Fans of the Saints Row franchise know that it gained it’s fame through its silly and ridiculous atmosphere. Last week, Volition released the second developers diary regarding the scope and plot of Saints Row IV. To no one’s surprise, the newest installation appears even more ridiculous than the first three games.
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.
This series was cool when it was about gang wars and stuff. (pretty much the first game)
Too much stupid crap has been added. Water guns, futuristic hover bikes... you name it, it ruined it.
The first was the best.
I'll pass on it...gta day one
I don't think so. I think it developed into its own thing and, personally, I like where it is at the moment.
Opinions will always differ though.
Dub bass baby and drop the bass lol.
This would probably sum up the complaints about SR3 and SRIV.