With development going through the troubles and turmoil of the THQ meltdown, and moving from expansion pack to full-fledged box release, can Saints Row 4 possibly reach the highs of the magnificent 3rd game in the series?
Here's a snippet:
"In the same way as the storyline, so has the gameplay escalated, turning it more away from GTA and towards to world of Prototype, Infamous and Crackdown. In fact, the open-world part of the game probably most closely resembles crackdown, as you collect orbs clusters to upgrade your powers, and have a number of abilities such as telekinesis, a stomp, super jump, and super sprint, rendering travelling around the city by car or plane almost useless."
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.
