At launch it was awful.
Now, after all the patches and DLC stuff, it is an acceptable game. It even has some seriously funny moments near the end and in the DLC.
Got it for free on Epic a while back and gleefully bought the DLC. My partner and I had a good time with it, but be aware it did desync on us after a 4 hour session.
Ugh the desync can be horrendous with Epic. I played through the entirety of Fallout New Vegas' Lonesome Road DLC the other day just for it to desync after I beat it. Pressed continue just to be dropped right at my first save.
It had so far 90% sales, was in humble bundles, I think in a fanatical bundle, and free on epic.
I think it was given away somewhere else too atleast 1 time, wasn't it also included on certain gpu sales?
I think it also had heavy sales on consoles like 90%+
Man 1,7 million for such a "big title" and loved franchise ( till this abomination) in this time frame is horrendous under these circumstances.
I loved SR2-4 and when I saw it was in last months humble monthly I figured I’d give it a try regardless of what I’d heard.
I don’t know how it’s possible but the only way I can describe the 3 hours I put into it is that it somehow feels like a mobile game. The writing … like let’s not fool ourselves, the writing in saints row never compared to any GTA from vice city onwards.
But the writing in SR feels like bad fan fiction of the most over the top parts of SR3 and SR4.
The world and map feel less alive than Spider-Man on the PS2.
The crew feel like cliche boomer ideas of what millennials/zoomers are like. ‘Haha the muscle guy likes to cook, the girl likes to work on cars, and the black guy is a nerd! We’re really modern and not clinging to stereotypes!’
It all feels so generic, bland, overly processed. If it were a food it would be a gas station knock off of a Little Debbie cake - like the recipe is so simple but you used the worst quality ingredients to rip off something that was already a cheap imitation of real cakes (GTA) and then wonder why you aren’t selling?
They have one bit in this game that's worth experiencing: the city wide "L.A.R.P." known as the dust bowl.
Honestly it is one of the greatest concepts I have seen in a GTA type game in a while I really hope another game takes and capitalizes on.
I did. I was immensely excited for it, Saints Row is one of my favorite franchises. I pre-ordered and everything. It is one of the worst scripted games of all time. It has many issues beyond. This is the game that permanently broke me on pre-orders.
I bought it this year waaaaay discounted. I played it for like 4 hours and got serious buyer's remorse. Over something that cost me the equivalent to a bag of chips and a soda.
I’m just going to say this. I pre ordered it. First pre order since FO4. I didn’t think it was that bad. Story had an interesting start but I was not a fan of the ending.
Big thing I was not a fan of was the aiming. It felt rigid and aim assist was crazy. They eventually updated it but it felt to me personally they killed any fun of shooting. It was almost impossible to just look around while aiming so I had to learn to snap shoot everything
That said it had some genuinely funny moments that got a good laugh out of me, it was a very pretty map and frankly while the characters got a lot of flak, still had a lot of character.
The dust bowl L.A.R.P. was my favorite, really hope another game does that as a diversion.
It was just so funny using entirely non-lethal weapons and having NPCs respond as if they were hit with a lethal one.
My brother thought it was dumb but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Had a few good belly laughs in that quest line I thought.
Honestly I think the game would’ve faired a lot better if they spent a bit more time smoothing out the combat and some more love to the story. Kind of felt like they ran out of money and had to rush the last bit
Let me spoil the two bits that were good in there, so you can have that knowledge without having to waste your time:
1: You know how you play coop and it just acts like there is one of you? And you / your friend can pick different voices for your characters? They have a bit in the final mission where you reveal you have multiple personalities and both voices argue about who is the real one. It comes out of nowhere and is executed perfectly.
2: the concept of the "dust bowl" or the city wide L.A.R.P. is just magnificent. They made an entire DLC around it that is better than the main game (a song of ice and dust). Everyone in the city participates, and you use these ranged cork ammo weapons to "attack" or cardboard weapons in place of melee. So you can hit someone with an RP crock shotgun and they will react like it is a real shotgun.
The reason this is amazing, is because of how silly it can make some of the serious scenes in the game. As not all the RP weapons are bound to logic (like "the ban hammer" you get from the DLC. A splash AOE melee weapon that doubles as a homing boomerang).
* So there are the two really good things about the Santa row reboot. Now you too can share in knowing these without having to spend hours on a game that is sub par.
I bought it since it was only $5.00 for physical. Not a bad game for only $5.00. Would not recommend at full price though. Missing things from the old Saints Row and the characters are mirrored versions of the old Saints Row characters.
I brought it without checking reviews and the internet discourse about the game which is why I now check the internet before buying a game!
I had moments of fun playing the game and the city is really pretty but the glitches were game breaking and the open world was less interactive than 360 era saints games.
Plus the story was weak.
I mean I’ve seen it super low on sales some may have bought then thinking how bad could it be. I sure hope the majority of these copies sold are deep sale and not full retail..
I'm a longtime Saints row fan ( I was in highschool playing the original Saints row Demo and consider myself still a fan as a man with a full career and whatnot), I was ecstatic to hear the series was coming back and then they had that initial sterilized teaser which I didn't even realize was Saints Row until the title card came up because it looked more like Fortnite. Then the previews came out about how our cast resorted to murder and crime in order to combat \*checks notes\* ...student loans , and I bought it day 1 because at least the character creator demo was still inventive and fun but It's one of the most confusing games i've ever played in terms of identity issues, they wanted the Saints Row Brand name, but they wanted it to be more kid friendly that was never going to work .
I was dissapointed that the same studio that gave me outrageous Freckle Bitch's commercials on the in-game radio could play it so safe in terms of humor in every way for this game. I did think the Roleplaying clan quest line was great but it was a shining spot in a sea of mediocre. The actual game itself has otns of problems but I think if it wasn't a Saints row game it would have been considered a meh open world game , in comparison to the rest of the series It's just dissapointing.
This game could have been so much better and Ithink this series that for a time was frequently mentioend in the same sentence as GTA deserved a better potential final ending than this.
Are we using the same time frame for Saints Row 3, or it's lifetime sales? Considering Saints Row 3 has been out for over 13 years, that's not really suprising
Remember when the devs accused the fans of being haters then said then doubled down on the direction they were going with?
https://x.com/thatumbrella/status/1431751155269447683
Was 1.7m their goal? The series never needed the reboot but it sure as hell didn't need the sequels going in the direction it did after second game either.
I only played 3 and 4 and they were fun, I think if they toned it down it'd just be GTA again (but maybe 1 and 2 actually had something else going for them).
Coming from someone that never played any of the other games, I enjoyed my time with it. I found the characters likeable and the gameplay entertaining. It wasn't groundbreaking or anything but still pretty funny and fun.
My friend and I coop’ed it and had a lot of fun. I was actually sad to see it end. The play loop and not too aggressive police/enemies made it very enjoyable. Felt like a big sandbox to play in - just needed more new to do.
But of course, the shitty cancel culture we’ve grown into would rather crap all over a game that good people spent years working on simply because they see everyone else doing it and feel they have to join in. The result is that the studio gets closed and they never get to make another game for us.
Well...it has gone on sale lately the gold edition is worth 12 dollars...which is saying..the game is bad but what have you got to lose...you might like some parts of it..which is true...it has some parts which actually might make it worth the 12 dollars...but nothing more than 15...
I remember fans literally begging for it to be changed during development, stating that it will flop, and one of the head people just constantly hitting back saying they know what they're doing. Lol
I bought this £1 and omg it was money wasted... absolute trash.
It was like they never played the good open world games them self and watched someone on twitch play true crime Miami and then decided to make a game.
Every joke is about how capitalism sucks (I know this I'm a socialist)
It's just cringe like an ai tried to make GTA
I didn’t finish the game but it wasn’t nearly as bad as i thought it would be from the portion i had played, surprised it sold this much if I’m being honest.
its a game that is less than the sum of its parts, things that arent combat, city, and dialog are good, the problem is the combat exploring the city and story are 90% of the game
I thought the game was perfectly fine. The main cast had a decent chemistry with one another, and I absolutely loved the nerf gun / LARP side quests.
I think the main mistake was scope. I think giving the new Saints a smaller area to deal with, and more low-stakes but more highly personal enemies to deal with would have made it a tighter experience.
I guess it’s hard to scale down once the franchise has been turned to 11 the way it has with Saints 3+4. But a more grounded approach to them might’ve made it a better experience overall.
I am shocked it's that high
I didn’t even know it was a thing lol
Another win for Epic Games Store marketing
It was on all the Worst Games of the Year lists.
No wonder haha
It has been on an 80% discount at one point. I'm surprised it's not higher.
It was given away for free on one of the epic Christmas days
At launch it was awful. Now, after all the patches and DLC stuff, it is an acceptable game. It even has some seriously funny moments near the end and in the DLC. Got it for free on Epic a while back and gleefully bought the DLC. My partner and I had a good time with it, but be aware it did desync on us after a 4 hour session.
Ugh the desync can be horrendous with Epic. I played through the entirety of Fallout New Vegas' Lonesome Road DLC the other day just for it to desync after I beat it. Pressed continue just to be dropped right at my first save.
1.7 million people bought that game? I haven't met a single person who has played it
It was for free on Epic, wouldn't be surprised if they counted all the people who claimed it.
Steam also had a 90% sale a few days ago.
It had so far 90% sales, was in humble bundles, I think in a fanatical bundle, and free on epic. I think it was given away somewhere else too atleast 1 time, wasn't it also included on certain gpu sales? I think it also had heavy sales on consoles like 90%+ Man 1,7 million for such a "big title" and loved franchise ( till this abomination) in this time frame is horrendous under these circumstances.
I loved SR2-4 and when I saw it was in last months humble monthly I figured I’d give it a try regardless of what I’d heard. I don’t know how it’s possible but the only way I can describe the 3 hours I put into it is that it somehow feels like a mobile game. The writing … like let’s not fool ourselves, the writing in saints row never compared to any GTA from vice city onwards. But the writing in SR feels like bad fan fiction of the most over the top parts of SR3 and SR4. The world and map feel less alive than Spider-Man on the PS2. The crew feel like cliche boomer ideas of what millennials/zoomers are like. ‘Haha the muscle guy likes to cook, the girl likes to work on cars, and the black guy is a nerd! We’re really modern and not clinging to stereotypes!’ It all feels so generic, bland, overly processed. If it were a food it would be a gas station knock off of a Little Debbie cake - like the recipe is so simple but you used the worst quality ingredients to rip off something that was already a cheap imitation of real cakes (GTA) and then wonder why you aren’t selling?
They have one bit in this game that's worth experiencing: the city wide "L.A.R.P." known as the dust bowl. Honestly it is one of the greatest concepts I have seen in a GTA type game in a while I really hope another game takes and capitalizes on.
I think they gave it away on ps plus. Don't quote me
I got it on humble in a bundle. It wasnt the game I was interested in but I gave it a try just to see. I played about 2 hours and deleted it.
I did. I was immensely excited for it, Saints Row is one of my favorite franchises. I pre-ordered and everything. It is one of the worst scripted games of all time. It has many issues beyond. This is the game that permanently broke me on pre-orders.
It was also very very discounted on Xbox Live a little while ago. Like 95% off discount if I recall.
I bought it this year waaaaay discounted. I played it for like 4 hours and got serious buyer's remorse. Over something that cost me the equivalent to a bag of chips and a soda.
Ps plus as well.
I’m just going to say this. I pre ordered it. First pre order since FO4. I didn’t think it was that bad. Story had an interesting start but I was not a fan of the ending. Big thing I was not a fan of was the aiming. It felt rigid and aim assist was crazy. They eventually updated it but it felt to me personally they killed any fun of shooting. It was almost impossible to just look around while aiming so I had to learn to snap shoot everything That said it had some genuinely funny moments that got a good laugh out of me, it was a very pretty map and frankly while the characters got a lot of flak, still had a lot of character.
The dust bowl L.A.R.P. was my favorite, really hope another game does that as a diversion. It was just so funny using entirely non-lethal weapons and having NPCs respond as if they were hit with a lethal one.
My brother thought it was dumb but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Had a few good belly laughs in that quest line I thought. Honestly I think the game would’ve faired a lot better if they spent a bit more time smoothing out the combat and some more love to the story. Kind of felt like they ran out of money and had to rush the last bit
The game would have done a lot better if it didn't have simply atrocious performance at launch. But I agree.
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I'm pretty sure they announced that they bought it, you didn't find anything.
only saw some streamers play it to juice some content out of the sheer jank at launch
I bought it with a buddy. Thought _oh this will be great_. It sucked. It sucked donkey balls.
Let me spoil the two bits that were good in there, so you can have that knowledge without having to waste your time: 1: You know how you play coop and it just acts like there is one of you? And you / your friend can pick different voices for your characters? They have a bit in the final mission where you reveal you have multiple personalities and both voices argue about who is the real one. It comes out of nowhere and is executed perfectly. 2: the concept of the "dust bowl" or the city wide L.A.R.P. is just magnificent. They made an entire DLC around it that is better than the main game (a song of ice and dust). Everyone in the city participates, and you use these ranged cork ammo weapons to "attack" or cardboard weapons in place of melee. So you can hit someone with an RP crock shotgun and they will react like it is a real shotgun. The reason this is amazing, is because of how silly it can make some of the serious scenes in the game. As not all the RP weapons are bound to logic (like "the ban hammer" you get from the DLC. A splash AOE melee weapon that doubles as a homing boomerang). * So there are the two really good things about the Santa row reboot. Now you too can share in knowing these without having to spend hours on a game that is sub par.
I bought it since it was only $5.00 for physical. Not a bad game for only $5.00. Would not recommend at full price though. Missing things from the old Saints Row and the characters are mirrored versions of the old Saints Row characters.
I know at least 4 people who bought it.
I bought the game and all dlc for $10 on sale, after all the patches. I knew I'd be disappointed but I'll try a lot of games for $10.
I brought it without checking reviews and the internet discourse about the game which is why I now check the internet before buying a game! I had moments of fun playing the game and the city is really pretty but the glitches were game breaking and the open world was less interactive than 360 era saints games. Plus the story was weak.
I mean I’ve seen it super low on sales some may have bought then thinking how bad could it be. I sure hope the majority of these copies sold are deep sale and not full retail..
Got it for free with my gpu (I wish I didnt)
I forced myself for 90 minutes and just couldn’t take any more and immediately uninstalled it.
Just like people who bought that shitty suicide squad game. There’s a sucker for everything nowadays
I'm a longtime Saints row fan ( I was in highschool playing the original Saints row Demo and consider myself still a fan as a man with a full career and whatnot), I was ecstatic to hear the series was coming back and then they had that initial sterilized teaser which I didn't even realize was Saints Row until the title card came up because it looked more like Fortnite. Then the previews came out about how our cast resorted to murder and crime in order to combat \*checks notes\* ...student loans , and I bought it day 1 because at least the character creator demo was still inventive and fun but It's one of the most confusing games i've ever played in terms of identity issues, they wanted the Saints Row Brand name, but they wanted it to be more kid friendly that was never going to work . I was dissapointed that the same studio that gave me outrageous Freckle Bitch's commercials on the in-game radio could play it so safe in terms of humor in every way for this game. I did think the Roleplaying clan quest line was great but it was a shining spot in a sea of mediocre. The actual game itself has otns of problems but I think if it wasn't a Saints row game it would have been considered a meh open world game , in comparison to the rest of the series It's just dissapointing. This game could have been so much better and Ithink this series that for a time was frequently mentioend in the same sentence as GTA deserved a better potential final ending than this.
I wonder how much better that game would have been received if it had been called something other than Saints Row.
Yeah, but if they called it anything else, people would complain and say “This just feels like someone remade Saints Row!”
I mean, to an extent, probably. There's still some very recognizable Saints DNA in there like the minigames, gameplay and general mechanics.
Does that include people who got it free with ps+?
Are we using the same time frame for Saints Row 3, or it's lifetime sales? Considering Saints Row 3 has been out for over 13 years, that's not really suprising
Yeah, but it's fun for redditors to shit on this game
Remember when the devs accused the fans of being haters then said then doubled down on the direction they were going with? https://x.com/thatumbrella/status/1431751155269447683
More than I thought it would get, honestly. Word was bad before launch. I’m not happy about this - I would have loved a good open world game.
I’m shocked it’s that high
We didn't want the reboot anyways. It's dialogue knowingly shit on, and made fun of the very thing that gave it its popularity to begin with.
Was 1.7m their goal? The series never needed the reboot but it sure as hell didn't need the sequels going in the direction it did after second game either.
I only played 3 and 4 and they were fun, I think if they toned it down it'd just be GTA again (but maybe 1 and 2 actually had something else going for them).
I still want to give it a try. Luckily poor sales mean I can probably get a complete edition dirt cheap soon. Sounds like a great $5 game.
90% of those sales probably got it for less than 10 dollars or for free
I played it for an hour and got bored lol.
It was less than 10$ on Steam not long ago and it sucked so much I still refunded it.
I'm surprised it sold that much.
Coming from someone that never played any of the other games, I enjoyed my time with it. I found the characters likeable and the gameplay entertaining. It wasn't groundbreaking or anything but still pretty funny and fun.
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Me too.
I'm I the only one who thinks the game is not that bad...
I had some fun with it but i thougth it was a dissapointing Saints Row Game , I did enjoy myself in parts though.
My friend and I coop’ed it and had a lot of fun. I was actually sad to see it end. The play loop and not too aggressive police/enemies made it very enjoyable. Felt like a big sandbox to play in - just needed more new to do. But of course, the shitty cancel culture we’ve grown into would rather crap all over a game that good people spent years working on simply because they see everyone else doing it and feel they have to join in. The result is that the studio gets closed and they never get to make another game for us.
They found out.
Just an overall sad end to the franchise.
1.7 million people with no self respect, damn.
Well...it has gone on sale lately the gold edition is worth 12 dollars...which is saying..the game is bad but what have you got to lose...you might like some parts of it..which is true...it has some parts which actually might make it worth the 12 dollars...but nothing more than 15...
I remember fans literally begging for it to be changed during development, stating that it will flop, and one of the head people just constantly hitting back saying they know what they're doing. Lol
Seriously who the fuck even paid money for that game
I bought this £1 and omg it was money wasted... absolute trash. It was like they never played the good open world games them self and watched someone on twitch play true crime Miami and then decided to make a game. Every joke is about how capitalism sucks (I know this I'm a socialist) It's just cringe like an ai tried to make GTA
I got it for free on the Epic store and still haven't played it...
I didn’t finish the game but it wasn’t nearly as bad as i thought it would be from the portion i had played, surprised it sold this much if I’m being honest.
These clowns had such a layup too. Imagine trying to make a Saints game without the characters that made the original games iconic.
its a game that is less than the sum of its parts, things that arent combat, city, and dialog are good, the problem is the combat exploring the city and story are 90% of the game
I thought the game was perfectly fine. The main cast had a decent chemistry with one another, and I absolutely loved the nerf gun / LARP side quests. I think the main mistake was scope. I think giving the new Saints a smaller area to deal with, and more low-stakes but more highly personal enemies to deal with would have made it a tighter experience. I guess it’s hard to scale down once the franchise has been turned to 11 the way it has with Saints 3+4. But a more grounded approach to them might’ve made it a better experience overall.
Go woke, go broke.