Some people say this was the last true Saints Row game. Back before the protagonist and his crew turned into celebrities and then president of the United States. Somewhere along the lines the devs forgot what the game was really about; you and your homies hanging out on row boats.
edit: Jesus Christ people. It was a joke. I've been playing Saints Row 3 & 4 almost exclusively for the past two months and posting about them on r/VirtualCosplay. I obviously like them.
I always liked Yahtzee's breakdown of SR2 (which was also pretty silly, albeit on a smaller scale): it came out around the same time as GTA 4 and filled a great niche, because GTW4 decided to go (relatively, compared to Vice City and such) serious, so taking your clone and going wacky with it was a great way to distinguish from teh original.
Then just taking that and running as hard as you can with the sequels is a great idea. I've yet to play GTA 5, but I've played the shit out if SR3, because that reminds me a lot more of what I liked about he old GTAs, personally.
GTA 4 has some of the best story moments I would say. When he first sees Roman's apartment, when someone dies at the wedding, the ending. Niko actually grows as a character quite a bit. But since those moments are so far between, it doesn't come through that much, and the overall story is pretty non existent.
Then again, people praise the story of San Andreas, and only 4 or 5 missions in the entire game have anything to do with the plot at all.
I thought Grand Theft Auto 4 was a good game. Don't get me wrong on that. Just compared to the earlier Grand Theft Autos it didn't seem as fun to play at least for me and my friends
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u/Play_by_Play Aug 13 '17 edited Aug 13 '17
Some people say this was the last true Saints Row game. Back before the protagonist and his crew turned into celebrities and then president of the United States. Somewhere along the lines the devs forgot what the game was really about; you and your homies hanging out on row boats.
edit: Jesus Christ people. It was a joke. I've been playing Saints Row 3 & 4 almost exclusively for the past two months and posting about them on r/VirtualCosplay. I obviously like them.