Games I Like That Everybody Else Dislikes
A janky, buggy, and frequently cringey plastic paradise filled with a crazy amount of over-the-top wanton destruction - in other words, a Saints Row sequel. For better and for worse, this feels pretty much exactly like what Saints Row 5 would have been if it came out when everyone wanted it to anyway. Not a masterpiece but also far from the alleged worst thing ever - I found this to be virtually indistinguishable from (in fact, better than) Watch Dogs 2, which you all sang the praises of. Sure its attempts at "How do you do, fellow millennials?" crap is hard to stomach, but personally I found it to be less taxing here than in Saints Row 4's repetitive pop culture port-a-potty. The open world is miles better, too - the choice to make it a metropolis/Wild West hybrid was an inspired one that often pays off in just how divine this game looks. Yes the gangs, story, and characters suck (the idea that any of these nonentities are supposed to compete with the likes of Johnny Gat is uproarious) but there's also a throwable football bomb that sticks to enemies/cars and launches them in every direction before exploding violently. Hey I'm a simple man, me likey. An fun distraction that I can always reliably pick up and have a great time with, but there's still no real excuse for it to feel this pared-down from the last few mainline games. Even the radio only has one consistently good station, I mean come on - what's the deal with that? But I digress - it's so, so much fun in spite of all its shortcomings.
A janky, buggy, and frequently cringey plastic paradise filled with a crazy amount of over-the-top wanton destruction - in other words, a Saints Row sequel. For better and for worse, this feels pretty much exactly like what Saints Row 5 would have been if it came out when everyone wanted it to anyway. Not a masterpiece but also far from the alleged worst thing ever - I found this to be virtually indistinguishable from (in fact, better than) Watch Dogs 2, which you all sang the praises of. Sure its attempts at "How do you do, fellow millennials?" crap is hard to stomach, but personally I found it to be less taxing here than in Saints Row 4's repetitive pop culture port-a-potty. The open world is miles better, too - the choice to make it a metropolis/Wild West hybrid was an inspired one that often pays off in just how divine this game looks. Yes the gangs, story, and characters suck (the idea that any of these nonentities are supposed to compete with the likes of Johnny Gat is uproarious) but there's also a throwable football bomb that sticks to enemies/cars and launches them in every direction before exploding violently. Hey I'm a simple man, me likey. An fun distraction that I can always reliably pick up and have a great time with, but there's still no real excuse for it to feel this pared-down from the last few mainline games. Even the radio only has one consistently good station, I mean come on - what's the deal with that? But I digress - it's so, so much fun in spite of all its shortcomings.