Both take place in urban “sandbox” settings that players can freely roam around in - either completing missions or just causing chaos.Īnd both are brimming with mature content, including intense violence, non-stop profanity and the use of drugs and alcohol.
When it comes to gangster games, “Grand Theft Auto” gets the controversial headlines and social outrage.īut “Saints Row,” a very similar series, takes the successful formula of shooting, carjacking and crime-lording and adds enough extra features to distinguish itself - although there are plenty of players who think of “Saints Row” as nothing but a “Grand Theft” rip-off.īoth franchises let you carjack hapless victims and run them over with their own cars.
