Saints Row inching closer to GTA in quality? - SRIV = 86 on Metacritic!

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attaboy said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:
No. GTA is worlds better than Saints Row. They tried to make their own version of GTA but its like generic brand to what GTA is. Saints row after part two gave up completely. Since then the series has been batshit crazy.

Well, they kinda say this at the beginning of Saints Row 4.  Something like how they started off as pretenders to the throne and then found their own identity.  I guess that identity is to be Grand Theft Auto's cocaine addicted cousin.

If we take both and compare them to San Andreas or Vice City, it's easy to see that GTA is no longer like those GTA games, and neither is Saints Row.

It could be said that RockStar decided to move on and reinforced the plot side on GTA games, making them more about a story and what happens. Meanwhile Volition decided to focus on the fun and crazy parts of San Andreas and "turn them to 11", resulting in games where the story takes a back seat and the crazyness takes the reigns of the game.