Anthony Accinelli of RealSG writes, "Look I don't completely understand what exactly happened, but it was certainly exciting. Like the opening scene in Saints Row: The Third it was exhilarating, hilarious, and a perfect introduction for the coming adventure.
Or so I thought.
Saints Row IV quickly took a turn for the worst."
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.
And that other site gave it a 100/100. Such contrast.
Most of the reviews seem to forget that the game is supposed to have a story, they just go on about how crazy it is.
I doubt those reviewers take the fact that the game is supposed to be part of a series.
What happened to the overall story? Why does most of it look the same as the previous game? You know not to trust a company/reviewer that gives something like this a perfect score.
EDIT: Having read the review, all his points make perfect sense. The fact he actually finished the game adds to that.
I simply loath the franchise now.
I used to always buy every open-world, sandbox action game. But now I simply can not stand the game's direction.
I have to admit I'm much more into serious story, and frankly games that take themselves seriously.
I can't buy Saint's IV, even though I have bought each (included 3), because I'd have no one to blame when I hate it. The game's heavily appealing to the (silly) type of gameplay I have come to realize I seriously loath.
I understand different opinions, but to say it shouldn't be a full price game is kind of silly. There is a ton of content in this game even if you only do half of the side missions.
As a game, decent and fun, but way too overpriced, since it is a reskin for SR3.
As a DLC, it would have been awesome.
It is exactly as if Undead Nightmare was sold with a 60 USD price tag.