Saints Row

 PlayStation 5
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2.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1025 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 228 out of 1025
  2. Mixed: 74 out of 1025
  3. Negative: 723 out of 1025
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  1. VicInFlight
    Oct 7, 2022
    0
    who is this game for? Obviously not for me, those for whom this game, let them rate higher. And I will appreciate how much it deserves in my opinion
  2. Rotkiller
    Oct 7, 2022
    1
    Jeu buggé entièrement une honte.
    Une véritable honte pas de communication de la part des développeurs pas de mise a jour intéressantes pour réglé les problèmes. Il y en a marre des jeux pas finis.
  3. Chrismerchy
    Oct 4, 2022
    0
    Gioco noioso , strapieno di bug , ia inesistente, fisica inesistente nemici posizionati a caso e missioni ripetitive e frustranti...e non continuo che è meglio.
  4. knzlmt381
    Oct 3, 2022
    0
    one of the worst game i played , the game is a buggy mess , dialogue are cringe just like the characters and the story is very bad
  5. Puhsywet5
    Oct 2, 2022
    1
    This game sucks. I'm never playing a new saints row ever again. If you like this game you Like men. Remaster saints row 2 and get these crappy developers off the board like #deadlysteph
  6. psychedelic2
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    More bugs than cyberpunk. Literally the worst writing in the history of writing. Repetitive. Truly awful game/gunplay. Anyone who thinks this is good is on some cope.
  7. 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
  8. Dielawn
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    Gat out of hell had more effort put into it... the story sucked the characters were worse and the gameplay was somehow less responsive than Fallout 76. I tried to look past the story and characters and try to enjoy the game part... 10 hours in and I already requested Xbox for a refund.
  9. SomeGuyWCancer
    Oct 2, 2022
    1
    I’ve had chemo therapy that was more fun and left a better taste in my mouth.
  10. soooB
    Oct 1, 2022
    4
    Not the way to make a reboot - less fun and more glitchy. After a month to patch it I still get random crashes of the app, horrendous graphics pop-in, weird shimmer effects and bad rendering on ground surfaces and bugs that prevent mission completion. This is all compounded by dumb design decisions such as blocking fast travel once you start a mission, even if the first task in the missionNot the way to make a reboot - less fun and more glitchy. After a month to patch it I still get random crashes of the app, horrendous graphics pop-in, weird shimmer effects and bad rendering on ground surfaces and bugs that prevent mission completion. This is all compounded by dumb design decisions such as blocking fast travel once you start a mission, even if the first task in the mission is to travel to the other side of the map to get the mission brief from someone. It feels a lot like QA wasn't allowed to actually play this dross before they pushed it out of the door.… Expand
  11. BushidoRyu
    Oct 1, 2022
    2
    I'm astonished that this game was released in the state that it was in. It's a buggy, glitchy and terrible graphics mess! I've played all the Saints Row games and "this is not Saints Row". It's Taints Row! The game play is crap, the voice acting is crap, the jokes are crap, the graphics are crap! The game doesn't feel gangster or anywhere near the originals. Paying off student loans, WTF?!I'm astonished that this game was released in the state that it was in. It's a buggy, glitchy and terrible graphics mess! I've played all the Saints Row games and "this is not Saints Row". It's Taints Row! The game play is crap, the voice acting is crap, the jokes are crap, the graphics are crap! The game doesn't feel gangster or anywhere near the originals. Paying off student loans, WTF?! Volition should be ashamed of themselves for this woke crap! Bring back Johnny Gat! Save your money, not worth it!… Expand
  12. LittleSticker
    Oct 1, 2022
    2
    ok i've given alot of thought about this game and i was so wrong
    story is horrible
    gameplay is whatever
    so buggy
    removed features that make a crime open world game a crime open world game
    i miss the old volition
  13. Fu3kEA
    Sep 30, 2022
    0
    Well well well well. What's the old saying again ? GO WOKE GO BROKE. CEO is confused at how the game done so poorly and nobody likes it ? Maybe take a look in the mirror and try not hire people like @DeadlySteph who attack fans calling them "terrorists". Learn from your mistakes. Don't let woke people in to spread poison
  14. Amakyusa
    Sep 30, 2022
    0
    A history disconnected from what Saints Row is about and completely disconnected to what the FANBASE WHO MADE THIS FRANCHISE believes. This is wokeness degeneracy at it's finest.

    It's a shame to see a lot of IP's going down the drainer this way.
  15. DxBang
    Sep 30, 2022
    0
    Sadly, I cannot rate this game on Epic Store where I bought the game. Sadly, I actually did buy this game... as Gold Edition... Yes, I am an idiot.

    This is indeed the worst saints row game of them all. It is so bad I decided to write my first review. The story is extremely bad, but luckily the story line is short, but the game forces the player to repeat extremely boring tasks just    Sadly, I cannot rate this game on Epic Store where I bought the game. Sadly, I actually did buy this game... as Gold Edition... Yes, I am an idiot.

    This is indeed the worst saints row game of them all. It is so bad I decided to write my first review.

    The story is extremely bad, but luckily the story line is short, but the game forces the player to repeat extremely boring tasks just to be able to start some of the missions.

    Previous Saints Row games were way more fun with a friend, but sadly that feature wasn't even stable here. I have no idea if they have fixed that today, since I completed the game solo, but my saint-friend gave up on the game but couldn't refund it due to us trying for too many hours to get co-op running stable.

    And to have NPC body-shaming you when being shirtless or naked, white people puke when they see a shirtless black person, pukes in front of my transgender boss... I guess DeadlySteph, DeepSilver and Volition approves such public behavior.

    The graphics are far from impressive in 2022, even compared to previous Saints Row titles.

    I honestly only hope that this game has proven to the future development of games that we will never see games like this again.

    What good can I say about this...    … Expand
  16. engineer11111
    Sep 30, 2022
    0
    A waste of bits...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  17. MrOdyssey
    Sep 29, 2022
    0
    I was going to just accept that I wasted my money on this game and deal with the crippling disappointment of this game. Then I saw how the developers are reacting to people disliking their game on twitter and social media and I had to come let my voice be heard. This game is unplayable and every mission had bugs of at least visual quality. The gameplay was unsatisfying and even the musicI was going to just accept that I wasted my money on this game and deal with the crippling disappointment of this game. Then I saw how the developers are reacting to people disliking their game on twitter and social media and I had to come let my voice be heard. This game is unplayable and every mission had bugs of at least visual quality. The gameplay was unsatisfying and even the music sucked. Volition Studios needs to wake up.… Expand
  18. LouisJ
    Sep 29, 2022
    9
    I think that saints row is seriously fun, funny and charming. There was not a mission or side hustle that I didn’t enjoy but my favorite was the larp one.
  19. crazyhoot
    Sep 29, 2022
    8
    saints row 2022 reminded me that games can be fun and silly just for the sake of being fun and silly
  20. mickrussom
    Sep 29, 2022
    0
    the whole point of this game was the off color racey juvenile humor. now its just a piece of garbage that is related to saints row in name only. whoever made this game is scum...
  21. Thekingdamage
    Sep 29, 2022
    1
    I've been a huge fan since the first game. I've enjoyed all the saints row games up until now. They game has had many changes and themes but always managed to keep it fun and engaging. This one completely misses the mark. The game is really boring and feels like a really well made Free to play. The city and npcs all seem so unlife like. But what I dislike most are the characters they areI've been a huge fan since the first game. I've enjoyed all the saints row games up until now. They game has had many changes and themes but always managed to keep it fun and engaging. This one completely misses the mark. The game is really boring and feels like a really well made Free to play. The city and npcs all seem so unlife like. But what I dislike most are the characters they are just god awful. Idk what demographic they were going for… Expand
  22. Bryce052
    Sep 29, 2022
    2
    Outdated and repetitive gameplay in a lifeless open world. Decent graphics but expect lots of pop-in and bugs on console. Poorly written dialogue and an uninteresting storyline made this a tedious gaming experience. Would not recommend this game.
  23. SpiralNexus
    Sep 28, 2022
    1
    This game is a joke and I would make the comparison that this game is the ride to hell retribution of this generation. The story is not good trying to relate to modern or gen z times with lack luster jokes and core gameplay is an big issue as its has no impact and screams lazy. The game itself is riddled with bugs and graphical issues in which the the developer took basically said releaseThis game is a joke and I would make the comparison that this game is the ride to hell retribution of this generation. The story is not good trying to relate to modern or gen z times with lack luster jokes and core gameplay is an big issue as its has no impact and screams lazy. The game itself is riddled with bugs and graphical issues in which the the developer took basically said release a broken game and we will fix overtime. That in itself is unacceptable as the examples are cyberpunk 2077 and battlefield 2042. This game is a cash grab and no one should ever get this game go back and get the original saints row 1-4 and gat out of hell you will appreciate them more now.… Expand
  24. Casino_Bandit
    Sep 28, 2022
    1
    Where to start with this game? We have transitioned to an era of gaming where every old franchise we grew up to love and spend thousands of hours playing has been rebooted and ruins the entire franchise. The graphics are absolute garbage. Models don't render in properly and the environment just looks as if it was created for the PS3/PS4 transition, not something for 2022. The gun play isWhere to start with this game? We have transitioned to an era of gaming where every old franchise we grew up to love and spend thousands of hours playing has been rebooted and ruins the entire franchise. The graphics are absolute garbage. Models don't render in properly and the environment just looks as if it was created for the PS3/PS4 transition, not something for 2022. The gun play is horrible and boring, the open world aspect is empty, the side quests are messed up to all heck and the main story is a snooze fest. The characters are cringe, and just there to make this next generation of Saints seem hip.... when the game is about gangsters. Whoever has done the writing on the plot is also terrible. I've seen writing that far surpasses the entire script of this video game written by high schoolers. A month later and the game is still a buggy mess. Its no wonder it didn't launch on Steam at first. The game would have been decimated. Goodbye Saints Row. I will miss the old You. o7… Expand
  25. DrBAMF_PhD_MMT
    Sep 26, 2022
    4
    Wow. I wanted to like this game, especially after I saw people review bombing it for being woke. I've played and loved every Saints Row game, even the first one, and after finishing this one I have to say it easily steals the spot of worst Saints Row game.

    I don't really care about preachyness and wokeness in video games unless it gets absolutely overwhelming and becomes the entire    Wow. I wanted to like this game, especially after I saw people review bombing it for being woke. I've played and loved every Saints Row game, even the first one, and after finishing this one I have to say it easily steals the spot of worst Saints Row game.

    I don't really care about preachyness and wokeness in video games unless it gets absolutely overwhelming and becomes the entire point of the narrative (Life is Strange 2), and I have to say I honestly didn't see much of that in this. Other than the main characters being a strategically multi-racial group of annoying millennial hipsters, that is, and I only even noticed that because all the angry reviews had me looking for it going in. People have mentioned the character creator, and they're right, its terrible. Its nearly impossible to make a female character that doesnt look transgender. I don't know why this is, but I doubt it's intentional since the creator is so bad compared to the previous games. This game isn't propaganda, its just bad.

    For one the shooting system is almost identical to the one in Saints Row 2 made over a decade ago. The guns give little feedback and are annoyingly unresponsive making the whole thing feel janky and unresponsive. This was fine in Saints Row 3 and 4 when there was a ton of outlandish weapons to keep your mind off it, but none of that is present here.

    The humor is bad. There are definitely some laughs to be had, the writing isn't completely terrible all the time, it does have its moments. But a lot of that will be lost if you don't pick one of the 2 good voices available for your character, both of which are female. The voices this time are just really bad. The masculine black guy voice that I built my character around in all of the games from 2 onward is now gone, replaced by this whiny high pitched voice that sounds like Urkel from that tv show and its just terrible. Thank god the game lets you reconfigure the entire appearance of your character whenever you want.

    The missions are ok, but they are repetitive and most of the open world activities are copies of the ones in previous games. This is fine, they are still a lot of fun, and the crazy over-the-top violence and explosions are still here, but lacking the humor of the first games. Sadly, the main story is nowhere near as creative as the original series, and it's also stupidly short, and heavily padded by requiring you to do busywork. For instance, in SR 2 dealing with the police anti-gang task force takes almost half the game, and its awesome. Here its just one mission, taking 5 minutes out of your day to intimidate an entire police force into submission.

    The villains actually had potential, but they squandered it by loosing focus and basically forgetting about them by the end of the game. They introduce an entirely new villain in the last mission of the game. I'm not joking there, they seriously invent a new villain for you to kill just to resolve this disaster of a story and it is even more stupid than it sounds.

    I don't know what happened here. There are some actually good ideas, like the new powers you get for leveling up. More grounded and practical than the ones in 4, the progression system could have been awesome but unfortunately they didn't add any more than that. Combine those skills with the stat buying system from 3 and 4 and this part of it would have come out great. Car and gun upgrading is breathtakingly simple, there are no specific upgrades you can get like in 2,3 and 4, just pump money into the gun to boost its stats. Boring as hell and way more primitive than the previous games. Its poorly optimized and crash prone (I had to restart it at least once every 4 hours, not enough to make me quit, but annoying), but no amount of extra development time would have fixed the problems evident in the gameplay and story.

    Despite the failure this game is sure to be, I hope they keep making SR games, but when they do, it needs to be another reboot. We can't have a direct sequel progressing out of this, there are a few likeable characters, but volition has shown before that they can do MUCH better than this.    … Expand
  26. vivowater
    Sep 25, 2022
    0
    trash game trash game trash game trash game trash game trash game trash game
  27. TonyBratan
    Sep 25, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very weak and boring game... Gta San andreas is more funny. Low story, low gameplay. I'm sorry I bought it… Expand
  28. LilaQ
    Sep 25, 2022
    0
    Wow, what a woke **** I really wish I could get my money back.
    Looks like crap and tries to force this gender crap and other Zoomer nonsense down your throat. Gtfo with his trash
  29. 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!
  30. Tonkpils187
    Sep 24, 2022
    0
    Words cannot describe how bad this game is. Worse money spent on a game. DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Buy any other Saints Row game but this one. Not funny, combat system sucks, dumbass glitches. Which for a game that was delayed why is there glitches? Horrible writing. Just don't buy. If you feel the urge to buy look up game play footage on youtube.
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61

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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