Eskimo Press: "Saints Row IV is far from being a perfect game and it doesn't do much, if anything at all, to revolutionize the genre... but here it doesn't matter. The Saints Row franchise had already set itself aside from other open-world sandbox games for being over-the-top, out-of-this-world and just flat-out fun, but Volition have gone that extra step further to make Saints Row IV the best damn parody and homage to everything we both loved and hated in the last 15 years. It's Saints Row IV's humour that ultimately makes this game one of the greatest experiences of this year; it's insane... it's stupid... and ridiculously fun. It is all of these things yet it remains classy and stylish. If your heart is beating the chances are you will most likely love Saints Row IV."
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.
I feel sorry for Saints Row.
I sounds like its really good, and I much preferred SR3 to GTA4 but theres no way Im getting it with GTAV a month away.
Then theres more open world goodness with Watch Dogs, AC4 before the end of the year and Second Son first quarter.
Looks like if I ever eventually get it, it will have to be in a quiet period, whenever that will be.