Saints Row

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2.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 462 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 76 out of 462
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 462
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  1. Wagner289
    Aug 24, 2022
    1
    What happens when you combine uninspired storytelling, questionable design decisions, game-breaking bugs, and stale gameplay? Saints Row 2022. It's a chore of a game from start to finish, with no compelling plot to spur you along or really intriguing gameplay loots to master. You go to one spot, engage in wonky shooting (difficult to aim with a gamepad), listen to your lame companions,What happens when you combine uninspired storytelling, questionable design decisions, game-breaking bugs, and stale gameplay? Saints Row 2022. It's a chore of a game from start to finish, with no compelling plot to spur you along or really intriguing gameplay loots to master. You go to one spot, engage in wonky shooting (difficult to aim with a gamepad), listen to your lame companions, repeat. Very lackluster title. It MIGHT be worth it when the price drops to $20 or less and you want something mindless to kill time, but otherwise, stay far, far away. Not worth the price of admission.
    If I had to list a couple of positives, it ran well on my rig (AMD 5900X, 3070 Ti, 32GB 3200Mhz RAM) and the car radio had a couple of interesting songs. Really underwhelming game; should have been a budget title in a new universe, not a Saints Row Game.    … Expand
  2. sonicbeast
    Aug 24, 2022
    8
    Have about 10hrs in the game and its what I expect a saints row game to be. I personally like the humor and the characters. The people saying the game is "woke" I doubt played much of the game or have a different understanding of what woke is. The older games had archetypes of old school gang bangers cranked to 11, this new game updated the archetypes of millennials working side hustlesHave about 10hrs in the game and its what I expect a saints row game to be. I personally like the humor and the characters. The people saying the game is "woke" I doubt played much of the game or have a different understanding of what woke is. The older games had archetypes of old school gang bangers cranked to 11, this new game updated the archetypes of millennials working side hustles and cranked it up to 11. As a 25 year old who was probably a bit on the young side when I played the first saints row I find the new one to be a good way to bring the characters up to date. That being said the shooting could be better and those who complain that the world is a bit lacking in activitys aren't worng compared to new games but I like it, it actually makes the game feel like you can 100% it and it not waste your time. The only issue I've had running the game is a known bug for the EGS store not giving permissions so I can only falt the game for being exclusive to a crap store on that front.… Expand
  3. TylerPadilla
    Aug 24, 2022
    2
    Don't do this yourself. Just don't. Please. I beg you. It isn't worth it. There is no type of excitement nor originality anywhere near this game, even the launcher forbids you to stop as a warning to not progress further. I had to start the launcher a handful of times to start a $60 game....that is absurd.

    What a waste.
  4. Astralify
    Aug 24, 2022
    1
    Bland, boring, annoying, outdated, broken, and in some aspects - downright unfinished. A true "modern" sociopolitical product/construct, devoid of any redeeming quality. Knowing how rich on unique qualities (game mechanics/activities, writing, tone, etc...) the Saints Row franchise used to be, this is an utter insult. An insult to the franchise, an insult to gaming and entertainment inBland, boring, annoying, outdated, broken, and in some aspects - downright unfinished. A true "modern" sociopolitical product/construct, devoid of any redeeming quality. Knowing how rich on unique qualities (game mechanics/activities, writing, tone, etc...) the Saints Row franchise used to be, this is an utter insult. An insult to the franchise, an insult to gaming and entertainment in general, and an insult to the fans/customers. It's a failure on every aspect. But at least we saw it from a mile away. A game without an audience. Was it worth it, Volition?

    - A disgruntled fan    … Expand
  5. babaluga
    Aug 24, 2022
    3
    The game feels outdated, and I'm not just talking about the graphics. Boring characters, story and missions. The city is lifeless (saints row 3&4 definitely had more effort put in their cities). I guess it can be fun if you like brainless open world games but if you want something different and good this is not it.
  6. Wavew
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Los mayores problemas son, su precio (70 Euros) y su nombre. De haber salido a 35 Euros y con otro titulo no se le puntuaria tan bajo.
    El titulo es antiguo en mecanicas, todo esta mas que visto y eso pesa mucho. Tambien es pobre en ideas y tiene un "gunplay" y unas fisicas de conduccion impropias del 2022.
    Otro problema es su tematica infantil y poco trabajada, falta mala leche, falta    Los mayores problemas son, su precio (70 Euros) y su nombre. De haber salido a 35 Euros y con otro titulo no se le puntuaria tan bajo.
    El titulo es antiguo en mecanicas, todo esta mas que visto y eso pesa mucho. Tambien es pobre en ideas y tiene un "gunplay" y unas fisicas de conduccion impropias del 2022.

    Otro problema es su tematica infantil y poco trabajada, falta mala leche, falta sexo y su editor de personajes cojea en cuanto a fisico y caras.

    De ser un "indie" a mitad de precio, le daria un 6, pero es imperdonable lo pobre y mal trabajado que esta.

    Por favor, comunidad de "modders" arreglad esto. En el estudio no confiamos ya.    … Expand
  7. Drinda
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Хоть игра заслуживает свои 7, но я поставлю ей 10 из-за людей которые ей ставят 0 даже не запустив еë
  8. 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
  9. Knz38
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    the game is buggy mess , the graphics looks very bad , the story is bad the ending is very bad , the character are generic and cringe
  10. zzver
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Игра невероятно ужасна. В ней нет ни физики, ни графики, ни в меняемого сюжета, зато полно однотипных заданий и колоссального количества повестки.
  11. KevinSmith9
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Don't waste your time with this game instead go buy literally anything else. Its far too buggy to be any fun.
  12. YoungLyrix
    Aug 24, 2022
    2
    This game is bad, like really bad, maybe not the worst game ever, but honestly it's not that far off. I will admit there are some fun parts in this game and the graphics are pretty decent, but the fun wears off quickly and you're left with a boring and repetitive game. Instead of a brand new game, it feels like some sort of SR3 DLC or what SR4 should’ve been instead of that president,This game is bad, like really bad, maybe not the worst game ever, but honestly it's not that far off. I will admit there are some fun parts in this game and the graphics are pretty decent, but the fun wears off quickly and you're left with a boring and repetitive game. Instead of a brand new game, it feels like some sort of SR3 DLC or what SR4 should’ve been instead of that president, alien and superhero abomination that was put out. If this was released in 2013 It maybe would’ve been exciting, but in 2022 it's a mediocre game with mediocre voice acting, cringe dialog, mediocre characters, boring and repetitive combat, a plethora of bugs (many game breaking ones) and the same animations and engine Volition has been using for over 10 years. It's also been very clear since the reveal trailer that this game is made for younger kids of this generation, it's obvious Volition and Deep Silver don't care about old SR fans. They would rather pander to kids who have never played a Saints Row game in their life than the actual long time fans. Volition had a great opportunity here to capitalize on the open world, third person shooter market with the absence of Rockstar over the past 9 years, but they would rather dumb down their games so that 13 year olds who enjoy Fortnite can hop on this game and have fun. We told them from the start, "this is not what we want" "this looks terrible" "bring back the old saints" and all they could do is call us haters, well as it turns out the fans and consumers of the product were right yet again. I hope that Volition & Deep Silver will one day realize that they messed up bad with this game and the 3 before it just because they outright refuse to listen to their fans. I would like to see them publicly apologize for this poor excuse of a "Saints Row" game, but that will never happen, they will never admit that they were wrong, even if this was the final nail in the coffin for their already downward spiraling company. This is not Saints Row it only has the name because they knew it would sell decent numbers and make them some money. If you are a true fan of Saints Row, save your money. Do not buy this game.… Expand
  13. Graboiddad
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Okay...Giving it a 10 to counteract the reviews that haven't played it because if you call it woke trash you probably didn't even buy it. If you complain about the graphics you are watching YouTube videos off your phone.

    It's fun. Not perfect. Plays a lot like 3 but with some newer mechanics. Love the gliding. Gunplay feels so much better than 1-4. The characters are all different and    Okay...Giving it a 10 to counteract the reviews that haven't played it because if you call it woke trash you probably didn't even buy it. If you complain about the graphics you are watching YouTube videos off your phone.

    It's fun. Not perfect. Plays a lot like 3 but with some newer mechanics. Love the gliding. Gunplay feels so much better than 1-4. The characters are all different and play into their tropes well. Mechanic, Nerd, Crazy One, and then your character who can literally be whatever you make them. Vehicle customization is better than ever. Guns are alright but are also fully customizable which makes up for the variety. The city/map is absolutely gorgeous, the attention to detail and cultural influences are spot on. In no way does the city feel lifeless. A lot of returning radio stations, great soundtrack when causing chaos.

    All in all, it's a good game and a great saints row. Don't get up with what is considered woke or generational and just enjoy the mayhem and comedy.    … Expand
  14. MineBorder
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Just a cash grab, the only good thing about the game is the character creator. How does this go through someone's head, "Yep the game is ready to be shipped".
  15. ankancr
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Really nice game in my opinion. Not much bugs so far. Thanks devs for this!
  16. Renegatus
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm from Russia. Unfortunately, I couldn't buy the game because of the sanctions, I had to download it. Yes, the characters in the plot, with the exception of the main character, are simply TERRIBLE. But the game is very interesting, in terms of the mechanics of shooting battles and a lot of variety that opens up over time. Pathetic people play it for 1 hour, under the influence of a herd feeling they put 0 out of 10. I really liked the game, compared it automatically with Far Cry 5. Saints Row is better at times, respect for a fun game, this is a 100% step forward in terms of gameplay.… Expand
  17. protoshift
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Almost everything you can imagine in this game, is sub par or broken in some way. This game feels, sounds, and performs worse than any game I've ever played on launch, including others like cyberpunk and no man's sky.

    This game feels like fortnite made a saints row add on, that was broken and on rails.
  18. good76
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    These are not the saints that I liked, the plot is disgusting, the gameplay is average, there are a lot of bugs, and more bugs, the graphics are hello from 2014, the only thing I liked was the character editor, and there are no interesting characters that you follow throughout games. It's a disgusting reboot of the Saint series of games.
  19. hikiray0rar
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Кто знает, как называется это карта ROBLOX???!

    Can anyone tell me, what ROBLOX map it is?
  20. ggwpzz
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
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  21. KatrinaNash
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    This game is quite enjoyable it's sad I have to give it a zero. The game crashes and just doesn't want to start on PC. You then run into game breaking bugs, and for that reason it gets a 0 from me. If there was nothing game breaking at all I wouldn't be giving it a zero.
  22. Jimpickensfan
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    This game is a stain on the saints row franchise, hell I had more fun playing gat out of hell and that game is a trainwreck but with this I just couldn't the cringey writing is just too much, the story was just...god no, the gameplay was very boring especially with the broken AI and the bugs made it even more of an annoyance.
  23. SaintsForever
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Those defending this game are on so much copium that it may rival that of Cyberpunk fanboys. This game is filled with issues that simply cannot be ignored. The bugs being the largest issue followed by gameplay and then the crappy activities it forces you to do to continue the main story.
  24. KoWMaPuK
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Потрясающе унылое говно унылого говна! Какое счастье что в России ЭТО не продают. Да что ж такое то, опять перемога в зраду!
  25. LoreNelkyMilk
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    This game needs a lot of work before anyone gives it a high review. It has far too many bugs which is a real issue. The story is quite boring and the gameplay is meh. I recommend waiting on this one guys.
  26. Maxmynerv
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Score 69 from professional reviewers?
    Be sure to take!!!
    The best game of the year or even five years. Or what do you compare it to? Failed "failed" cyberpunk? Or with classic GTA remasters? Before that, the remastered game did not reach the level of Mafia 1, but it did not try. And after such games, you look at a game like Mafia 3 with different eyes. But it is better to    Score 69 from professional reviewers?
    Be sure to take!!!
    The best game of the year or even five years.
    Or what do you compare it to?
    Failed "failed" cyberpunk?
    Or with classic GTA remasters?

    Before that, the remastered game did not reach the level of Mafia 1, but it did not try.
    And after such games, you look at a game like Mafia 3 with different eyes.

    But it is better to compare it with Watch Dogs, Watch Dogs 2, especially with Watch Dogs Legion, where more and more game mechanics, features and details were cut out with each part.
    Here even cars are not bricks on wheels and not pinned in the middle on a pin.

    Or you can compare it to Far Cry 2 and Far Cry 3, although they have nothing to do with it. But do you understand what I mean?

    And we don't have a big list of such games:
    Mafia
    Mafia (restart).
    Watch Dogs
    Sleeping dogs
    GTA

    Maybe a couple more of these games.

    Did you expect more from her?
    The GTA level can only be reached by GTA and then, the big question is whether she will be able to do it with the 6th part. (and will she come out at all?)

    Definitely worth taking, that's just confused by the price, this game is clearly not at the level of $ 60, but thank you for not $ 70

    Only one thing I ask the developers, it's enough to shove such a style everywhere, it's not Fortnite enough, do normal graphics, from which it does not dazzle in the eyes.    … Expand
  27. 88005553535
    Aug 24, 2022
    1
    Awesome sh*t. The most terrible gameplay and story ever. 2 hour's gameplay great enough for me.
  28. Sad_Reviewer
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Johnny, they are dancing on your grave.
    This is poor attempt to play on our memories.
  29. kennydidntdie
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Who seriously thought this would be a good idea? This game is filled with broken things, bad characters, and horrible dialogue
  30. 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
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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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