8 Video Game Franchises That Do The Same Thing Every Time

8. "It Can Always Get Crazier!" - Saints Row

The Saints Row series actually started out pretty tame, not too dissimilar from its competitor Grand Theft Auto. With the sequel the developers decided to up the ante a bit. They introduced more whacky elements such as a zombie horde mode and fan favourite minigames such as the underground fight club.

Saints Row The Third then took a real leap however and took the game into a whole new territory, and it paid off. Introducing even crazier minigames, characters such as Killbane and Burt Reynolds, and even providing players with superpowers in a DLC, the game threw all the rules out the window. Saints Row IV decided to take things even further, making the player the president and then having Earth literally being blown up by an invading alien race. The rest of the game took place in a virtual reality, like the Matrix.

The craziness continued as a stand alone expansion released called 'Gat out of Hell', which saw the players literally travelling to hell to save one our of their fallen allies. It got a bit too ridiculous for some fans, but you can't knock Volition for having the guts to try just about anything, even if it was just to differentiate from Grand Theft Auto.