YES!!!It was a shameless cash-in

I noticed too, looked like strawberry syrup or something.

Has anyone played the Saw video games, too? I played only the first one and it's pretty cool despite some frustrating puzzles. Never played the sequel.

What is the first game like? Is it just puzzle solving or is there more actual gameplay than that?

It's a little bit of both. You solve puzzles along the way as you navigate through the traps and the environment. The way it ties into the films and fills in some gaps is very interesting.

Does it tie into the other movies-thought it was only based on Saw 1?

The first game ties mostly into the first two movies although aspects of the others also make it in.

Same Here.

The first Saw film was a brilliant masterpiece (even if it borrowed a number of things from the Abominable Dr. Phibes). Virtually everything was superb in the first film, story, concept, acting, atmosphere, character development. I would say one of the best films of the 00s. The second was pretty good, but not exceptional. Something had been lost from the first to the second. After that it became more of the same and the kills became more and more brutal. I am not a big fan of the torture sub-genre and tolerated it in the first film because on-screen violence was actually not that bad, but after that the series became increasingly more violent (starting with the second film). So, the first film brilliant yes, even high on my greatest horror movies list, the series as a whole I would have to say no.

On the game topic, actually I played the games before I seen the movie. I was doing some research on games for Christmas and I came across the original Saw game. It looked like it would be an entertaining game, so I got it for Christmas. I played the game and nearly beat the game (and was impressed by the whole game concept of Saw). So, I decided to lift my personal ban on the series and watch the original. I used my free rental space on VUDU and watched it. I was blown away, one of the best films in the mosern era, very original. I eventually saw the second film, but after that it was becoming less appealing, as I metioned. So, yes I have played the game and it was very impressive, I also bought the secind game and it was really good too.

I love the saw films. Definitely my favorite series.

Would you say the second game was better than the first or not as good? From the gameplay footage I watched, it seems a little better.

There were apects of it that made it easier to play, but I really liked the first one a great deal.

So you'd say the first game was better?

Yes, I would say the first was better, but the second one was good too.

Cool, I'll try it, sometime.

I know some of us did this before but how does everyone here rank the series in order of preference? I posted my ranking before (2, 1, 6, 5, 4, 7 and 3).

Don't think my order has changed much-1,2,6,5,4,3,7

I definitely agree with 1, 2 and 6 as the top three. I'm still impressed with how surprisingly good the sixth one was. I remember thinking the series wouldn't get another entry as good as the first two for a long time, then low and behold the sixth came along to change that :)

Yeah I wasn't too keen on parts 3 and 4 as you know, 5 was a bit better but Part 6 was amazing the way all the pieces came together. I was properly thrilled by a Saw movie again and hadn't been since the sequel :)

Definitely. 6 was one of those movies that turned out a lot better than it had any right to. I still feel had it been the final film it'd be a very high note to end the series on.

For me:

Saw I
Saw II
Saw III
Saw VI
Saw IV
Saw V
Saw 3D.

I personally did not like the saw movies after part 2 seems like the same thing over and over again

This is not going to go over well.

I felt 6 was a strong return to form for the series but to each their own. I think it was almost as good as the first two.

Saw: Whats ur favorite trap?
 

I have been a saw fanatic since the first movie was released in 2004. This is truly one of the most elaborate stories I have come across in Horror Movies. Every movie leaves a trail of clues that intertwines into the story and leaves you thirsty for more. That traps that these people are in are so well through out and well plan i think its truly incredible. I will always have a love for the original trap involving the man in the barbed wire having to fight for his life, but after watching all the movies traps evolve and get far more deadly. I am now a huge fan of the trap with the 2 kids in the town square, when the girl is hanging over the guys and they have to choose to kill each other or the chick. That was brilliant lol Whats your favorite trap? Id love to chat about it!

My favorite trap is the Needle Pit in Saw II but I also love the furnace and Death Mask.

Repsonse to Favortie Trap
 

I personal dislike the needle pit, I hate needles and it was horrific to watch her get thrown in there, but it was very clever lol There are so many traps to pick from it is really hard to just narrow it down. I guess I should have asked favorite trap in each movie hahahaha But thanks for the reply

My favorite trap in each movie:


1 - Jaw Splitter
2 - Needle Pit
3 - Rack
4 - Knife Chair
5 - Pendulum
6 - Steam Room
7 - Garage/Car Trap

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Love it lol It really is so hard to choose the favorite trap. The Knife Chair was brutal I mean that guy totally deserved it as most of the people who are put to the test but It was horrific to watch that man press his face against the knives. I guess my all time favorite is The Public Execution Trap.

1- The Flammable Jelly
2- The Hand Trap
3- The Angel Trap
4- The Bedroom Trap... only because that man DEFF deserved it lol
5- The Coffin Trap
6- The Carousel Room
7- The Public Execution Trap

You picked some good one. The Carousel in 6 was insane.

Another trap I always liked is the Death Mask in Saw II. I always liked the design of it and the scene itself is intense.

Full Disclosure Report.

Thought I'd share this other neat little extra with Saw fans, from the first movie's Special Edition DVD.

That's my ranking too. I agree that VI was quite good, and IV pretty good too, especially with the return of Donnie Wahlberg, but the first three had the best twists at the end. Although III was actually a double-twist, which some might say was almost a parody of itself (or at least would make a good SNL sketch... "Saw XIX, the movie with 18 twists at the end!")

I really like the series though and how the movies intertwine. Probably my favorite horror series. Most other horror series have a few total stinkers, but I didn't think Saw deteriorated too much. The final chapter could have ended more interestingly though, and the public trap at the beginning was a little silly.

The public trap in 7 was pretty pointless and was pretty much just there for gore's sake. But I think put together with 6 the movie makes for a decent finale to the saga.

I always thought interquels set in-between the events of some of the past sequels would've been cool to have seen, and there's much room for it too since there's a six-month gap between Saw II and Saw III+beyond.

I watched all part of saw but version in 3D was boring and uninteresting for me.

I didn't seen the seventh one in 3D, but from the looks of the 2D version there was hardly anything worthwhile with the 3D that warranted the extra cash to see it as such.

Saw 1 was a very good movie. No that gory actually but quite intense and creepy... especially the scene when the "pig-head" was hidden in the closet in the mid movie.

Gore and suspens were very pertinently handled. But maybe I felt like scary because it was the first episod then kind of a discovery and moreover I was quite young in 2004 (13 years old, and I remember I was not totally confidend after having seen it).

I stopped watching them after the 4th one. IMO The story ended at 3 with the death of Jigsaw. I thought that the first three (especially the first one) were well above par examples of the genre but the fourth one, for me, was unengaging and rote. Out of the first three my favourite scare/trap/scene was the chase in the lair in the first one where the cop gets his head blown off by the hidden shotgun. Especially in the unrated cut.

The series improves after the fourth one IMO, I'd definitely recommend you give them a chance. 6 in particular is very good.

Personally, I am not a big fan of the torture genre. I heard that any beyond two should be explored with caution (in other words, the series is not really that good after two). I heard that six was really terrible. I thought the first Saw was brilliant and the second one was pretty good, but was missing something. Consequently, I view it as good, but that's all. I have not seen any after two.

I'll get around to a few of them somewhere down the line Im sure. I agree that one bad sequel does not a series ruin. Just look at the F13th films (well...three bad sequels in that case imo), but if I could sit through Jason Goes to Hell, I can get through a few more Saw flicks. Lol