Saints Row is a popular video game franchise that first launched in 2006. The games are known for their over-the-top humor and gameplay, and have been praised by critics for their open-world design and variety of activities to do. Here are 15 facts about the Saints Row franchise that you may not have known.

• The first Saints Row game was originally going to be a sequel to the popular game Red Faction.
• The protagonist of the first game was originally going to be named “Johnny Gat”, but the developers thought that was too similar to the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto.
• The developers of Saints Row were so confident in the game that they sent a copy of it to the president of Take-Two Interactive (the parent company of Rockstar Games, the developers of Grand Theft Auto) with a note that said “beat this”.
• The voice of the main character in Saints Row 2 was provided by Mike Patton, best known as the lead singer of the band Faith No More.
• In Saints Row 2, there is a mission where you have to help a character named “Pierce Washington” escape from a rival gang. This is a reference to actor Laurence Fishburne, who played the character Morpheus in The Matrix.
• In Saints Row: The Third, the main character can get plastic surgery to change their appearance. This was the first time a video game had featured this kind of customization.
• In Saints Row: The Third, there is a mission where you have to help a character named “Professor Genki” escape from a rival gang. This is a reference to the Japanese game show Takeshi’s Castle, which was popular in the 1980s.
• In Saints Row: The Third, there is a character named “Violation Jack” who is a reference to the Marvel Comics character Wolverine.
• In Saints Row IV, the main character gains superpowers and can fly. This was the first time a video game had featured this kind of gameplay.
• In Saints Row IV, there is a mission where you have to help a character named “Abdullah” escape from a rival gang. This is a reference to the film The Naked Gun, which starred Leslie Nielsen.
• In Saints Row IV, there is a character named “Zinyak” who is a reference to the character Zaphod Beeblebrox from the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
• In Saints Row IV, the main character can use a weapon called the “Dubstep Gun”. This was the first time a video game had featured this kind of weapon.
• In Saints Row IV, there is a mission where you have to help a character named “Bobby” escape from a rival gang. This is a reference to the film Scarface, which starred Al Pacino.
• In Saints Row IV, there is a character named “Ken” who is a reference to the character Ken from the Street Fighter video game series.
• In Saints Row IV, there is a character named “Rico” who is a reference to the character Rico from the film The Professional.