Saints Row

Life is short
so love the one you got
’cause you might get run over
or you might get

Shot

By me, mostly, playing Saints Row: The Third, where you will find my impressions on Tap-Repeatedly.

http://tap-repeatedly.com/2012/01/21/saints-row-the-third-no-longer-by-proxy/

I’d like to write a longer article at some point dealing just in particular with my feelings on how it handles male versus female characters, but there’s still some things I need to see. In particular, there’s a mission where the main character flirts with a woman (while he’s disguised as another dude, the joke being that it’s out of character for the original dude to do so). I wonder if I still do this if I’m playing as a woman, but I haven’t gotten that far yet. Of course, I’m no stranger to flirting with women in games. But maybe, as a female, I’ll disguise as a different character? Or maybe this is a situation where it’s clearly written for the male default and just awkward with a woman? I need to play more of the game.