Ben of Xboxer360 writes, "Saints Row is a crazy game, it’s really that simple. It may have started out more akin to that of its gang-banging older brother Grand Theft Auto, but some time ago the tam at Volition took the moral high ground (or low ground if you prefer) and dropped the serious undertones in favour of comedy and efforts to make Saints Row the king of the Sandbox. With each new installment you could do more and more until now, in Saints Row IV, where literally the sky is the limit and even that goes pretty high up.
During its initial production, moving from standalone DLC to a full retail sequel, Saints Row IV and Volition were caught up in the aftermath of THQ's massive collapse, which left Saints Row's future up in the air for quite some time. Thankfully Deep Silver were able to take the reins, meaning Saints Row IV was back in business but with such a turbulent production period, did this affect the end product at all? Well luckily I had the chance to sit down with...
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.
