The Saints Row series quickly escalated from its humble beginnings as a decent, albeit derivative open-world title in 2006. While Saints Row 2 had a moderately darker storyline, it incorporated the same quirky humor as the original, and its DLC began to show signs of a change in artistic direction.

● Lots of things to do ● Ridiculous; over-the-top gameplay ● Superpowers

● Story is rather weak; even for Saints Row ● Could use some more platforming

Saints Row 3 got a 7.6, so that's what I should give this game, because it's honestly SR3 on steroids. While playing it, it feels like the developers took Saints Row 3, developed a super powers cheat code, added some sort of campaign, intended for it to be DLC, but then decided the should make a...

In the next installment of the open-world action game, the Third Street Saints' story continues as their head honcho has been elected to the Presidency of the United States, they are now the leaders of the free world.

The Third Street Saints: Now with 200% more awesome.

Story is full of fun moments; some great set pieces; addresses most of the loose ends from Saint's Row 3; super-powers are a whole lot of fun

A bug-riddled absolute mess of a game; side activities are boring and repetitive

Evolving from the formula laid down by Saints Row: The Third in 2011, Saints Row IV is more superhero wish fulfillment than the exploration of criminality that the series started out as. Frankly, it often plays more like Crackdown than it does a traditional Saints Row game.

Play through Saints Row IV 's intro and you could be forgiven for worrying that one of the series' defining characteristics is missing: its humour. What may have been intended as a parody of every militaristic action game ever made ends up a little too close to the mark to prompt laughter, or even a...

Superpowers make for gloriously speedy exploration; Terrific combat variety; Jokes come thick and fast

Not all the humour hits the mark; Character development is thin; A few minor technical niggles

Crazy, insane, nutty, wacky, bizarre, ridiculous and comical are all words that probably came out of your mouth while playing the 2011 extraordinarily absurd Saints Row: The Third .

Welcome back to Steelport. Saints Row IV's world might be a virtual simulation, but there's nothing fake about the level of fun on offer here. The only downside is a nagging sense of diminishing returns, and a very real sense that the next Saints Row game should probably look at going back to its...

Saints Row IV loses sight of its identity, but crucially retains high levels of hair-brained hilarity.

The campaign is energetic and consistently entertaining; New superpowers transform traversal and combat; A vast amount of collectibles and upgrades to keep you busy

Saints Row's traditional points of appeal - driving; listening to the radio - become options you'll forget are even there; The appeal of side quests fades fast

With its recycled map and wildly overpowered abilities, playing feels like a lot like enabling god-like cheat codes in Saints Row The Third and going nuts. Its ridiculous story, goofy characters, self-aware humor, and amazing character editor make it all work, especially for those of us who've...

Great superpowers; Over-the-top humor; Character editor

Overpowered abilities; Recycled content