7 Reasons Why You'll Enjoy Saints Row IV More Than GTA V

Dealspwn writes: We’ve been looking forwards to Saints Row IV ever since Deep Silver surprised us all with its announcement earlier this year. Yet much of its hard-earned limelight has been stolen by Rockstar’s upcoming GTA V. Rockstar release a few screenshots, one gameplay trailer and the world goes nuts, despite the press not even being allowed to touch it. Same old story, same old Rockstar.

Well, balls to them. Less than a month before GTA lands, one of the worst gaming droughts we’ve seen ends with numerous big hitters and none of them look half as entertaining as Saints Row IV. Here at Dealspwn we’ve had plenty of updates, trailers, interviews and hands-on sessions and it’s time to tell you why you’ll be having more fun with the dudes in purple.

[ArchangelMike]

Hmmm... not sure. I'll give you the "create a character", but beyond that, GTA V looks alot more my thing. Fun, with maturity, satire, humour, grounded in a real world setting, without all the over-the-topness and 'dildos' of Saints Row.

It was always the only way Saints Row could distinguish itself from GTA. To each his/her own, but I'm sticking with GTA V.

[maximus1985]

well said.

[Gaming101]

What people don't get is that Saints Row has always been a parody of the times. back in the days of SR 1 and 2, it was parodying GTA with more gangster stuff. There was some of that in SR 3, but with all the super hero games out, they're moving into parodying super heroes with the new powers in SR 4.

It's all incredibly low brow and immature, but if you're into that then by all means, go have fun swinging a dildo around. If you want a good story, deep multi-dimensional characters and good gameplay, go with GTA 5.

[dcj0524]

I miss saints row 2 );

[joe90]

Saints Row 1 for me, wasn't as over the top as the rest.

[3-4-5]

Same could be said about the GTA series, but I can't take the Saints Row games seriously. Not even in a "it's supposed to be like that" kind of way.

They don't really offer much. I mean if SR4 was released in 2003 it would be the best game ever, but they need to expand that series into something worth playing.

Big purple dildo's are cool, if you have an IQ of 75.

[Khajiit86]

Yeah any developer that spends any time making a dildo I cannot take seriously.

[Shabutie13]

@Khajiit86
So you don't take Rockstar seriously? There was a dildo in the police station in San Andreas. I just want to make sure you are keeping your opinions in order.

[ape007]

lol

u can't put sr and gta in the same sentence, heck i like sr but gta's quality, care, atmosphere, city design, radio stations, attention to detail, physics and the deliciousness of the gameplay/vehicles/carnage is second to non

sr feels like a toy compared to GTA IV, not the themes, im ok with sr craziness but the core of the game

SR 1 was the best in the series imo, SR2 was very very good but a bit less than the original, SR 3 was good but not as good as the first two, SR 4 to be honest looks......meh especially when compared to GTA V

the series is regressing

no other open world game has touched GTA IV in terms of quality since 2008 and GTA V look to beat GTA IV on every aspect, so comparing the titan that is GTA V to a regressing game like SR 4 is a crime

[iamnsuperman]

SR gives me a different type of enjoyment. I just like to mess around in SR doing and creating ridiculous things. GTA offers a more mature story and it is always fun to see how long you can last when gunning people down but it doesn't have the d**king around quality I liked from SR3. I am going to get both as I just like to do stupid things (only can I really do that in SR) but I know I will get a rich more mature experience from GTA (so I will get it also)

[ape007]

im not talking about story, im talking about messing around, im talking about the Actual game, gta iv is waaaay better than sr in that aspect, gta iv might been a bit heavier to control than than sr which put some people off and i respect that but if u get down to the nitty and gritty, gta 4 is 10 times better than sr, compare the cars, the roads, the physics, the stunts, the pedestrian, the police, the crashes, the airport(best airport in any game ever), the helicopter mayhem/physics..... the difference between the two is light years difference, gta 4 makes sr feel like a ps2 game quite frankly, just wait for gta V, they made the control more fluid than IV

[Khajiit86]

Creating things?

[koh]

Since I likely won't be buying SR, and I'll be day 1 for GTA, I very much doubt that.

[FullmetalRoyale]

I am a sucker for completely customized characters.

There is absolutely no doubt(this coming from somebody that is not a fan of the gta games) that Rockstar has a pedigree that very few developers can compete with. They have never, to my knowledge, release anything sub-par. Now obviously I'm not a big fan of GTA, however that doesn't mean that it's not a quality series.

Saints Row provides something that not many other games do.
I'm also not a big fan of Saints Row. However I loved two, and I will be purchasing four for one last ps3 co-op romp with my buddy.

So I can completely understand the author's point behind the article.

I just hope that people don't take it personally that different people enjoy different things.

[user7402931]

i never could stand the shooting in saints row the third, it was unrealistic, and felt too sloppy

[NeutralXP]

This article is too funny hahaha

[Fasttrack76]

gta will wipe the floor with it. Saints yes will be fun but its gone way of course from the 1st which was more like gta, saints is now more like crackdown which is a great game.anyway I'm buying saints and gta so win win for me either way...

[Master-H]

1 reason why i won't ... because i am buying GTA V instead.

[Iceman_Nightmare]

This must be a joke, Saints Row 4 compared to GTA V... YOu just dont do that... GTA V is so good, it even beats next gen open world games like Watch Dogs...

[crazyeightz]

Its a slap in the face to Rockstar to even put Saints Row in a side by side comparison to GTA V.

[Discod99]

Saints Row isn't even in the same league as GTA. GTA is THE video game.

[Sketchy_Galore]

I appreciate the idea of the way Saints row has gone, focusing purely on crazy fun antics but at it's core level it's just such a dated, shoddily put together game. Even if I just want to have fun I find it more enjoyable to drive a weighty feeling car fast around an atmospheric, living feeling city like Liberty city rather than flying on rocket boots while firing lasers out of my eyes in a dead city with no atmosphere or believability.

It's like arguing that Batman Forever is a more enjoyable movie than The Dark Knight because 'come on, he's dangling from a helicopter in a vat of acid then crashing into the Statue of liberty's face, that's way cooler than riding a bike to stop one dumb old truck'. Even if you just want quick thrills I still think the believability of the world and it's ability to pull you in is more important than how many rocket laser sharks are chasing you on a penis shaped hover bike.

[KonsoruMasuta]

This article must be satire.

[jjb1981]

I just didn't like how in saints row all the gang members knew where you were all the time. Whenever I would hide and nobody seen me get to where I was, cars would drive up exactly to where I was and start shooting

[FuzzyPooka]

I understand Saints Row 4 will be fun, but this article has a very negative view of its competition, GTA. The argument is that they're both different games, but they proceed to bash GTA's differences, and praise Saints Rows'. "No Co-Op campaign for GTA? You should play Saints Row! 32 people online in the entire open world? That'd take away valuable development time from SR."
Both games are going to be fun, for different reasons. This article just isn't credible.

[Khajiit86]

I like saints row and will get 4. But, NO!

Almost any gta game is more enjoyable than any sr game.

[LanceLegstrong]

This article should be titled, "Seven reason's why I, or someone like myself, will enjoy this game more than GTAV since no one else's opinion matters to me!"

[Max-Zorin]

Saints Row fans and GTA fans need to fight already.

[Cp]

First off, I am not bashing SR. Those guys obviously work their butts off, and consistantly come up with a worthy product. But the limelight you speak of wasn't stolen by Rockstar. Rockstar has owned the limelight ever since GTA III launched over a decade ago. I have never and shall never buy a SR game around the same time a GTA game hits the shelves, because I know the wrapper won't be removed for at least a year or so. SR just doesn't have IT. Now, I'm not sure exactly what IT is, but I know Rockstar has a lot of IT. I will admit that the characters in GTA IV were sub-par to be sure, but even that game was infinitely more enjoyable than SR3. And if people were honest, I think most (not all) would say they only start really enjoying SR once the GTA newness wears off. I guess it just seems to me that SR forces what feels natural in GTA. I am a huge fan of satire. I believe it to be one of the most effective and hilarious forms of expression. And while SR is a satirical masterpiece of sorts, it fails to interweave itself into the entire fabric of the experience like GTA does. So guys, at SR HQ, don't stop doing what you're doing, because GTA's newness will eventually fade, and you can expect a second wind. But you aren't going to come close to dethroning the master of the genre...King Rockstar...And that is what all the fuss is about!