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. CrouchGaming
    Oct 16, 2022
    4
    Les options de personnalisation sont plutôt cool
    Les dialogues sont vraiment bien
    Il y a des phases vraiment fun !

    Mais voilà le jeu est bourré de bug , les gin fight ne sont pas hyper plaisant , graphiquement sa casse pas 3 pattes à un canard ... Un jeu bien moyen
  2. Noodleslayer14
    Feb 24, 2023
    4
    I look at this as a lazy piece of work you can (sort of) call a game. The Saints Row reboot we've all been waiting for was a disappointment and a blunder. This game is stocked with dull jokes, bad writing, and a boring story. While there's a fresh cast of characters, it doesn't feel the same with the previous games' wacky sense of humor. I would bring up the mass amount of glitches, bugs,I look at this as a lazy piece of work you can (sort of) call a game. The Saints Row reboot we've all been waiting for was a disappointment and a blunder. This game is stocked with dull jokes, bad writing, and a boring story. While there's a fresh cast of characters, it doesn't feel the same with the previous games' wacky sense of humor. I would bring up the mass amount of glitches, bugs, stiff gunplay, and constant crashes, but I'm hoping it doesn't have to come to that being the main focal point of this game's hate. I will give some credit to this game for it's pretty graphics, and lively atmosphere. While this reboot ultimately failed to be a decent reboot to a great series, it's visuals make it at least somewhat better.… Expand
  3. wizards666
    Jul 10, 2023
    4
    I played this game on PC, and it runs very well; I encountered very few bugs, and it looks gorgeous. The sound is excellent, and the shooting is very fluid and fun. Physics and driving are also very responsive and very fun. The level of customization of my 'boss' is pretty cool too. I was able to re-create myself very well. Very nice.

    However... What's the point of this game? The story    I played this game on PC, and it runs very well; I encountered very few bugs, and it looks gorgeous. The sound is excellent, and the shooting is very fluid and fun. Physics and driving are also very responsive and very fun. The level of customization of my 'boss' is pretty cool too. I was able to re-create myself very well. Very nice.

    However... What's the point of this game? The story is so **** dumb and pointless. If you want mindless fun, then this game is for you.

    I felt I was wasting time going through many pointless and forgettable main and side quests. There's absolutely nothing memorable about this game. Holy crap.    … Expand
  4. Captiosus
    Sep 19, 2022
    3
    The best part of the new Saints Row is the character creator. Second best is the synthwave radio station. Everything else was bland, soulless, open-world-by-numbers corporate game design. If I hadn’t known anything about the game beforehand and someone told me it was a remaster of a game from 14 years ago, I would believe them based on design and gameplay.

    Sanitized characters with very    The best part of the new Saints Row is the character creator. Second best is the synthwave radio station. Everything else was bland, soulless, open-world-by-numbers corporate game design. If I hadn’t known anything about the game beforehand and someone told me it was a remaster of a game from 14 years ago, I would believe them based on design and gameplay.

    Sanitized characters with very little humor and the whole thing just felt like a bunch of boomers and older Gen X’ers trying to write what they thought would appeal to millennials and zoomers. Student loans, yadda yadda yadda, late stage capitalism, yadda yadda yadda, evil imperialist corporation… If the Steve Buscemi “how do you do fellow kids” scene/meme were a video game, this would be it.

    Driving and shooting is janky af, the vast majority of missions are just “go here, pick up thing, bring it back”, even the main story missions. The “gang building” is but a pale imitation of the first two SR games. Visually the game looks like something from mid-last gen only with volumetric fog and heat distortion effects for the hell of it -- but there's nothing here that can excuse the game's absolutely awful performance. Unstable frame rates, copious frame drops, stutters, extreme texture pop in, missing textures, the list goes on. And the list of bugs I encountered, many minor, some gamebreaking, would be too long to type.

    26 hours played to reach 100% completion and I only bothered because I didn't have anything better to play at the moment. I cannot recommend this game, especially not to Saints Row fans. This is a dumbed down, forgettable, "politically correct" version of the Saints and it feels like a game the original Saints Row would have absolutely pilloried. Saints Row 4 accurately predicted this with their parody signs reading: "REBOOT IS DEATH". This is, indeed, the death of a once fun franchise. Rest in Peace, Third Street Saints.    … Expand
  5. Tachikoma
    Sep 17, 2022
    3
    What a crapshoot. Awful graphics, terrible controls, dull missions, rubbish weapon system and bland story. Managed 32 hours before a gamebreaking bug means I can no longer access the weapon wheel making the game unplayable, even after loading an old save & uninstalling, reinstalling game (even after today's new patch!!). Reported this to the Devs 3 weeks ago, supplied further details 17What a crapshoot. Awful graphics, terrible controls, dull missions, rubbish weapon system and bland story. Managed 32 hours before a gamebreaking bug means I can no longer access the weapon wheel making the game unplayable, even after loading an old save & uninstalling, reinstalling game (even after today's new patch!!). Reported this to the Devs 3 weeks ago, supplied further details 17 days ago and now they won't respond. Another £60 down the drain… Expand
  6. VanDerGame
    Sep 14, 2022
    3
    Sometimes I wonder whether some games exist only just to wash money...
    I have played all the SR games and this is probably the worst one because of incredibly huge ammount of neglection and ignorance. It's practically a joke, as if the developers didn't know what the gamers really want.
    I'll tell you what we surely don't want: 1. another game that looks like a sad caricature of any GTA    Sometimes I wonder whether some games exist only just to wash money...
    I have played all the SR games and this is probably the worst one because of incredibly huge ammount of neglection and ignorance. It's practically a joke, as if the developers didn't know what the gamers really want.
    I'll tell you what we surely don't want:
    1. another game that looks like a sad caricature of any GTA game so far
    2. another copy of SR game with changed dialogues, but same voices
    3. unrealistic driving - hit the brakes in your real car as fast as in the game then go and smack the guy responsible for steering cars and bikes in this game
    3. as usual: no walk button on PC, every movement is way too fast - it really looks like an arcade game for mobile phones
    Good things I really like are: character creation and that it's possible to change your character body and appearance any time as well as quite good voice acting, sound engineering and solid cut-scenes. Also: model behaviour (although too fast movement is a pain)
    All in all, I deeply regret how this game turned out. There are almost no alternatives to GTA, which is stagerring, based on how many people like this kind of games. One of the only rivals of GTA present a game which is incredibly shallow. The question remains: WHY?    … Expand
  7. arostislavna
    Sep 5, 2023
    3
    0 at launch a year ago, 3 at relaunch now.

    Some of the same problems kind of still exist, story is a snoozefest, the world is mostly silent and lifeless, visual bugs where tips stay on the screen, bugs where you cant get out of the car during missions and the "new" map/activity finder is a shadow of it's former self. The 'nudity' is misogynistic because the female breasts are modeled    0 at launch a year ago, 3 at relaunch now.

    Some of the same problems kind of still exist, story is a snoozefest, the world is mostly silent and lifeless, visual bugs where tips stay on the screen, bugs where you cant get out of the car during missions and the "new" map/activity finder is a shadow of it's former self.

    The 'nudity' is misogynistic because the female breasts are modeled after male pectorals on a slider.

    It is off-putting.    … Expand
  8. JiWiK
    Sep 13, 2022
    3
    This game is a terrorist attack on creativity and legacy. Not only on this franchise but on the whole game industry. Bugs can be fixed so they are not included in this rating. But the bad game design and censure are not fixable. Teach people to deal with the world - not make the world boring for everybody just to not hurt these peoples little feelings.
  9. lollipopwaraxe
    Aug 27, 2022
    3
    Dated, repetitive and very boring. Feels like a game that came out in 2011. Also has one of the worst endings in any game I have played in along time. There is no ending build up it just like the writers decided they ran out of time or can't pace a game. Do not recommend it at all
  10. Jagger_1979
    Sep 1, 2022
    3
    This game is not great. Feels like a PS2 playstyle with decent graphics and design. To introduce this game with the platform capabilites of the PS5 is an insult. Then to charge $70.00 for it is ridiculous. I don't give my opinion often, but this game is trash. I won't be playing a game from this developer again. It would be a waste of my time, and more importantly money.
  11. MfomP
    Aug 27, 2022
    3
    Graphically mediocre, unispired story, terrible characters, boring missions, average playability. This is what pandering to the woke crowd does for a game.
  12. ehtaco
    Sep 16, 2022
    3
    This game is so bad to the point that I'm curious how legit the good review for this game are. Because good lord this game didn't earn a single one of those. 6's? MAYBE. But the 8s, 9s, and 10s? Not a chance in hell those are for real.

    Everything people love about Saints Row has been stripped from Saints Row. The batch of characters is some of the worst in any game I've ever played, the    This game is so bad to the point that I'm curious how legit the good review for this game are. Because good lord this game didn't earn a single one of those. 6's? MAYBE. But the 8s, 9s, and 10s? Not a chance in hell those are for real.

    Everything people love about Saints Row has been stripped from Saints Row. The batch of characters is some of the worst in any game I've ever played, the writing is some of the worst in recent memory. The bugs, the glitches, the pop-in, what a terribly made game.

    This is intended to be a reboot of Saints Row, basically. And it's somehow worse in just about every area to the OG Saints Row! A game that came out in 2006! Even graphically somehow. This game looks better, but in motion, it looks like complete trash. Also; this is yet another open-world game with a nice, big map that is virtually empty.

    Terrible game, terrible devs. Also; whoever thought it was a good idea to add bullet sponge enemies to *this* extent in a Saints Row game? You're dumb as hell. Thx.    … Expand
  13. JustinIZHere
    Aug 25, 2022
    3
    I don't even have the energy to write a full negative review about this. They rebooted the series in all the wrong ways, its not fun, its buggy, its just terrible.

    The main cast is the characters the actual saints would have bullied in saints row 1-4. Don't buy this, its garbage.
  14. springbreeze
    Aug 24, 2022
    3
    Pros
    ✔️Vast Customization
    ✔️Beautiful Water Effects and overall visuals ✔️Hair Physics look great ✔️Funny pedestrians/dialogue feels very "GTA humor" while in the city area Cons ❌Cast is forgettable ❌level up system is terrible and feels restrictive ❌Graphics look oily/not fulfilled ❌Aiming is a hassle + inconsistent auto aim mechanic (your horizontal aim moves too fast and    Pros
    ✔️Vast Customization
    ✔️Beautiful Water Effects and overall visuals
    ✔️Hair Physics look great
    ✔️Funny pedestrians/dialogue feels very "GTA humor" while in the city area

    Cons
    ❌Cast is forgettable
    ❌level up system is terrible and feels restrictive
    ❌Graphics look oily/not fulfilled
    ❌Aiming is a hassle + inconsistent auto aim mechanic (your horizontal aim moves too fast and skips over targets)

    ❌car stealing animation lacks detail and some vehicles windows don't break when you jump in them
    ❌Helicopter glitches out and you're not able to see where you're flying so you can't finish missions
    ❌AI constantly glitches
    ❌Weapons are boring and restrictive
    ❌Birds are generic/static
    ❌Can't switch car camera
    ❌When player gets out of the drivers seat they tpose for approx 2 seconds at times
    ❌Doors have a weird shadow animation on them upon entering (tattoo parlor, clothing store etc)
    ❌Game feels like a last gen open world game
    ❌Desert area is barren/nothing to really do
    ❌Game world is very quiet even though the city is populated lack of ambient city sounds
    ❌fighting mechanics feel last gen/copy & pasted and lack impact sounds.

    The game is unfinished and I will not accept any other excuse.

    Refunded.    … Expand
  15. proafet88
    Aug 26, 2022
    3
    I had no bugs. The combat gets a little lame and a pain when every mission is just fight fight and fight in SR3 every gun upgrade made ut look different here it stays the same,the new perk upgrade system is horrible in SR3 it was fkin amazing, the world feels empty, cool costumization system, i actually enjoyed the story but in 3 there were choices... i consider it ok nothing more but notI had no bugs. The combat gets a little lame and a pain when every mission is just fight fight and fight in SR3 every gun upgrade made ut look different here it stays the same,the new perk upgrade system is horrible in SR3 it was fkin amazing, the world feels empty, cool costumization system, i actually enjoyed the story but in 3 there were choices... i consider it ok nothing more but not bad either however they couldve made it more interesting and in depth even i had a few ideeas which would involve Marshall some more, Marshall feel like a poor knock off of STAG from SR3, the characters are ok but as everyone is complaining 20 yr olds that struggle with rent its weird but in the grand scheme of things i would say they are okish not bad however the point is they feel extremely childish for a SR game, the AI is dumb.Idk its just a full disappointment for a SR reboot it just made me want to play Saints Row 3 again and SR3 feels so much better than this game the flashy and different missioms that were in SR3 are not here except for 2 3 max

    TLDR: a tremendous disappointment it wants to be saints row but gives a fortnite type of vibe in terms of the audience that should play it, they made it a little more friendly feels like, SR3 felt like they actually targeted an actual mature player base but here its like they aim for idk 10-16-17 yr olds. A great example is Borderlands where they added streaming and social media into the story like it is not their place in these types of video games. The game is just BLAND

    Idk why this comparison came to mind SR3 feels like an actual action movie with jokes but when i think of the reboot i outright think of it as being Toys Story from Disney xD

    I believe it can 100%be enjoyed by some people and 100% hated by others however i am in the middle cant give it a 6 either because we waited too damn long just to get this one of the games ever made but i do say TRY IT see if you like the game    … Expand
  16. MrMissRye
    Aug 26, 2022
    3
    Really disappointed with this game. I've been a fan since the original Saints Row and purchased this game blind thinking it would at least be at the quality of previous game. Honestly, it's embarrassing. I'm annoyed that I wasted $60 on this. Graphics are bad, gameplay sucks, story is boring, and not a single interesting character. I wish I could get a refund.
  17. GreenBellPepper
    Aug 26, 2022
    3
    First thing I had to point out is I couldn't launch the game at first. I had to do the trick by hitting Enter multiple times to load into the game. The other trick is to agree to the EULA from Epic website.

    I've only played the game for about 1 and a half and this game is very buggy. The animations and controls feels very outdated. Feels like I'm playing a PS3 game. Also the sensitivity    First thing I had to point out is I couldn't launch the game at first. I had to do the trick by hitting Enter multiple times to load into the game. The other trick is to agree to the EULA from Epic website.

    I've only played the game for about 1 and a half and this game is very buggy. The animations and controls feels very outdated. Feels like I'm playing a PS3 game. Also the sensitivity on mouse just feels weird. I have to keep adjusting the sensitivity on my mouse depending on what I'm doing. If I'm driving, it seems the sensitivity gets faster. I changed all the sensitivity in the settings in game, but that made no difference. Also feels the sensitivity randomly changes when shooting on foot.

    I couldn't really get into the story. It feels out of place for a saints row game. A group of college kids needing money to pay rent and pay off student loans. The way they act doesn't feel like they belong in a gang. They don't even seem like the type of people who would go out robbing banks and killing people.

    Then on top of that, the developers bash people who criticize their game. Any company who blames their customers instead of themselves, or at least acknowledge the backlash and try to make it right, is an instant no go for me. I refunded this game. I may pick it up later when it's on sale, has it's dlcs, and bugs worked out.    … Expand
  18. HoneyPuffPixie
    Aug 29, 2022
    3
    I want to start out by saying I'm a saints row fan. I WANTED to like this game I really did. I loved the game since an old friend introduced me to saints row 2. And when the reboot came out and the devs said it was a mix of 2 and 3, that had a more grounded story and whacky I held on hope. I wanted to give it a chance, I even preordered the gold edition because I love this series. I wantedI want to start out by saying I'm a saints row fan. I WANTED to like this game I really did. I loved the game since an old friend introduced me to saints row 2. And when the reboot came out and the devs said it was a mix of 2 and 3, that had a more grounded story and whacky I held on hope. I wanted to give it a chance, I even preordered the gold edition because I love this series. I wanted to see it grow and get better and get back to where it used to be. That hope was gravely misplaced.

    The new characters didn't bother me, the new story didn't bother me, even the same gameplay of "shoot a bunch of dudes over and over again" because it was really hard to melee in here. I even forgave that. BUT THE BUGS I CAN NOT FORGIVE. This game is unplayable. When I have to worry about doing a mission and the game soft locking, losing all my progress that is one thing I can not stand! This game needed way more time in the oven. And since I can't even return it because epic games said it's beyond 2 hours. I spent most of that time just trying to start and restart the game because there's a BUG that makes it hard to even OPEN the game. I'm so disappointed and brokenhearted over this. This is worse than no man's sky when it first came out, worse than cyberpunk 2077.

    I'm done, I'm never buying another saints row game again. The game died long ago and this reboot is nothing but a zombie version of it, trying to be one of the cool kids.

    What makes matters worse is that I honestly don't think Saints Row can come back from this. The devs pissed off and insulted old fans, maybe it's time to finally let this game die.    … Expand
  19. OhNo00
    Aug 30, 2022
    3
    Title Vultures. Not a Saints Row game. Inconsistent storyline and way too short of a story. Soulless and a huge lack of creativity and drive. Example, steal the Codex which is perceived as a really important one of a kind item, just becomes a collectible you can place in your hideout, no mention of it afterwards or any further story for it…wholly pointless. Just skip and jump to nextTitle Vultures. Not a Saints Row game. Inconsistent storyline and way too short of a story. Soulless and a huge lack of creativity and drive. Example, steal the Codex which is perceived as a really important one of a kind item, just becomes a collectible you can place in your hideout, no mention of it afterwards or any further story for it…wholly pointless. Just skip and jump to next scenario. No real impact with the gangs, considering it’s a game about gang conflict etc. Completely watered down.… Expand
  20. Riptsun
    Aug 30, 2022
    3
    Played the game on pc for eight hours. My profile and save data got corrupted three times. I had to start over from the beginning of the game each time. Even after downloading two patch updates.
  21. Schnitzlgsicht
    Sep 1, 2022
    3
    I m so sick of triple A publishers selling unfinished, buggy games at a full price, ruining good IPs and violating the trust of fans in the process. The physics are ridiculous at best, the KI is horribly unpredictably stupid. Graphics would be OK for half the price and while i encountered nothing game-breaking so far the bugs made me restart missions or the whole game more times then I canI m so sick of triple A publishers selling unfinished, buggy games at a full price, ruining good IPs and violating the trust of fans in the process. The physics are ridiculous at best, the KI is horribly unpredictably stupid. Graphics would be OK for half the price and while i encountered nothing game-breaking so far the bugs made me restart missions or the whole game more times then I can count.
    This would be a fun game - for half the price at the very best. But for a full-price game this is just outrageous.
    If i d do such a **** job at my workplace I d be fired instantly and I m not blaming the people actually coding the game. I know this is due to the greediness of the higher-ups but still.....I actually created a metacritic acc just for this one review, not expecting to anyone actually care about what I have to say but I d like to think its still better then keeping quiet on this matter, that is torturing the gaming-community for a very long time now. I m at a point where i expect every future game to be unfinished and overpriced, spitting in the face of the people funding them.    … Expand
  22. BananoCanano
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    Saint Row es un juego plagado de errores desde la última actualización, lo errores son los siguientes :

    - Se bloquean la mayoría de los botones -los Autos de los panteros explotan sin razón cuando voy caminando -se cierra el juego sin razón aparente - Fracaso la misión sólo por que si - En una misión no puedo matar a los por que estaban en una zpna elevada pero estaban congelados    Saint Row es un juego plagado de errores desde la última actualización, lo errores son los siguientes :

    - Se bloquean la mayoría de los botones -los Autos de los panteros explotan sin razón cuando voy caminando

    -se cierra el juego sin razón aparente - Fracaso la misión sólo por que si - En una misión no puedo matar a los por que estaban en una zpna elevada pero estaban congelados reintente la misión varias veces y seguía pasando -etc Cave aclarar que estoy jugando en ps5 , intente pedir un rembolso y me lo denegaron por que no havian recibido quejas , aunque lo havia pedido antes de los 14 días , no tiene nada que ver con la critica pero lo digo por si lo piensan comprar en Play Station . La historia a sido de mi agrado pero sin los chistes que caracterizaba a la saga saint row .    … Expand
  23. Cuff
    Sep 18, 2022
    3
    I've been a fan of Saint's Row since the beginning of the franchise. I love that the game is the 'toned down' version of GTA because I can't stand all the n-word this, n-word that BUT this new installment definitely is NOT Saint's Row. Why? Because the characters are mostly flat, the stakes are boring, and the wild, nutty stuff from the previous games is completely absent! Simply put, YOUI've been a fan of Saint's Row since the beginning of the franchise. I love that the game is the 'toned down' version of GTA because I can't stand all the n-word this, n-word that BUT this new installment definitely is NOT Saint's Row. Why? Because the characters are mostly flat, the stakes are boring, and the wild, nutty stuff from the previous games is completely absent! Simply put, YOU CAN NOT HAVE A SAINT'S ROW GAME WITHOUT A CHARACTER LIKE JOHNNY GAT!!

    I played the game on Xbox so I didn't have any buggy moments that interfered with the game but I by 1/4 the way through, I was finding the missions to be repetitive and the side-quests were just so-so.    … Expand
  24. Proctts
    Sep 20, 2022
    3
    A woke lazy attempt of remaking the saints row franchise. Co op is broken and utterly unplayable, the story is boring and cringe worthy as are the new characters.
  25. reb0rn
    Nov 1, 2022
    3
    This "game" is an unfinished mess. There is very few good things about this "game", one of them being is the funnest part of the game, the refunding option. This game tries to hard to not offend anybody, it's like saints row 2 made for gen z. If you want to make your fans excited, maybe don't add "horse balls" and ignore the fans.
  26. nasibrahim
    Dec 24, 2022
    3
    One word - horrible! Extremely boring story and dialogue, enemies are bullet sponges (take 20-30 bullets to kill), terrible driving mechanics, not much to do in the cities and everything is repetitive, and last, but not least, awful game audio sounds - no immersion whatsoever. I don’t often regret buying games, but this “new” Saints Row is one of the worst games I’ve ever purchased. ToOne word - horrible! Extremely boring story and dialogue, enemies are bullet sponges (take 20-30 bullets to kill), terrible driving mechanics, not much to do in the cities and everything is repetitive, and last, but not least, awful game audio sounds - no immersion whatsoever. I don’t often regret buying games, but this “new” Saints Row is one of the worst games I’ve ever purchased. To think of how much fun older Saints Row‘s were to play, it’s a shame. … Expand
  27. PinkKitten
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    Giving saints row a 3.9/10, had a giggle here and there out of this cringe game, would of been a 2.9 but I got it for free out of a playstation 5 bundle.

    The game is too short, and it feels like a lot of it is missing the boss fights don't feel like boss fights especially the first one Wich the game does it for you in a cut scene. The game it self is buggy and glitchy.
  28. SWERY_51
    Aug 27, 2022
    2
    This Alpha version of the game was not looking very good and was full of glitches. I hope everything will be fixed for the release. Oh, wait...
  29. GamerZero
    Aug 24, 2022
    2
    Looks like an Xbox 360 game doing it's best Cyberbug 2077 impersonation with all the glitches. Gameplay is boring and gunplay feels off. The writing is horrible and the characters are more annoying than you can imagine. Saints Row 2022 is embarrassing.
  30. SplitMind
    Aug 25, 2022
    2
    A game so shallow and vacant that it deserves an equally shallow and scathing review.
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Metascore
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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