Saints Row IV

Saints Row is a series I adore and they seemed to get better with every installment. The fourth game is the peak in wacky and enjoyable.

The addition of superpowers is just silly, in a good way, and every completed quest feels worthwhile. The only catch is the superpowers makes the game a little too easy at times, obliterating any opposition once everything is attained.

The story is equally fruit loop, taking pot shots at famous media of past and present. A blast from start to finish.

You want full control? You got it. You want hilarious dialogue by fantastic voice actors, epic Tron and Streets of Rage and Mass Effect nods, really super fun gameplay that even makes the game's collect-a-thon part fun? This is the game. A really, really special game.

But that annoying, unrealiable, absolutely horrible saving system screwed me over 4 times just today. Over and over having to replay the same missions and losing my progress because evidently that SAVING message means nothing, and I have to do it manually to be sure... Really almost made me delete the entire game.

But that's a small issue there. I first played it on Xbox with Xbox Pass where it was fine, I'm only having those issues now that I bought it on PC. I saw on Wikipedia that they're working on a next one and I'm excited.

I'd love to see the same people who wrote this, the same people who designed and programmed it, and the same voice actors, especially my girl Female Voice 3 and my dude Keith David return.

But I can't possibly shout out just two voice actors, because looking at the credits now, this game features some of the biggest stars, and generally peak voice acting talent. Dee Bradley Baker (American Dad and all kinds of cool stuff), Nolan North (every Triple A game), Amanda Winn Lee (from Oni, first game that made me fall in love with this art form), and the rest everyone knows - Troy Baker, that chick from Blood Rayne, etc etc.

Also, can't gloss over the great original, and licensed music. Some amazing classics in there, I can't believe they even managed to get them. Some of that EDM / trap / dubstep on the radios is pretty great too, especially on Four 20. Good stuff all around.

Dunno what the other reviewer was talking about but this game has the whole GTA feel (unashamedly) with a mix of Prototype, Venom, and Infamous (also unashamedly) thrown in for good measure. Nothing is sacred and everything is up for ridicule - and ridiculous - with this timeless gem. Amd that's the beaitty of it. I've played it numerous times to completion and it never gets old. There's a reason they remade it for the PS4 and made the DLC so extensive - gamer demand. Easily one of the funniest and well-acted games I've played as well. Boasting a cast with the likes of Daniel Dae Kim, Keith David, Terry Crews and, of all people, Roddy Piper, what's not to like? Pick it up used from Game Stop for 10 bucks and enjoy.

Dumb fun. If you're looking for a dumb fun game, this is your game. Cause that's what this game is: dumb fun.

Dumb fun/10.

In my opinion the Saints Row games are some of the best games available on any format. They have great gameplay that is SO much fun it's difficult to put the controller down!!! Looking forward to Saints Row 5!