Honestly, this was a lot better than I expected. I initially slept on this because 'it wasn't saint row' but that was really dumb to be honest, in some aspects id say its better than saints row and i'm going to break down some of the arguments I had back when this released.

So like I said this was one of the things that initially turned me away from the game back when it was released and made me consider it a downgraded saints row BUT honestly I think this is better.
Since they've made these pre-designed characters it allows them to have a lot more personality and you can really tell by the animations.

The player animations are very expressive and well done and the characters feel very responsive (except for the ninja but still not too bad). I don't think you could have such expensive (and so many) animations with a customizable character.


Don't get me wrong, I like saints row too but I do find SOME of the writing a bit obnoxious, a lot of the characters are needlessly rude, vulgar or boast and brag or there's too many meta jokes.
The characters in this game are a lot more likable.
i didn't dislike any of the characters (except for maybe the roller derby player but she aint too bad) And i really liked Friday and Gremlin.

One of the antagonists is a tech bro with an african accent and a virtual anime waifu. I found him hilarious when he simped for his computer and responded seriously when she spouted some generic anime-esc line.

Another really funny moment was when the irish weapons guy on the radio was watching football whilst talking to you and just occasionally shouted profanities mid sentence when his team didn't do well.

In one mission you sabotage a singers autotune and it changes dynamically between his bad singing voice and the autotuned singing; I found that kinda funny since the lyrics were taunting the player but it was all out of tune.




You can tell the devs had fun with this game. The entire credit sequence has photos of the them making the game or doing goofy stuff and they used to stream when they developed it, something you don't see often from AAA game devs. I think it's a real shame the game flopped so bad. clearly a lot of care was put into it and they dared to do something new.


Also during the loading screens one of the characters will say some nonsensical saturday-morning-cartoon-type line whilst a jingle plays. i found that kinda funny and uniqe.



This game had something a lot of 3D games don't; 2D animated cutscenes. The artstyle can be a bit odd at times but it's not bad. it's also unique having it take place in korea and makes for a unique environment.


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For some reason your car can only run over enemies like 20% of the time. Most of the time it just pushes them instead of hurting them.

When you go from you base to the city theres this deploy animation everytime. i dont understand why you cant skip it.

[h1] The Good [/h1] Honestly, this was a lot better than I expected. I initially slept on this because 'it wasn't saint row' but that was really dumb to be honest, in some aspects id say its better than saints row and i'm going to break down some of the arguments I had back when this released. [h3] "No Character Customization" [/h3] So like I said this was one of the things that initially turned me away from the game back when it was released and made me consider it a downgraded saints row BUT honestly I think this is better. Since they've made these pre-designed characters it allows them to have a lot more personality and you can really tell by the animations. [b] The player animations are very expressive and well done and the characters [/b] feel very responsive (except for the ninja but still not too bad). I don't think you could have such expensive (and so many) animations with a customizable character. [h3] Better Writing [/h3] Don't get me wrong, I like saints row too but I do find SOME of the writing a bit obnoxious, a lot of the characters are needlessly rude, vulgar or boast and brag or there's too many meta jokes. The characters in this game are a lot more likable. i didn't dislike any of the characters (except for maybe the roller derby player but she aint too bad) And i really liked Friday and Gremlin. One of the antagonists is a tech bro with an african accent and a virtual anime waifu. I found him hilarious when he simped for his computer and responded seriously when she spouted some generic anime-esc line. Another really funny moment was when the irish weapons guy on the radio was watching football whilst talking to you and just occasionally shouted profanities mid sentence when his team didn't do well. In one mission you sabotage a singers autotune and it changes dynamically between his bad singing voice and the autotuned singing; I found that kinda funny since the lyrics were taunting the player but it was all out of tune. [h3] Devs Had Fun [/h3] You can tell the devs had fun with this game. The entire credit sequence has photos of the them making the game or doing goofy stuff and they used to stream when they developed it, something you don't see often from AAA game devs. I think it's a real shame the game flopped so bad. clearly a lot of care was put into it and they dared to do something new. Also during the loading screens one of the characters will say some nonsensical saturday-morning-cartoon-type line whilst a jingle plays. i found that kinda funny and uniqe. [h3] Art [/h3] This game had something a lot of 3D games don't; 2D animated cutscenes. The artstyle can be a bit odd at times but it's not bad. it's also unique having it take place in korea and makes for a unique environment. --- [h3] The Bad [/h3] [h3] Strange Vehicle Damage [/h3] For some reason your car can only run over enemies like 20% of the time. Most of the time it just pushes them instead of hurting them. [h3] you cant skip the deployment animation [/h3] When you go from you base to the city theres this deploy animation everytime. i dont understand why you cant skip it.