Saints Row

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2.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1025 Ratings

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  1. psbrann
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    I truly don’t understand the hate. Charming story with relatable characters, cool combat, and easily the best graphics of any saints row game to date. People love to complain but don’t let that stop you from enjoying a masterpiece.
  2. Kerro
    Aug 25, 2022
    8
    критики, говна поешьте нормальная игра, хорошая saints row
  3. Jt0429
    Aug 24, 2022
    8
    Good-
    Great mission variety; good combat and driving mechanics; plenty of open-world distractions.
    Bad- Glitchy and dumb enemy AI; inconsistent visuals; repetitive side activities. Thoughts- All things considered, Saints Row is a worthy reboot for the franchise. It’s not something that reinvents the wheel; it’s a pretty formulaic open world that comes with most of the genre’s    Good-
    Great mission variety; good combat and driving mechanics; plenty of open-world distractions.

    Bad-
    Glitchy and dumb enemy AI; inconsistent visuals; repetitive side activities.

    Thoughts-
    All things considered, Saints Row is a worthy reboot for the franchise. It’s not something that reinvents the wheel; it’s a pretty formulaic open world that comes with most of the genre’s trappings. But in the face of its fast and frenzied gameplay loop and varied mission designs, these gripes get reduced to minor inconveniences as you embark on a journey to become the biggest gang in Santo Ileso.    … Expand
  4. KamilJames99
    Aug 24, 2022
    8
    PS5- great game with no technical problems in the first few days of playing. I played many hours and had a great time in this open and crazy world. Perfect game for people who like to shoot and for people who like the extra thrills of an open and big world. I highly recommend it and don't quite understand, some reviews that the game is weak.... I myself have never played the Saints RowPS5- great game with no technical problems in the first few days of playing. I played many hours and had a great time in this open and crazy world. Perfect game for people who like to shoot and for people who like the extra thrills of an open and big world. I highly recommend it and don't quite understand, some reviews that the game is weak.... I myself have never played the Saints Row series before and I am delighted!… Expand
  5. originalalex
    Aug 24, 2022
    9
    It's a fun game, tho not perfect but not many games really are the graphics are gorgeous, the bugs are minimal and the customization is insane, if you like what you saw in the trailers you'll love this game
  6. nightalon
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Estão julgando o jogo Sem saber Ou testar,todos indo na vibe de jornalistas,ninguém mais tem opinião própria… Expand
  7. CunningstUNT_7
    Aug 28, 2022
    10
    The modern age of people reviewing games so poorly just to bring the overall rating down as low as possible is very sad to see.

    I've played this for around 10 hours so far and it is everything I wanted it to be in the most part. Yes, there are a few bugs and glitches that need to be patched, but then that's the same with a lot of games in the early days! I play this co-op and we've had a    The modern age of people reviewing games so poorly just to bring the overall rating down as low as possible is very sad to see.

    I've played this for around 10 hours so far and it is everything I wanted it to be in the most part. Yes, there are a few bugs and glitches that need to be patched, but then that's the same with a lot of games in the early days! I play this co-op and we've had a lot of laughs from the characters in the story and the game itself is very fun. What I like most about it. Is that it has dinar vibes to Saints Row II and The Third before it got really silly. I still played IV and Gat Out of He'll but they weren't that good overall, so I for one am glad to see they've reverted back to driving being more necessary than just jumping really high and essentially flying.

    I'd give this an 8.5/10 but marking as 10 because people giving it between 0-3 on purpose is a disgrace. Even games I strongly dislike I would always rate fairly.    … Expand
  8. kirkhilles
    Oct 2, 2022
    8
    So, yes, I did get this game "free" as part of an AMD bundle and NO, the game isn't worth $60, but i went through all of the missions and activities (Epic says I put in 82 hours in) and you know what? The game was actually quite fun. Are there bugs? Yes. Are the characters blah? Yes. Is this something you've seen before? Yeah. But, here's the thing - if you can get this in the future forSo, yes, I did get this game "free" as part of an AMD bundle and NO, the game isn't worth $60, but i went through all of the missions and activities (Epic says I put in 82 hours in) and you know what? The game was actually quite fun. Are there bugs? Yes. Are the characters blah? Yes. Is this something you've seen before? Yeah. But, here's the thing - if you can get this in the future for $20 or $30, it's well worth it and I completely enjoyed my time.… Expand
  9. StepHD
    Dec 19, 2022
    8
    PS5 | 20~ Hours

    Despite lot of bad reviews i found myself enjoying and being addicted to this game, fun, simple and effective. I returned to Saints Row after not finishing The Third and IV, which are probably the worst ones for me because they were TOO MUCH random sh*t especially IV. This game instead takes me back to the simpler and best (for me of course) Saints Row style, Saints    PS5 | 20~ Hours

    Despite lot of bad reviews i found myself enjoying and being addicted to this game, fun, simple and effective.

    I returned to Saints Row after not finishing The Third and IV, which are probably the worst ones for me because they were TOO MUCH random sh*t especially IV. This game instead takes me back to the simpler and best (for me of course) Saints Row style, Saints Row 2.

    Now bugs, yes there are clearly bugs. BUT what I played was really not as tragic as some people put it, I don’t know if it was a bad early copy or not, but i didn’t encounter any real game breaking bugs, the most annoying bug i encountered was that the colors i set for some weapons would go back to default and blurry graphics.

    I hope Volition doesn’t give up, fixes the major bugs and brings great expansions. Under all the hate there is a good and fun game.

    And like I always say/do, never judge a game too hardly by its scores/ratings, it’s all mostly subjective.    … Expand
  10. Kiryu1557
    Oct 12, 2022
    8
    I don't understand all the hate, it's one of the funniest game ever played, it's just a little buggy but that's not a serious problem, it just reminds me of the old saints row, really good game
  11. goncaliti_viana
    Dec 12, 2022
    8
    I think the lenght of the story is a little to short, and doens't have time to build well, the same could bem Said about the characters. In my opinion the story is the drawback of this since everytihin else is fun, the story ok however the mission design are good.

    I was thinking I would hate the game since the reviews are very bad, but I linda liked ir, it isn't a 10/10 game but it's not    I think the lenght of the story is a little to short, and doens't have time to build well, the same could bem Said about the characters. In my opinion the story is the drawback of this since everytihin else is fun, the story ok however the mission design are good.

    I was thinking I would hate the game since the reviews are very bad, but I linda liked ir, it isn't a 10/10 game but it's not as bad as people say, it's just another saints row, but whithout the poder characters.

    In my opinion I rate this game 8/10 I Saw some bugs but nothing that I dont see in GTA and other Open world games.    … Expand
  12. dforeman
    Oct 22, 2022
    8
    Not as good as 3, but better than 4. I have run into some glitchiness here and there, but I'm playing coop with a friend and enjoying myself.
  13. timwolf76
    Aug 24, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing for this game for 1 full day and half of hours I enjoy it
    Here’s why it’s good
    Guns, cars, the player, and a lot of action

    The people who say game trash has not spend a full day or more on this game or just jump the bandwagon to say it’s trash

    Cars: great customization, different options, and a lot of cars
    Guns: different types has perks and has great performances to it
    The characters: funny, cool, I enjoy playing with them
    The map: big, a lot of activities to do
    Story: great storyline I will not spoil it

    Even if the game has bugs all games goes though this on first week and month of release    … Expand
  14. Yasin0666
    Aug 27, 2022
    10
    I think it‘s the best game i‘ve ever played. I know it has some bugs, but i never had as much fun with a game as i have with Saints Row :) so Thank you! It doesn’t deserve those bad reviews at all. They are all wrong because they haven’t even played it. But seriously, it‘s so good!

    The Characters are amazingly written. The soundtrack is absolutely fantastic. The world is beautiful and    I think it‘s the best game i‘ve ever played. I know it has some bugs, but i never had as much fun with a game as i have with Saints Row :) so Thank you! It doesn’t deserve those bad reviews at all. They are all wrong because they haven’t even played it. But seriously, it‘s so good!

    The Characters are amazingly written.
    The soundtrack is absolutely fantastic.
    The world is beautiful and full of stuff to find.


    Please Metacritic, delete everything under number 5, because it‘s just not true    … Expand
  15. Drinda
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Неплохая игра для такой серии в нынешнии времена. Хоть и с некоторыми проблемами.
  16. StringyCheese
    Aug 25, 2022
    8
    The game isn't nearly half as bad as all these negative reviews paint it to be.

    Sure. There's bugs, but you can patch those. Graphics aren't amazing but they're decent. Story can genuinely be funny at times and takes a more serious tone at times. A lot of the hate from this game is from people who've not even played the game or are simply just upset over the "woke" narrative or just that    The game isn't nearly half as bad as all these negative reviews paint it to be.

    Sure. There's bugs, but you can patch those.
    Graphics aren't amazing but they're decent.
    Story can genuinely be funny at times and takes a more serious tone at times.

    A lot of the hate from this game is from people who've not even played the game or are simply just upset over the "woke" narrative or just that it's not a remaster.    … Expand
  17. quickhakker
    Aug 25, 2022
    8
    I have yet to finish the game (as I'm doing a stream with my friend) but even ignoring the day one glitches which every game has (seriously find a game that doesn't) its a fun game, not stupid OTT like sr4 and gat is but not as gritty as GTA was when saints row first came out, and really on my system looks AMAZING (even at the resolution I have it at for streaming)
  18. suspskov
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Оптимизация ужасная. Город более живой чем в гта 5. Тут например коп может остановить машину и проверить документы, или врачи могут вылечить бомжа на дороге. Говорят, что можно встретить как пожарные тушат огонь, но я не видел. Стрельба более менее, но в мафии 3 лучше. Годная игра лучше стоит проходить с другомОптимизация ужасная. Город более живой чем в гта 5. Тут например коп может остановить машину и проверить документы, или врачи могут вылечить бомжа на дороге. Говорят, что можно встретить как пожарные тушат огонь, но я не видел. Стрельба более менее, но в мафии 3 лучше. Годная игра лучше стоит проходить с другом
  19. ankancr
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Played it a couple of hours and i thinks it is a really nice game! Thanks for this!
  20. Huluandebay13
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Despite it's wokeness, it felt like a saints row game. Blended gameplay of Just Cause with the insanity of Saints Row.
  21. aderfly
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    I like this new style, yes here is a little bugs, but this best open world game, for last year.
  22. 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
  23. ssjkale1987
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Deja fatigué par les critiques de mauvaise fois du jeu basé uniquement sur des bugs facilement corrigibles par la suite, basé sur des comparaisons avec Gta et surtout ceux qui pensent que c'est un triple A... Le jeu est fidèle à la license, histoire cool et mini jeux cultes propres à la série.. Cette façon honteuse de noter le jeu avec des 0 qui ressemblent à des notes hatives et sansDeja fatigué par les critiques de mauvaise fois du jeu basé uniquement sur des bugs facilement corrigibles par la suite, basé sur des comparaisons avec Gta et surtout ceux qui pensent que c'est un triple A... Le jeu est fidèle à la license, histoire cool et mini jeux cultes propres à la série.. Cette façon honteuse de noter le jeu avec des 0 qui ressemblent à des notes hatives et sans arguments valables me pousse à defendre le jeu..Il n'est pas parfait mais très agéable… Expand
  24. Anactualgamer
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    Rating it a 10 to offset all of the reviews from people who haven't played the game, they are just regurgitating what they read on the internet or watched on YouTube. Game is probably more like a 7. If you like the the first two Saints Row games, you will like this. I've played 25 hours and I've had 1 bug that required me to reset the game. What most of these reviews are, are just sheepRating it a 10 to offset all of the reviews from people who haven't played the game, they are just regurgitating what they read on the internet or watched on YouTube. Game is probably more like a 7. If you like the the first two Saints Row games, you will like this. I've played 25 hours and I've had 1 bug that required me to reset the game. What most of these reviews are, are just sheep that watch **** reviewers like Skillup and ACG and run over to try and change the world on Metacritic. It's not GTA. They never tried to be. But it's a fun open world sandbox with hours of fun shenanigans to be had. If you want a game that doesn't take itself seriously, but has a decent story and lots of things to chase down, give it a shot. Yeah there is some "woke" crap. Who cares? There are ton more good things that bad.… Expand
  25. Jetsy5
    Aug 25, 2022
    8
    Saints Row is genius on paper but does have it's flaws in execution. The game mechanics at first can be jarring and hard to get used to but once you have a flow going with the game you release there's tons of fun to be had with the game. The hand to hand combat feels half baked and at first the shooting for unauthentic and uninspired but once have and an Idea what weapons are best in whatSaints Row is genius on paper but does have it's flaws in execution. The game mechanics at first can be jarring and hard to get used to but once you have a flow going with the game you release there's tons of fun to be had with the game. The hand to hand combat feels half baked and at first the shooting for unauthentic and uninspired but once have and an Idea what weapons are best in what situations you start to have blast. The driving may feel floaty to some but after recently playing saints row 3 the driving feel just about the same as Saints Row The Third. This game has the vibes of Saints Row 2 and the gameplay of Saints Row 3. You can tell they took the time to give the world some love. I heard a lot of people say there no land marks in this game. Those people lied. The moment you start exploring the bridges and highways in this game will be more memorable that Saints Row 3, the building will be just as, if not more, memorable as Saints Row 2 building. The variety in the map is a much needed change to the Saints Row series. As far combat goes it feels a lot like Saints Row 3 but the addition of dodge rolling oddly feels right at home in a Saints Row game. The weapons range from mostly realistic to advanced tech. There's nothing to crazy in the weapon options. Pretty much just good old fashioned gun play with a hint of advanced weaponry. The writing admittedly needs work. It has its cringe moments but also some serious moments I wasn't expecting out of this game. A lot of time something happens in the story I'm asking myself how did we get here, why did we just do this, this is such a far leap from where we needed to take this. The same goes for dialogue. I'm asking myself who wrote these cringe lines, why is she talking to me like this, who would ever jump to this conclusion. It doesn't help that the voice acting isn't the best. When it comes to the missions I don't think they are as repetitive as people are saying. I did one string of side missions of my first 2 hours of playing the game and I never got tired of it. In fact I wish there was more of those mission. I will say story mission rely to much on cut scenes and some side missions have bad pacing either being to slow or going by to quick. The grind in this game is one of the best I've scene all year. Different vehicles and guns have perks to be unlocked through either killing certain types of enemies or doing an action a certain amount of times. The leveling up system is pretty lackluster with only 20 levels for you to grind through but the levels make good use of themselves. Offering you perks to equip, and more health. My biggest issue with the game right now is the glitches. I've been co-op with my brother and girlfriend and these glitches are horrible. I was ran over by my girlfriend and brother multiple times because the co-op player icon disappeared in the course of playing the game. It comes back if you die but admittedly if you're not facing down a horde of enemies it's hard to die. My brother has got himself stuck in cars, he's been unable to shoot, and he's been stuck the radio wheel. My girlfriend and I have had missions just completely glitch out on us. This game definitely needed a day one patch to say the least. Altogether I will say this game was $60 well spent. Sightseeing, wing suiting around with friends, being a hired gun on get away missions, racing from the desert to the city, gang wars, the most in-depth customization I've ever scene, the story (when it actually works), the variety in enemies, owning a taco truck, running into gas tanks and instead of exploding your car just goes flying like it did in Saints Row 2 and the hover board. I'm more than satisfied. I can not wrap my head around why this game is getting so much hate. Maybe this wasn't the Saints Row the world was like for but this sets the Saint Row franchise up to have another great peak. I'd say this is the second or third best game in the franchise. I hope this game gets great DLC, and an even better sequel. I want more of this style of Saints Row.… Expand
  26. AmigoGrenouille
    Sep 3, 2022
    10
    To preface, I've beaten this game. I've 100%ed the map. I've experienced every mission and activity there is to do in this game, so keep that in mind.

    This game is worth a 7/10, but I'm giving it a 10 to counterbalance all the 0-1 reviews this game doesn't deserve. This game isn't bad. It's a competently designed but clumsily put-together Gen-Z Power Fantasy. The main thing this    To preface, I've beaten this game. I've 100%ed the map. I've experienced every mission and activity there is to do in this game, so keep that in mind.

    This game is worth a 7/10, but I'm giving it a 10 to counterbalance all the 0-1 reviews this game doesn't deserve.

    This game isn't bad. It's a competently designed but clumsily put-together Gen-Z Power Fantasy. The main thing this reboot does for the franchise is that it takes the story beats from the first 2 games and re-contextualizes them in a Millenial lens. When people complain that this game "wokified" the series, that's what they're talking about. When they're talking about "censorship," 4 things happened. The **** bats are gone, RimJobs and **** were renamed to JimRob's and FB's, and there are no prostitutes. If funny sex and hookers were what Saints Row was to you, then this game isn't for you.

    But that starts to be one of this game's problems, in a marketing sense. The Volition devs spent so much time away from the scene, just to more or less alienate their Hard-R Gamer audience by leaning left for its target audience. This is a necessary calculated risk for any modern AA studio, but in keeping everything else exactly the same they haven't really brought much to compensate for this loss. And that's why this game gets such a bad rep: the only unique thing they have to bring is the most controversial one.

    If you want to hear an actual review about this game, go watch Yahtzee's take on Zero Punctuation; he talks about how this game technically does so many things right but fails to deliver an engaging experience because it's so outdated and derivative to itself. If you're done with that, here are more things to say:

    The game is competently designed. When I say that, I mean the people who laid this game out on the drawing board knew how to design video games. The cutscene cinematography is good. The game systems are laid out well. The graphics are outdated, but the artstyle is fine, and next-gen graphics are severely overrated. The main characters are basically likeable. The writing works. The humor is fine. (I've played Borderlands 3, I know what bad humor and writing in a game looks like, and this isn't it. One key difference being that this game doesn't force you to sit there and listen to people talk before the game lets you play. All the cutscenes are skippable and the dialogue happens during active gameplay, so none of it is intrusive.)

    The issue comes with how all these designs are put together. The programming is embarrassing; I've run into so many obnoxious bugs in my playthrough every day. Clothes and weapons will randomly equip and unequip themselves. Sometimes cars will get stuck on nothing and explode. Sometimes no cars will load in at all. Combat just doesn't work as well as it should at all times. The in-game animations are boring and simplistic. Many side objectives are blatant padding. All of it is sure signs of a game that needed more time and better management, which is likely a luxury the studio just didn't have.

    In conclusion, this game isn't great. But it's playable, and it kills time well. I'd much rather have dealt with this game's **** than any live-service, online-only, subscription-model, you-don't-own-anything ass **** that every other company is pushing into the industry. This game has a kind of simple purity that comes from being from an older and, in my opinion, better time.

    tl;dr I give it a C, a C+ if the bugs are fixed. It'll kill 10 hours and won't make you puke. Buy it for 30 bucks.    … Expand
  27. robloxnerd
    Sep 19, 2022
    10
    Step back? Lol, sr the third was actual step back and sr4 was a shot in the leg. Why nobody complained about that? Don't listen others, just try it. I promise you won't regret
  28. iZombieCat
    Sep 25, 2022
    8
    Amazing game does not deserve the hate I can’t put it down the gameplay is so snappy and satisfying the open world is very beautiful and entertaining it feels more rooted to the original Saints games it’s a great time definitely recommend!
  29. ggwpzz
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    I like this game. He is very fun to play. No problems with bugs until now. The game could be better but is a very cool gamefor me.
  30. Messyfingers
    Aug 25, 2022
    8
    Pretty fun, but very buggy. The gameplay, content, story and humor seem pretty inline with Saints Rows The Third. Note the majority of the negative reviews are deriding the "woke" aspect of the game, which should be a giveaway that none of them have played the game because it's not really a thing in the game.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 63 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 63
  3. Negative: 8 out of 63
  1. GameMAG
    Oct 24, 2022
    60
    Saints Row had chance to be something much more, if only the team behind the game tried to take a more bold and careful approach.
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  2. PLAY
    Oct 15, 2022
    40
    he character creator still shines, but frustrating mission design and a disappointing plot make this reboot difficult to recommend. Far more sinner than saint. [Issue#19, p.92]
  3. The So Videogames Podcast
    Sep 14, 2022
    85
    A really, really fun experience that is getting sh*t on for no reason other than groupthink, herd mentality and people on the bandwagon.
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