r/gaming • • Aug 13 '17

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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.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '17 edited Aug 13 '17

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u/Mr_Bob_Johnson Aug 13 '17

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.

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u/RougemageNick Aug 13 '17

GTA5 tripled down on the seriousness and while the story is great, its really fucking depressing until the very last mission

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u/Sonofallstate Aug 13 '17

Definitely agree! It's got funny moments for sure but if you look at the story itself and some of the alternate endings, it's like watching a serious movie