Saints Row 2 > GTA IV again

I'm not the only one who thinks that SR2 is better than GTA IV. I agree with every point on this list bar one - the driving.

The driving was one of the things I really liked about GTA IV. It was a shock at first how much effort it was to control the cars, but I soon grew to love the genuine sense of weight of each car and how they all handled differently. There was real satisfaction in hurling a huge 70's American barge into a bend and watching it lean wildly and the tyres howl in protest as it went sideways with a little tap of the handbrake. You could get into the aforementioned barge, a small hatchback, a people carrier and a van and they'd all handle differently and usually about right for what it was.

But all the other points are spot on. SR2 doesn't even try to take itself at all seriously, and it's all the better for it. Also the sheer amount of side missions is bewildering at first. I've played it for hours and have done hardly any of the main missions.

The hitman missions are quite fun. You usually have to do something to get the target to appear, like picking a fight in the trailer park, or getting drunk in the stadium, or in an extreme case, getting killed to get a doctor to appear in the hospital.