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Saints Row
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.
Details
- Released
- August 22, 2022
- Developer
- Volition
- Genres
- Shooter · Action · Adventure · Open world
- Publisher
- Deep Silver
- Platforms
- PC · PS4 · Xbox One · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S
How it plays
Up to 2 players
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Saints Row Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Saints Row is a decent open-world game that gets good when you forget the series it's a part of. And it runs quite well on the Steam Deck!
The new Saints Row doesn’t break any new ground, however it's still a relatively fun time. If you’re a fan of the series, there’s no reason not to give this one a spin.
It’s been seven years since we last spent time with Saints Row, with the last expansion “Gat Out of Hell” having you wage war against the Prince of Darkness throughout the 5 unique districts of hell. Certainly a far cry from Saints Row’s relatively humble GTA-esque beginnings. So once the world has been destroyed and you’ve battled Satan himself, where can the franchise go, exactly? According to this long-anticipated reboot, you go back to basics, capturing the beginning of “The S...
The rebooted Saints Row could really do with a dubstep gun.
On top of that most of the story is locked behind a system called Criminal Ventures, locations that you buy to increase your hourly income. The more you have unlocked and completed the further into the story you can go. All of these ventures are really just minigames, one of which is the series staple Insurance Fraud, which is still fun, but the rest range from mediocre to insufferable. It’s a grind to finish them and it’s a grind to get the money to buy them, and unlocking them only unlocks another chapter in a loosely connected story that you have little connection with.
“Saints Row is a perfectly fine open-world game. Just don't expect any surprises, as the reboot lacks much character.”
The Saints Row reboot has its great moments but ultimately fails to provide a memorable experience.
Unambitious, dated, and dreadfully lacking in polish, only series fans eager for more classic Saints gameplay need apply.
As a massive fan of the series, I have been waiting for this game for almost a decade at this point, even before I knew that a new entry was supposedly in development.
Saint Row hasn’t gotten off to the best of starts but now that the dust has settled a bit… Is it really that bad? Matthew John McCormick has some thoughts and feelings on the series is needs to talk out.
This latest iteration of Saints Row is a full-on reboot, taking bits and pieces of the previous games under the control of a whole new boss with a brand new crew. While the open-world sandbox nature of the game is still as fun as ever, nearly everything else is bland, boring, and filled to the brim