Posted on: May 24, 2019
BlackSun
Verified ownerGames: 570 Reviews: 8
Don't get me wrong...
... I friggin LOVE Saints Row, but, tl;dr version of this rating: Get, and play, SR3 instead. Done that already...? Good. Now, SR4 completely cuts out the whole meat and big part of gameplay by for example, rendering any and all vehicles entirely pointless, to name just one example, and the world degrades to something rather 2 dimensional (there are reasons, just saying it's gameplay still suffers from it). All you'll be doing is sidequest minigames, one after the other, again and again. These are not a fun "extra bit" like they used to be in SR3, or even the GTA titles (you know, the "cause as much havoc as you can using a provided rocket launcher or a tank" icons), but these ARE the main focus of gameplay. Once you completed enough of these - and it's a grind - you're rewarded with, yes, more of the incredibly awesome main story. But the thing is, SR4 was originally intended as a DLC for 3, and it shows. Making repeating sidequests into main gameplay was required to pad the game into a full release, but in the end, once you've done each of these quests once, you're forced to repeat the same thing until it becomes painfully clear just how hollow the gameplay is, compared to 3rd. Get 4 for the main story, if you're okay with the, make no mistake, REGULAR grind to get to the good parts, and continue playing 3rd once you're done! However, if you can look past that... then yes, 3 or 4 stars, it comes with some STELLAR moments. And I still enjoyed those a lot. The wrapping though, now that's my problem and the reason for the harsh rating overall.
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