MMGN writes: Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ll have heard that Saints Row IV was given the big red stamp of disapproval from the Australian Government Classification Board. Unsurprisingly the game’s banning has to do with one of its many gratuitous weapons — in this case an anal probe — and the use of drugs, incentivised through reward.
The Refused Classification verdict has caused quite the furor among gamers and media commentators alike, although the response seems mixed as it treads the backwater of political pestering and the historical context of censorship in Australia.
Remember this year's Saints Row(opens in new tab)? Volition would probably prefer that you didn't, which might go some way to explaining why the studio recently decided to upgrade everyone's copy of Saints Row 4(opens in new tab) to its full-fat Re-elected Edition, containing all the game's story and cosmetic DLC and even introducing cross-play between Steam, Epic, and GOG versions of the game.
Unfortunately, that upgrade seems to have backfired, and players now report a myriad of bugs with their new version of SR4. Both the Saints Row Steam forums(opens in new tab) and subreddit(opens in new tab) are filled with players complaining of broken saves, crashes, and mods failing to function. It's also received a few hundred negative Steam reviews(opens in new tab) since the update. If it's succeeded in washing the taste of Saints Row (2022) out of players' mouths, it's only because it tastes even worse.
I wonder if Volition's getting reorged under Gearbox impacted the quality of their release.
When it comes ranking the Saints Row games, there are a couple of weird ones you have to consider, though this is Saints Row after all.
Juan at SwitchWatchTV got his hands on Saints Row 4 Re-elected for Nintendo Switch. Check out his review here and see what he thinks.
so i cant get this game cause of an anal probe ! we already have the R18 classification ! meh importing is simple !
Countires are allowing really violent movies but when it comes to games they just wanna ban them , ****ed up world, i rather live with dinosours.
IMHO the game looks like it has taken a wrong turn anyway, it used to be for me at least a light hearted version of gta games but now from what i have seem its gone completely of the tracks.I usually get each one but this time i was gonna give it a miss anyway.
wtf Australia, it's tongue in cheek Saints Row, not Human Centipede The Game. Crikey
lol, an anal probe