This is my first Saints Row game, and I've learnt since playing it that it's considered one of the worst games in the series. People say it's too silly, there's not enough depth, and the story is naff. And I don't get that at all. Yes, the story is mental. You get branded VTOL jets, the Saints have their own merchandise shops, you're in magazines, on TV, and you can do things like fight alongside aliens and roided out flamethrower-wielders. It's silly, full of crude humour and endless lewdness. But, for me, that's what seperates this game from GTA, and any other GTA clone. There's crude humor there, but there's certainly nothing as mad as the giant cat car or jellyfish cannon! I understand why the storyline isn't super impressive, and how the game railroads you into a "Just blow the stuff up" section that feels more like a minigame than some might like. But these are few and far between, and are outnumbered by more in-depth assassination missions, or car thievery. And there's no dull races like a bunch of GTA-alikes cram in! The one thing that disappoints me about this game is that I really wish more random world elements could be interactive things. I might be spoiled as I also recently started playing Rockstar's Bully, and in that you can do things like use vending machines and water fountains, and toss American Footballs around. It just bothers me a little seeing chairs everywhere and not being able to sit down! Even if you could just do things like drink the drinks in the Saints HQ! That's all I need!
