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. JustHonest-
    Aug 27, 2022
    1
    This game was a let down to say the least. Its very repetitive and lacks any creativity. It’s physics and combat are both mechanically void. Do not buy! You’ll be bored in 2hrs.
  2. 1000needles
    Aug 27, 2022
    1
    This game is FAAAAR from a 10/10

    Out dated gameplay . Muddy xbox one graphics The world feels empty and dead Awful dialog to the point it sounded like the voice actors were bored Boring repetitive missions Full of bugs and glitches Has political messages for some reason Ugly boring characters who bring nothing to the table Crashes alot Weird controls where the analog sticks    This game is FAAAAR from a 10/10

    Out dated gameplay .
    Muddy xbox one graphics
    The world feels empty and dead
    Awful dialog to the point it sounded like the voice actors were bored
    Boring repetitive missions
    Full of bugs and glitches
    Has political messages for some reason
    Ugly boring characters who bring nothing to the table
    Crashes alot
    Weird controls where the analog sticks sensitivity seems random
    Has been censored so much that's is unrecognizable as a saints game.

    I guess the only good thing about it is character customization.    … Expand
  3. Dailyduder
    Aug 28, 2022
    1
    The only reason why it gets a 1 is because how fun bad the game is at the beginning.
  4. Crazyjack278
    Aug 28, 2022
    1
    This is the worst game in 2022 soulless nothing to do and bad level design that you want to rip your liver out of your body and eat it and glitches up the ass. And in GameStop Canada instead of 79.99 it’s 65.99 GameStop knew this game was going to bird **** that they change the price and don’t get me started on the **** story dear god it make the last of us 2 and borderlands 3 look likeThis is the worst game in 2022 soulless nothing to do and bad level design that you want to rip your liver out of your body and eat it and glitches up the ass. And in GameStop Canada instead of 79.99 it’s 65.99 GameStop knew this game was going to bird **** that they change the price and don’t get me started on the **** story dear god it make the last of us 2 and borderlands 3 look like good story than this abomination the only good thing is the graphics,music, and the gameplay but that’s it this game don’t buy this game and if you do get a refund… Expand
  5. ElHispanicoLeon
    Aug 28, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ¿Por donde empezar con esta basura? 1- Mapa plano, vacío más agua que tierra luego a luego.
    2- Personajes horteras, hipster, cutres, modernitos.
    3- Historia y diálogo muy olvidables, irrelevante (mi hija de 5 años se monta películas mucho mejores).
    4- Mecánicas de juego del 2015.
    5- Bugs y glichs POR TODOS LADOS.
    6- Corrección política por todos lados.
    7- Propaganda política.
    En definitiva esto es el primer (y espero que sea el último) Saints Row que es un ANTI SAINTS ROW.
    Un 1 y por darle algo.    … Expand
  6. Iamnotarobot21
    Aug 29, 2022
    1
    Horrible repetitive buggy grindfest.

    I had to restart every second session because it soft-locked.
  7. Nylo316
    Aug 29, 2022
    1
    Woooow . ... just woooooow ...At this point the only thing good they can do is to sell the rights to a company who actually pay attention to the people buying their games
  8. Phoolxcool
    Aug 29, 2022
    1
    It's sad how they ruined an IP. An empty open world, terrible driving, terrible AI, terrible writing, terrible characters, terrible missions, and terrible guns. Regret spending 60 dollars on this. Don't buy this game I can't even think of one positive aspect of this game.
  9. BigBlackGuy
    Aug 30, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Listen…… this is my first saints row game so I’m no expert on these games but this for me is by far the worst and most boring game I’ve played in a long time, Wtf are the main characters and story line? One second your a security guard and 2 days later your a leader of an aspiring criminal empire???? Yeah wottttttt and you do one mission with ya boi JR and the next day your ready to suck his toes and start a business with him? Nahhhhhhhhhhhhh I’m probably spent like 50k in game money on tattoos and nothing else you can beat the game with the starting weapons like brooooooooo I was hyped as fuq for this game bought it the day after it came out and now I just play it with a mate from work for **** and giggles cause there’s so much to laugh at. There’s nothing funny in the game it’s just so much fun to **** talk it. So for the love of god if anyone see’s this save ya dosh and wait another 10 years for the next GTA.… Expand
  10. Drake3n
    Aug 30, 2022
    1
    horse balls
  11. Kyru23
    Aug 30, 2022
    1
    Imma tell you, 80$ is not cheap here in the Ph..
    Spending that much on a broken game you can't progress through because of bugs and gliches.. I made a bad investment here indeed. Should've reviewed it first before buying.. Though the game has Good sense of freedom, it still sucks if the world doesn't interact with you.. Pretty bland if you ask me
    I expected a bit more from this.. As i    Imma tell you, 80$ is not cheap here in the Ph..
    Spending that much on a broken game you can't progress through because of bugs and gliches.. I made a bad investment here indeed. Should've reviewed it first before buying.. Though the game has Good sense of freedom, it still sucks if the world doesn't interact with you.. Pretty bland if you ask me
    I expected a bit more from this.. As i liked all the previous games.. Even Gat out of Hell    … Expand
  12. FuzzyT
    Sep 1, 2022
    1
    I went back and played Saints Row The Third remastered after finishing Saints Row 2022 and literally the first mission was so much more enjoyable than this entire game. How do you drop the ball THIS HARD??? I forced myself through the story because I so desperately wanted to like it but it was such a waste of time. Disappointed doesn't begin to describe my thoughts on it.

    No bug    I went back and played Saints Row The Third remastered after finishing Saints Row 2022 and literally the first mission was so much more enjoyable than this entire game. How do you drop the ball THIS HARD??? I forced myself through the story because I so desperately wanted to like it but it was such a waste of time. Disappointed doesn't begin to describe my thoughts on it.

    No bug fixes/patches will fix this garbage. Even without the bugs, it's just plain old boring. I could rant on in detail for the full 5000 characters that you're allowed to use in these reviews and still couldn't explain to you everything wrong here. Anyway, do better Volition. Peace out x    … Expand
  13. juanlatson
    Sep 1, 2022
    1
    A complete disgrace to the series of Saints Row and what it once was! All Volition had to do was listen to its community and they can’t even do that. This is NOT a Saints Row game!
  14. GanJ38
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    What can I say about this game? The only thing that attracts in this game is its name Saints Row. Without a name, this game would be forgotten in the void, where it belongs. There is no need to pay for the passage of this game, you need to pay players extra for the passage of this "masterpiece". One point is for the bright plot points in this game, but they are forgotten after an attemptWhat can I say about this game? The only thing that attracts in this game is its name Saints Row. Without a name, this game would be forgotten in the void, where it belongs. There is no need to pay for the passage of this game, you need to pay players extra for the passage of this "masterpiece". One point is for the bright plot points in this game, but they are forgotten after an attempt to develop a criminal empire. Because after all the hardships and hardships in the final video, you are greeted by singing microphones. And I want to cry from the wasted time spent on the development of a criminal empire.… Expand
  15. Shay_Mendez98
    Sep 5, 2022
    1
    This "game" if you can even call it that is a FUNDAMENTAL FAILURE at it's most basic level. It looks more like FORTNITE: Story Mode, because this is NOT Saints Row in any capacity. This game actually made me miss Pierce and Josh Birk.

    Unlikeable characters with no actual character 0 Character progression, continuity or development Graphics that look like this was made for consoles 2    This "game" if you can even call it that is a FUNDAMENTAL FAILURE at it's most basic level. It looks more like FORTNITE: Story Mode, because this is NOT Saints Row in any capacity. This game actually made me miss Pierce and Josh Birk.

    Unlikeable characters with no actual character
    0 Character progression, continuity or development
    Graphics that look like this was made for consoles 2 GENERATIONS AGO
    Wince-worthy unengaging dialogue that makes you wonder if the Devs forgot to add a laugh track
    "Revolutionary physics and character creation ability" that Saints Row 2 AND 3 HAD
    Brain-dead AI and a PISS-POOR "open world" that can't even load all at once
    Boring, repetitive missions that you can't even fast travel to it's start location
    Sterilized changes to old SR dirty jokes THAT NO ONE TOOK OFFENSE TO
    The vehicle and weapon customization are just barely passable, but even that's pathetic.

    Top to bottom, this is a FAILURE. Go back to the drawing board Volition. You've tried and COMPLETELY FAILED at making a game. No one who's actually played the Saints Row series wanted this, and now you're paying the price for COLOSSAL FAILURE.

    Make a story actually worth enjoying and characters that aren't some cross combination of a crappy ABC and CW show. We told you what we want. We don't want YOUR take on Saints Row. We want the Saints Row that actually looked like it could compete with Grand Theft Auto.    … Expand
  16. VanillaNya
    Sep 7, 2022
    1
    Despite the disaster of a trailer, after playing an admittedly fun and somewhat hard demo at gamescom, I went into this game with an open mind, if not a positive predisposition. The story on first glance does not seem as bad as the trailer makes it out to be, it's very whacky, over-the-top usual saints row stuff. However, the game is so filled with bugs that it's simply unenjoyable. Co-opDespite the disaster of a trailer, after playing an admittedly fun and somewhat hard demo at gamescom, I went into this game with an open mind, if not a positive predisposition. The story on first glance does not seem as bad as the trailer makes it out to be, it's very whacky, over-the-top usual saints row stuff. However, the game is so filled with bugs that it's simply unenjoyable. Co-op mode is completely broken, desyncs, crashes, missions not working....on top of that, the way the game transitions from cutscene to a 30 second gameplay sequence to another cutscene via 5 second long loading screens is not really fun. I will admit that I was wrong on this game when I thought it would be a flop because of its story. It's a flop because nobody bothered to finish the game. You can't sell this for 60 bucks, sorry.… Expand
  17. Athena580
    Sep 10, 2022
    1
    So far this game has no Replay access for missions, loyalty missions, or Wanted side missions.

    This game was 60$ but lacking in almost everything including: 1. Good clothes 2. Hairstyles 3. Map full of cities instead of western garbage 4. Activities 5. Player housing 6. Weapons 7. Cheat codes (Yes I know) 8. Zombies would have been fun This game is littered with bugs.. it’s so    So far this game has no Replay access for missions, loyalty missions, or Wanted side missions.

    This game was 60$ but lacking in almost everything including:
    1. Good clothes
    2. Hairstyles
    3. Map full of cities instead of western garbage
    4. Activities
    5. Player housing
    6. Weapons
    7. Cheat codes (Yes I know)
    8. Zombies would have been fun
    This game is littered with bugs.. it’s so bad that 1 wingsuit in style mode froze the game in place.
    They also ruined everything by staying the course with Cartoon graphical characters. They went 3 steps forward with some saints row games then fell 10 steps back. This game is estimated worth 35-40$. It’s not worth the 60.

    Its unbelievable that they released a game this terrible and expected everyone’s money.    … Expand
  18. Slania
    Sep 8, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Im not even going to go into the bugs. They have been widely spoken on.

    This game is a complete mess, its poorly storyboarded, poorly designed, poorly characterized, and is completely lazy in every single aspect.

    The radio stations are complete trash. no reggae AGAIN?
    The gameplay is worse than saints row: the third
    The characters are cardboard cutouts that are entirely characterized by the most surface level cliche they exemplify. These characters could be saved, but that would require a narrative team that actually cared for good storytelling. or rather, any storytelling.

    Why am I being told neena really cares about some piece of crap car that you never see before the relevant main mission? Why is the nerdy guy whos name escapes me nothing more than nerdy guy #454351? Why is kev a jersey shore stereotype?

    Where are all the cool weapons? where are all the fun activities? where is saints row? because it isnt here.

    deep deep in the bones of this game, theres a good game in here somewhere. But it isnt capable of being realized by this development team.    … Expand
  19. DWall3X
    Sep 9, 2022
    1
    I thought the release of GTA the definitive edition was horrible. This may be the worst game ever released and wipes it’s @$$ with the intellectual property that so many fell in love with. I regret purchasing so much I made a metacritic just to warn others to never buy it. The pop-in is worse than GTA San Andreas on PS2. The writing is atrocious and the characters fail to even posses humanI thought the release of GTA the definitive edition was horrible. This may be the worst game ever released and wipes it’s @$$ with the intellectual property that so many fell in love with. I regret purchasing so much I made a metacritic just to warn others to never buy it. The pop-in is worse than GTA San Andreas on PS2. The writing is atrocious and the characters fail to even posses human qualities. Saints row used to be about GANGS and tell a thought provoking story, Saints row 3 will go down as the game that ruined the series and this reboot will be the game that ruined the IP of Saints Row… Expand
  20. 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
  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. SomeGuyWCancer
    Oct 2, 2022
    1
    I’ve had chemo therapy that was more fun and left a better taste in my mouth.
  23. 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
  24. 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.
  25. Vollsky
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    Sometimes it’s better to do nothing, than doing anything. Like in this case. Fully wasted 100 million $ of budget!!! It seems that mechanics are from early 2000. The response is bad. The game itself is super boring. And super sad that PS gives this bullsh1т like a game of the month on PS+. Wasting of time and money. I thought it would be something like a Deathloop (because of the gameSometimes it’s better to do nothing, than doing anything. Like in this case. Fully wasted 100 million $ of budget!!! It seems that mechanics are from early 2000. The response is bad. The game itself is super boring. And super sad that PS gives this bullsh1т like a game of the month on PS+. Wasting of time and money. I thought it would be something like a Deathloop (because of the game logo). Lol )… Expand
  26. Sarkton
    Feb 23, 2023
    1
    Souless cashgrabe with horrible jokes and the characters are one of the worst i have seen they dug their grave the second they thought this is good
  27. superman2223332
    Feb 28, 2023
    1
    Oh, its ass alright. How did this game even get 61? It should be lower. Worst game of '22
  28. Starfighters76
    Aug 25, 2022
    0
    It seems that Volition spent more time ensuring LGBTQ representation and arguing with fans over twitter than, oh I don't know, fixing bugs, developing a better physics engine/gameplay, halfway passable writing, or fixing the atrocious main characters.
  29. Raizan56
    Aug 29, 2022
    0
    one of the worst game for 2022. dead graphic dead map dead game dead saints row
  30. DexEngineer
    Sep 19, 2022
    0
    advise to the publisher... do not release games which are worse than 10 years old predecessors. SR2022 is pure madness of entitled publisher. Empty, propagandish, In-Your-Face nonsense of fake entertainment. No joy of gaming here. And worst of all.. you feel nothing in that game. Go away SR2022.
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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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