Current Events > Where it started: GTA, but with a focus on gang gameplay.

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Where it went: Aliens, superpowers, and a virtual simulation

Saints Row is wild.

Eh it was cool while it lasted same with GTA.

Saints Row 2 was fun as hell as an alternative to boring a** GTA4.

Excited for the new sr, really hope some og characters pop up at some point during the game

SR decided to ramp up the wackiness in 2, but they kinda caught themselves in a trap of having to go further and further over the top with each game. They couldn't just make good games, each one had to be outrageous

Admittedly, it was the superpowers in SR4 that got me interested in the first place. Had the series stuck with its more grounded roots even with the overall zaniness, I doubt I would have even given the series a second look.

It's also why I'm not really interested in the reboot.

it gave the series its own identity. without the wackiness it would just be another GTA clone

Solar_Crimson posted...

Admittedly, it was the superpowers in SR4 that got me interested in the first place. Had the series stuck with its more grounded roots even with the overall zaniness, I doubt I would have even given the series a second look.

It's also why I'm not really interested in the reboot.

Agreed, I played the first one and thought it was boring as fuck so I skipped the second one. I played and finished 3 and 4 because they were so over the top. I know the series' fans bemoan that change but it worked for me.

SR2 is still my favorite sandbox crime-simulator of all time.

SR2 is great but the series needed something to set it apart from GTA especially since GTA5 was looming on the horizon before Saints Row 3 was made

I liked SR2 but 3 & 4 were more entertaining

SR3 and SR4 were fun, but I don't think they were as good as SR2. Part of that is that SR3 just genuinely wasn't as fun to play as SR2 though.

Saints Row 2 is the best in the genre

They REALLY fucked up driving in 3

DipDipDiver posted...

SR decided to ramp up the wackiness in 2, but they kinda caught themselves in a trap of having to go further and further over the top with each game. They couldn't just make good games, each one had to be outrageous

Even the first game was wacky and didn't take itself super seriously. You could even have a zombie companion at one point. But yeah, they definitely dialed it up more and more with each new entry.

pegusus123456 posted...

SR3 and SR4 were fun, but I don't think they were as good as SR2. Part of that is that SR3 just genuinely wasn't as fun to play as SR2 though.

I liked SR3 but I felt like a lot of the missions were just making you do the minigames

eston posted...

I liked SR3 but I felt like a lot of the missions were just making you do the minigames

It was.

That was one thing I didn't like about it. SR2 had a new cutscene explaining why you were doing each minigame, SR3 just had you do them.

Everything about SR3 seemed so cheap compared to SR2.
Also the map was such a Liberty City ripoff

Compsognathus posted...

SR2 is still my favorite sandbox crime-simulator of all time.

Same. 4 was fun but too over the top. Wish it was a spin off or another IP

is it just me or does SR2 have more content than 3

WorsCaseOntario posted...

is it just me or does SR2 have more content than 3

It may not be true, but I also had that feeling.

pegusus123456 posted...

It may not be true, but I also had that feeling.

Wanna say there was or at least it was a longer game

Was it SR3 that introduced dildo-bashing or did that occur earlier than I thought?

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Was it SR3 that introduced dildo-bashing or did that occur earlier than I thought?

It was the first game with the dildo bat. Although I don't remember if the earlier games had just a dildo.