GCVGN: "For that aspiring gamer who dreams of someday becoming the President, a superhero, or even a galactic overlord, Saints Row IV lets you live out all those dreams and more while packing in plenty of winks and nods to all your favorite movies, games, and other pop-cultural references. It might not be classic Saints Row, but this is easily the most FUN I have had on my PC this year and a game that no Saints fan should miss."
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.
...And I just got Saints Row 3 from Steam's Summer Sale. 4 is going to have to wait. Sort of reminds me of Assassin's Creed. The next iteration comes out and I haven't even finished the previous one.