Saints Row is a great game and all the reviews are wrong – Reader’s Feature

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A reader insists that Saints Rows has been unfairly treated by reviews and online opinion, and that it’s actually a very enjoyable game.

I often find myself disagreeing with reviews. Maybe it’s me, maybe I’ve got bad taste in games, but I enjoyed Balan Wonderworld and Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and I’ve liked pretty much every Assassin’s Creed game. Some people might cluck their teeth in disgust at that, others might nod along in agreement, but I don’t care. I like what I like, and I can tell you that I really like the new Saints Row.

I will say that I have no strong opinion about the previous games though. I did play Saints Row 3 and enjoyed it, but I think that there were other things out at the same time I got it, and I perhaps didn’t give it it’s full attention. So, I went into the new game with no real prejudice or expectations, just that I assumed it would be another Grand Theft Auto style open world game with wacky missions.

I know GTA 5 is still popular, but I haven’t played it in years and there hasn’t really been anything similar, to my knowledge, since. Sure, there have been lots of open world games but for some reason they’ve either been fantasy based or first person like Far Cry. In terms of games that are actually like GTA but still offer something different Saints Row is the first game in ages like that.

I have seen in many reviews that they will say something like ‘the action is better that GTA’ and then immediately add a ‘but’ to that and try and kind of dismiss it. What could be more important in an action game?! The guns and movement in Saints Row are excellent, just as good as any straight shooter and that is massively important.

It’s why even simple side missions, like taking out a group of enemies, is