Saints Row IV

If you want: more silliness, meta humor, and a dildo for a weapon
Playable on: Nintendo Switch, Steam, PS3 and 4, Xbox 360, One, Series S and X

The last time I played Saints Row IV, my college roommate ended up giving me worried looks. Mind you, it wasn’t because of any of the game’s crude meta-humor spoofing sci-fi titles like Mass Effect, the bludgeoning potential of its dildo melee weapon, or the awesomeness of the Boss’ newfound superpowers. You see, much how Kotaku’s Alyssa Mercante adhered to the developer’s advice to play High on Life while stoned, I was zooted out of my mind on Colorado kush while playing Volition’s wacky Grand Theft Auto-like game.

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The fourth entry in the Saints Row series takes its self-aware buffoonery and cranks it to 11. You play as a gang leader turned influencer turned President of the United States in a battle against space invaders. Suffice it to say, the invaders trounce you in the opening half of the game but you quickly turn things around when you and your gang-affiliated compadres dismantle the virtual prison world they’re ensnared in with their newfound superpowers. If that sounds like a mad libs sci-fi plot, you’ve no idea how off-the-rails-ridiculous the rest of the game gets. Isaiah Colbert, Staff Writer