I'd actually rather have this game than GTA. I mean, a huge part of the fun in GTA IV is just screwing around in the open world, but where's the sense of humor? It takes itself so seriously for the most part, and really didn't even do that much new stuff to improve upon San Andreas, other than the graphical improvements. The only new thing it had going for it was the story line, which even that I found to be lackluster. SR3 on the other hand is over the top and obnoxious, with the very obvious goal of being hilarious.

So many games these days are super serious with these ultra realistic intentions, to the point where irreverent over the top humor is a total breath of fresh air. The gameplay mechanics may not be anything new (see: 90% of the industry), but the attitude and completely unrealistic scenarios are welcome in my book.

You sound like someone who hasn't even played the games. Looks aren't what made the game fun. As a matter of FACT, Rockstar could learn how to make the next GTA FUN by learning a thing or two from Volition.

I played Saints Row 2. It was buggy, the writing was terrible, the graphics were low quality, it had no trophies, and the "humor" was juvenile and unoriginal. What does Rockstar have to learn from saints row? Sains Row hasnt done a damn thing that Rockstar hasnt done already and better. You can complain about how GTA IV wanst like San Andreas all you want but that was a brave move for them considering GTA games before it had little technical prowess compared to GTA IV. Now that GTA IV has set the standard for free roam games again and Volition is copying the style of that game even more. Take a look at the pictuure above and you could easily mistake it for a GTA IV screenshot. Dont get me wrong, im all for taking inspiration off of good games but there is a fine line between inspiration and flat out stealing other peoples ideas. There is no itegrity in it whatsoever and the fact that is games makes millions (seriously MILLIONS) off of blatently ripping off another game is wrong and it is wrong to praise or support a game for doing it.

What was up with Wo Long?

Not looked at any reviews and did download it on my Xbox before I sold the console but never got around to playing it. Saw it drop in price on PS5 and was thinking of picking it up.

RE: Character creation

Oblivion hold a special place for me, when it came out on PS3, it was the first game of its kind that I had played and the character creator took was amazing.

I do like Monster Hunter: World & FFXIV, personally.
Cyberpunk did good in that department, despite its numerous flaws.

Yep one of the best.

I was gonna mention Black Desert but the game is horrible so...

Creator was the best part.

I don't know... It was a strange addition to the game, and the parts of the game where you had to fight in it were tedious. But driving it around Gotham felt brilliant.