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

i really enjoyed this take on sherlock holmes, and especially jon. the game is truly enjoyable and i would recommend it to anyone who is into murder mysteries. you have to disguise yourself for people to want to talk to you, figure out where to go on the map yourself based on street names, and it's just really fun to interrogate people.

there is also a combat section that isn't really great, but it's fun enough (and stupid at times) and helps to take a break from all the running around and interrogating.

this is one of the few games which side quests are genuinely fun, and it adds a lot more to the experience. i did not complete all of them, but supposedly you can beat the main story in around 13~ hours and it took me 27~ with a bunch of extra cases. i would've not enjoyed the game nearly as much if had only done the main quests.

that said, the game could use a lot less vagueness when it comes to case outcome - in one hand, it's truthful to life that you may not always know if the person who's been deemed guilty is actually the perpetrator of the crime, but it is also mildly annoying for the player to be left wondering "did i pick the correct choice?"

overall, this is a pretty good and fun game. beware of technical issues if you don't have a super good computer (and expect them even if you do).