Saints Row

It's an origin story, that's great.

It's an open world, that's great.

It's repetitive, bland, humorless, quirk-less, powerless and a chore to work through the same tired side missions which end up being stripped down versions of previous versions of the same style activities.

I was so excited for a new Saints Row, by looking at the box art and watching the trailers it's a fast paced quirky game with the charm and humor of Saints Row 2, 3 and GooH, it's not that.

Combat is slow but twitchy getting stun locked or completely overrunning enemies after upgrading any weapons, the activities are just scavenger hunts with look through the area and click on the buttons or try to figure out what's a target and what's scenery.

Bad, in all things gameplay, story and character development.

First off, I am a long time fan since the second game came out. And it's been one of my favourite open world games since.

I wasn't a huge fan of the fourth game in the series, but at least that game ran smoothly.

The reboot however removes every character I'd grown to like, and replaces them with uninteresting characters that I don't give two s**ts about.

This would have been fine and dandy, if it wasn't for the insane amount of bugs that ruins the game.

The driving is smooth as silk, the shooting starts of a bit clunky, but gets better with some upgrades. The world is interesting and filled with fun gags and awesome statues and locations. But that's where the fun ends.

The story is sub-par, and both the main missions, and side-missions are a mixed bag. But I'd forgive them for all of this, if it wasn't for the bugs.

I ran around most of the game with pistols strapped to my hands, that I couln't remove. My vehicle delivery service rarely worked. After a mission my clothes swould be changed, and also my weapons inventory. And this doesn't even compare to all the times the game would crash during a mission. Which made me have to do it all over again.

If the bugs were fixed, I'd rate it a 7/10. It is fun and all, but the mediocre story and bugs just makes it more frustrating than it needs to be...

Don't shoot the messenger but this is another bad review, I am a long time fan of the series and have played each title from Saints Row 2006 to the current Saints Row 2022. To other fans reading this. Do not bother with this title instead poor one out tonight because another beloved IP is dead. This game is sanitized charmless souless boring and buggy piece of malarkey. Every previous title is better. The prologue starts off after you customize the new boss. Quickly after the action takes off you start to see it, and feel it. Shooting is odd and just as quirky as your life is stange' + watch dog' style roommates. I swear each character was born strait out of twiter and reddit. The repetitive bullet sponge enemies have the worst AI in the series. The city is boring. At least the characters are relatable, well not so fast I would never talk like that and I myself am a genZer. No gangster ever would talk like that. Oh right this isn't a gangster game really. If the developers were really so fed up with the blatant honesty and crude humor and every other core Saints Row aspect and didn't want to be limited by the past of the previous franchise they should have opened a new IP. Not drop this piece of garbage and paint a beloved name on it. Even if they managed that amount of respect they clearly fail at every thing else. I wish I never bought this garbage and this lie. I bought 1 and two just days later. If you want to relive the glory days don't bother with 2022. There just isn't an aspect with praising in the game besides vehicle customization. The venture system was an empty and washed out way to revive more beloved activities that will just leave any one unimpressed. This game is begging you to drink the koolade and except mediocrity. This is a AAA game that a developer owned by 3 publishing company and ran by marketing teams. F this game. Its not worth 60 dollars and definetly not 70 or 100 dollars. Don't buy it borrow it maybe play it on game pass if you want to see what I mean.

I never liked the saints row character or story. I dont do so this time. And i dont care. The cringe fun dialogue, arcade gameplay, blowing stuff up... It works as a letting steam off game. Graphics are okayish, nothing state of the art, not too bad eighter. World is not extremly big but enough room for making insane stuff happening. The synchro is nice, the voice i chose sounds great.

I reall enjoy playing it. I dont see too much wokeness. You cant choose a gender, still was able to create a male and female, so what. I did not encounter major bugs till now. Its proper funny crazyness. Probably wont think about it anymore in a year but for now, its great.

Granted, I'm not the biggest fan of Saints Row. I loved the first two games, but Saints Row 3 and onwards completely lost me. The identity of this series always felt a bit unclear, with Saints Row 2 ultimately being the peak of what Saints Row could've been. It was wacky and a bit slapstick, but it still felt grounded to a certain extent. And while the Game Awards trailer had me looking forward to this reboot, actually playing the game was a different story.

This plays more like Saints Row 3 and Just Cause 4, but with stiff gameplay, a boring campaign, and an unbearable story. I will admit that I like the art direction and the environmental design. The open world - while nothing special - is fairly nice to roam around in, even if it feels lifeless at times. But once you start playing through the actual content, it all just falls apart.

The combat feels outdated and stiff. The mission design lacks excitement. Side missions are repetitive and boring as hell. The story is uninteresting and the script is horrendous.

If this is the new age of Saints Row, then this franchise is truly not for me.