GTA imitator takes a different angle

Now that GTA IV has "seasoned" with players a bit, it has become the subject of a bit of backlash from those who miss the zanier aspects of the gameplay. Enter Volition Inc. and their perennially imitative series Saints Row. While Rockstar was honing the scope of their series and implementing a fun physics engine, Volition apparently decided to continue down the path GTA: San Andreas had trodden on the PS2.



There's something to be said for the approach, and it'll be interesting to see if this direction will earn Saint's Row a few more fans, although it still seems so imitative in all other aspects that it's difficult to perceive this game as anything other than a "ghetto," soulless, version of the real thing.

For instance, I doubt it'll ever inspire people to produce stuff like this: