The best GTA rip-off
Saints Row is a sand box type game, similar to Grand Theft Auto series. You start off creating your own character through character customization. You can choose the race, the facial feature sizes, etc. This customization is quite detailed but just not interesting. I didn't really care to much on how my character looked because the options didn't really change him all that much.
Gameplay: Nothing wrong in this department. Its open ended world. You can do whatever you want, whenever you want. You can beat people to death, you can shoot up a neighbourhood, you can even rob a store. You can actually walk into a store, point your gun at the clerk until he goes to open the safe and then just take the money and run. Or you can just kill the clerk, and open the safe yourself.
The shooting in this game is also very fun. There is a reticule on the screen which you can move around with the right analog stick. It isnt a targeting system which can become very irritating. If you ever played Grand Theft Auto, or any other games similar to it, then you can get a basic idea of how this game feels. The gameplay itself is really fun and it doesnt get boring quickly.
Graphics: Colours and bright and attractive. Textures are also nice. The cars look very sleek and futuristic (certain cars) and also explosions, fire, smoke etc. are all very nice to look at and fun to watch.
The character models on the other hand. Aren't that good. They don't look very real and are quite choppy. Sound: The sounds of pedestrians on the street is realistic. Car sounds and gun sounds are very nice. This game also has music stores in which you can buy music with money (game money). The music varies greatly. You can have rap to metal, to even some classical Beethoven. The pause menu has an audio player which you can create playlists with or even import some songs from your hardrive to listen to while playing the game.
Value: This world is immersive and can keep you busy for well over 20 hours. Along with some not too easy to get achievements you will be playing this game for quite some time.
Multiplayer is fun. The games are nicely designed and its great to just play with some old buddies. Unfortunately, there isn't local multiplayer, but just online. And unfortunately, you cannot take a guest online.
Tilt: This only got an 8 out of 10 for me for a couple of reasons. One, the glitches. A huge number of glitches are in this game. It clearly isn't completely finished. Developers could have taken an extra month or two to fix all of the problems. Some glitches aren't too serious, but then there are some that make you restart the system.
Also, waiting to enter an online match can take eternity. Sometimes you don't even get into one and just give up and leave. It really does take a lot of time to get a game rolling.
Ending comments: Fun game, immsersive and is great. The downsides are quite minimal and this game is a must buy, or at least rent for any Xbox360 owner. This game Rocks!
