Finished SR IV the other day. It was a good but uneven ride. The story, as it unfolded through the missions and side missions, was pretty good, very funny at times and an interesting bow on the series (although it makes you wonder where they take the franchise from here). Game play wasn't quite as solid. Some parts were fun like the super powers but then they'd shoehorn in some trash platforming mechanics that were just tedious. I don't know why YOU play the Saints Row games but it's probably not for 3D platforming, lame hacking minigames or playing some poor man's version of Audiosurf. Later in the game, you're forced through the same mechanics a second time even if you avoided all the voluntary instances of them up to that point. There's also some design choices that get old such as the eternal night of Steelport and (intentional) graphic flickering. If you've played -- and liked -- the previous games in the series, you'll probably want to play this one just to see what they do with it and the call-backs. If you never have, most of that would go right past you and you're just stuck with a pretty uneven experience.

Finished SR IV the other day. It was a good but uneven ride. The story, as it unfolded through the missions and side missions, was pretty good, very funny at times and an interesting bow on the series (although it makes you wonder where they take the franchise from here). Game play wasn't quite as solid. Some parts were fun like the super powers but then they'd shoehorn in some trash platforming mechanics that were just tedious. I don't know why YOU play the Saints Row games but it's probably not for 3D platforming, lame hacking minigames or playing some poor man's version of Audiosurf. Later in the game, you're forced through the same mechanics a second time even if you avoided all the voluntary instances of them up to that point. There's also some design choices that get old such as the eternal night of Steelport and (intentional) graphic flickering. If you've played -- and liked -- the previous games in the series, you'll probably want to play this one just to see what they do with it and the call-backs. If you never have, most of that would go right past you and you're just stuck with a pretty uneven experience.