Tin Salamunic: Everything is better with superpowers. At least that’s Volition’s motto when making games…and frankly, it’s precisely what the Saints needed. As a huge fan of Saints Row 2, I was very disappointed when the third installment veered from its witty narrative-oriented roots towards banal juvenile campiness with degraded gameplay and stripped-down content. And after seeing the initial SR IV trailers, I feared the series had officially become a derivative cheap thrill for obnoxious prepubescent teens without any of the charm that made the earlier titles so appealing. But after spending a solid 20+ hours with Volition’s latest entry in the Saints universe…I have to say I’ve never been happier to be wrong. Saints Row IV is a blast. While it’s no longer the Guy Ritchie-esque gangster satire like the first two SR titles, it’s become something even greater, something even more complete and engrossing…Saints Row IV has finally found its voice.
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.
"Saints Row IV has finally found its voice"
F***ing THANK YOU. I try to inform the unintelligent that Saints Row is simply a different game. The developers do what they want, and that is to make the most fun, chaotic game they could possibly make. They aren't trying to compete with anybody, or be like anything else.
No more, can you compare Saints Row to a single other game like you could with Saints 1 and 2, and that is something VERY hard to do these days, with so many copy cats.
Enjoy the damn game, because I challenge anyone to bored while playing it. It is simply not possible.
Embargo is 2 hours from now. This is violation of embargo with Deep Silver.
How does a game which is basically Saints Row 3.5 get 8.5/10 ? It does nothing but add superheroes power.
"No more, can you compare Saints Row to a single other game like you could with Saints 1 and 2, and that is something VERY hard to do these days, with so many copy cats."
you're right, now it's a copy of 2 or 3 games.
you new fans have no idea what improvements are. each game since sr2 has stripped away more and more from the customization and now they have taken away cribs.
all they "added" was superpowers that were from dlc and a few hair options to go along with a bunch of useless outfits.
you tweens just don't get it, it's not about the game being aimed at the dimwitted now(which it is), that could be forgiven if not for all the many options that they got rid of to do so.