This is my first time going through the series seriously so I started with the first game. the story I think is pretty cool for what it is and has some great characters like Dex and Johnny Gat, the game has a lot of mid 2000's charm that's shown in it's setting and radio stations. the biggest problem with this game nowadays is easily it's gameplay because sometimes it's either piss easy or janky and frustrates you, the biggest drawback of this game is locking the main missions behind the respect bar which I can usually look past but the side content you do for the respect bar in this game is mostly pretty fucking bad. and the respect gain is so fucking slow but honestly I'm still glad I played through it and I can't wait to try Saints Row 2