Crispy Gamer  The Saboteur (PS3)  The Saboteur is not an easy
game to like.  The whole operation feels like Grand Theft Auto:
Europe. That might have been interesting three or four years
ago. But GTA's gameplay isn't aging well. As slick and as
polished as Grand Theft Auto IV was, as terrific as the
characters and storylines were -- Roman, you lovable,
heartbreaking bastard -- I never got through the game.  And how
I tried! I tried again with the recently released The Ballad of
Gay Tony. I told myself, "This time, I'm getting through this!
This time, things will be different." I forced myself to play
through no fewer than three Gay Tony missions each night. But
one night I forgot to do my three missions.  I have yet to go
back to the game.  I am weary of the drive-here-do-that-drive-
there-do-this formula. And I have been weary of it for a few
years now. Also: If you find that you need to implement a do-
your-homework-style strategy in order to get through a game,
you're probably playing the wrong game.  The Sa