The end of the credits. Last time I watch any Volition credits until the end :P

Johnny Gat's nightmare was something I never expected to see. It even transitioned my character! Incredible.

The loyalty mission for Gat is really fun as well, if only for some of the character moments it has. Genki gameplay is so boring.

So many great moments. Aerosmith playing in the opening sequence, the jolly stroll in the 50s, Asha's loyalty mission (this snake is solid!), the evil version of my boss lady, Saints of Rage, all the romance sequences, potty mouth CID, catching up with Gat in the Genki stuff. Oh, and that dubstep gun.

Singing with Pierce has to be my favorite moment of any loyalty mission. It was about 2 am when I yelled out ZINYAK RUINED IT just seconds before they say "he ruined Biz Markie". And there's still so much more. I might just start with another character tonight.

The opening mission, 50's, Matt's loyalty mission and (I'm surprised no one mentioned this yet) FUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUK

Edit: God damn it, there are so many that come to mind now. The 'moral decisions' in the beginning were so gooooood.

The mission where you save Ben King. Saints Row 1 was one of the first next gen games I played back in 2006 and the whole Ben King mission was a huge throwback. Also the part where the Saints Row 1 main menu popped up. The mission with Keith David and Roddy Pipper was also pretty amazing.

For me it was the "side scrolling beat 'em up levels to free Johnny Gat. It was the perfect callback to Final Fight and Streets of Rage with just enough voice sample distortion. Utterly brilliant way to reunite with an old friend. I enjoyed the subtle fact that this mission maintained your outfit from the campaign. I came in dressed in a karate gi and it made it feel even more like a ROM hack Double Dragon.

SEGA! Yes, you. Please give Volition a chance to work on a beat 'em up. Original IP or something new. That would make me a very happy camper.

Now we have two lights and two guards. saints of rage. duet . roddy piper,shit the list goes on.

:( Michael Clarke Duncan

I had that same gi but I also had an Eagle head. I think that plus, the dragon sleeve tattoo really brough that outfit together nicely.

• Peirce's Saints Flow and loyalty mission (probably the best part of the game)
• The nuke
• Aisha's rescue mission (the Metal Gear stuff was fantastic, and the "Two weeks from retirement" and "Ahh famous movie quote" lines almost made me fall out of my chair)
• Shaundi's loyalty mission
• Everything with Keith David
• CID wanting a date with Kinzie/Shaundi
• Everything in the 50's

The moment I took it back to RedBox.

You are a good person.

I also managed to get the Tiny Pistol / Loud Locust after seeing an Achievement Hunter video on it. It's dumb, only has like four shots before it needs to recharge, but it's pretty great.

I wish weapon upgrades weren't so insanely costly (I basically had one set of weapons throughout the entire game). I started a second run with cheats just so I could buy all the upgrades to fuck around with all the guns at max power. I still haven't used the Black Hole Launcher outside of the Mayhem activity, or the Inflato-Ray, Abduction Gun, and a few others. But then again, you don't really need anything else with the Maximum amount of Dubstep available.

@capum15 said:

The Black Hole launcher is great when you need to launch explosives fast. The Dubstep Gun has an insane charge-up time. Abduction Gun is also good against the rolling enemies, Inflato-Ray seems more funny than effective (I'd rather use the Bounce Rifle).

@mikelemmer: Oh man I never even thought of using the abduction gun for those roller guys. Probably my most hated enemies in the game. Granted with a fully upgraded Dubstep Gun, they aren't that bad to deal with. I seriously used that thing for like, 80% of gun combat. Infinite special ammo made that the best thing ever.

Anyway, on this run I'm definitely going to try out all of the weapons available. I even upgraded the stun gun to full. I love the second skins' description for it. "If you're actually using this, we salute you." or something similar to that.

Haven't tested out the Abduction Gun on the roller guys yet, but I read that hint on a forum. It makes sense, just haven't tried it yet. But yes, I was overjoyed to learn the Dubstep Gun isn't just a fun gun, but a legitimately useful one too. Now if only the Inflato-Ray was more useful...

• Matt's Loyalty Mission
• All things involving Zinyak
• Paul
• Gat during the Dance Off
• The constant reminder that Keith David was Julius

Is there anyway to go back into the 50's area with the powers and weapons post game? I didn't see anyway to get there, but I really want some of those cars and to rain fire down on those Leave it to Beaver fucks.

@mikelemmer: Yeah, the Inflato-Ray would seem to be more of a novelty weapon (though I haven't unlocked it yet in this run). An AoE "ultimate upgrade" would make it pretty cool. Most of the rest of the weapons seem to be actually useful, which is awesome. Though 'Merica takes quite a lot of ammo until you get infinite.

Edit:

Oh man, that would be pretty awesome if there was a way to do that.

How do you know it's name is Paul?

The romance system in general but specifically Keith's 'you lead the free world, I've conquered hollywood' bit. The announcers during the Genki telekinesis missions were also great. And finally, hearing Michael Clark Duncan in the end credits, he was an awesome dude.

Saints of Rage was my favourite moment. I would totally be down for an entire side scrolling beat 'em up Saints Row game.

And Asha's loyalty mission was hilarious as well. I failed because I didn't shoot out a light before taking out a guard, so dumb but so funny.

That part made me think of Ryan, so yeah, cried like a bitch

Troy baker singing opposites attract with Pierce in the car, followed closely by getting the power armor at the very end while "You Got the Touch" plays.

"This guy named Dex stopped by but I didn't recognize him so I sent him away"

"And that my friends is how I first met the Saints."

I want this game ;_; Gotta wait a little bit tho

I felt pretty pumped having loved the original Transformers: The Movie cartoon when they started playing "The Touch" at the end. I sorta lost my shit when they started having the Prime/Megatron conversation

Boss: One shall stand, and one shall fall.

Zinyak: Why throw away your life so recklessly, Saint?

Boss: That's a question you should ask yourself.

I honestly would not have been surprised if sometime during the fight with Zinyak, Hot Rod jumped in and fucked things up for me.

The 2 Shaundis meeting. Made me go "OH SHIIIIIT!!!!"

Saints of Rage

"Nobody calls Roddy for help.... he shows up where he's needed most."

Keith David taking a jab at Dead Island was pretty funny.

Not really but after you finish the game you can throw a '50's style filter' over the game which is the closest thing. You don't get the awesome walk though :-(

The game is bursting at the seams with great, hilarious moments. The two that stood out for me the most were Johnny's and Keith David's rescue missions. The moment "Saints of Rage" came on I lit up with glee. The horribly compressed dialogue...oh man, that was wonderful. Obviously Gat's cutscene when you finally find him is badass, as well. So happy they brought him back. And then chasing down Keith David in his nightmare only to find him and Roddy Piper fighting in the alley, and then you team up with Roddy to go after Keith while Roddy speaks as if he knows everything that is going on, and then the end of the mission where Keith David says "You don't call on Roddy...he shows up where he's needed most" while looking to the sky...holy fuck, that was so amazing! Those two missions had me laughing so hard I had to put down my controller.

This is, by a wide margin, the absolute funniest game ever made. For as absurdly stupid as it is, the writing is razor sharp and the timing on all of the gags and the use of music is perfect. I can't recall a single joke that didn't land.

I really liked the Chronicles of Riddick reference at the end, too. Whether referring to it as a 'classic' was sincere or not, I really appreciated it.

I found Asha's loyalty mission the funniest particularly a guard saying "can't wait for that sandwich, cmon lunchtime".

I enjoyed Shaundi's loyalty mission quite a bit. Probably because I just played through Saints Row 2 prior to 4 and i'm glad they acknowledged that they basicly changed who she was and actually justified it in a really cool way. And having unlimited superpowers while on alien drugs was pretty awesome.

Other than that.

• The 50's 'personal hell' sequence.
• Gats sidescrolling sequence.
• They Live! sequence.
• "This is power armour..." sequence.

But the thing I think I enjoyed most about Saints Row 4 is that it felt like it had more of a personality than 3. The way they fleshed out the characters and gave them ME/DA style conversations while in your party was really cool and helped give a sense of camaraderie between your crew that I didnt really feel in prior games. I did miss the rags to riches progression of 1&2. Mainly because taking over territories, gaining new cribs etc. felt more climatic in those games but considering this is all meant to be part of the same saga it wouldnt make sense to have that style of progression in this game.

Anyway, looking forward to whatever Volition does next. (After and including "Enter the Dominatrix")

cheats like proper cheats!

I forgot about this by the end, but the things Kinzie types during the Matt Miller rescue mission are great. Second thing she tries is "noclip" and at one point she types "order 66" and everything dies.

So after my second playthrough, Finding the actual power armor still is amazing

They Live, the Saints or Rage sidescroller and the 50s sitcom reality

To be honest I'm a bit disappointed in the game. It would have been better to release it as a $40 expansion pack.(not lazy 00s DLC crap, but an actual expansion like Broodwars)

6/10(on a non-inflated review score scale)

One shall stand...one shall fall.

Pretty much every set piece... I love this God damn game, all throughout the final mission and moments (Keith David and Kinzie's loyalty missions) I just had the biggest smile on my face the entire time. The dance sequence and the ending credits just the cherry on top...

Saints Row IV, yall... Holy shit.

The entire Mix channel basically could have been taking from about 3-4 of my Rdio playlists. All of the hip hop/rap (and I mean ALL OF IT) is on one of my old playlists, and all the 80s stuff is on another. The only stuff I don't have is "Song 2" and stupid Aerosmith.

Basically this game was made for me.

I ended up just looping "What is Love" by making a one-song playlist. It worked out well.

My FAVOURITE part was when I was looking at the playlist and said "Oh Biz Markie's Just A Friend, I love that song!". And they just it so well.

Also: "Hello there, I'm Roddy Piper." " Hi Roddy, I'm the President of the United States".