Saints Row

 PC
Metascore
63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 27
  3. Negative: 3 out of 27
  1. Ars Technica
    Aug 22, 2022
    It's rare that I go to this much trouble to dissuade people from buying a video game. I can be nitpicky or critical about perfectly solid games for one reason or another, but I know tastes can vary, so I try to make room for my experiences not necessarily reflecting other players'. But Saints Row is such a mess in its current state that I would only recommend it to Twitch streamers who make a living out of riling up their chat feeds. That's all this is: the 2022 video game equivalent of The Room or Showgirls, a spectacle to be experienced with a group... and not for the reasons its creators intended. [Avoid]
  2. PC Invasion
    Aug 22, 2022
    Regrettably, Saints Row does suffer from annoying bugs, glitches, and crashes. In fact, I had to restart the game as soon as I created my character when the menu stopped being functional. There were also some moments when getting inside a vehicle would place the camera inside the textures. Moreover, there were a handful of missions that led to crashes — in a couple of instances, I even had to restart my PC. There was no other recourse but to restart the mission from scratch instead of the checkpoint. Will the frustrations continue to mount? We’ll see. For now, I’ll continue to play more to see the campaign through to its conclusion.
  3. Polygon
    Aug 22, 2022
    If you enjoyed previous Saints Row games, you will probably like this one, and if you’ve never played one, this is a decent onboarding point. If you were a fan of Saints Row 2 but found the later entries in the series to be a little too aggressively bonkers, you should give the new Saints Row a try. It’s still got that comedic series edge, but it doesn’t break the knob off.
  5. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Aug 22, 2022
    It's not exactly Saints Row, but it's not exactly its own thing either. It just is, and the lack of creative purpose makes me think it exists almost exclusively for balance sheet reasons, which isn't a nice conclusion to come to. I wish we lived in a world where the people who made the pun food trucks and the big, weird city and conceived the interesting duality of the Idols gang (and their cool helmets) were given a large pot of money and several years to make whatever game they wanted, no strings attached, no legacy series hanging over them. But that's not the world we live in.

Awards & Rankings

11
#11 Most Discussed PC Game of 2022

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User Score
2.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 462 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 462
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 462
  3. Negative: 352 out of 462
  1. WanderinMelmoth
    Aug 28, 2022
    0
    Hot contender for worst game of 2022. They literally took everything that made Saints Row 1-4 fun and tossed it out. What is left is a lowHot contender for worst game of 2022. They literally took everything that made Saints Row 1-4 fun and tossed it out. What is left is a low quality rip-off of GTA, MINUS the fun.
    Graphics are a good 10 years behind, quests are repetitive and tedious, and the bugs! Think Cyberpunk 2077 launch bug fest!
    Worst offender are the characters. Gone are the beloved characters such as Gat or Shaundi, replaced by absolute trash characters that I just want to kill off and not coop with. Their goal: to pay off student loan. And bash capitalism. Really? That's the best they could come up with??? They are the diversity hires of the gaming world and just absolute cringe. Coupled with totally abysmal writing this is a recipe for disaster making you yell at the characters to just STFU! Unfortunately you can't shoot them ( I tried).
    Then there's the visuals: atrocious! When you go out of town into the desert you could mistake the game for Rage 2 - it looks almost the same from the washed out desert graphics to the pink arrows on the road telling you where to go next.
    Dumbed down gameplay (auto-aim), a bland, empty, boring open world.
    This piece of absolute garbage has NO REDEEMING features. Not one. This is a turd of a game.    … Full Review »
  2. Chiko01
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    This is probably the worst game i have ever seen in my life, the Volitions attitudes and general respons not helping at all.
  3. thatguy8114
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    I had to make a **** metacritic account for this **** game, i loved the orignal games, very nostalgic for me but this game both filled withI had to make a **** metacritic account for this **** game, i loved the orignal games, very nostalgic for me but this game both filled with game breaking bugs and awful writing and voice acting seems like it wasnt even finished when they released the game other than a couple engine assets. I requested a refund from playstion for playing it for less than 5 hours and they declined me, I WANT MY REFUND FOR THIS **** UNFINSIHED GAME!!… Full Review »
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