Saints Row IV
Sometimes all it takes to make us laugh is a big purple sex toy and Keith David. What? Don’t judge! The Saints Row series started out as a Grand Theft Auto clone, but it quickly distinguished itself through pure, unadulterated zaniness. The fourth game finds the player character, leader of a gang called the 3rd Street Saints, now serving as President of the United States. In the first five minutes it’s established that the vice president is actor Keith David (played by Keith David) and that aliens have invaded the world. Dubstep guns, the aforementioned big purple sex toy, and superpowers also come into play.
Saints Row IV is stupid, sometimes cringey fun, and developer Volition knows it. There’s a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor and pop culture references. There are also a ton of ridiculous weapons and costumes for the player to use and wear, which only makes the open world chaos more absurd. Charging down the street with super speed while wearing a giant cat mask and nothing else is one of the many pleasures of Saints Row IV, and it’s that crank-everything-to-11 approach to humor that makes the game gut-busting good fun.
