SAINTS ROW IV: RE ELECTED SERIES

To its credit, Saints RowВ uses your role as president in good fun, like the very first scene where you're signing bills into law and must choose to cure cancer or solve world hunger. I've seen more ridiculous things happen in the political arena in recent years, butВ it's all still a bit silly. Oh yeah, and you're the president of the United States. In Saints Row 4, you are once again a member of the Third Street Saints gang, only now you're not fighting for turf with rival gangs, you're fending off humanity's enslavement from hostile aliens. Seven years since I last touched a Saints Row game, it feels properly nostalgic now, removed from the shadow of its better predecessor - all of that despite the premise seeming so ridiculous.

SAINTS ROW IV: RE ELECTED SERIES

In Saints Row 4, those elements were all taken even further, though in 2013, it felt like the series had actually gotten too absurd. The identity it took on by then was one of irreverent humor, wacky weapons, and side missions that tended to be the best and funniest parts of the game. By the time the pitch-perfect Saints Row: The Third came around, Volition had stopped trying to emulate its big brother and grew comfortable in its own skin. Saints Row 4: Re-Elected Nintendo Switch Review - Signing Thrills into LawДuring its inception, Saints Row existed as the latest in a long line of Grand Theft AutoВ clones trying to cut into Rockstar's market share on crime-laden open-world games.

Even in 2013, the series displayed the sense of humor of freshman boys, so it's fair to say those punchlines fall flatter today.Д«ut in most other ways, Saints Row 4В holds up as an absurd sandbox loaded with toys.

That gap is sometimes evident when playing Saints Row 4: Re-Elected on Nintendo Switch, where it recently landed on the eShop.

Saints row iv: re-elected