That last part is key because Grand Theft Auto also trends across this unreality with its version of satire. Saints Row: The Third feels like it lives in the sweet spot: clearly still an open-world action game, but with the strain of "extreme" that's now distinct to the series. Saints Row 4 made friends with the shark and traveled together to another dimension. The second was much better at differentiating itself from Grand Theft Auto, but it suffered from the clash between its grounded elements and its more wacky nature. The first Saints Row wasn't all that great. There's also one mission where you use a chainsaw to protect a luchadore from an angry crowd, only to jump into the ring and finish the fight yourself. In another, you head into Tron-style virtual reality to take on one of the gang leaders, ending in a massive mech brawl.
Of course, there's the mission soundtracked by Kanye West's "Power," where you parachute into a penthouse party for a raid. Saints Row: The Third is the home to some of the most iconic missions in the series. It's idea after idea on fast-forward, and even in a revisit, it's hard to be unhappy with the shotgun of content smashing into your brain case. Saints Row: The Third is bursting with variety, from helping a mad scientist with an experiment gone awry, to killing costumed mascots in a Japanese-style game show. You'll generally do the most awesome thing Volition could think up at the time. You'll fight pimps, luchadores, and aliens lead gangs of hipsters, ninjas, and bikers. Ultimately, the plot isn't nearly as important as all the nonsense you'll get up to in the game itself. They're targeted by The Syndicate, a multinational organization not unlike Spectre from the James Bond films. Having completed a very hostile takeover of the Ultor Corporation, the Saints are pop culture heroes the fodder of movies, commercials, and a somewhat banned energy drink. Saints Row: The Third takes the Third Street Saints from their home in Stilwater to the Detroit-style town of Steelport. Now it's the year 2020 and I'm playing Saints Row: The Third Remastered, a nearly-decade-old game with a modern day coat of paint.
So I was learning the ropes on the culmination of Deep Silver Volition's open-world franchise-the Grand Theft Auto knockoff that became something sillier, naughtier, and more endearing. Prior to that, I'd never done a professional review.
I started with USgamer as a News Editor, tackling primarily daily news. Saints Row 4 was one of my first reviews.
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