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Gamepur - Ricky Frech - 9 / 10

Saving Content - Ed Acosta - 4 / 5

The Beta Network - Samuel Incze - 9 / 10

We Got This Covered - Shaan Joshi - 3 / 5

XboxEra - Jesse Norris - 8.3 / 10

Although I have to say I expect nothing less from an outlet called the "beta" network.

 

[SmokedMeat]

So what happened to Volition? Has most of the team left?

The people that made this reboot are not the people that made Saints Row 3 or Red Faction Armageddon.

 

[Bernardougf]

Awards are much better in that regard.

The problem with inflated scores is an old one and has nothing to do with games being woke or not, if anything scores are a little less inflated now. Your whole point about games getting good scores for being woke makes no sense, specially in a thread about Saints Row bombing.

Lets use Halo Infinite as an example, it got really high scores but it ain't going to win any awards (outside of the nonsensical Neogaf GoTY I guess). Cyberpunk got really good initial scores and hardly any awards as well. The time it takes for awards to be handed allows for some additional perspective.

Not.. it makes perfectly sense ... its a terrible and mediocre game and all can see it.. the 6's and above only show the bias... was the game average it would be getting the 9s and 10s and maybe even awards...

You can feel free to disagree thats fair but it is my perception of media journalists in general and not only games...

 

[OmegaSupreme]

The Beta Network - Samuel Incze - 9 / 10

What the hell is wrong with them...

It's in the title.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

Skid Row now

 

[rofif]

HAHAHA


I absolutely love Saints row games. 3 is my fav and 1 is a pure torture pleasure. but this is just terrible

 

[Pilgrimzero]

So Saints Row 2 is still the best in the series then.

 

[Ravi_elite]

So Saints Row 2 is still the best in the series then.

Uhm. That is debatable bud...

 

[Reserrrved]

Ngl i thought mid 70's was the floor for this game. Sheesh

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Wow, I’m really surprised because Saints Row usually delivers on dumb fun, even if the story is trash.

Not touching this even at bargain bin price.

 

[Fake]

I would like to talk with the Saint Row official twitter account after those embarrassing tweets since the reboot got announce.

 

[DragoonWalker]

Ngl i thought mid 70's was the floor for this game. Sheesh

I know. I don't subscribe to the metascore for my enjoyment but when it's this low there's definitely some problems. How tolerable you are to them, guess you can only see for yourself.

So what happened to Volition? Has most of the team left?

The people that made this reboot are not the people that made Saints Row 3 or Red Faction Armageddon.

They were gutted with a huge chunk of the team laid off back in 2017 when Agents of Mayhem bombed. Lot of them were probably there for decades, and as in any industry hiring new people these days, likely replaced by danger hairs. These problems the reviews are mentioning definitely seem indicative of inexperience and a desire to be "current". Shame.

 

[Karak]

Thanks for posting mine folks.
Ya rough ass game

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

 

[ToTTenTranz]

The Beta Network - Samuel Incze - 9 / 10

What the hell is wrong with them...

Unknown publications tend to put out scores that are against the current so they can get outrage clicks.

Just in case you were wondering what this game looks like on the worst possible machine:

Looks like it would play fine on a mid-range smartphone.
Or a Switch, which is about the same thing in hardware specs.

 

[LordBlodgett]

The cyberpunk of 2022,

Nah, from a technical standpoint you might be right, however from a story and world standpoint they are not even close. Cyberpunk has a good story and most of the world is fleshed out pretty well. This piece of junk looks technically terrible, with a trash environment, trash characters, and a trash story. Gameplay doesn't look horrible. Actually after watching some of these reviews the game this reminds me most of is Crackdown 3. That game had fun gameplay while every other aspect felt outdated and poorly done.

 

[bender]

Uhm. That is debatable bud...

No it isn't.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Uhm. That is debatable bud...

2 was the last time it even tried to remain somewhat realistic before it well all balls to the wall and cranked the humor etc past 11.

I prefer the game(s) to be more grounded as opposed to wacky. Not to say 2 isn’t wacky it’s just not at the level of later games.

3 is fine it just starts getting ludicrous. Past 3 is just bonkers.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Nah, from a technical standpoint you might be right, however from a story and world standpoint they are not even close. Cyberpunk has a good story and most of the world is fleshed out pretty well. This piece of junk looks technically terrible, with a trash environment, trash characters, and a trash story. Gameplay doesn't look horrible. Actually after watching some of these reviews the game this reminds me most of is Crackdown 3. That game had fun gameplay while every other aspect felt outdated and poorly done.

I’m playing cyberpunk on PS5 now and it’s great. It’s bloated as feck though but it’s borderline AAAA with the quality of some of it. I really hope CDPR learn from this and knock it out of the park with Witcher 4.

I was being pedantic with the analogy of cyberpunk but at launch on base consoles it was really bad at the time.

This just looks like low effort garbage I agree.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Skid Row now

FFS

 

[intbal]

Looks like it would play fine on a mid-range smartphone.
Or a Switch, which is about the same thing in hardware specs.

Yes. It works rather well on the base XBO. Visuals are similar to the 1080p/Max mode from the other consoles. And the performance seems decent, too.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

lol

This is from Northern Ireland where I’m from, only in this dump of a country.

 

[Tiamat2san]

So wait for sale or gamepass then…

 

[eastcoastkody]

the go-to seems to be "will play on Game Pass". But as someone that has had Game Pass since day 1....there has never been a saints row game on there.

 

[Ravi_elite]

No it isn't.

Clearly you like
shitty mechanics
Bad ambience of the map
Terrible multiplayer
Shitty mods

 

[hemo memo]

I mean they went full woke for extra scores but it didn’t work.

 

[Begleiter]

You know you messed up when even game journalists can't stand your woke writing.

 

[bender]

Clearly you like
shitty mechanics
Bad ambience of the map
Terrible multiplayer
Shitty mods

I like fun. I had more fun with SR2 than SR3. SR3 has a great opening and is just a slog afterwards. I had those thoughts when I played it at launch and the same thoughts when I replayed it on PS5. I'll never return to SR2 because I'm sure it would break my nostalgia glasses really fast.

 

[R6Rider]

You know you messed up when even game journalists can't stand your woke writing.

It's not even "woke writing", it's just really bad writing.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

 

[hemo memo]

Support the devs they say.

 

[Interfectum]

 

[GymWolf]

The new fantastic 4 game is shaping up rather nicely.

 

[GymWolf]

Nah, from a technical standpoint you might be right, however from a story and world standpoint they are not even close. Cyberpunk has a good story and most of the world is fleshed out pretty well. This piece of junk looks technically terrible, with a trash environment, trash characters, and a trash story. Gameplay doesn't look horrible. Actually after watching some of these reviews the game this reminds me most of is Crackdown 3. That game had fun gameplay while every other aspect felt outdated and poorly done.

Yeah, cyberpunk is eons better than this shit.

 

[Ribi]

Talk shit to your fans, get shit reviews.

Seems like now not only will your old fans you told to fuck off won't play the games but now the audience you wanted to play the game won't either.

 

[Banjo64]

I wouldn’t even play this on Game Pass. Life is too short.

 

[R6Rider]

I wouldn’t even play this on Game Pass. Life is too short.

The amount of people who are seemingly okay with wasting time on a universally accepted bad game, just because it's included on their subscription service, is baffling.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

This may be hard for some here to believe, because it was many many years ago...

But there was a time a Saints Row game would score in the 80's on review aggregates. Crazy to believe today, but it's true.

A 67 was reserved for a crap games like True Crime or The Godfather.

If only THQ didn't do the Udraw.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

the go-to seems to be "will play on Game Pass". But as someone that has had Game Pass since day 1....there has never been a saints row game on there.

Agents of Mayhem is technically a Saints Row game and it's (or was) on gamepass.

Though in its current state I'm not sure even Microsoft wants the game on their service.

 

[ComputerBlue]

Damn, 6/10 is basically a turd since reviewers pretty much ignore 1-5.

 

[AJUMP23]

Did Grove Street Games handle this remake too?

 

[Arachnid]

Uhm. That is debatable bud...

Nah, he's spot on

 

[R6Rider]

Did Grove Street Games handle this remake too?

This isn't a remake.

 

[N30RYU]

 

[Ravi_elite]

Nah, he's spot on

Just admit that the multiplayer In sr1 was far superior to sr2...

 

[FunkMiller]

I push a back a lot on this site on people calling stuff 'woke' when it really isn't.

But holy shit... this is woke trash. Grade A, 100% pure, refined, dyed purple, woke shit of the highest order.

Have now watched a few videos, and am aghast that any of these fucking cretins who wrote this garbage were allowed jobs.

 

[Aranea]

No surprise this game turned out to be crap. Ever since the first trailer i knew there was something off.

 

[saintjules]

 

[DragoonKain]

I love gaming, could never be a game reviewer wasting time finishing games I find awful. Respect for those who have the patience to grind it out on games they hate to put reviews up.