Saints Row IV has been a subject of controversy among fans since its announcement. They have a spilt audience were as those who have been with the series since the start are quickly growing disappointed in the games new direction and those who loved the previous game, Saints Row: The Third, are worried that Saints Row IV is more like Saints Row 3.5. At E3 2013 Deep Sliver gave hands-on time with a story mission, as well as, a brief look into what to expect from Saints Row IV’s free roam. Being such a huge target in the industry isn’t a good thing and all this negative attention should be put to rest once getting hands-on with Saints Row IV but that statement is both true and false.
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.
Bigest dissapointment in gaming history for me. I just dont get why they would ruin a game with a soild fan base. so so sad
Looks fun in a zany, crazy, look at this cool sandbox game, but I can't imagine it being able to carry twenty-plus hours of gameplay
Where did the decent down to earth Saints Row 2 go? O.o
Probably this IP as it is, not facing games like watch_dogs and gtaV is bound to more sales... I do love the crazy stuff, but I think should be more of an add-on/dlc than a core to the game
Saints Row 4 seems too much like Saints Row 3, not only that but they are trying to make the graphics better yet the game is still goofy. I don't really think it meshes very well