The only thing I hated about those missions is the fact that the streets (in particular, the streets the game gave you the bonuses on) would mysteriously be devoid of cars during the missions.
Besides Insurance Fraud and the Septic Avenger, my favorite was Fuzz. There's something very fun about playing a reality show cop and beating down civvies with it.
Oh man, Fuzz. Instantly I remember the mission where the dispatcher comes on saying "we have reports of pirates fighting ninjas" and the mission objective changed to something like "stop the greatest battle of all time." Saint's Row 2 was special.
I miss when Saints Row had that whimsical and over the top nature, watch the new game take itself way too seriously.
I never understood why Fuzz never made a comeback in The Third. There's a police outfit you can get from Let's Pretend so it's not like they didn't have a uniform ready to go. And considering how The Third was meant to be "wacky and crazy" by Volition, it's weird that the activity like Fuzz was skipped over for more milquetoast activities like Heli Assault.
Who knows why The Third didn't feature Fuzz, but it sure as shit won't show up in the new game in the era of ACAB and BLM.
Third is piss easy compared to 1.
If Saints Row had balls, it would satirize the political undertones of police brutality AND reckless protesting. It is certainly possible.
I highly doubt current Volition would have the balls to take a swipe at "peaceful protests" beyond a playful jab at best.
blasting people with shit while vivaldi's spring is playing on the radio is so ludokino it will never be topped.
My guess is they hunkered down to unfuck the locked protagonist they were SURE we were all going to love.
