STFUandPLAY's Tony Polanco writes: "Saints Row 4 was one of the THQ properties that was auctioned off when the company went caput earlier this year. The franchise now has a new home with Deep Silver, who appear to have taken the already over the top game and somehow made it crazier.
I went to a meeting room that was set up to look like a White House briefing room. Actually, I should say, White CRIB meeting room. I was lead into a small room where I would play the game. Before I started, one of the Deep Silver representatives gave me a briefing about the game’s controls. He told me what buttons to press to do attacks like freeze blasts, or to perform abilities like fly and super jump. Now, Saints Row games, especially the last one, have always been over the top but SR4 was clearly going to an even zanier level. I asked the rep “this is a little over the top isn’t it?” and he replied with “yeah…just a little”. That my friends, was an understatement.
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.
This game has become such a joke. The E3 interview hey did was pathetic. GTA 5 is gonna kill it.
Superpowers, Aliens, and a gangster/president of united states all in one? Sounds like this game's idea's were brainstormed by an ADHD-ridden 11 year old addicted to sniffing pressurized spray paint that he stole from a local mechanic shop.