Saints Row

March 2010 New Games

Where Saint's Row will really separate itself from being called a GTA clone is in the multiplayer mode. This is where the title could potentially become not only the equal of GTA in the gaming world, but may surpass it. There are seven multiplayer modes that can support up to 12 players at a time and not just some deathmatch sort of multiplayer modes either. Check this out: Big-Ass Chain mode has everybody in the online game wearing a big-ass gold chain. The goal is to kill a player, take his chain, and trade it in for money. But the catch is, the more chains you trade in at once, the more cash you get. So the risk is to keep attempting to kill more and more fellow gangstas, get their chains, and trade them in before you get capped yourself. If you get capped before you trade in your chain bounty, then your killer will be able to get you hard-earned chains and trade them in for themselves.

Another multiplayer mode is Bling My Ride, where you must beat the other team to the finish line in your vehicle. But you must trick out your car by traveling to different stores in the city and buying parts. However, your opponent has the same objective, and you must fend off your opponent from doing any damage to your vehicle while at the same time trying to inflict damage on theirs, bling it out, and get to the checkered flag first. There will be co-op play and every-man-for-himself play online. Another bonus will be the reward system for playing online. The more you get pc games download, the more in-game money you earn, allowing you to really pimp out your character with clothing and accessories. You'll be able to tell just by looking who spends six hours a day playing Saint's Row online.

Saint's Row isn't afraid to be compared to GTA. But just don't' call it a clone, because it has enough new features, particularly online play (which GTA doesn't have at all) or wrinkles on "borrowed" ones to separate itself from the clone pack and blaze a new path in the open-world genre.