You’ll conquer territory, buy businesses, recruit gang members and make a whole ton of cash, all whilst indulging in copious amounts of violence and vice.īefore you begin the game proper, you have to create your avatar using the new character creation system (you know, the one featured in the Saints Row The Third ‘demo’). It’s in this city that, as with previous games in the series, you start with nothing, and have to take over in order to defeat rival gangs, including an Asian syndicate, luchador gang and other, equally weird and wonderful assailants. Once the explosive intro is over, the Saints are dropped into their new home of Steelport, a fresh urban playground that boasts even more in the way of ridiculous side missions than before. What’s more, it’s a blast, and the improved controls, smooth and fairly tight aiming and fast-paced action is a breath of fresh air for a genre that’s become a little too serious for many.
Yes, this is just the opening mission, and it’s already got more action than a good deal of GTA4. Soon after, you’re escaping an airplane, skydiving while fighting off foes and crashing through said plane from bow to stern. As the leader of the Saints, the game opens without any slow-burn intro (save for a Star Wars-riffing star field synopsis) and within a few minutes you’re robbing a bank, killing countless guards and riding on a bank vault that’s being hitched away via heavy-lift chopper, all while escorting a famous actor who’s ‘researching’ his role in the upcoming Saints movie.
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