Why Saints Row Is Better Than GTA

This bond between you and your fellow Saints is twofold: on one hand, their joyous recklessness encourages you to relish in the destruction they task you with creating (Gat is just as much of a lovable sociopath as you, after all). Likewise, they’re also act as your motivation for wanting to eliminate the other gangs. The best example of this comes in the form of Carlos, the energetic youngster who’s put in charge of taking down the Brotherhood.

He’s the one who breaks you out of prison at the start of the game and (despite not being the best lieutenant) does everything he can to prove himself. But in an act of retaliation, Carlos is captured by the gang, chained to the back of a car, and dragged across the road. You chase the perpetrators in a bid to to save your friend, but by the time you stop them it’s too late.

Horrifically wounded and unable to talk, all you can do to help your friend is hold their hand while putting them out of their suffering. Tonally, Carlos’s demise is bleaker than the rest of the game, which makes its impact hit that much harder. It gives players a reason to seek retribution on the Brotherhood for their transgression and makes enacting said vengeance for your fallen friend all the sweeter when the moment comes.

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