Saints Row 3 is more GTA Satire than Ripp-Off

What originally started as (and still remains) a Grand Theft Auto (GTA) knock-off is beginning to compliment the open sandbox game with its own satirical direction.  I speak of the game series Saints Row which essentially represent's THQ's way of hopping onboard the open-sandbox bangwagon of violent car theft gaming created back in 2001 by GTA:III.  This third title is providing to take on more originality with a gta satire approach that GTA fans are respecting quite well.

It's no reason to leave GTA, but rather a just a nice way to take a break from Rockstar's game series instead.  While GTA satires our various cultures, politics, entertainment, and violence in general - Saints Row 3 primarily targets cliche aspects of the GTA genre itself.  I often find spin-offs can also provide many better things their targeted media should have had - particularly with greater character customization and humor in Saints Row 3.

While the GTA games continue to grow more serious and less silly - Saints Row is doing just the opposite focusing much more on game-play and wacky shenanigans.  Many GTA fans are even beginning to divide between both of the games with Saints Row expanding the more traditional GTA wackiness that was certainly reduced in the fourth titled with Niko Bellic back in 2008.  For me, I'll have to actually try Saints Row myself before I can truly compare the two.  While GTA's storyline can become more serious, the gameplay certainly remains humorously far fetched with more realistic physics and graphics.  With the fifth GTA title coming out, Rockstar may even make a return to more traditional gameplay as well.