Honestly Saints Row really hit its stride when it started 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 it was originally a GTA clone. Heck, outside of being relent to the plot, that’s the double meaning of the SR IV opening speech about “pretenders to the throne.”
Only after recently playing them back to back did I realize that Shaundi’s Ex’s apartment in Saints Row The Third is a direct parody of Nico’s in GTA IV.