

Even enemies with superpowers of their own quickly become pushovers, and all you ever have to do to get out of trouble is leap. Unlike the regenerating health system of SR3, in SR4’s virtual world enemies drop health pickups like candy from pinatas, so as long as you buy a few health upgrades and keep up a respectable pace of killing (hard not to do given the arsenal of infinite-ammo alien weapons) dying is something you usually have to work for. That’s combined with a sense of near-invulnerability. It’s so absurd and liberally peppered with well-executed gags and references that it works. In the first hour our hilariously customizable Saints boss character pushes the increasingly over-the-top premise of an idolized street gang well past its limits in a quick series of linear levels: you single-handedly bring down a nuclear missile, become President of the United States, and battle an alien invasion led by a British-for-no-reason warlord. In the beginning SR4 is very much the same parody-packed third-person action game. Developer Volition has made us living gods in an open-world city, and it’s great for a while, but it renders much of what makes Saints Row The Third so much fun feeling pointless. But the thing many comic book fans find a little boring about the Man of Steel is that if you’re basically a god, nothing can challenge you – and what’s a hero without a challenge to overcome? That same boredom eventually proves to be Saints Row IV’s kryptonite. All things considered that’s a fairly good problem to have, because it stems from awesome powers like being faster than a speeding bullet and able to leap over tall buildings in a single bound. Saints Row IV has the same problem as Superman. Now you also have a powerful weapon customization system. Custom Weapons, Custom Mayhem – You’ve customized your character.



Alien Toys of Destruction – Wield an impressive array of alien vehicles and weapons – the Inflato-Ray, the Polarizer, the Disintegrator, and many more. Those are just some of the powers on offer that you can wield in your quest. Super Hero-in-Chief – Leap over buildings. The American Dream – Play as the President of the United States in a wild story that spans countries, time, and space. With homies new and old, and an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, they must fight to free humanity from alien overlord Zinyak and his alien empire, saving the world in the wildest open world game ever. After a catastrophic alien invasion of Earth, the Saints have been transported to a bizarro-Steelport simulation. The Boss of the Saints has been elected to the Presidency of the United States but the Saints are just getting started. Fully Re-Elected – Saints Row IV Re-Elected contains an impressive 25 DLC Packs, including the Dubstep Gun (Remix) Pack, the Presidential Pack, the Commander-In-Chief Pack, and two celebrated episodic story expansions: Enter The Dominatrix and How The Saints Save Christmas.
