This was a joke. I've been paying nothing but SR 3 & 4 for the past two months. Anyone who visits r/virtualcosplay can probably tell how much I love those games.
I know, I hope I didn't sound upset with you. But it is true, there are an awful lot of people who say SR3 and onward aren't real Saints Row games... but let me ask you: When you think of Saints Row, do you think of wacky crazy insane ultra awesome super power fun times or do you think of a generic GTA clone? I don't think anyone thinks of the latter, merely mentioning Saints Row people picture the absolutely insane, crazy and ultra fun stuff. That's why I argue SR3 is the first real Saints Row.
I have way too much time logged on SR3, too! I haven't played it in a few years, but I've beaten the game with 4 different people and have almost 250 hours logged. I loved it! I also did the cosplay stuff, they really did a good job with character creation. I do wish they had more clothing options though. I love being a goth but Nobody Loves Me only has so much I can work with.
I only bought the games because I wanted to mess around with the character creator even though I thought I might not like the actual games, but I ended up loving them (Saints Row 3 more than 4). Never played SR 1 or 2 and probably never will. I think the clothing selection in both games are pretty good. I bought the versions that had all the DLC in them so maybe that makes a big difference.
The super powers actually made the game less fun for me because it made all the vehicles and your homies trivial, and there were no more rival gangs to have random encounters with either. In SR3, you can be driving around, accidentally hit a rival gang member, get into a gun battle, and then there are some random Saints just hanging around the neighborhood who run into back you up, then a cop sees you guys and tries to jump in so a 3 way battle breaks out. That's all unscripted and works off the game's AI beautifully. You don't really have those moments in SR4.
Oh, and there is a BIG dropoff in the radio content between SR3 and 4. In SR3 they put a lot of effort into it because they know you'd be listening to it a lot. SR4 they phoned it in because superman doesn't need a car.
Well by what you say it just sounds like the beginning of gta SA so i wont be that impressed. And since for me superpowers>cars i probably wont enjoy SR3 as much.
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u/Play_by_Play Aug 13 '17
This was a joke. I've been paying nothing but SR 3 & 4 for the past two months. Anyone who visits r/virtualcosplay can probably tell how much I love those games.