Over the top sandbox fun. You keep GTA until they go back to what made the older games fun. While you play golf. I'll play Super Ethical Reality Climax. While you shoot up meth heads. I'll DDT's luchadors onto the pavement while wearing a a furry costume.

This game is the missing link between Grand Theft Auto and... like... hmmm... Yeah. I don't know // whatever, this game is pretty damn entertaining, I really do have to say. A++.

Saints Row The Third is one of the greatest open world environment games I have ever played. Personally, I don't think any of the GTA games can even touch Saints Row The Third. Even though GTA has so many cars, weapons, and upgrades to choose from, so does Saints Row.

I walked in thinking Saints Row 3 was gonna be a blast. And it was, for the first 3 hours. The game throws everything at you, and you have tons of fun playing with them. But the novelty wears off when you realise you can access things really quickly.

If you like GTA, so you're going to love this game. It's really good. You can customize a lot of things in your characters and do so many things in the city. It will take you a lot of hours to end this whole thing!

It begged, borrowed and stole a lot of its ideas from the GTAs III, Vice City and San Andreas, certainly, but it was also the moment the Saints Row franchise established itself as the video game corollary to the movie, Crank.

Outrageous weapons and characters; customisation levels border on fetishistic; masses of fun

Graphics aren't very good; occasional breaks in gameplay; Steelport is a soulless cesspit

For the first two instalments in the Saints Row franchise, it has been perceived as a kind of low rent pretender to the open world action crime crown.

Bizarre humour throughout; Smart writing that has an underlying intelligence; Great styling and design; Insane fun; Free from any heavy plot or tone considerations

Looks slightly dated; Has an odd reliance on humour that doesn't always work

Possibly the most ridiculous terrorism simulator around In this gaming generation of soul delving plot-lines and eye deceiving realism, it's easy to forget a videogames' primary function is to make sure the player is having fun.

Tons and tons and tons of deadly gadgets to unlock; Loads of challenges to complete; Hilarious juvenile humour; Extensive character/clown customisation

Strange almost paranormal glitches; Missions are too easy with two players; City lacks a vibrant design seen in most other open world games

There's a TV advert doing the rounds at the moment that helpfully points out that Saints Row: The Third is available at Argos. As well as nudging you towards an impulse purchase, while treating that special person in your life to some Elizabeth Duke jewellery, the advert also acts as a - presumably...

Funny; entertaining; absurd

Derivative; obscene; sexist

GTAV will have to wait its turn. We've been looking forward to Saints Row: The Third for a while now and after the dirty delights of SR2 , we can't wait to get stuck in again with the current console generation's most enjoyable open world crime series.

Simply fun to play; So much to do; The driving is the best the genre has ever seen

Not a lot of new side-mission types; Homie backup calls are pointless; Steelport very similar to Stillwater