GameZone writes, "Much has been made of the Dubstep Gun in Saints Row 4. Heck, a replica of the weapon is even included in the special 'Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition' of the game. But while the Dubstep gun is the glitz and glamor of the game -- turning your foes into beat pumping, fist pounding, light flashing, dancing fools -- it's actually not my weapon of choice. Yes, it's over the top, but if you are looking for straight up overpoweredness, you're going to want the Singularity Black Hole Launcher."
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.
GTA 5 is coming out in like 3 weeks after this game. SR 4 is gonna get massacred.
Dubstep gun? Unbelievable.
R.I.P. Saints Row.
Let the kids play SR4 with its stupid series direction.Real men play GTA, save your money and buy like a man.
This is kind of where I wanted Ratchet and Clank to go. After Up Your Arsenal I hoped they'd take the series in a more adult humor direction, keeping the kiddy aesthetics and mixing in some adult humor would have been awesome. Like Conker, but better.
SR4 looks ridiculous and thats fuckin awesome. We need more big budget games that don't take themselves too seriously.
Saints Row is pretty much trash now, SR2 was where the series peaked and I doubt they'll make any more like that. Saints Row 2 had an excellently-written story, with great characters, and it had the right mix of realism and craziness. SR3 decided to scratch all that and just turn the batshit-insanity meter up to 11, which was fun and amusing at first, but got old quickly.
As JC Denton would say, what a shame.
Saints Row 3 was fun.
Saints Row 4 is probably going to be fun.
People need to grow up and accept change when it happens. Especially when that change ends in a rather good game. If you want Saints Row 2 . . . play Saints Row 2. If you hate the series' direction, don't buy it.
This is just the way of things. The series is doing just fine for itself, it seems.