I'm a little let down by it. Yeah, it's a lot of fun but something is off.
-I can't hear the music in a car when I stand outside of it (a cool feature in Saints 1)--it even sounded muffled.
-No standout songs, yet. I downloaded a ton of songs from SR2 as soon as I heard them--and they're STILL in heavy rotation!
-A lot, and I mean A LOT, of the humor falls flat. They try to be outrageous but it's not working. SR2 made it feel natural. SR3 seems to be trying to force it.
-The outdated gang culture isn't as appealing as it used to be for me. GTA San Andreas did it more authentically. SR1 did it more grittily. SR2 did it with more flare.
-They rely on "Horde Mode" waaaaaaay too much. The computer AI is dumb as a rock and cheap so the horde mode style missions suck......hard. And your AI assistants are shit, too. You need someone to ride with you but they won't get into the car. Sometimes, they just stand there in a gunfight and let the enemy kill them. Then, you have to run back into a gunfight that you barely escaped to revive them and hope they try to follow you instead of just standing there.
-No "Burger Shot" (aka Freckle Bitches) in the game. It used to be like health packs. Now, it's just Halo auto regen.
-Glitches, glitches, glitches! Open world games always have glitches but goddam, SR2! Tone it down a little bit.
-No interesting enemies at all, so far for me. That crazy mullet guy, that Yakuza gang, and that Ultor business guy from SR2 were so awesome, last time. This wrestler gang, that "Tron" gang, and that mafia gang aren't very interesting to me, yet.
I've mostly been fucking around in the game, though. I probably logged in about four hours and I gotta admit, I'm having fun. I'll hold my final opinion until I finish it but SR2 seems to have it beat. This one is more graphic (especially in the tits/dildo department) but it really feels like a step down.
