ThisisXbox: "The story won’t be winning any BAFTA’s, but then it wasn’t designed too. You progress through rescuing your crew from their own simulations, turn them into bad ass alien butt-kicking superheroes and then when ready, deliver a whole can of ass whooping to Zinyak and his posse. (Come on, I sounded gangster, right?) You’ll see the plot twists coming from light-years ahead but it won’t matter much as it’s all about the comedic delivery of the story and just how outlandishly inappropriate it can be that will keep you playing until the end. And as a critic of this game before release, I can genuinely say it was the thing that kept me going… it certainly wasn’t the visuals."
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.
I'm glad that this game is fun, still going to wait for GTA V though. I do miss Saints Row II, funny stuff.