The most beautiful use of colour I've seen in a game.
Gameplay: 9/10
visuals: 10/10
"Gave me a feel": 11/10
I must admit, i think I might be in love. I'll get to the point.
The saboteur is set in Paris in 1940 just after the outbreak of the second world war. Sean Devlin, an angry but soft hearted Irish-man who was forced out of his country is cheated in a grand prix race by kurt Dierker. As Sean and his friend Jewels attempt to get prankster based revenge, they discover that Kurt has a secretive darker side to that shown in the papers. The events that take place shortly after lead to Sean setting his sites on vengeance against the nazis, but mostly, Dierker to *very minor spoiler* avenge jewels.
In the game you'll meet many characters with clear personalities and different relationships with Sean. You help the French resistance fight against the nazis in the hope to find Dierker and avenge jewels.
As you inspire or liberate areas of paris they turn colourful, and bright. Areas under nazi control are in black and white. The less inspired an area is, the worse the weather is. In uninspired areas street executions are a common sight.
The games weapons are all relatively simillar, but it's cars where this game flourishes. dozens of dozens of cars can be collected from junkers, to race cars, even tanks.
While the game is a bit jokey and comedic someway through, the main story always takes you back to the emotional side of Sean's expierience, and showing the horrors of nazi occupied France and Germany.
Overall, I'm just going to say ignore the critics and say BUY IT!