It doesn't always keep that amazing pace up, but the story missions are creative, exciting and generally stand out as the highlights of the game. The first few hours especially are fantastic in this regard, with the game delivering one great mission after another. This was always an underrated strength of the series, and the reboot delivers on all fronts. In your odyssey to becoming the biggest badasses in town, you will be hauled through one exhilarating action set piece after another. The game is most impressive during the main story missions though. Saints Row is the perfect game to play while you're waiting for GTA 6, which we have the first details for here: The open world of Santo Ileso is a very fun sandbox, with the bright lights and desert vibes actually having a comfy and inviting feel to them, in contrast to the big skyscrapers and darkness of the main city parts, another familiar aspect of the series. Seeing the numbers go up is nice, as is unlocking new special abilities and weapons, and the creeping takeover of Santo Ileso is motivating. That is party due to the serviceable and enjoyable, if uncreative gameplay loop at the core. There isn't one particular gameplay element that shines out, but when all are combined, the game quickly draws you in and becomes a very entertaining ride. Saints Row Review: The game is chock-full of great action. But it always came together in a fun and engaging package and the same goes for Saints Row in 2022. The shooting and driving feel ok, the collectibles and side activities can be creative, but are often mundane, the radio is good but not quite on a GTA level and so on. Saints Row as a series has always been greater than the sum of its parts. Nothing in this game will surprise you, especially if you played the earlier games. And you do that in the familiar open world framework: drive around, shoot a bunch of people, upgrade your guns, buy increasingly eccentric clothes, rinse and repeat. You buy or overtake property, which in return gives you a constant stream of income. To establish the grasp of the Saints in Santo Ileso, you go on missions to fight off the rival gangs and take over more and more territory as you progress through the main story. This also goes beyond the familiar framework of the story. Instead of reinventing the wheel, Volition clearly approached this game with the mindset of evolution, not revolution.
This is a Saints Row game through and through. That's not necessarily a bad thing though, since those games are now around 15 years old and since doing an actual reboot and starting fresh is actually a pretty good idea that ends up working well for the game. Sounds familiar? Yeah, Saints Row doesn't stray too far from the path of the first games in the series. To do that, you and your ragtag group of friends establish your gang in a (genuinely very cool) base and steadily grow the size of the organization. Throughout the game, you establish the gang in the city of Santo Ileso, against three rivaling factions: Los Panteros, The Idols and Marshall Defense Industries. Saints Row Review: This is still a Saints Row game through and through. In the Saints Row reboot, you take on the role of "The Boss", a self-created character who is the leader of the Saints (btw, the character creator is really great again, and I made a hilariously hideous dude, who you unfortunately won't see here since I couldn't take screenshots while playing). Saints Row Review: The Saints Are Back Baby, Awoouu! (Wolf Howl)
We tested the PC version via Epic Games Store, but couldn't check out the co-op mode. Note: This entire review is spoiler-free. How did it manage the transition to a new decade? A new audience, a new climate, a new version of Saints Row? Read on to find out. I will admit that I was a bit worried about jumping into this reboot, and while some of my worries ended up being justified, I ended up being pleasantly surprised by this game. How does the game manage to do that? Surprisingly well, actually. Now in 2022, Saints Row is back, with developers Volition at the helm again, having to navigate the difficult question of how to revive a long-running series which we last saw almost ten years ago.
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