Saints Row

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2.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 462 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 34 out of 462
  3. Negative: 352 out of 462

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  1. Tradgik
    Aug 29, 2022
    5
    Saints Row was never going to please anyone. It's tone is consistently inconsistent. It's characters are one dimensional and the gameplay is from 2010. What Saints Row needed was a drastic make-over, drenched in purple with re-imagining of the old characters people loved. Gat out of hell provided a good ending to re-create Saints Row from scratch, but the devs missed that opportunity.Saints Row was never going to please anyone. It's tone is consistently inconsistent. It's characters are one dimensional and the gameplay is from 2010. What Saints Row needed was a drastic make-over, drenched in purple with re-imagining of the old characters people loved. Gat out of hell provided a good ending to re-create Saints Row from scratch, but the devs missed that opportunity.

    Despite all that, the game is competent. Just sadly very boring and dated with a huge lack of identity.    … Expand
  2. churros
    Oct 3, 2022
    7
    Pros:
    + amazing character customization options
    + characters shared by the community
    + radio station variety

    Cons:
    - obnoxious characters
    - cringe dialog
    - not funny
    - repetitive
  3. DrDoko
    Aug 24, 2022
    5
    This aint it volition. This version of saints row leaves behind what made the original games so much fun to play. No more offensive, yet funny humor and wacky story missions, with over-the-top memorable characters that the original games reveled in. I can't remember any of the new characters names, but I remember Shaundi, Gat, Pierce, Kenzi, Oleg, Angel, Professor Genki, The Deckers, TheThis aint it volition. This version of saints row leaves behind what made the original games so much fun to play. No more offensive, yet funny humor and wacky story missions, with over-the-top memorable characters that the original games reveled in. I can't remember any of the new characters names, but I remember Shaundi, Gat, Pierce, Kenzi, Oleg, Angel, Professor Genki, The Deckers, The Zynn. The Syndicate. Not the Generic, car-loving, musclehead panteros that just feel like discount brotherhood from SR2.

    Santa Illeso is a bland, boring, empty open world, while fun to explore at first, offers nothing to find but a few collectables of pointless value. The mission structure feels way too repetitive, you can no longer buy businesses or take over districts one section at a time. All the clothing for customization is littered all over the map with way too many individual vendors. Want a cool cape? You have to drive all the way into the mountains to buy it from a guy that sells that and gloves, cool. Bugs were minor and frequent but never game breaking for me, and after about 5 hours I had no desire to play this "new" saints row anymore.

    Gun combat is way too clunky for a 2022 game. The camera snap feature on all different settings made me want to just quit. Enemies will charge you while you're fine aiming so you have no option but to get animation locked when hit while you try to back away, but cant so you stumble around and get shot at by the others. Guns would constantly be un-loaded when I'd swap to them, and my character would often times get stuck reloading over and over again.

    The features of placing specific building for empire planning and being able to customize anywhere are really cool, and I wish I had these options in the previous games to make it feel like I was running a real criminal enterprise.

    When Saints Row does GTA it never works, but when Saints Row does Saints Row, its always great. This is just another open world clone with no substance and forgettable content.

    All in all, it's an okay open world game, and a bad "Saints Row" game.    … Expand
  4. Kaanm
    Sep 6, 2022
    5
    I think theycsn turn it around with dlcs.
    Bugs arent that bad. I get the criticism. This game is rough around the edges. And needs improvement.
    But subject matter is interesting. Customization is decent. Shooting and driving which us 90 percent of the game is decent. Itd like Fortnite I mean people play thhose games lovingly and then **** on this game?! I dont get it. And the woke    I think theycsn turn it around with dlcs.
    Bugs arent that bad. I get the criticism. This game is rough around the edges. And needs improvement.
    But subject matter is interesting. Customization is decent. Shooting and driving which us 90 percent of the game is decent. Itd like Fortnite

    I mean people play thhose games lovingly and then **** on this game?! I dont get it.

    And the woke stuff that peiole phobia over usnt really there. All you get is q buzz cut indian woman with high sjw vibes that kill people. None of it makes sense. But then again when did it ever. None of the saints row games stories are cohesive or interesting. Yes this one might be slightly less interesting. But this wont make the earlier saints row gamed likr last of us.

    Gimme a break. This game isnt great. But doesnt deserve this much hate    … Expand
  5. zarqlan
    Aug 27, 2022
    7
    The game feels like Saints Row 3.5 to be honest and I'm pretty okay with that. It would have been nice to see some more gameplay improvements/features but its still pretty enjoyable

    It feels like the sequel to the third one if they went in a more serious route instead of the insanity of 4. There is less crude sexual humor( stripper/BDSM/Furry type stuff) and 2010 internet    The game feels like Saints Row 3.5 to be honest and I'm pretty okay with that. It would have been nice to see some more gameplay improvements/features but its still pretty enjoyable

    It feels like the sequel to the third one if they went in a more serious route instead of the insanity of 4. There is less crude sexual humor( stripper/BDSM/Furry type stuff) and 2010 internet humor(Twilight/Dubstep/Unicorns/Zombies) in favor of broader style with a bit more of millenial/genz focus. That other stuff is still there but toned down to a bit more realistic level. You're not fighting waves of gimps or furries basically.

    The story is pretty good nothing really groundbreaking but kept my interest with the biggest downside being it is a bit short compared to the other games. The game is definitely aware of how corny some it's characters are and pokes fun at them pretty regularly. Most of those moments are usually just used to set up later jokes. Like the student loan thing was pretty much just two throw away jokes in the very beginning of the game doesn't really come up again at all. Kevin whose part of the Idols is made fun of for being part of hypocritical anarchist cult multiple times. I really wouldn't say the game is woke or pc at all and seems to throw its punches at everyone it just doesn't really punch all that hard. Kind of like a Ubisoft game.

    Gameplay wise its Saints Row 3 with a few improvements and different side activities which are all pretty fun. Not driving around with a tiger but still enjoyable. Upside is you don't have to do the side stuff to progress the story like in 3. Downside is they do get kind of repetitive but no worse than the third one.

    Art wise the game is really pretty and the city is visually interesting making it really interesting to explore and see the landmarks. Even the load screen art is really awesome with some amazing graffiti pieces. The city definitely has far more character to it than Steelport but it doesn't have much intractability so it mostly just serves as backdrop to blow **** up in.

    It's definitely buggy but so far I havent run into anything game breaking and some of them have been pretty fun tbh. Kind of like a bethesda game.

    Overall I can see why people are disappointed as it really is just Saints Row 3.5 but it doesn't really deserve the thrashing its being given. I'd say if liked the third one you'll like this one but I can also totally understand someone waiting till its like 40 bucks.    … Expand
  6. StrelokPL
    Aug 24, 2022
    6
    This game was a dissapointment, as a long time Saints Row fan (started with 2 and played all of them except GOOH). It was a dissapointment the moment I have seen the trailer, after years of Volition promising us that the next game will be a return to the franchises roots and the teaser with the wall graffiti. But whatever, let's talk about the game.
    It's a mess. I've played through it and    This game was a dissapointment, as a long time Saints Row fan (started with 2 and played all of them except GOOH). It was a dissapointment the moment I have seen the trailer, after years of Volition promising us that the next game will be a return to the franchises roots and the teaser with the wall graffiti. But whatever, let's talk about the game.
    It's a mess. I've played through it and the bugs are abysmal, some are minor visual, but some are legit game breaking, like a mission where the enemy npc that was supposed to chase me just didn't. The graphics legitimately look like a late-stage PS3 game from 2013, the character customization is crap compared to even Saints Row 1. The shooting is funky with bulletspongy enemies that are basically braindead when you fight them. The map, while admittedly prettier than Steelport from 3 and 4 still feels fairly generic and is extremely scarcely populated. The guns are meh. The physics are 300x worse than even SR1, they might as well not exist. The driving physics are worse than GTA VC. But nothing beats the story and dialogue. I am not going to go in depth because I feel enough has been already said, but it's bad. Really bad. Let's just sum it up by what someone on the internet said before: "I admire Volition for their dedication in keeping their artistic vision of making the most 2018 game possible". The characters do not feel like gangsters at all, and the entire thing feels like it was written by a 45 year old white woman who surfed through Twitter for 2 hours.
    Do not buy this game, or at least not at its retail price.    … Expand
  7. KyanGhoul
    Aug 25, 2022
    7
    its alright story is meh, gameplay is fun and the activists are fun when they don't break like insurance fraud or toxic waste one one time 100% need patches and for dlc when ever they come out get different writers for them in hopes for at least the dlc have a decent story vs the base game story
  8. g_squidman
    Aug 25, 2022
    5
    Clearly the haters are politically motivated. This game is getting review bombed. The game isn't that bad.

    In fact, I think it's really good. The new cartoonish style bothered me at first, but it works really well with Saints Row's trademark whackiness. The acting/voice acting is everything I could have asked for. The characters are interesting and have personality. The main issue is    Clearly the haters are politically motivated. This game is getting review bombed. The game isn't that bad.

    In fact, I think it's really good. The new cartoonish style bothered me at first, but it works really well with Saints Row's trademark whackiness. The acting/voice acting is everything I could have asked for. The characters are interesting and have personality.

    The main issue is there are still a handful of bugs and performance issues. Some people might be able to get it to run smoothly. I almost did, but there was just too many occasional stutters for me to ignore. I'll come back and reevaluate the game after a patch or two.

    This genre of game is not lacking for other options. This one still has potential to be really good if performance issues are fixed, but do not support an unfinished product. Buy used.    … Expand
  9. grrizo
    Aug 25, 2022
    7
    It's not as good as SR2 but it is neither THAT bad compared to The Third. Writing is cringy and bad but that's just how SR always was.
    SR saga aged badly and there's no amount of nostalgia that will fix it, specially when a new game doesn't rely on nostalgia bait. Get over it.
    Gender bending were already in the previous games, same as non-serious plot, characters and overall silliness    It's not as good as SR2 but it is neither THAT bad compared to The Third. Writing is cringy and bad but that's just how SR always was.
    SR saga aged badly and there's no amount of nostalgia that will fix it, specially when a new game doesn't rely on nostalgia bait. Get over it.
    Gender bending were already in the previous games, same as non-serious plot, characters and overall silliness specially in SR3. It's not new here.

    PS: When a review talks about a "political agenda" (which is nonexistent in the game) then it's a biased opinion. Filter those opinions and you will get what the game really is: Not a perfect game but enjoyable. Review bombed not by fans but by political fundamentalists.    … Expand
  10. TsukasaHiiragi
    Aug 31, 2022
    5
    Pros

    Great character creation system High-octane action Plenty of character clothing Solid driving controls Cons Extremely buggy Terrible aiming system Forgettable main story characters Dated graphics Ignore the metabombing reviews, this game as is is roughly a 5/10 which is basically 'average'. It would be a lot better if the game had more time in the oven because the    Pros

    Great character creation system
    High-octane action
    Plenty of character clothing
    Solid driving controls

    Cons

    Extremely buggy
    Terrible aiming system
    Forgettable main story characters
    Dated graphics

    Ignore the metabombing reviews, this game as is is roughly a 5/10 which is basically 'average'. It would be a lot better if the game had more time in the oven because the game is significantly buggy, for me personally its crashed multiple times, I've had T posing characters, unable to attack bugs or unable to take photos for collectables.

    So what is Saints Row? This is a reboot/remake of the original so gone are the famous characters of the original and replaced with new characters, the jury is out on how these develop but so far for me, don't seem nearly as memorable as the old crew.

    Graphics, even playing on DX12 on a high end rig...the graphics are dated and whilst playable it doesn't innovate at all, in fact I'd almost say the graphics are a downgrade from the later SR games. Sound is buggy with music sometimes not playing, or sound effects not playing but when it works it once again, is just okay.

    Gameplay is a problem, they literally choose the Ubi Soft route by cramming in as many collectables, mini-games, discovery points and things to collect that it heavily distracts from the main story, the issue is that to gain territory you must complete most of these. Gameplay is buggy too, I've had main missions completely bug out and force to either restart the mission or restart the entire game in order to progress, aiming is a huge problem especially riding on car roofs where it seems massively off making it really difficult to complete some of the sub objectives, the aiming needs a complete rework.

    Character creation is great, much better than the previous games but the clothing often bugs out resetting your clothing options constantly but otherwise has plenty of character options to make interesting or unique characters.    … Expand
  11. JacoBee93
    Aug 25, 2022
    5
    Undeserved hate. Game is really fun I would suggest to try it before you all hate on it !
  12. Jaysho
    Aug 27, 2022
    5
    This should not have been a Saints Row game. The game on its own is..... okay. It's cringe, but playable. The writing really needed more work, and so did the rest of the game, but it's playable. This game is the definition of wasted potential. I don't know if it was the lack of time, or lack funds, (both of which is visible) but this game deserved better.
  13. MorbidFable
    Sep 7, 2022
    6
    The game is not as bad as everyone says it is. It has plenty of flaws, mostly in the writing of the characters and plot. There is still some humor here, but not what it used to be. A lot more open world content than any previous saints row and plenty of customization. I'd pick it up on sale.
  14. Theanbushinobi
    Sep 3, 2022
    7
    Saints row has never been about realism it's always been about chaotic fun and that's exactly what this game delivers, the story wasn't well written but fun enough to keep me engaged, I really really liked the ventures feature as well as the customization, I run an i7 10th gen and rtx 2070 and had 1 glitch happen not sure why everyone else is getting so many bugs
  15. MetacriticOnur
    Aug 30, 2022
    6
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  16. Sora94
    Sep 2, 2022
    7
    game has very cringe moments and is buggy not gonna lie but its def not as bad as people are saying and the story is ok, there are many references to westerns I liked about this one
  17. scurpiun77
    Sep 7, 2022
    6
    music 10/10
    gameplay 5/10
    graphic 5/10
    story 6/10
    not a bad game but not good game Volition making better game in past time like saints row the third
  18. Syhlcam
    Sep 8, 2022
    6
    Ce reboot de Saint Row est dans la ligné des deux derniers épisodes, beaucoup de fun et de situation. Donc les fans des deux premiers passés votre chemin. Le jeu offre une grande personnalisation de son personnages mais aussi des véhicules.
    Un open-world qui reste très classique mais qui fonctionne avec pas mal d'activités à réaliser. Néanmoins on peut déploré les bugs et crash, même    Ce reboot de Saint Row est dans la ligné des deux derniers épisodes, beaucoup de fun et de situation. Donc les fans des deux premiers passés votre chemin. Le jeu offre une grande personnalisation de son personnages mais aussi des véhicules.
    Un open-world qui reste très classique mais qui fonctionne avec pas mal d'activités à réaliser. Néanmoins on peut déploré les bugs et crash, même s'ils peuvent être corrigé. De même le charisme des personnages est absent, comme l'intérêt du scénario et que l'ambiance du jeu est très "startup nation". Un jeu qui reste cependant sympathique a joué, mais qui se fera très vite oublié.

    FULL TEST : https://www.geekexperience.fr/jeux-video/avis/avis-saint-row/    … Expand
  19. Darkmoon99
    Dec 3, 2022
    7
    They took everything that was great about Saint's Row III & IV and threw a lot of it away by bowing to the censorship crowd. (i.e. RimJobs is now JimRob's for the chain of garages.) Unfortunately in its current form, the game is a hot mess because of countless bugs causing anything from vehicle and character appearances not saving properly to random freezes and crashes - particularly whenThey took everything that was great about Saint's Row III & IV and threw a lot of it away by bowing to the censorship crowd. (i.e. RimJobs is now JimRob's for the chain of garages.) Unfortunately in its current form, the game is a hot mess because of countless bugs causing anything from vehicle and character appearances not saving properly to random freezes and crashes - particularly when finishing a mission of side challenge. Despite reservations after the trailer, I still had hope that they might have pulled off a good reboot. Reboots almost never turn out well and this one is mixed in my view. It certainly didn't help that they decided to use this game as a vehicle for wading into the American culture wars. Why any business thinks that is a good idea is beyond me. Trying to please a noisy minority at the expense of the overwhelming majority that just wants to have fun playing a game without being dragged into the culture wars is absolutely idiotic.

    The new characters are fairly shallow but I do actually find them likeable overall. They certainly reflect the current generation although they went overboard I think in trying to tick all of the "woke" boxes with them. The graphics are not much better than SR-IV released almost ten years ago but the character creator is marginally improved. I dislike how they mistreated their existing fan-base when they showed the trailer with a whole new cast of characters and then attacked the fans for the criticism. While I do find the new game enjoyable and the characters ok, I can understand how people can get attached to a set of characters and feel that attacking them and denigrating them to be stupid. I'll give it a 7 overall despite its numerous issues because I do like the new characters (despite the obvious box-ticking) and the gameplay is still fun in The Saint's style.    … Expand
  20. SorrowKiller
    Sep 12, 2022
    5
    The good:
    - High level of customization.
    The bad: - Fortnite trendy humor. I know the company looks at Fortnite and be like “That’s where the money is!” Well, Fortnite is for a bunch of suckers. You know I am right. - The gunplay sucks. Comparing it to Max Payne 3, Gears of War, the Last of Us where shooting someone’s limbs generates reactions, this game has none. They are all    The good:
    - High level of customization.

    The bad:
    - Fortnite trendy humor. I know the company looks at Fortnite and be like “That’s where the money is!” Well, Fortnite is for a bunch of suckers. You know I am right.

    - The gunplay sucks. Comparing it to Max Payne 3, Gears of War, the Last of Us where shooting someone’s limbs generates reactions, this game has none. They are all bullet sponges with health bars. Like Crackdown 3. C’mon, it’s 2022, we expect combat at least like the Farcry series with blood splatters and perhaps some bullet holes on the wounds. How about some dismemberment like in Dying light? Also, guns don’t have that powerful feel in them, they are lacking punches and details.

    - Don't do free aiming. At least do auto target to make your experiences better.

    - Graphics. C’mon, Why can’t it be like Red Dead? SR3 and this game had barely any graphical changes! This almost looks like a free to play game. Hell, even other free to play games have better graphics.

    - Driving. Cars reach maximum speed in like 1 or two seconds?! C’mon, every car feels like same. Why can’t each car handle like Forza? Okay, maybe just like GTA4 where you can feel the different weight of the cars in play. Each police chase has no tension or suspense because the cars are like toy cars and you don’t outrun the cops by hiding like in a corner.

    - Lack of blood. Man, even GTA3 had dismemberment!

    - Lack of outfits compared to Saints Row 3 and Saints Row 2. (Where's the Oktober Fest Lolita Dress?)

    - Lack of conventional cool weapons. Where's the flamethrower?

    - Lack of weapon customization. Can't put extended mag, scopes, stocks, and so forth.

    - Terrible physics. It's 2022. I'd expect cars to flip like that they do, and handle with Newton's laws.

    - Glitchy and filled with bugs.    … Expand

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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. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 25, 2024
    40
    A totally unnecessary reboot. Not to say the game isn't fun. It is. Again, it's pure escapism that exists just so you can fool around with a bunch of weapons and vehicles and not have to think about it. The problem is that previous installments have done the same thing - and infinitely better. [Issue#322]
  2. Gaming Age
    Nov 2, 2023
    50
    There’s a weight of history behind Saints Row, and no matter whether you’re comparing it to the more serious early games or the sillier later ones, it’s pretty clear that the Saints Row reboot doesn’t live up to any of them.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 19, 2022
    54
    A newcomer would be shocked by crude animations, wonky physics and bad gunplay. Fans of the franchise are kinda used to that, but they’ll be disappointed for another reason: while Saints Row 2022 does have a few fun moments, most of them are blatantly ripped from previous games of the series. [Issue#260, p.32]
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