Saints Row IV
Tags: satire

Plot synopsis:
=== Plot ===
Shortly after the events of Saints Row: The Third, The Boss, Shaundi and Pierce Washington are called upon to assist MI-6 agent Asha Odekar and her contact, reformed former Deckers leader Matt Miller, in infiltrating a Middle Eastern compound to assassinate former STAG leader Cyrus Temple and prevent a nuclear missile strike against Washington D.C. The Boss kills Cyrus, but is unable to stop him from launching the missile. Climbing aboard it, the Boss disarms the nuke before it reaches Washington, earning the adoration of America.
Five years later, The Boss has been elected President of the United States, with the other members of the Saints, Keith David and former Vice Kings leader Benjamin King acting as cabinet. While preparing for a press conference, the Boss is told that Asha and Matt have arrived at the White House to warn them of what they suspect is an impending alien invasion. Just as the Boss is informed, the invasion begins, spearheaded by the alien warlord Zinyak, who captures the entire cabinet, including the Boss.
The Boss wakes up in a 1950s sitcom set in the city of Steelport, devoid of violence and foul language. The Saints' computer hacking specialist, Kinzie Kensington, contacts the Boss and informs them that they are trapped inside a simulation, with each of the Zin's prisoners trapped inside personal simulations of their own fears in order to break their will. With Kinzie's help, the Boss breaks free of the simulation and joins Kinzie and Keith in a stolen Zin ship.
While the trio attempt to contact reinforcements from Earth, Zinyak atomizes the planet, killing everyone not already captured by the Zin. Enraged, the Boss returns to the Steelport simulation to find their friends and reach Zinyak. After rescuing another prisoner of Zinyak, an artificial intelligence later named CID, and providing him with a physical body, the Boss, with his help, goes into the other Saint's simulations and rescues them from their nightmares.
As the simulation begins to weaken under the Saints' influence, Zinyak floods virtual Steelport with copies of gang members the Boss has faced in the past. Kinzie determines that the copies are being made from someone's memory, leading the Boss to conclude Johnny Gat, who was seemingly killed during the events of Saints Row: The Third, is still alive and trapped within the simulation. Despite protests from Kinzie and Matt that rescuing Johnny will reveal their location to Zinyak, the Boss rescues Johnny from his nightmare of Aisha's death and gets him back to the ship. Johnny explains that during the fight in which he was presumed killed, he was actually abducted by Zinyak years in advance of their invasion, as Zinyak had concluded that Johnny could have single-handedly stopped him if left on Earth.
The Saints rally inside the simulation in order to confront Zinyak, but are ambushed by an enormous Zin force. They escape, but Kinzie is captured by Zinyak and the Boss emerges from the simulation to find that Keith betrayed the Saints and fled. Returning to Steelport, the Boss finds Keith has been declared president of the simulation. When confronted, Keith claims that Zinyak has the means to restore Earth, and has agreed to do so in exchange for the Boss' life. However, Keith is ultimately unable to bring himself to kill the Boss, and rejoins the Saints. The Boss, determined to find Kinzie, pursues Keith into his nightmare, and with help from Roddy Piper, beats Keith up until he barely manages to tell them where Kinzie has been taken to.
After the Boss rescues Kinzie from her nightmare, she devises a plan to crash the simulation, which will force the Zin to draw power from their ship to keep it running, thus weakening the ship itself and creating an opening for the Saints to enter. Working together, the remaining Saints manage to overload the simulation, shutting it down just as the Boss escapes. Assaulting Zinyak's ship, the Boss finds power armor emulating the powers they had in the simulation, and confronts Zinyak in his throne room. While the entire Zin Empire watches, Zinyak and the Boss battle each other. With help from the Saints, the Boss kills Zinyak by tearing his head off and emerges victorious. Impressed, the Zin forces surrender to the Boss, who becomes the new head of the Zin Empire.
The Boss asks Zinjai, Zinyak's main servant, for technology to bring Earth back. Zinjai says they cannot restore Earth, but can use time-travel technology to return to Earth, explaining that Zinyak had used this technology to collect his favorite historical figures, keeping them in suspended animation. The Boss looks at the Saints and says, "Let's go on a field trip." In a post-credits scene, the nineteenth century writer Jane Austen, whom the Boss is a fan of, is woken out of her stasis, revealing that she had been the narrator throughout the game.
If all of the loyalty missions have not been completed, an alternate ending out plays out, which sees the Saints make plans to take over more planets, unaware of their ability to use the technology.
=== Characters ===
A number of characters from earlier games in the franchise - both members of the Third Street Saints and former adversaries - make a return in Saints Row IV, many of whom take up the protagonist's Presidential administration. Kinzie Kensington, the socially awkward FBI hacker from Saints Row: The Third becomes the White House's press secretary, often tasked with clearing up the mess left behind by the President's verbal missteps. Benjamin King, former leader of the Vice Kings gang from the original Saints Row, becomes the President's Chief of Staff, while Pierce Washington has been appointed the Communications Director and Shaundi as the Director of the Secret Service.
Matt Miller, having abandoned the Deckers and, according to news broadcasts in Saints Row: The Third, announced an abstinence from the use of technology, presumably returned to the United Kingdom and became employed by MI-6 alongside new character Asha Odekar. Johnny Gat also returns after being thought dead in Saints Row: The Third. Stilwater, the location of the first two games, makes an appearance for one mission with most of the street gangs from the first three games making appearances as well.

Review: Loved this game!.
Raunchy, awesome fun with really cool voice acting !
I personally love the fact that they hired Nolan North, (drake, deadpool, any good video game and he is in it), as a voice actor.
They also hired Keith David(Anderson from mass effect) to play himself in the game!
The best Saints Row game by far!
It may even be my favorite role playing game of all time!
The combat was smooth, but could have used a cover system.
The "romance scenes" are hilarious, and the if you haven't tried the rectifier, you probably should.
The weapons have been overhauled!
There is a new upgrade system, and they added weapon camos!
Overall I give the game a 10 out of ten for it comedy and action/ role-playing greatness..
Huge amounts of crazy, lots of fun too..
The first Saints Row game that i played was the third one, and This one takes a lot of material from its Predecessor.
The city is the same so if you learned where things were, you will have no problems with navigation.
The best thing about these games is the comedy found in everything, from the names of places to the content of conversations between characters.
Some game take themselves far too seriously but this is a refreshing break from that.Some refer to these games as Grand Theft Auto's little sibling, but I think that it is different enough to stand alone as an adult game, without the comparisons by simply having the craziest storyline and missions in games.
Another big bonus is the character design aspect that allows you to create you own character in the same way as Skyrim and other games.
This makes it personal to you, rather than being given a set character that you have no attachment to at the start.The only criticism I have of this game would probably be that there may be a little too much repetition on the collectible side of things.
most games that I have played have 50-200 items to find.
I was a bit daunted by the Amazing spider-man game having 700!
but over 1200 here may get boring for the people like me, who play to 100% complete, by the end of the game.All in all, a very entertaining game that deserves to be played!
If you enjoy this game as much as I have then it will be money well spent!.
A somewhat limited and safe sequel.
Saints Row IV tries to expand on its predecessor by adding new content, new types of missions, new mechanics but keeping too much of everything else as it was.It seems too generous to call IV a separate game, since it's pretty much more of the same.
There are some additions, mostly to do with plot devices and gameplay.
Notably, superhuman abilities make things feel more like Prototype than SR3 and add a different layer to moving through the city.
Other than that, the action still revolves mainly around driving and shooting, both core mechanics that get ironically dropped to the background since no one wants to shoot a gun when they can throw a fireball or take a joyride when they can run like The Flash.The fourth installment in the franchise doesn't really add anything incredibly innovative to the table, but if you enjoyed Saints Row: The Third, you can think of this as one huge DLC.
The question you need to ask yourself is if you're willing to pay full value for a game that's pretty much identical to its predecessor plus some gimmicky features.Sure.
The main storyline is still whacky, fun to play through and mission design is as good as ever, but sidemissions (which still make about 75% of the content, mind you) get extremely repetitive after a while, as they did in SR3.
On the other hand, there's now a cooperative mode and some co-op-only missions that might add some fun if you have a buddy to team up with.There are also other, somewhat minor imperfections like texture popping due to the old engine not having been fully upgraded to handle the now large-scale movement, graphical glitches, subtitles not matching the script at all and the occasional crash.
Mostly, they're not a huge deal but do give out a very unpolished and unfinished feel to what should be a platinum game.As a final note, there are many references to the previous games in the series, so, if you're a hardcore fan, you might get off on the nostalgia of seeing some old characters make a reappearance.The bottom line is Saints Row IV trying to cash in on what made Saints Row: The Third great, adding a Matrix-esque twist on gameplay but in the end not having enough substance to warrant paying 50 bucks for something that's pretty much a modded version of the previous game..
what da hell?.
this series started out as a gta like game (and a damm fine one) and its turned into this weird alien game and plus its just like its mediocre predecessor (saints row the third) just with superpowers but other than that its the same game just in my opinion even worse the plot is beyond awful the dialogue is cringe the third put the series into a very deep comer this in my eyes has killed it.
its the king of trash that a immature 12 yr old boy would like i myself consider myself to be a person with an iq above 10 so im going to stick to the EXCELLENT Gta Series and if your a person with some substance i suggest you do the same the saints are fallen soldiers and the fourth has put the nail VERY deep into a coffin and not put it just 6ft Under but 100ft Under Saints Row is Official dead.
This game has literally EVERYTHING.
Dunno what the other reviewer was talking about but this game has the whole GTA feel (unashamedly) with a mix of Prototype, Venom, and Infamous (also unashamedly) thrown in for good measure.
Nothing is sacred and everything is up for ridicule - and ridiculous - with this timeless gem.
Amd that's the beaitty of it.
I've played it numerous times to completion and it never gets old.
There's a reason they remade it for the PS4 and made the DLC so extensive - gamer demand.
Easily one of the funniest and well-acted games I've played as well.
Boasting a cast with the likes of Daniel Dae Kim, Keith David, Terry Crews and, of all people, Roddy Piper, what's not to like?
Pick it up used from Game Stop for 10 bucks and enjoy..
Brave and Bold.
A slight dip off from the third this is still an impressive feat, obviously not safe from its bugs and issues the decision to make the gang into legitimate public figures then superheroes is extremely brave but ultimately encapsulates the series' goal: wacky fun and to be honest not much more can be said it's a truly fun experience.
This is a great ending to the Saints Row series..
The ridiculous fun of the series comes to a crescendo in this superhero romp.
The game makes good use of the map from the previous game, with enough changes to keep it from seeming stale.
Adding super powers speeds up the game-play and helps avoid the dull commutes that mar many sandbox titles.
Again the story and characters are funny, which is rare in most games.
I would recommend playing Saints Row 3 before you tackle this one as they're deeply linked but be sure to add this one to your wish-list..
an excellent nostalgic parody.
saint's row iv has all the popular franchises from various video games and movies plus television shows rolled into one great game with an comedic flair not bad for a game that takes place after the events of the third entry and with some Easter eggs including the clock tower from back to the future an reminiscent fight from they live where it had Keith David and Roddy Piper having a blast with that scene that I gave Keith David full praise for it when I met him in an convention plus other nostalgic properties including Godzilla and for the reanimated statue that was referenced in Ghostbusters 2 and the main focus is the matrix and nostalgic call backs to the original metal gear and streets of rage and Daniel Dae Kim reprises his iconic role as Johnny Gatt and great anthem from Aerosmith for their iconic theme from Armageddon but an all round entertaining game plenty of laughs and r rated humour my rating 10/10 .frankie croft smalesCentrevez.
Good, but doesn't belong in Saints Row. Saints Row is one of my favorite video game series, and it has been for years now.
It's fun, violent, hilarious, inappropriate, and has a pretty decent story behind it.However, I wasn't a fan of the fourth installment.
It changed the story, so much.
Your character used to be a bad-ass gangster of the 3rd Street Saints, fighting other gangs, selling drugs and doing awesome, ghetto things, but it shifted so much.
Now you're president of the US, and you're fighting Aliens in a simulation world where you have super powers?
It's a fun, well made game, but it doesn't belong in the Saints Row Franchise and left people anticipating another sequel just disappointed..
Sucked.
Saints Row: The Third is one of my most favorite games.
HUGE disappointment.
It's like you're on god mode the entire game.
Too much explosions, ridiculous moments, stupid plot, boring gameplay, redundant, uninteresting.
This game is so easy and dull that it gets boring extremely quickly.
I really tried to enjoy the game, but it's just too hard.
I managed to play for four hours before I couldn't take it anymore.
God it sucks so bad.
The people who rate this game high are the ones who love explosions and chaos and like to feel like an awesome, unstoppable hero or whatever, not people who try to appreciate a game's mechanics, story, and execution.
SR4 is just really lame and typical.
Stick to SR3.
SR3 is full of explosions and awesomeness, but at least it's very enjoyable and interesting and has good gameplay.Story 3/10 Gameplay 5/10 Graphics 7/10 Difficulty 2/10 Enjoyment 3/10Overall 4/10.
Saints Row 4.
Saints Row 4.
This game was in my opinion a lot of fun.
I thought this game was filled with enough adventure and crazy fantasies.
I just would be a lot more happy that if the game where you get romantic with one of the characters you could have actually made a commitment with one of them.
I enjoyed the craziness of the game and all, but it really could have been better in so many ways.
The game should have at least had some what of a mass effect gain to it and I could have enjoyed it more if they made personal connections and made your character build a personal relationship with other characters and actually allowed the player to feel apart of the game, rather than make them feel envious with the super powers and what not.
I played it only once and even then the game got corny and unappealing..
a good game but can do better.
After playing this game I can say that saints row IV is not as good as the first three the The third street saints have come a long way they were a gang then a organised crime group to movie stars then back to a organised crime group and now they own America you once again play as the leader of the saints which you can make yourself but I make mine the same each time a normal built guy with ginger anime hair anyway the world has been invaded by aliens which is different to the last game when its another gang who attack saints anyway your put into a simulation where you must fight aliens with your new found superpowers yes this fame wasn't made by THQ the people who made the first three anyway the game is good but not as good as the first three