I own 64% of the 'Deckers' district, but I don't know how to own the remaining 36%.
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In the “Subtlety Optional” assassination, what counts as a muscle car?
In the assassination "Subtlety Optional" assassination given by Angel, he says to pull up to a certain gas station in a muscle car to lure out the owner/target. I have tried several different cars ...
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What's an hour of Saints Row: The Third time in real life?
Saints Row: The Third is my first experience with the franchise, and I'm trying to understand when city income will be available for me to transfer out.
The game says one hour, but it seems I have ...
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How can I (safely) disable a car?
In numerous instances, I've wanted to disable a car quickly (usually while driving, but occasionally on foot). With my current loadout this means a lucky grenade, shooting the driver, or managing to ...
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How do I get the “You're My Hero!” achievement?
To get "You're My Hero!" you must finish all of the challenges listed in the Saintsbook. This is probably one of the more involved achievements in the game.
What's the best way to clear each ...
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When phone calls stop you from jumping through car windows, there's something wrong
I am growing extremely tired of running up to a car, right before jumping through the windshield/passenger/driver side window and as I'm hitting the button to get in... I get a phone call, and hit the ...
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What weapons are available and how do they differ?
To go by the inventory at Friendly Fire, SR3 sports a surprising lack of weapon diversity (two weapons at the same price in each of Pistols, SMGs, Shotguns, and Rifles), which suggests that the ...
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How do I use the cruise control?
In Saint's Row 2, I made extensive use of the cruise control for those drive-and-shoot missions. I seem to remember being told I could use cruise control in Saint's Row 3, but I can't seem to figure ...
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Where can I find a Status Quo?
One of the assassination missions requires that I be driving one of the limos in the game, the Status Quo. I've seen them from time to time (normally when I'm wanting a high-speed getaway vehicle ...
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Is there any benefit to doing stunt jumps and barnstorms?
I only recently discovered that there are stunt jumps and barnstorm challenges in this game, for making your car fly and your planes nearly crash, respectively. There's no achievement that tracks ...
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Is there any way to force a survival challenge to start?
One of the things I still have left to do is a whole bunch of survival challenges. These challenges occur when a friend of the Saints calls you on your cell and asks you to show up at a location and ...
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How do I know who's a ho? [duplicate]
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Where can I find an unattractive, overweight woman of leisure?
I'm on an assassination mission in Saints Row 3 and I'm supposed to "Grab one of his hos in Henry Street ...
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My car got punted into a shop. Can I still get back into it?
During an early mission in the game, you have to customize a car and get all dressed up. So I did. Dropped a not-insignificant amount of money making my ride topless and purple, as well as myself. ...
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Can I change my clothes or am I stuck in this horrible grey-and-purple suit?
I'd downloaded the Saint's Row the Third Initiation Station to fool around with. What can I say, I like playing dress-up. I'd made a few characters but never uploaded them to the community site. ...
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Where can I find an unattractive, overweight woman of leisure?
One of the assassination targets in the Saintsbook is "Smoov" in Henry Steel Mills. To draw him out, I apparently have to, and I quote, "grab one of his ho's" who are described as "fatter, uglier ...
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What's the easiest way to maximize profits from Insurance Fraud?
Insurance Fraud is one of the side activities in Saints Row 3, and it plays extremely similarly to the way it did in Saints Row 2. I'm planning on using it in SR3 to get the Windshield Cannon ...
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Why can't I use the RC Possessor?
when I try to equip the RC Possessor in Saints Row the Third, the weapon is not selectable - why is this? How can I use this weapon?
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While streaking, can I “shock” police officers?
I'm working on the Saintsbook challenge for streaking, and occasionally I raise the ire of the police. Normally I run away from them, seeing as they're shooting at me and I'm rather... vulnerable. ...
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What's an easy way to complete the “2-wheels” distance challenge?
One of the challenges in the Saintsbook is to drive your car a certain distance on two wheels. I usually get a tiny 2-wheel distance every time I jump the car over something, but this seems like a ...
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Do I have to replay the entire campaign again in order to get the “complete act x a different way” achievements?
I'm playing through the campaign of Saints Row 3, and at certain times you're presented with a choice about how to proceed. There are achievements for choosing each path. Right now I'm saving before ...
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What's the trick to earning enough points in Mayhem activities?
Among activities wherein you must achieve a particular score within a time limit, there exists a continuum of freneticity. On the hyperactive side are things like Tank Mayhem, where you are basically ...
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How can I most efficiently launch myself through my car's windshield?
One of the challenges in the Saintsbook is "Windshield Cannon" - I have to launch myself through the windshields of cars until I've met a certain distance requirement.
I can't seem to figure out what ...
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How do I clear the “Hard” levels of Prof. Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax?
I was playing some of the Hard variant of the "Genki" side-mission with a friend last night, and we both got demolished several times in a row. There's one part where Brutes seem to spawn endlessly. ...
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How do I lose my wanted level in co-op?
I play co-op with a partner who frequently causes trouble for the police and rival gangs. (I, of course, am a perfect little angel who drives courteously and wouldn't dream of being inconsiderate to ...
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Why do my cinematics end abruptly?
I've noticed that some of my cinematics, as well as dialogue, seem to be ending abruptly. To the point that I'm wondering if it might be a glitch. I've had sentences cut short in the middle of a word. ...
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Does the “Third and 30” achievement track across multiple saves?
The requirement for the "Third and 30" achievement in Saints Row: The Third says Spend over 30 hours in Steelport. If I have 20 hours on one save file and 10 on another, will I get the achievement? Or ...
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Can I get credit for lewd gestures at people who are already trying to kill me?
In Saints Row 3, one of the Saintsbook challenges (and an achievement) is taunting gang members. I can go around and taunt enemy gang members, but I only seem to get a popup (and credit in the ...
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What is Cat & Mouse?
On your phone, if you to Extras and click on Stats, there's a large amount of information about your various statistics about your game.
On page 10 of 11 at the top of the page, there are two ...
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What do I have to do to unlock activities in other parts of Steelport?
One of the things I enjoy about the Saints Row series is the side activities: Insurance Fraud and that kind of thing. I'd like to play more of them, but right now I only have activities unlocked in ...
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How can I turn off the tutorial popups?
I'm over 20 hours into my game, but I still get popups telling me what Assassinations are, describing Vehicle Thefts, telling me about upgrades when I level, etc. I've already participated in all of ...
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If I choose to take Killbane's mask, am I completely locked out of the Apoca-fists?
At the end of the Murderbrawl XXXI mission, you can either choose to take Killbane's mask, which allows you to acquire his mask to wear, or he will tell you the "secret of the Apoca-fists."
If I ...
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When playing Saints Row 3 in co-op, does my progress carry over to my single player save?
I want to play with a friend in Saints Row 3, but he's at a different part of the plot missions than I am. If I save my game while playing in his lobby, do I get credit for having finished the ...
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Where do I get the Fart in a Jar?
There's an achievement called Stay Classy Steelport which reads as follows: Kill 25 Gang Members each with 'the Penetrator' AND the Fart in a Jar.
I've had The Penetrator for a long time, but I've ...
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How much is the reward for Stag Party?
At the end of the mission, you're given the option to either turn Josh Birk in to Cyrus to get a bonus to City Takeovers, or you can give him to Shaundi to turn him into a Homie. Cyrus mentioned that ...
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Do I have to use a stolen vehicle to complete a Vehicle Theft?
In the Saintsbook, there are a number of side quests to complete, including Vehicle Thefts. For those, a chop shop owner picks a type of vehicle for you to steal, and rewards you for bringing one to ...
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How do I get the “Ow My Balls!” achievement?
The description for the "Ow My Balls!" achievement reads as follows:
Do your first nutshot AND testicle assault.
I've made several nutshots so far and I've also done several testicle assaults but ...
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My gamer profile does not have permission to access member content but I have family settings off
Hope this isn't a stupid question but I get a notification that my gamer profile does not have permission to access member content and that I should check family settings, but I have that disabled. I ...
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How can I speed up the cooldown for the helicopter homie?
After calling him, I keep having it grayed out for awhile, with no idea what drives it or what I could do to get it refreshed besides go about my business. Is there anything I can do to speed this up? ...
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What are the respective awards for Ho Boat?
Similar to this question, you again need to make a choice that will give you different rewards in the mission Ho Boat.
Choosing to give the hos back to Morningstar results in a lump sum of cash, ...
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Can I permanently enable Camera Mode?
Camera Mode is a new option in the Saints Row series that I'd like to have always on. Sometimes I run across something that happens quickly that I'd love to get a screencap of, but then I find that ...
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What's the most effective way to make Nut Shots?
In the Saintsbook, there's a challenge from Shaundi to make 25 Nut Shots. However, I'm having difficulty pulling this off (I also had a hard time completing this challenge in Saints Row 2 and was ...
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Can you get back into Safeword?
During the mission Return to Steelport, you need to go to a club named Safeword to rescue Zimos. Are you only able access Safeword during this mission, or is it also possible to return and run around ...
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Can I rob my own stores for challenge completion?
In the Saintsbook, there's a list of challenges to complete throughout the game. Pierce wants me to rob 15 stores for one of them. However, I'm wondering if this is a challenge I need to complete ...
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How do I unlock helicopters?
How do I get helicopters for my personal use outside of activities in Saints Row: The Third? I've bought the hangar, but I don't see any copters lying around the airport. Do I just need to look around ...
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How do I effectively fight Brutes?
I have only been playing for 3 hours and the brutes are really making it difficult. I get surrounded by 10+ normal gang members and then a brute turns up. I can't ram the brutes in a vehicle and I ...
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How much are the bonuses for each choice at the end of Act 1?
At the end of the raid on Loren's tower, you're given a choice to either set off the bomb or disarm the bomb.
For setting off the bomb, you get a permanent Respect bonus. For disarming the bomb, you ...
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Is there any way I can prevent my own Manapult from sucking me into it?
I received the Manapult truck as part of the Professor Genki DLC. However, running around and sucking up helpless citizens and shooting them as cannonballs tends to raise your notoriety with the ...
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Is there any way to see numbers for weapon upgrades in Saints Row: The Third?
Saints Row: The Third has introduced an upgrade system for the weapons. Paying extra cash allows you to upgrade to various levels (I've so far seen 4; I don't know if there's more), but it only has ...
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Do I need to purchase the Online Pass even though I bought it new?
When I went to check out the co-op play option but it says that I haven't purchased the Online Pass and therefore cannot use it. I know that online passes have become more popular in the past year and ...
