Volition has released a second developer diary for Saints Row 4 which features Steve Jaros, Creative Director from Volition and the actors Terry Crews (voice of Ben King), Troy Baker (default player voice) and Laura Bailey (female player voice) speaking about how Saints Row IV offers something for fans old and new, and actor Daniel Dae Kim gives insights into his return as the voice of fan favourite character Johnny Gat.
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.
Cool vid. Nice to see the devs acknowledge the internet critcisms about the franchise and being bold enough to carry on with their vision regardless. If the early reviews are anything to go by, SR4 is great fun to play.
That's the first time I ever seen Laura Bailey. Very cute.