Saints Row IV (SR4) released earlier this week, and it has been killing it on the review circuit. The introduction of superpowers and aliens takes the Saints franchise to new levels of absurdity, but many facets of the previous games remain in tact. One of these is the in-game radio stations that players are freely allowed to cycle through during gameplay (can create custom mixes as well.) Saints Row IV offers gamers 7 radio stations to flip through, each featuring their own style of music. Most the channels have shown up in the previous titles, but there is one new station to choose from in Saints Row IV called Mad Decent.
Each of the 7 available stations all work well when set to the zany gameplay action that this franchise is known for. Some fit certain situations better than others, but none of them have caused regret for flipping to them whilst playing. With that being said there are a few stations that I prefer, so like most things in gaming EB thought it’d be righteous to rank the radio stations of Saints Row IV from worst to first.
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.
Really liking Mad Decent
The radio stations of SR are wicked, can't wait for GTA V's radio now.
K12