I can tell you for a fact that the Boss' personality and the story are not what carried the SR3 sales.
Yeah, I honestly can't think of any particular reason SRTT got the best sales, of all the SR games there is, SR2 is always the one I go back to.
There's just so much to do beyond the main story, activities, & diversions. So much to explore, so many secrets to find, and you can even join the cheerleading squad in their chant (at least I think that's an option in the vanilla game), among other idle animations Boss can perform while mingling with the citizens of Stilwater.
There's poker and blackjack in the casinos, you can even retire from the life of crime, and become a taxi driver, EMT, firefighter... The list is quite endless...
But in SRTT... (If anyone can think of any form of interactive features there are in Steelport, outside of Activities & Diversions... It would really help the game's case right now)... Yeah, if this was poker, this hand would be empty.
It's not about the characters being overpowered or not. I like a good underdog story too. But not one where the underdogs are being made fun of by the author.
Unfortunately that's the type of girl I am... I try to find the bright side in everything, because inside, my light is almost burnt out.
However, a recent post on some site I read, has me concerned about the main cast mid way through the game, they mentioned it feeling like it was an older generation trying to write lines that a younger generation would say, and some of the conversations had no context at all, it was just one-liners and jokes that didn't pay off... So... Yeah...
I'd need to see & hear these scenes for myself, but... It doesn't sound promising. But it does seem to back-up your "underdogs are being made fun of by the author" line. So I think I finally understand what you were saying now... But it really is one of those situations where I need to play the full game myself before I can make a judgment call.
For the rest we're just gonna have to agree to disagree I guess :/
I guess so, but not everyone can agree on everything. If we did, we'd all just be one big opinion-less emotionless hive mind... No thanks, I'll stick with my individuality please.