the last game in the saints row series that took itself seriously as a gta-like gangs game
other reviews have not lied - it is is borderline unplayable today without heavily modding it or tweaking the compatibility settings. similarly to other old games, they cannot handle new computers and crash a lot
it took me around 23 hours to finish the game, mostly due to crashes, sometimes a genuine skill issue and sometimes janky "unfair" missions. expect to randomly fly in the air or be set on fire and immediately hit by a car and die - and some don't even have checkpoints and force you to retry everything! this in no way makes it a bad game, it's just the way they were before
as far as the story goes, it's great, and corny in a good way. you're a badass boss who blows things up that probably shouldn't be capable of doing so, but who cares? you look so cool!!
the last mission was a bit underwhelming and did not feel like a final quest - it felt the same as most previous ones, except you see a credit roll at the end of it
based on my personal experience, i absolutely recommend this game, but if you have not played any saints row and you have a newer pc, start with 3. the only reason why i put up with the crashes and bugs is because i got really invested in the following games
johnny gat my beloved