Saints Row IV Revisited
Written By John C. Riley:
First off, I’m kind of a new fan of the Saints Row series, as third game was the first one I played. Of course soon after that I was hooked.
Like everyone who has played Saints Row I was just a Grand Theft Auto fan who usually ran around not doing the missions. I found them boring, so I wound up messing around more, doing bizarre things to get attention. Once I got my hands on the open world of the Saints with their dildo swords, nut shots, tiger escort missions, and PROFESSOR GENKI I finally found an outlet that fit my disturbed private personality.
Why am I repeating what you already know since you are a fan like me? Simple: because Saints Row IV took that warp-speed craziness and went up one notch to plaid!
I love the way Deep Silver and Volition throws curve balls. The start of the game literally slapped me in the freaking face, and made me laugh my fucking ass off. THAT’S THE WAY YOU SHOULD KICK OFF A GAME! In Saint Row IV our fearless leader becomes the leader of the free world, whose presidency reminds me of President Camacho’s success with less electrolytes. First you’re deciding whether to eliminate hunger and go to a party with Josh Birk, then suddenly BAM! Aliens attack!
That’s when it’s time to fight and kick ass for ‘Merica! After shooting down aliens you’re suddenly turned into some Leave It To Beaver square eating pancakes with a funny walk. In a blink of an eye you sort of become Neo from The Matrix! Sound bizarre? Yessir!
Saints Row IV’s gameplay has something that had me hooked the moment I started it. (To be honest I was 2 hours late to a 3rd of July party because I was too busy living it up as a Saint.) The fun factor alone makes this one of my favorite games so far for 2013, regardless of how super clean it looked. Character animations are very smooth and the game runs at 60 frames per second but it’s not ground breaking. If you’re a fanboy for graphics versus gameplay, then this game is not for you.
Its gameplay value is definitely a strong factor once you get past the Leave It To Beaver stage and you get your superpowers (yes, superpowers). The Saints’ humor is what we have all learned to love, and I cannot wait for the full version to come out on August 20th on PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. On top of this being an A+ game the DLC content that comes with an awesome pre-order called Commander in Chief which includes the ‘Merica gun, Uncle Same outfit, and Screaming Eagle jet. These extras are just icing on the cake that is called Saints Row IV.
Written By John C. Riley
