One of the most important changes that this franchise 'suffered' during this generation was to stop trying to be a realistic game. The quality jump with Saints Row The Third was such that, even when the doors opened to the comic, to the bizarre, to the fun, it also improved the gameplay aspects and why not, the story elements in the game. Not being tied to conventions or even to have to give logical explanations on many of the game main's element takes a load off the designer. Saints Row IV is crazier, more bizarre and more fun than its predecessor but keep in mind, that you have to be open minded to reused elements of The Third.
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.
Ok, so you're ranking it as the best game of all time? That's a bit generous don't ya think?
It's not a bad game but 100/100?! That's just ridiculous.. Even Volition wouldn't give the game perfect score.
Erm.. I had tons of fun with it for a few hours earlier but 100/100 is ridiculous, opinion or not.
Reviewer must be really high or a giant fan of big ass purple dildos ..lol