Free roaming?

[Devanor]

In another discussion i asked if there was a game like prototype, assassins creed and the like but with psychic powers and similar, and one of the recomendations was this. So... Is it?

[Stimgun Main]

Well, it's free roaming, you can jump around the city with enormous speed,you can even nuke things if you unlock the required ability and find yourself on top of a high building.

[Devanor]

What about the story/gameplay in general, any good? I've never played any saint's row game so it's pretty "alien" to me, if you excuse to lame joke...

[fωєє∂σм_ѕмσкєя]

Saints row is in no way like those games you mentioned, it is a totally different game, if you haven't played any saints row games before, i suggest you start with the first one, there was a bundle on steam sale recently which includes the saints row franchise, it was pretty reasonable to me. (p.s it is open world)

[Devanor]

Originally posted by Bleikbrend:

Ищу напарника,в Лс)

Ye wot?

[Stimgun Main]

Basically, you're a gangster. It's pretty much like gta, you're the head of a gang (except for the first game) and your job is destroying other gangs, and you can piss cops at will. In the 4th game though you begin as the president of the U.S., when Earth gets attacked by aliens and [MINOR SPOILER] you get "trapped" in a birtual world, where you gain superpowers, which allow you to sprint faster than cars and jump really high, at some point you can fly from one side of the city to the other. That detail may be the one that makes SRIV similar to Prototype, but the storyline and game mechanics that don't involve jumping or running are completely different. Crackdown is a better (still not accurate) comparison.

[2 High 2 Die]

Far Cry 3 is also a great option.

[Shufflecat]

It's actualy a parody of those types of games, so it kinda grabs a mechanic or story idea here and there to make its own pistache. Starts out like GTA (well... the very very first tutorial mission is a Moderm Warfare/Battlefield parody, but the early main game is like GTA), then as you unlock and level up your powers, it becomes more Infamous-like (or I'd even compare it to the old Spider-Man 2 at times). Haven't played Prototype or Crackdown, so I can't verfiy those comparisons.

Story is just as much of a gumbo. This is the first SR game I've played, and I've been told the earlier ones are just about being part of a street gang, and that it started out as more or less a GTA clone, and has gotten increasingly wacky and parodying as it goes on. This one goes all out with the crazyness. Your street gang has become some kind of massive pop group/PMC/social club hybrid, you've been elected the first gangsta presedent of the US, and then aliens invade (all this in just the tutorial missions). The bulk of the game is basically a ♥♥♥♥♥-out riff on The Matrix movies, with lots of other little nods and parodies along the way (there are whiffs of Mass Effect in the parts where you wander around your ship in the "real world" and talk to your crew, for example).

I haven't finished it yet myself, but so far I do recommend it. It's a riot, and it's one of those rare parodies that's both a good parody, and a good straight example at the same time (think Wright/Penn instead of Selzer/Freidberg). My only major complaint is that the main city simulation map gets to feeling a bit samey after a while, mosly I think because of the everpresent red lighting (like how in The Matrix movies, the scenes in the matrix have a green bias, this does the same only with red), and the fact that there's apparently no day/night cycle.

[Stimgun Main]

Well, I played all four games, and the storyline is pretty much like this (obvious spoiler alert):

Saints Row:
you start as a normal person that gets beaten by a bunch of people, then the saints recruit you, you become one of the main people in the gang, then Julius (the former Saints leader) betrays the saints;

Saints Row 2:
You start as again another person, but you and Gat remake the gang, with you being the leader, and you fight other gangs. Some weird stuff that I don't remember happens between the Saints and Ultor Corporation, and I don't remember the ending;

Saints Row: the Third:
You start by robbing a bank, owned by the Syndicate, then they take you, Gat, Shaundi and (maybe?) Pierce on a plane to threaten you, but you escape, even though Gat dies there (not really). Then you begin a quest again the Syndicate, its followers and a military thing, the Stag, that wants to destroy all the gangs. It ends with you either killing the main antagonist or you saving Shaundi and Pierce from... well, death;

Saints Row IV:
You begin the game as the U.S. president, then aliens attack, then they kidnap you, then they take you into a virtual world, then you get superpowers, then you find a way to get out, then they destroy Earth, then you get revenge, then... done.

[CraftMcSkitty]

There isnt really alot of stealth options in this game, but some of the powers you can get in Saints Row 4 are pretty similar to Prototype. For exmple, the glide and air dash abilites are exactly the same. I would recomend it to you if your all about dominating an open world game like Prototype is.