Great fun but falls short of expectations

The Third Street Saints are back. And, this time, they are running the US. No, you didn't read it wrong. You play the eccentric leader of the world's favourite gang of goons, who is elected the new president of the US. Curing cancer or solving world hunger is just a click away for you.

But you don't have to worry about menial matters like world peace or global economic meltdown, because pretty soon in the game, the world is attacked by aliens, spearheaded by warlord Zinayk, who captures all your Cabinet members and drops you down in a matrix-style simulation of Steelport city, where you must use your newly-acquired superpowers and a plethora of otherworldly guns to save the day.

It's nothing new for a veteran Saint's Row player. The Steelport city featured in Saint's Row IV (PC Rs 999; Xbox 360/PS3 Rs 3,699) is no different from the one in the previous installment.

The gameplay is smooth and fun. SR4 picks up the tightest action set-pieces and executes those well, implemented with unmatched humour.

All said and done, SR4 fails to deliver anything not seen before in the series. Though visually stunning, the graphics are completely similar to the previous title. A thumbs up to its tightly-written script, hilarious dialogues with stellar voice acting (from Keith Richards to Neil Patrick Harris to Rob Van Dam) and a few witty missions.

It's advisable to play SR4 leaving your brains in the drawer.

Steelport is still a fun city to mess around, buzzing with fun activities like the classic Professor Genki missions and the new superpower sprint sequences. Yet, it fails emphatically to reach the cult status of Saint's Row: The Third.