In the following interview, Steve discusses the newest add-ons to the Saints Row franchise, including superpowers and innovative weaponry. Some of the superpowers include rapidly sprinting through the world, and telekinetic abilities. Some new weapons will have enemies inflating until they explode, and dancing uncontrollably.
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.
Look, Don't get me wrong I like Saints Row but it's getting to the point that even I think it might be a little too much. There was a time where to get things like super powers you have to put a cheat code in or earn it. Now it's a free for all of crazy shit. Even Still I want this game.
great interview!
Loved Saints Row 2's focus on gang culture, but SR3 lost all of that. Too over the top IMO. But I actually might pick up SR4. The whole superpower element will give this entry a lot of replayability.
If a game's fun, it's fun.
They obviously feel taking the series into bat-shit territory is the way to go. While I loved Saints Row 2, I loved Saints Row 3 as well.
More than willing to give this one a shot.
I like how this game has zero pretense to seriousness. It's kind of like a gigantic satire of videogames in general, which videogames certainly had coming.