Well after spending a good 9 hours playing Saints Row yesterday I figured I would share my thoughts with everyone. I have to be carefull though because there isn't many left to go around. *ba dum pish* Almost everything about the game is awesome. The action is fast paced and furious, the graphics are awesome- especially the explosions. The gunplay is worlds better than GTA with the free aim system, and makes the action sequences that much better. So the core gameplay, graphics and physics are all a step up from San Andreas, and it makes the game a blast to play. My only complaints thus far is in using a created character you are playing a nameless person storywise, sans personality. Really you never even say anything (so far anyways) I miss CJ in that regards, its very lacking. The other characters scream gangster poser, and just don't seem as authentic as the cast of San Andreas either. Another thing is doing side missions to earn respect, to buy the main missions with respect? Wtf is that? Yo dawg heres 1000 respect points now send me on a mission! Uh....yeah.. thats stupid. Some of the side things are fun anyways though (like the Insurance fraud and Drug Trafficking) but some are stupid as hell (escort missions and finding hos) Overall though the games positives far outweigh its negatives, and the core gameplay and action is addicting to keep you coming back for more. The gameplay here really carrys this game. Overall a 9.0/10 score for me, fantastic game. One last thing, this sites avatar change has messed me up a lot and ruined my awesome Sephiroth picture so I think I finally found one to replace it after hours of searching. Ph33r teh Krauser!