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It Still Feels Pretty Damn Easy

Having beaten the game and all of the side missions in one go, my Saints Row IV session clocked in at around a nice and meaty 24 hours overall...and yet according to the stats, I had only died or failed around six times, a far cry from the number of virtual lives lost due to some of the more punishing missions in previous games. Was I just kicking more ass or had the game gone soft on me?

Well, I honestly believe it was the former, but the cynics out there would probably say that while the wide variety of superpowers and exotic weaponry add a whole lot to the game, the fact you can fire off a flame blast followed by a few shots from a Bounce Rifle and end up clearing a small army of alien soldiers in less than ten seconds just might suggest that things can get pretty easy over time. Yes, one could argue that you don't have to purchase/use all of the upgrades, weapons, and powers offered to you to create a bigger challenge, but come on, that's like winning an infinite supply of chocolate and just saying that a few Hershey bars will do.

For that matter, while there does seem to be a larger variety of activities (though sadly still lacking the Septic Avenger bits from the second game), it feels like they get spread out a bit too thin, like each activity never gets the chance to reach its full difficulty potential. Making them more important to side missions probably didn't help, either, since being connected to the more important bits means that they can't be as challenging, lest the player's balls/fem-balls shrivel up in fear. So yeah, things seem to be a bit on the easy side this time around...though I'm still subscribing to the "I just kick that much ass" theory.