Saints Row is a game much like GTA3. There are some different aspects of the game that make it interesting. Now I have only completed about 14% of the game, but I really wanted to let you know what I thought about it so far.

First lets start with the respect meter. This took me a little bit to get used to. To progress in the game you have to have respect. You can gain respect though different manners. One is where you rob a store at night and take the good out of th safe to a pawn shop. This event will get you 3 start right away. What is crazy about this is that you can load the goods into the trunk of the car and get to the pawn shop quickly. You will still have to deal with all of the cops along the way though.

Another one is where you are committing insurance fraud. This is where you will toss yourself in front of moving traffic or cause a head on auto accident. The better the fall and more cars involved the more money you make.

The last one i will tell you about is mayhem. This by far is one of the funnest to me. You just get respect from killing and blowing up things. You will receive bonus points for using different weapons depending on the mission. I used to do this in GTA, but it is apart of this game.

Now that you have some respect you can do some missions for your gang. You are in the gang Saints Row. Your color is purple, and you are a bad ass. You will go on missions that are set to wipe out the other gangs. At the same time the other gangs are trying to reclaim the territory that you took from them.

Some of the missions that I have done so far involve blowing up a recording studio, while the other charged me with killing everyone in a brothel. That is just tipping the iceberg. There are many different missions.

The player creation screen has a lot to it. You can shape the eyeballs, increase the slant of the eyes, you are even able to position the ears on the head. With many different things to choose from you may be creating your character for hours. I think that it took me about 30 minutes.

I’m going to have to put this game on my must have list, seeing as I rented the game and will have to return it. Over all I will have to give Saints Row 4 out of 5. They get discounted for not doing a better job with mouth movement during the mission movies and for not having an original idea the game. They do how ever do great work with the idea of the game. This game was also played on the xbox 360.

This game is also rated M for blood and gore, intense violence, partial nudity, strong language, strong sexual content, and use of drugs and alcohol.