Thanks for being honest and forthright. In a world where gaming journalism is becoming a joke, you guys are absolute madlads on top of your ace game. Never change, Gameranx.
Heck it’s not even journalism but even UA-cam gaming channels. A lot have become sells outs willing to give flawless reviews because they simply got a free review copy. Just sad
@@Lawrence_Talbot I dont believe thats true honestly, at least not for most games, I just dont think a lot of people are very good at reviewing on short time intervals. The Nintendo channels that depend on that brand succeeding for their channel to succeed, ehhh different story. I question their objectivity very often
@@Lawrence_TalbotFree copy is one thing, free stuff as well. Like fallout 76 is a good example where the people who by a special edition get a nylon bag while the 'reviewers' get canvas bag which originally they've had promise for the special edition. So yeah, it's easy to be a sell out when you get exclusive item, that even paid customer can't buy.
Always appreciate that you guys keep it a buck and avoid me throwing away $60-70 for a game. I'll give this a chance once it hits discount/clearance price in the next few months.
@@Marquis-Sade Yeah it was because mainly of Sony being Sony if they didn't live up to their expectations with their revenue Sony wasn't gonna support a sequel
Things Saints Row 2 did that I loved then was never implemented again: -Customizing layers of clothes and the way you wear them -Buildings being entered in real time, particularly gang hideouts. No transitions, just open the door and you’re in there -Being able to choose whether you have 1 single handed weapon or dual wield. Instead of unlocking a permanent upgrade that takes that choice away forever. -Being able to replay missions -Being able to customize certain parts of each gang hideout (do you want a piano or a stripper pole? How big do you want your bed or your tv?) A lot of these are small but they emphasize choice. I’d rather be able to choose something, even something seemingly inconsequential, than have a game show me all the wacky animations I can do. I didn’t have very high hopes for this game but I HOPED they’d at least pretend to listen to their fan base and give a fraction of what Saints Row 2 gave us. I’m not surprised but I’m definitely disappointed. Maybe someday they’ll remaster Saints Row 2 IN IT’S ENTIRETY and I’ll be able to talk with my wallet then
Pretty sad to see. This developer is in my home town. I remember them signing copies of the first Saints Row at the local best buy in the mid 2000s. After Agents of Mayhem, a lot of people lost their jobs and I think this is the last nail in the coffin for this team.
@@cenciende9401 Right? Look at the Adams Family, Witcher was alright, The Last Kingdom was perfect, and Orange Is The New Black was great. Netflix has its flaws but they have a lot of great original movies and shows.
I wish more games tried Resident Evil 6 shooting mechanics. The slide while shooting, quick shots, crawling while shooting, and all the other cool little moves you could made for some fun third person shooting.
I watch almost everything from this channel, no matter what. Whether I’m interested in the discussions or not. But listening to a fan of a series tell their honest opinion of a new game in a respected series…. I had a feeling that this was the exact “before you buy” that we would get for this game and as far as this channel is concerned I wasn’t dissatisfied. Y’all gave me the facts no matter what as you do and I already expected this to be unbiased despite being obviously biased. This was the review I wanted and we all deserved. Also: shout-out to Eric B and Rakim
Just got the game yesterday and had low expectations been playing it for a small bit of time and I'm enjoying it alot so far. I think people let others opinions sway them too much, nostalgia as well its, been running perfectly fine for me on PS5 but I can't speak for those on PS4.
It is really depressing what is happening to videogames. We still get the odd exception but overall, quality is decreasing in many essential areas. It's like the magic is gone and now it's all about the money. I can only hope that Rockstar come through in the next couple years and reassure us.
Depressing. Only a few game developers seem to be putting out high quality products. From software and rockstar carrying the torch going forward; rockstar definitely deserving of criticism for their microtransaction focus as well
I love how you mention rockstar right after the sentence "now it's all about money" Bruh rockstar are the literal definition of squeezing ever dollar our of their consumers. Sure they make a good single player experience but so do many other companies and rockstar lost my respect years ago with their GTA online bullshit.
I love the honesty. Usually, there’s a bias for review copies cause reviewers wanna stay on game companies good dude. Thank you for giving an honest opinion of the game
There's a biased from the gamers too. If you wanna stay on the gamers good side you gonna have to be harsh af with this game for not being the old games
What made Saints Row 2 the best was the story, the customization for both the players and the cars, and the unique characters . This game only got the customization right and nothing else. This game makes me appreciate games like Elden Ring a lot more lmao.
Thing I loved about SR2 is you could tackle any of the gangs in any order. It meant that you got a good storyline and characters from each arc. I hated that it had a more rigid storyline in 3 and that Phillipe was almost immediately killed.
So I’m replaying through SR3 rn and nostalgia aside it has many of its own issues, but it has an identity and a commitment to fun which honestly is all I ask for in a SR game. I’m not expecting 100% bug Free gameplay and an Oscar winning story. Lemme spray some poop onto houses, punch some people in the D and then dance on their corpse. I’m a simple man!
@@snatched.377 lmao you cant be serious. Yall reboot soyboys need to develop standards this game is trash, the stories bad theres nothing special about this game. It doesnt compare to sr1 and 2
@@snatched.377 I'm glad you speak for everyone. This really just shows how ignorant you are since you don't care to learn why it bothers people. Maybe there is something they took out of the original game that was actually superior? You definitely wouldn't know.
Yikes we living in a world where people can’t have a mind of their own? There’s games he literally said was bad but once I played it it was good and not as bad as he made it.
Not necessarily true, it is up to personal opinion and what you like as well. Usually I can agree with Jake, but there’s at least a handful of times/games that I’ve really enjoyed and Jake didn’t.
I always figured they struck lightning in a bottle with the 2nd game. I remember just trying it out and immediately getting sucked into the world with its charm and soundtrack. Was not able to get that same feeling in later games. Didn't expect this reboot to be good after seeing the debut trailer. Was hoping at least it would be fun to play, but the trailers always made the game look boring. This video just confirms it. Saints Row is supposed to be cool which this game does not have. It looks like Third in the desert. I think I will just wait for Saints Row 2 Remake if Volition is still around after this.
If this game looked like Third in the desert then I'd actually play it because I enjoyed that game. This game looks like a soulless cash-grab designed to actually suck the fun out of your day instead of adding to it
This right here, I played 3 and 4 first then went back and played 2 because of sale and DAMN it was tight even after aging a bit it was still really good and fun and the saints did some horrible things.
10:27 I disagree about trying to satisfy old fans: - Old Characters are gone, no where to be found, if there's any references where are they? - They censored the Humor of the old games 2-4 Massively - The Story is no relation of Saints Row, College kids in debt broke getting into crime to stop capitalism or whatever the F this was This really doesn't try to satisfy old fans at all this is a slap in the face to anyone who enjoyed SR1-4. You don't even have to play SR1 and 2 to know this isn't right.
Thank you for saving me $60! It’s a shame: the series peaked at SR2 with the perfect mix of nonsense and drama. SR3 had a lot of genuinely epic moments, but were drowned out by the madness.
I always really appreciate your measured view on these types of games. I was considering trying this Saints Row out (it would’ve been my first one!) but I think I’ll play one of the older ones instead. Thanks Jake and Gameranx!!
Yeah I feel like that takes away something, in the first two you were just a kid off the street that became ruthless and took over the city. This seems meh
Honest reviews are difficult to come by these days whether it's games, movies or the offerings of TV and streaming services. I can see why you have 7.3 M subscribers. Your presentation is very good. You now have one more. As a Saints Row fan, I will wait for the bug fixes to be resolved and then take a second look before parting with any money to buy it. With thanks.
I would have loved a straight up honest to God remaster of Saints Row 1 and 2. It would have been cheaper to make, received more positively by the fans and probably would have made more money. This game feels like it's stuck in the 2010's anyway so you may as well... I went back and played SR2 recently and yes it's dated but it still has a whole lot of charm. I miss when Saints Row would mix serious moments with balls to the wall comedy.
Relatively recently they found the source code for Saints Row 2 which they previously thought was lost due to loss of data. You may get your remastered series sometime in the near future after all :)
That’s why I appreciate this channel.. I love the old school saints row and while I knew this one was still over the top I figured it’d be more like the 3rd.. I was going to buy it.. but now I think Il wait for a sale and time for the bugs. I appreciate the honesty and genuine vibe gameranx has.
I agree I was hoping for a Saints Row The Third feel kind of feel. This is disappointing. I personally love the Saints Row games but Gat out of Hell, whatever the last game was and this is just sad.
Anytime a game boasts more about its customization than the actual gameplay, I get worried. I wished this would be more like Saints Row 2, being in the middle of goofy and serious, but just seeing how "quirky" the dialogue was from the trailers, I figured it wasn't going to be anything special.
Other journalists are always going to the extremes in one way or the other. These guys keep it real and tell you the good and the bad without having to praise to high heaven or crap on the game entirely. I actually get a good idea of what the game is like (imagine that). Even after all these years and monetary growth it feels like you guys haven’t sold out or become jaded to it all. Keep it up and I’ll keep watching 👍
This game is to the Saints Row series what Dead Rising 4 was to the Dead Rising series. A soulless imitation with nothing to match but the name of the game
Pre-ordering digital games these days is pointless. Not like preordering a game then collecting from Electronics Boutique at midnight. ahh the good old days.
Nothing is ever really unbiased. If he made a video saying how amazing the game is then people would accuse him of getting paid off even if what he is saying is genuine. Gameranx knows this and it possibly influenced the review. My advice is don’t take any reviews too seriously because there is always some bias everywhere u look
Saints Row was a fantastic start and had some genius moments, Saints Row 2 seems like they somehow and someway fell into an incredible game, that was so close if not perfect at the time. Saints Row 3 went kinda wacky for me personally but still was enjoyable and made me want more. Saints Row 4 is where I jumped off and realised they had no idea what the gamers wanted from Saints Row anymore, they completely went off script. So when I saw the gameplay and trailer for this new reboot I realised they still had missed the point, completely discarded everything we asked for and it seems so bland it’s untrue, such a shame for one of my favourite games growing up. I won’t be picking this reboot up for a long while if ever.
I came into Saints Row with the 3rd. I honestly really enjoyed it since GTA pivoted even more into a realistic tone in story and visuals at that time( which I did enjoy as well). I don't know who they're trying to market the new one too since..The physics are extremely whacked, more crazy that 3 and 4, but they want to tell a visual style of the first two? Identity crisis for sure. 🤕
@@Estirvana It screams out to me that the project changed its focus and direction 4-5x during development and I can almost guarantee that the lead person in charge of this reboot changed multiple times as well. I am super disappointed I wanted to pick this game up on launch but I think I will wait for a big sale before I consider trying it out.
@@CareerModeConnoisseur I want to be extremely optimistic.I know fans of 1 & 2 have been dying to get a new Saints Row with similar vibe for a long time now. I just want more of 3 without the insanity of 4- hoping this reboot isn't the last.
I enjoyed the sandbox super power game in SR4, but as a Saints Row game it sucks ass. That plot is garbage. I agree overall, 2 does have my fondest memories from the series. Honestly maybe after 3 they should have done a “reboot” style game with a new gang starting from the ground up, maybe even with The Saints still existing but this new gang is rising after The Boss has stepped down or gone into hiding or something and The Saints have lost their way. But retaining the humor and ideas of past games instead of a full reboot or trying to continue the story past 3 (which they did do, and it sucked (again, talking plot and not gameplay)).
What separates this review from others is that you can tell Jake wants this game to be good like many of us watching did. Not just to kick it whilst it's down like many others seem to enjoy doing. Damn shame about this game, was really looking forward to this! What's worse is that it's not even fixable issues. Basic mechanics need overhauls. The story/character/gameplay flow writing just isn't it.
We weren't kicking it while it was done to enjoy it. Og fans didnt like the game because it was everything we didnt want. Imagine supporting a company that made 2 great gangster games from 2006-2008. From 2010 they release a decent game sr3 it gets some new fans but the majority are the OG fans arent feeling it. The gangsters are now celebrities. we give them advice and say we dont like the direction they went let's take it back to the gangster stuff and finish an important plot line that the game ignored. Instead they release gangsters going to space and fighting aliens in sr 4 again we didn't ask for this we want the gangster stuff back. They then proceed to release gat out of hell were the saints go to hell to fight satan and do Disney sing alongs, these guys are suppose to be gangsters like wtf. They release agents of mayhem which flops. Then they tease the OG fans with a picture that makes it seem like they will be going back to the gangster stuff and guess what they dont instead they actively make it clear that they will be avoiding everything that made sr1 and 2 special. OG Fans are mad and try to give volition actual criticism instead of taking criticism from the fans they send out a tweet saying haters gonna hate TO A FANBASE THATS BEEN LOYAL TO THEM FOR OVER A DECADE. Go search up house hexagon and he'll clear things up even more. If you got treated like this as a consumer you'd have every right to be mad people calling us "band wagon haters" dont actually know the full story go checkout the history of saints row and its fanbase
@@TheRealDarth_Vader I agree with what you say and from what I've seen its annoyed me too as SR 2 is one of my favourite games and I had high expectations for this. I could even look past the new reboot first controversial trailer until I saw the game properly. What I should of worded better in my response is that I don't like the over clickbaitin titles that everyone is using saying do not buy this game at all. All jumping on the same bandwagon whenever a new game flops. Gameranx always try to see some positives in games as well as show the negatives. It isn't a barrage of one sided opinions. If Jake is disappointed who we can tell us a long time SR fan it shows the game is in a bad state
@@somebodyelse2192 click bait titles and all jump on same theme to get views. Gameranx never have one sided barrage of hate or paid off overly positive pros. Can tell Jake is a long time SR fan and he wants it to do well but is clearly disappointed. I'm the same, SR 2 is one of my favourite games and it's a damn shame this game is going how it is. Unfortunately I had high hopes
@@thatadamcampbell2204 as did I, but unfortunately shareholders dictate games these days rather than devs having creative freedom, so unless regulations are put into play its going to continue for the foreseeable future.
ive never ever played a saints row game before so this was my first time, i very much enjoyed this game i had a lot of fun so maybe thats why, this one is deffo not as bad as a lot of people make it out to be - also ive never played a game like this before only gta which is obviously similar so maybe again thats why i personally had a lot of fun, i like the little side quest things just overall really enjoyed it... i had like 3 minor bugs during the whole game.
Thank you! This was what I was looking for, an opinion from someone who like me isn’t really familiar with the other games in the franchise - it’s even better that you’re familiar with GTA since that’s where I come from as well. I don’t want to know what the game is like compared to the other games in the franchise, I just want to know what the game is like period. Your comment made me jump off the fence about this game.
It's good to hear an honest opinion from someone who'd played all the games in the series, like myself. Great video. Also I'm literally just finishing my 2nd Breaking Bad re-watch. Cheers!
@@curtissimmons2287 I have to agree I was hoping they might make a darker, more serious turn into the series, but still keep a little early original humor SR2 was so good at
I always look for the "Before you Buy" from Jake or Falcon for the most honest genuine review for any game I want to play. Sadly for me this is an "After you Buy" since I've been waiting for the next full Saints Row game since IV and jumped the shark on ordering this before all the reviews came out. The game is coming later today for me, and I hope I can find some fun in this yet. Thank you Jake for for this awesome review.
I have the same issue with you, m8. I have played the first 2 hours. The thing is that when everybody says that the game is terrible, you go into it with super low expectations. In that aspect, I enjoyed the first 2 hours that I played. I don't know if the enjoyment lasts for long though...
I feel like people are comparing too much to the old SR games. It's a reboot, not a sequel. It's the process of restarting something old with a new foundation. If it's not for you that's understandable. But a lot of the review complaints I hear stem from comparison and that's really not fair to the game itself.
I just played it for a couple of hours and for me, it feels empty, soulless, it feels unfinished. I really thought it was going to be something more alike to the past games
@@Deuteromis to be acceptable and kinda fun you meant. When was the last time a game was fully satisfying after you payed like 120€ in total and you didn‘t feel ripped off for that?
@@snubcaboose132 Stop it lol. Elden Ring, Red dead 2, God of War, Tsushima, Horizon 2 and Botw don't really count. They're the exceptions that prove the rule. Ubisoft has normalised this kinda soulless microtransaction open world crap and Bethesda and most others have followed suit. Most of these games just want you to shell out on dlc and focus on that rather than the quality.
I can honestly say I’ve played saints row 2 more than any game ever in my life and loved basically every single saints title other then agents of mayhem , and I knew this was gonna be bad but I’m glad gameranx is keeping it real and not kissin ass , love you gameranx 👉🏻👉🏻
@@xemera1d and getting that mansion in 2 and the deaths on characters u grew to love during story . It was the best . I think they are remastering it if I'm not wrong
Exactly what was expected based on what they showed. Still just waiting for the SR2 fix the devs are doing. RIP IDOLNINJA you were the last best part of Saints Row
@@moises9090 big SR2 PC Patch that was in the works for a while by Idolninja because they managed to recover SR2s source code. The idea of it was to overhaul the pc version of sr2 to actually be decent. Fixed a lot of bugs added the dlcs and supposedly other quality of life stuff from when Idolninja made Gentlemen of the Row. Sadly we haven’t heard a lot about it since Idolninja’s passing last august. Last thing we got is that it was going on the back burner to focus on this Reboot and deep silver/volition promised to finish it in honor of Idolninja and all his contributions to the community afterwards.
definitely needs more love! I think If you never played a saints row game this is a good first because it'll make the older ones look even more amazing then they already are!
I was looking forward to this saints row after playing 1-3 I didn’t like sr4 or gat out of hell but when I heard of this reboot I was hoping they were gonna bring back the charm and flow of 1-3 maybe with time and patches can hopefully make the game feel fun. Hats off to gameranx for being honest and truthful I always look forward for your “before you buy” vids for games I want.
I absolutely adored SR3 back in the day. When 4 came out I was very excited but ended up playing for maybe two hours max because I ended up really not liking it. I was stoked to see them doing this reboot but feel quite disappointed. It just doesn’t look fun or even unique. Glad to have a channel that gives honest genuine reviews though.
I liked sr4 with the whole matrix vibez gat from hell was basically the same as sr4 you just playing as gat which was fun for me but I bought all the games on digital sale sooo my views might be one-sided 😅😅
@@nigelturner5300 same even tho sr4 was major diff I still enjoyed it just as a superhero game I didn’t go into the game thinking it’s gonna be like sr2 it’s all about your perspective when starting the game
Been playing for about 10 hours and not what I had hoped for but, jumping into co-op with my friend made a world of difference. Sadly not what I expected but still fun, having a friend along for the ride was a saving grace.
Are you playing on controller or keyboard? I use the controller and click l3 to sprint and a weird keyboard pops up and I can’t get rid of it? And the game can’t seem to decide what it wants to use lol
Just finished the story of this game and did most of the side quests as well as taking control of most of the map with the “business ventures” only reached 70% completion with the leftover content being things like driving a truck with volatile barrels from the desert back into the city…if the video wasn’t enough to steer you away from this idk what will but… personally the radio stations alone will drive you insane. Like 10 stations with 5 songs each… I had to permanently mute the radio by the time I hit 20% story. Best part of the game was being able to save any car you saw in your garage and customization. Lots of wacky vehicles. Best part of the story was the whole LARPing sequence.
I loved one and 2. In fact saints row 2 for me was probably one of my most played games ever. It had so much replay value. I loved the customization, and one thing I seriously loved that games don’t do anymore, I loved how you could pick your voice. I don’t mean just grunting and moaning and breathing. I mean you literally picked a voice actor. There would be a basic script but each voice actor had their own flavor. Like I’m Hispanic and if you picked the Hispanic voice he would speak Spanglish. Which was great. I feel like if fallout 4 had that ability to choose from several different voice actors, it wouldn’t have gotten as much flak for having a voice actor. Even though Starfield doesn’t have a voiced protagonist I kind of wish it did if we got to pick the voice. But anyways, a reboot could’ve done saints row wonders if they took it a little seriously again. We have yet to have a game that lets us have our own cartel. It could’ve went down that route if it didn’t want to go down the typical gang route. A mafia or cartel would’ve been a cool spin while being new.
I'm just wondering why they ditched all the original characters that people genuinely cared about for these randoms that nobody will be emotionally invested in
@@DrBarbequeSauce from my understanding it was done to further distant themselves from gta. By getting rid of original characters they could ignore law and get more and more crazy
Really do appreciate your honesty with it, and that you recognize that others may enjoy it too. I love the Saint's Row series of games, but the more that I watched trailers for this game the more I got the sense that this was gonna be like the new Crackdown games. Not necessarily bad but devoid of what made the originals fun. Probably will pass on this game for now, maybe pick it up after its been out for a while. Apprecaite all the work this channel does to bring these Before You Buy videos, they are incredibly helpful!
Crackdown 3 was more of a Crackdown game than Crackdown 2. It had the exact mechanics of the first game. Anyone who shit on it clearly doesn't remember the first game.
@@nBasedAce Wasn't trying to shit on it. It just didn't hit the same marks as the first one did, at least for me. if you enjoyed 3 that's great, I'm glad you did. For me it just fell off very quickly the more that I played and something about it felt off to me. Not a bad game by any means, just felt kind of....meh. And it having the same mechanics as the first game doesn't mean it will be as good. What made Crackdown 1 great back then, isn't exactly revolutionary nowadays. And for me it just didn't offer anything new. And with Saint's Row, I'm just gonna give it some time. Let them patch some things up, maybe add some new content and then I might be willing to pick it up later. Doesn't look bad at all, it just doesn't grab my attention right now.
i wish we could a mixture of crackdown 1 and 2. i really liked the open world and character/suit upgrades for crackdown 2 but i really really loved how the cars would transform if your driving level was maxed in the first game.
I hesitated after seeing reviews but ended up getting it. Haven’t touched a SR game since 1&2. I’m up in the air if it’s worth $60, I guess it was for me I can’t stop playing. It didn’t sell me right away but it’s super fun especially if you have someone to play with
I, too, am enjoying the game very much. I am having a great time, and ultimately, that is all that matters. Games are also developed to entertain. It does not matter how many reviews you watch or read; the only person who can determine whether or not you will appreciate anything is you. I think in this case, ppl were expecting something different.
Jake (and his team) are great and while this is probably one he struggled with the most I still feel he leaves the most honest review possible. Thanks guys!
@@Thonato420 I like ACG too. Been watching both for years. And I don't dislike Angry Joe I respect him but he's just a little too much for me sometimes.
@@Thonato420 Yep thats what I'm talking about mainly lol like I said I respect what he does, but I don't really watch him like I used to for those reasons. If you've never watched ACG though he's legit, I like how he breaks his reviews down into sound, gameplay, etc and he will give an opinion on whether it's worth 60 or to wait for it to go on sale or never touch it. Him and Gameranx are the main 2 I watch for opinions on new games.
I was going to buy this. But do the fact that I don't give a flying fuck about the characters and this video kind of solidify the reason why I don't want the game anymore. And school, I have no interested in playing a college student. These videos are money savers
Was 4 the one where there was an alien invasion and the entire world was a simulation? If so that was my favorite. It really pushed the zany and ridiculous even for a Saint's Row game. Ity had a dubstep gun, an Alien abduction gun, a black hole gun, and you could get bad ass super powers! I have spent countless hours in that game when I was a kid.
see i really liked the super powers and wish they would've expanded upon it and allowed you to just use them instead of guns. i can't stand the shooting in saints row it is soo....dead like their is no real feedback it just feels basic and shitty. i found myself mostly using super speed and sprint takedowns and found myself jumping in the air and launching my fist down a lot since the powers took forever to recharge
-Does this ship have a radio? (messes with the radio) -We're in space, radio frequencies don't even- _"What is love... baby don't hurt me..."_ -Oh yeah, this is my jam! I love Saints Row IV, man :)
They really thought the whole student debt thing would be super relatable but instead it showed for what it is, just unrealistic, unwitting and honestly pretty corny lacking in charm.
I won't lie, I'm still gonna buy it because what I love more then anything in games is customization and with saints row you always had the potential to make the look however you want. That and I do want to play a gta like game that's silly. I'm exhausted of gta at the moment and have loved saints row 2 and 3. I liked 4 but when I was able to get superpowers that made faster than the cars I started to dislike it but Saints row 4 always had some funny moments and I live to laugh with over the top stuff. I have a gamestop card with 25 bucks on it so i'mma use that to pay for half and I'll just pay for the other so if I don't like I don't feel completely ripped off.
I've always loved the Saints Row games and was really excited to see what this game could bring to the franchise however, with it being a reboot and now this review marking it as a "disappointment" I think I'll wait until the game goes on sale. Thank Gameranx
Damn... I was really hoping this would be another Saints Row I could enjoy. SRGooH was a super bummer for me and, being the last SR game I played, was a sour way to end the series I absolutely loved. Seeing this one flop is worrisome for the future; i'll keep my eyes on it, thanks Gameranx.
I bought it against my better judgement and am surprisingly enjoying it myself. It's definitely fun for me so far. The shooting for me is a little steep up there's a setting to snap to new target which is nice. One thing they do need to fix is the in game character creation you can't do some things that was in the original games but you also get some things that weren't in the original games.
@Pietje Paulientje I don't deny my standards may be a bit lax but I can say gaming companies don't enjoy having someone like me as a fan. I can find some fun to be had playing the game and that could be partly because I have barely any soul to speak of either but please don't go ruining other people's fun with the game.
It makes me so sad that we live in a world where an unfinished game is released and then a massive day one patch is issued, and its considered normal.... it feels like "heres your new car! The tires come later though"
Imo it just seems like they tried to redo saints row 3 but in a new setting While it looks modern etc it still plays like Sr3 witch is very janky at times and feels like a step back compared to current day games and most people probably expected it to feel like gta when the franchise has never felt like that People expected a modern game but got a reskin of Sr3 witch I personally liked so I’m fine with but I understand why people don’t
The games always felt floaty and janky. I guess we expected something “better” when they decided to REBOOT it instead of just making saints row 6. Like jake said; the game doesn’t appeal to the more serious people but also doesn’t appeal to the over the top people. It does everything mid-low tier.
I'm the same as the reviewer, a fan of this series no matter how crazy it was as it was fun. I was hesitant about pre-ordering and I'm glad I was. I'll wait until it is on game pass to play. I was really hoping for it to be good, but had a feeling they were trying to appeal to everyone when I saw the trailers. Thanks for the review!
I lost all hope when I saw the trailer.... Who the fuck made these characters? Saints row was always the less serious less mature game to GTA, but they went like 90% dora the explorer with these characters. What the absolute fuck is wrong with game devs.
@@whatNtarnation90 I agree. They said they wanted the characters to be relatable. Saints Row characters like Gat are memorable because they are outlandish and badass. Didn't need to be relatable. That was never an issue.
I had it on preorder and completely forgot. Wish I had waited a while, it should’ve had more time put into it. The streets are empty, the random sandstorm I encountered when loading into a save basically impaired my sight, the amount of times I have had to restart a mission from a checkpoint due to enemies not spawning in or being outside the combat area is ridiculous and that’s not even the half of it.
Once again gameranx saved me a heartache I lost my love for the series after 2 and was hoping this would go back to it's roots I'm glad some people are enjoying it but just off of gameplay alone I could tell I would've been disappointed maybe I'm wrong and I'll live it as much as the first 2 but I'm not willing to risk the money until it's discounted or I can find it used if there isn't really much of a story gets me immersed in the world I don't have the free time as I did when I was younger to find the smaller things more enjoyable but once again to each it's own and I appreciate everything everyone does at gameranx for us as a gaming community. (Sorry for the lack of punctuation)
@@coolman5242 agreed. I loved playing because the super powers made the gameplay fun as hell, customization was great and the music was top tier imho. SR 3 (and it's remake) just wasn't as fun to me.
I'm not much for wingsuits but I think they did because people like the flying/gliding of Saints Row 4 and the way they kept it is with a wingsuits ability
I personally preferred saints row 1 and 2 for the gangs and watching how they'd change as you do more missions, i personally didn't like 3 and stopped caring when they want wackiness over cohesiveness, and seeing saints row 3 's micro transactions, i got a feeling thats gonna be the cash cow for the game, it may be fun but i'd rather a game that allows for gangs to seem realish but no, everything needs to be borderlands which i personally don't like
This is the exact same feeling I had. Saints Row 2 had organic wackiness just because you could do whatever you wanted but was created by a really solid story and fun to play game. 3 was just too over the top and tried to force the wackiness over actually making a solid game.
Everytime a saints row comes out people just wanna complain that it’s not SR2, 14 years ago that game came out people need to move on and stop crying about games from nearly 20 years ago lol
I appreciate how honest you are in your reviews, however I just played it last night and throughly enjoyed this Saints Row game. I seem to be in the minority though.
Honestly, I'm just curious about Santo Ileso. I preordered back in late 2021 with the expectation that access to the open world was going to be on par with the first two Saint's Row games - plenty of interiors, the ability to buy food to replenish health, stores being open or closed depending on the time of day, and enemies randomly attacking your strongholds - to name a few. In the last 24 hours, I've learned that those features - features that were present in the original 16-year-old title - are not present. I'm disappointed but not surprised. After all, this is what happens when shareholders dictate the game development process, causing incomplete, buggy, or downright bad games to be released. NOTE: On August 22, 2022. the parent company's share price tanked about 12%. Sadly, some developers' careers will end over this.
Bruh you had no proof of any of this, yet you still gave them money, people like you giving money for a product you have no idea about is one of the main factors that the video game industry is becoming so stagnant, they barely have to sell the game because of gamers like you lmao
Same here brother, Im only interested in the world since it could have been a hit but game surrounding it just does not seem right. Looks hollow, empty and souless. Yeah do the gaming industry a solid and remember no preorder, its what they want for the shareholders to prove that they have something. They need to prove it to US above all else since we decide rather a game is a hit or not. Sucks that a dev might lose a job but Volition has had many a mistep and layoffs before to learn and not make the same mistake. Looks like they just didnt listen to fans yet again.
What I always appreciate about these guys reviews, they always say "this particular thing didn't really do it for me but it may do something for you". Like they acknowledge that this is their opinion and that doesn't mean you personally won't like or dislike the game they are talking about and they don't go around busting chops if u do end up liking the game or w.e., they don't say things like "you'd have to be stupid to like this" or what have you. They simply tell us their opinions and thoughts and let you take what u want out of that opinion
Man...i love how you guys dgaf and just tell the truth! Too many times you listen to a 'review' and then try the game out only to be like 'is this the same game?'. I love that I can trust you guys to give a 100% honest one.
I think my favorite saints row, was the 2nd. The soundtrack was fire, the whackyness, hilarious! And the enemy gangs memorable. I downloaded the "boss" creator. I wasn't impressed with the character creation, I could not, for the life of me make my character "good looking" no matter how hard I tried, my ppl ended up looking like npcs in oblivion :/ so I took that as being a meh game and decided to stay away until I saw some reviews
@@JohnnyKin yeah part of me wants to get it cause open world crime games are in such short supply, so I might say fuck it and get it tonight after work so it’ll probably have a day one patch anyway
I'm a huge Saints Row Fan, played 1-4 and Gat out of Hell (2-GooH on PC ). I was so hyped to hear about a new Saints Row game coming out and I was already willing to pre order it. Now after seeing a few gameplay videos and this review I'm glad it was Epic Exclusive, Epic literally saved me money which I'd have otherwise spent for pre ordering the game or even buying it day 1. Maybe I give it a try in a year when it's released on Steam and in some sort of Sale. From what I saw so far it looks like not worth the $60 but it could be pretty okayish for like $25.
I feel like i already wouldnt like this as much. For Saints row 4 it was fun a t first, but after a while the powers made me feel like I was playing a different game. I hated the fact that driving for instance was completely pointless. In saints row 3 some of my favorite things were to drive around, listening to the radio, dodging cars causing mayhem. Seeing the glider suit just has me feeling like I may as well play Just cause 3 at that point.
If you feel that way about sr4 you should actually like this one most missions your in the car listening to music or a news story pertaining to your last mission a lot of driving less flying the wingsuits kind of ass imo
Personally I got into Saints Row at 3 and 4. Never tried GooH mostly because I love the character customization in 3 and 4. Saints Row just felt so much more fun than GTA. I didn't have to worry about running out of money or players killing me when I just wanna do my objectives. Saints Row 3 and 4 felt like fun escapes for me and I genuinely enjoy the characters and story however silly they may be. I was very hesitant looking at this reboot because while I get some fans don't like the silliness, I'm completely here for it and while it seems like customization for characters is still there, I'm not sure if I'd have fun with it. I miss saints Row 3's octo launcher. I loved the goofy sci-fi story in 4. They were very fun games for me. Idk if this seems like something I'd wanna play unless I tried a demo of it.
Why are you saying that like GTA’s main game is where you would deal with that? The online is not the story mode, which should be the thing youre comparing saints row to
@@Grapefruit5000 Single player fine but you cant sit here and say Rockstar didnt copy Saints row with the flying cars and over the top guns and other stuff. If he talk about gta online it's kinda valid I mean that's all they've cared about for the last couple of years when was the last time you saw single player dlc?
So, personally, Agents of Mayhem is one of my favorite games. It definitely wasn't perfect and some missions I could have lived a happier life without ever having to endure them, but for the most part, Agents of Mayhem was a fun and satisfying game, at least for me. I still want to try this game, it looks like I may actually like it. Then I can add it to my list of "Games I like that nobody else cares about" with Agents of Mayhem and Crackdown 3
@markkrijgsman6495 Same. I'm currently trying to get all the characters to max levels. Also, since this comment, I've played Saints Row 2022. Another fun game that gets too much hate in my opinion.
@@vereor6304 i get some of the hate for SR 2022, i felt it was over to soon , story wise, but the game it self is a ton of fun same with agents of mayhem, a lot of fun chataracters and stuff that got to much hate
I think this genre is on the way out. They're getting too expensive to develop, and GTA itself has been stagnant for nearly a decade. Feels like Sleeping Dogs was the last great alternative.
@Josh I guarantee that when GTA 6 comes out, everyone is going to be complaining about how it pales to GTA V. There's no place for them to go anymore when you've done everything
Sleeping dogs fucking SUCKED. I could not finish it for the life of me. Tried it on game pass and just couldnt do it. Rather play the first red dead redemption for the 76th time.
The environments look cool and varied. It seems that's where they spent most of their time and energy on that and not much else, based on what you're saying about the gameplay.
I always enjoy the honesty of these videos. I’ve been playing saints row 2022 since yesterday afternoon, and I’m finding myself enjoying the game. It’s not as over the top as the previous entries which could be why it seems lackluster to some. It feels like a game that is going back to the start with hindsight of what the fans enjoyed. I’ve had a few bugs but nothing too game breaking for me.
I feel like I will like it considering I thought agents of mayhem was super fun and did not understand the hate it got, though I bought it when it was 6 dollars so I had no sunken cost in it
I honestly really like these non-serious dumb fun games. I'm tired of games that take themselves too seriously in these times ngl and this one is self aware which is pretty cool.
Agents of mayhem was decent, as for this game the shooting looks kind of like the division. If I'm being honest though I've never really enjoyed the saints shooting for it felt off and in ways this looks at least a bit better but I'll see tomorrow.
@@lisavanderpump7475 If he likes it let him be, the most annoying thing imo is someone trying to shame another person because he likes something that he doesn't like
I enjoyed the review! Thank you for giving us your opinion. I still want to play this game and to try it out myself as I have been watching many people play it and feeling excited myself I want to enjoy this game or at least try. I am not sure how it will be for me as I enjoy most games easily but other than that, I am glad I watching this before buying the game.
@@theblacknexusyt how do I get a refund? I played it for maybe an hour or even less and was frustrated with the amount of bugs. You think I can get a refund through playstation store? Heard they dont refund if you have downloaded the game
Always looking out to see your reviews I've learned my lesson these past few games no longer preordering just waiting for the review get game after it comes out. I was hoping this game would do ok but damn
@@boys356 After Cyberpunks flopp i learned quick to no have faith in any game dev even my favorite ones this last 7 years games just been trash no passion put it em.
Before I even got into the game, it glitches and froze on my character customizing section....TWICE......very annoying......not one button worked, had to restart the console each time.....
Thanks for being honest and forthright. In a world where gaming journalism is becoming a joke, you guys are absolute madlads on top of your ace game. Never change, Gameranx.
Heck it’s not even journalism but even UA-cam gaming channels. A lot have become sells outs willing to give flawless reviews because they simply got a free review copy. Just sad
@@Lawrence_Talbot I dont believe thats true honestly, at least not for most games, I just dont think a lot of people are very good at reviewing on short time intervals.
The Nintendo channels that depend on that brand succeeding for their channel to succeed, ehhh different story. I question their objectivity very often
@@Lawrence_TalbotFree copy is one thing, free stuff as well. Like fallout 76 is a good example where the people who by a special edition get a nylon bag while the 'reviewers' get canvas bag which originally they've had promise for the special edition. So yeah, it's easy to be a sell out when you get exclusive item, that even paid customer can't buy.
@@Gilgamoth ad time
yeah man i've seen some people compare saints row to san andreas and say the game is really good
Always appreciate that you guys keep it a buck and avoid me throwing away $60-70 for a game. I'll give this a chance once it hits discount/clearance price in the next few months.
And thats when devs will say "Buy it full price or there will be no sequel" like the dudes from Days Gone 🤣
@@Marquis-Sade wait they really did that?😭😭
@@khyrepurplevstheworld They did...The insolence and presumption in the statement. I was speechless
@@Marquis-Sade Yeah it was because mainly of Sony being Sony if they didn't live up to their expectations with their revenue Sony wasn't gonna support a sequel
Just pirate
Things Saints Row 2 did that I loved then was never implemented again:
-Customizing layers of clothes and the way you wear them
-Buildings being entered in real time, particularly gang hideouts. No transitions, just open the door and you’re in there
-Being able to choose whether you have 1 single handed weapon or dual wield. Instead of unlocking a permanent upgrade that takes that choice away forever.
-Being able to replay missions
-Being able to customize certain parts of each gang hideout (do you want a piano or a stripper pole? How big do you want your bed or your tv?)
A lot of these are small but they emphasize choice. I’d rather be able to choose something, even something seemingly inconsequential, than have a game show me all the wacky animations I can do. I didn’t have very high hopes for this game but I HOPED they’d at least pretend to listen to their fan base and give a fraction of what Saints Row 2 gave us. I’m not surprised but I’m definitely disappointed. Maybe someday they’ll remaster Saints Row 2 IN IT’S ENTIRETY and I’ll be able to talk with my wallet then
Saints Row 2 is the goat.
Sr2 needs a remaster that definitely was the best saints row
Saints row 1 is below 2 but it's like neck and neck.
FACTS. Great comment
Lets not forget the ability to use a fuckin katana on a motorcycle!!! Sr2 deserves a revisit in style/aesthetic atleast.
What I loved about saints row 3 was the amount of fun you could have with the cheats and just messing around with the NPCs was hillarious
Infinite ammo, no bullet, fire, explosion damage
which saints row game on ps4 should i start with
@@rsyoutube9252 2
@@rsyoutube9252 well im a lil late but definitely the 2nd one
Pretty sad to see. This developer is in my home town. I remember them signing copies of the first Saints Row at the local best buy in the mid 2000s. After Agents of Mayhem, a lot of people lost their jobs and I think this is the last nail in the coffin for this team.
That’s cool and yea I wouldn’t doubt that they will shut their doors down after this shoutout from Bloomington 🤓
Mid begets mid
I actually applied at volition to try and catch the dev cycle for this, but didnt get the job lol.
As sad as it is, they also deserve it. For making the game unrecognisable with 4.
@@Zvrra that would’ve been sick. Uiuc?
I’m here for my grain of salt 🧂
We could all use some salt after this imploding disaster
@@PrestigiousConman whhhhaaaaat no is it bad ?
I gotta respect this man’s dedication
@@trshaffa744 Duh.
@@VLarraechea don’t buy it 💀 it’s so broken and not fun
Someone called this the Netflix adaptation of saints row.
Perfect description. I could see the characters in this game in another Netflix RE adaption.
That just doesn't make any sense considering they've produced some of the best and most faithful adaptations in existence.
@@cenciende9401 Right? Look at the Adams Family, Witcher was alright, The Last Kingdom was perfect, and Orange Is The New Black was great. Netflix has its flaws but they have a lot of great original movies and shows.
@@OGStarlightKY u forgot Ozark
It's just a joke just because Netflix is getting the heat recently 😑
I wish more games tried Resident Evil 6 shooting mechanics. The slide while shooting, quick shots, crawling while shooting, and all the other cool little moves you could made for some fun third person shooting.
I always appreciate how y’all are honest about this stuff. One the main reasons why I consider y’all’s opinions before making a purchase.
y'all
HOWDY YALL
You should never let a UA-cam channel decide if you buy it or not
I always consider their opinion AFTER I make a purchase.
I'll buy a game and then go "I should watch the before you buy while I wait to play"
@@SuperSinestro me af right now and i lowkey wish i listened to the tital and watched this BEFORE i spent $60 😭😂
I watch almost everything from this channel, no matter what. Whether I’m
interested in the discussions or not.
But listening to a fan of a series tell their honest opinion of a new game in a respected series….
I had a feeling that this was the exact “before you buy” that we would get for this game and as far as this channel is concerned I wasn’t dissatisfied. Y’all gave me the facts no matter what as you do and I already expected this to be unbiased despite being obviously biased. This was the review I wanted and we all deserved.
Also:
shout-out to Eric B and Rakim
😂😂 I rakina legend
I’m a microphone fiend
GOAT COMMENT!!! 👊🏾🎤
I ain’t no joke!
Kinda had a bad feeling about this one. Just hoping the intuition about Gotham Knights turns out wrong😅
Up next after Fallout 74, Cyberpunk 2077, and Saints Row, we introduce Gotham Knights!
Wait for gta6 its going to be worse
@@MrGrimjaw lol you’ve seen nothing from gta 6 so how would you know? Quit being so negative.
@@cosmicwarrior1857 they takeing jokes out becomeing political correct
@@MrGrimjaw doesn't mean the games going to be bad , just less .. antagonistic.
Just got the game yesterday and had low expectations been playing it for a small bit of time and I'm enjoying it alot so far. I think people let others opinions sway them too much, nostalgia as well its, been running perfectly fine for me on PS5 but I can't speak for those on PS4.
It is really depressing what is happening to videogames. We still get the odd exception but overall, quality is decreasing in many essential areas. It's like the magic is gone and now it's all about the money. I can only hope that Rockstar come through in the next couple years and reassure us.
Agreed it’s terrible to watch the downfall of this industry it’s like Hollywood so much of the last 10 years feels dull unoriginal and rushed
Depressing. Only a few game developers seem to be putting out high quality products. From software and rockstar carrying the torch going forward; rockstar definitely deserving of criticism for their microtransaction focus as well
I love how you mention rockstar right after the sentence "now it's all about money"
Bruh rockstar are the literal definition of squeezing ever dollar our of their consumers. Sure they make a good single player experience but so do many other companies and rockstar lost my respect years ago with their GTA online bullshit.
Lol Japanese companies will save the industries like they always do.
Rockstar is dead they became one of the worst companies now
Rockstar is greedy af now if they were smart they would remake max payne 3, bully, and manhunt
I love the honesty. Usually, there’s a bias for review copies cause reviewers wanna stay on game companies good dude. Thank you for giving an honest opinion of the game
Who is trying to stay on Volition's good graces? It's not like they make any other AAA games
It's people like you that give these companies that attitude we can make a pile of shit and the masses will devour it!!
Literally every single reviewer is panning this game. Pretty sure there is nothing brave about being 'honest' here lmao.
There's a biased from the gamers too. If you wanna stay on the gamers good side you gonna have to be harsh af with this game for not being the old games
What made Saints Row 2 the best was the story, the customization for both the players and the cars, and the unique characters . This game only got the customization right and nothing else. This game makes me appreciate games like Elden Ring a lot more lmao.
Elden Ring is way better than this shit
Thing I loved about SR2 is you could tackle any of the gangs in any order. It meant that you got a good storyline and characters from each arc. I hated that it had a more rigid storyline in 3 and that Phillipe was almost immediately killed.
@@floatinghamstick i’ll stop being nostalgic about Saints Row 2 and grow up
@@jameslazaridis4180 yeah, how dare I like things and be fond of something that was made with good ideas and creativity. What a moron I am.
So I’m replaying through SR3 rn and nostalgia aside it has many of its own issues, but it has an identity and a commitment to fun which honestly is all I ask for in a SR game. I’m not expecting 100% bug Free gameplay and an Oscar winning story. Lemme spray some poop onto houses, punch some people in the D and then dance on their corpse. I’m a simple man!
"Reviews" nowadays are just trailers. You guys are the real deal. Love it. Thank you.
i love gameranx for this, every time a game is bad or just average they always get to the point at the start
Exatly how I found them and have watched them ever since.
The game looked like crap from the get...
The game is good so we don’t care about your nostalgia
@@snatched.377 lmao you cant be serious. Yall reboot soyboys need to develop standards this game is trash, the stories bad theres nothing special about this game. It doesnt compare to sr1 and 2
@@snatched.377 I'm glad you speak for everyone. This really just shows how ignorant you are since you don't care to learn why it bothers people. Maybe there is something they took out of the original game that was actually superior? You definitely wouldn't know.
If Jake doesnt enjoy a game, then game must be very bad in general. Jake is enjoying almost everything, no matter how bad it is.
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Well he gets games for free. Of course he's enjoying most of them
Ikr LOL I came here and I was like “if jake acts like he actually like the game then he’s getting paid off”
Yikes we living in a world where people can’t have a mind of their own? There’s games he literally said was bad but once I played it it was good and not as bad as he made it.
Not necessarily true, it is up to personal opinion and what you like as well. Usually I can agree with Jake, but there’s at least a handful of times/games that I’ve really enjoyed and Jake didn’t.
I always figured they struck lightning in a bottle with the 2nd game. I remember just trying it out and immediately getting sucked into the world with its charm and soundtrack. Was not able to get that same feeling in later games. Didn't expect this reboot to be good after seeing the debut trailer. Was hoping at least it would be fun to play, but the trailers always made the game look boring. This video just confirms it. Saints Row is supposed to be cool which this game does not have. It looks like Third in the desert. I think I will just wait for Saints Row 2 Remake if Volition is still around after this.
You know why they went down hill, its the same for most AAA studios. It happened in 2016, they all got hit at the same time.
If this game looked like Third in the desert then I'd actually play it because I enjoyed that game. This game looks like a soulless cash-grab designed to actually suck the fun out of your day instead of adding to it
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@@BSPancake Exactly. I was HOPING for a Saints Row 3 in the desert but this game doesn't deliver that at all.
This right here, I played 3 and 4 first then went back and played 2 because of sale and DAMN it was tight even after aging a bit it was still really good and fun and the saints did some horrible things.
10:27
I disagree about trying to satisfy old fans:
- Old Characters are gone, no where to be found, if there's any references where are they?
- They censored the Humor of the old games 2-4 Massively
- The Story is no relation of Saints Row, College kids in debt broke getting into crime to stop capitalism or whatever the F this was
This really doesn't try to satisfy old fans at all this is a slap in the face to anyone who enjoyed SR1-4. You don't even have to play SR1 and 2 to know this isn't right.
Thank you for saving me $60! It’s a shame: the series peaked at SR2 with the perfect mix of nonsense and drama. SR3 had a lot of genuinely epic moments, but were drowned out by the madness.
it’s the best game ever so much fun
@@ss-dz8fv you are the funniest person on the internet right now 🤣 *insert sarcasm*
@@BrotherMag sr2 is the best ever, from the series
you can pirate this game for free right now and I still probably won't play lol. for pc of course
@@edhiiya7284 i did this a few months ago haha it still kinda holds up tbh! So much great memories with SR2
I always really appreciate your measured view on these types of games. I was considering trying this Saints Row out (it would’ve been my first one!) but I think I’ll play one of the older ones instead. Thanks Jake and Gameranx!!
Definitely check the epic store it goes on sale often
Definitely don't start on this. As a fan who's played all of this, this one is disappointing.
Start with 1 & keep going from there, you won’t be disappointed
Another vote for SR3. Was a lot of fun.
@@E1evenDegrees until you get to this rebooted piece of garbage
The story premise of this always felt off. Basically college friends just decided to make a gang, so they cause destruction and weird shit happens
Probably cuz u too old to understand.
Yeah I feel like that takes away something, in the first two you were just a kid off the street that became ruthless and took over the city. This seems meh
Honest reviews are difficult to come by these days whether it's games, movies or the offerings of TV and streaming services. I can see why you have 7.3 M subscribers. Your presentation is very good. You now have one more.
As a Saints Row fan, I will wait for the bug fixes to be resolved and then take a second look before parting with any money to buy it. With thanks.
I would have loved a straight up honest to God remaster of Saints Row 1 and 2. It would have been cheaper to make, received more positively by the fans and probably would have made more money. This game feels like it's stuck in the 2010's anyway so you may as well... I went back and played SR2 recently and yes it's dated but it still has a whole lot of charm. I miss when Saints Row would mix serious moments with balls to the wall comedy.
I want a remaster cuz I never played the first one and it will bring 1 and 2 to modern PlayStation consoles so I can have every SR on my ps5 lol
Relatively recently they found the source code for Saints Row 2 which they previously thought was lost due to loss of data.
You may get your remastered series sometime in the near future after all :)
@@heenlav4596 That's great news!!
That’s kinda what the new one does
id honestly pay $60 for saints row 1 on pc, i have it on xbox 360 still but my xbox 360 itself hardly works anymore
That’s why I appreciate this channel.. I love the old school saints row and while I knew this one was still over the top I figured it’d be more like the 3rd.. I was going to buy it.. but now I think Il wait for a sale and time for the bugs. I appreciate the honesty and genuine vibe gameranx has.
I love the 3rd Saints Row. This one was a huge disappointment
I agree I was hoping for a Saints Row The Third feel kind of feel. This is disappointing. I personally love the Saints Row games but Gat out of Hell, whatever the last game was and this is just sad.
@@CrimsonFIame ong, 60 bucks for this shit💀 plus, why tf my character jumps like a bunny 😭
Tone-wise, I barely see a difference between this and The Third. Both hella goofy and not very funny.
@@CrimsonFIame 3rd one was a disgrace to the whole franchise
Anytime a game boasts more about its customization than the actual gameplay, I get worried. I wished this would be more like Saints Row 2, being in the middle of goofy and serious, but just seeing how "quirky" the dialogue was from the trailers, I figured it wasn't going to be anything special.
Saints Row 2 was really their Magnum Opus. I still play it to this day.
Other journalists are always going to the extremes in one way or the other. These guys keep it real and tell you the good and the bad without having to praise to high heaven or crap on the game entirely. I actually get a good idea of what the game is like (imagine that). Even after all these years and monetary growth it feels like you guys haven’t sold out or become jaded to it all. Keep it up and I’ll keep watching 👍
Love how the enemies just stand and watch you finish someone
Yup. Just seeing this tells me that it's not a good start...
Most big games do this
If halo had finishers it be like this
Most games do this😂😂. If an enemy were to attack while you were finishing someone then finishers would be useless.
@@fridaycaliforniaa236 literally almost all games do this😭😭😭😭
This game is to the Saints Row series what Dead Rising 4 was to the Dead Rising series. A soulless imitation with nothing to match but the name of the game
True
With age comes wisdom I must say. Younger me would’ve pre-ordered this game no questions asked.
I had a friend that made fun of me for being excited for a game called steelrising and he said this would be better
Pre-ordering digital games these days is pointless. Not like preordering a game then collecting from Electronics Boutique at midnight. ahh the good old days.
Love this channel! Only ones I trust with game reviews 😊❤
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same 😄😄😄😄😄😄
Seeing the unbiased opinions of others is awesome. Especially honest ones. We appreciate you Jake
or just look at the gameplay and get your own opinion?
Nothing is ever really unbiased. If he made a video saying how amazing the game is then people would accuse him of getting paid off even if what he is saying is genuine.
Gameranx knows this and it possibly influenced the review. My advice is don’t take any reviews too seriously because there is always some bias everywhere u look
@Lucas No such thing as a unbiased opinion.
Saints Row was a fantastic start and had some genius moments, Saints Row 2 seems like they somehow and someway fell into an incredible game, that was so close if not perfect at the time. Saints Row 3 went kinda wacky for me personally but still was enjoyable and made me want more. Saints Row 4 is where I jumped off and realised they had no idea what the gamers wanted from Saints Row anymore, they completely went off script. So when I saw the gameplay and trailer for this new reboot I realised they still had missed the point, completely discarded everything we asked for and it seems so bland it’s untrue, such a shame for one of my favourite games growing up. I won’t be picking this reboot up for a long while if ever.
I came into Saints Row with the 3rd. I honestly really enjoyed it since GTA pivoted even more into a realistic tone in story and visuals at that time( which I did enjoy as well). I don't know who they're trying to market the new one too since..The physics are extremely whacked, more crazy that 3 and 4, but they want to tell a visual style of the first two? Identity crisis for sure. 🤕
@@Estirvana It screams out to me that the project changed its focus and direction 4-5x during development and I can almost guarantee that the lead person in charge of this reboot changed multiple times as well. I am super disappointed I wanted to pick this game up on launch but I think I will wait for a big sale before I consider trying it out.
@@CareerModeConnoisseur I want to be extremely optimistic.I know fans of 1 & 2 have been dying to get a new Saints Row with similar vibe for a long time now. I just want more of 3 without the insanity of 4- hoping this reboot isn't the last.
I enjoyed the sandbox super power game in SR4, but as a Saints Row game it sucks ass. That plot is garbage. I agree overall, 2 does have my fondest memories from the series.
Honestly maybe after 3 they should have done a “reboot” style game with a new gang starting from the ground up, maybe even with The Saints still existing but this new gang is rising after The Boss has stepped down or gone into hiding or something and The Saints have lost their way. But retaining the humor and ideas of past games instead of a full reboot or trying to continue the story past 3 (which they did do, and it sucked (again, talking plot and not gameplay)).
Yeah 2 was awesome. I miss chilling at the airport shooting at the planes taking off and watch them hit max speed within a second and crash usually.
What separates this review from others is that you can tell Jake wants this game to be good like many of us watching did. Not just to kick it whilst it's down like many others seem to enjoy doing.
Damn shame about this game, was really looking forward to this! What's worse is that it's not even fixable issues. Basic mechanics need overhauls. The story/character/gameplay flow writing just isn't it.
We weren't kicking it while it was done to enjoy it. Og fans didnt like the game because it was everything we didnt want. Imagine supporting a company that made 2 great gangster games from 2006-2008. From 2010 they release a decent game sr3 it gets some new fans but the majority are the OG fans arent feeling it. The gangsters are now celebrities. we give them advice and say we dont like the direction they went let's take it back to the gangster stuff and finish an important plot line that the game ignored. Instead they release gangsters going to space and fighting aliens in sr 4 again we didn't ask for this we want the gangster stuff back. They then proceed to release gat out of hell were the saints go to hell to fight satan and do Disney sing alongs, these guys are suppose to be gangsters like wtf. They release agents of mayhem which flops. Then they tease the OG fans with a picture that makes it seem like they will be going back to the gangster stuff and guess what they dont instead they actively make it clear that they will be avoiding everything that made sr1 and 2 special. OG Fans are mad and try to give volition actual criticism instead of taking criticism from the fans they send out a tweet saying haters gonna hate TO A FANBASE THATS BEEN LOYAL TO THEM FOR OVER A DECADE. Go search up house hexagon and he'll clear things up even more. If you got treated like this as a consumer you'd have every right to be mad people calling us "band wagon haters" dont actually know the full story go checkout the history of saints row and its fanbase
I don't understand, people say bad things because of bad things how do you relate that to "kicking it while it's down"???
@@TheRealDarth_Vader I agree with what you say and from what I've seen its annoyed me too as SR 2 is one of my favourite games and I had high expectations for this. I could even look past the new reboot first controversial trailer until I saw the game properly. What I should of worded better in my response is that I don't like the over clickbaitin titles that everyone is using saying do not buy this game at all. All jumping on the same bandwagon whenever a new game flops. Gameranx always try to see some positives in games as well as show the negatives. It isn't a barrage of one sided opinions. If Jake is disappointed who we can tell us a long time SR fan it shows the game is in a bad state
@@somebodyelse2192 click bait titles and all jump on same theme to get views. Gameranx never have one sided barrage of hate or paid off overly positive pros. Can tell Jake is a long time SR fan and he wants it to do well but is clearly disappointed. I'm the same, SR 2 is one of my favourite games and it's a damn shame this game is going how it is. Unfortunately I had high hopes
@@thatadamcampbell2204 as did I, but unfortunately shareholders dictate games these days rather than devs having creative freedom, so unless regulations are put into play its going to continue for the foreseeable future.
ive never ever played a saints row game before so this was my first time, i very much enjoyed this game i had a lot of fun so maybe thats why, this one is deffo not as bad as a lot of people make it out to be
- also ive never played a game like this before only gta which is obviously similar so maybe again thats why i personally had a lot of fun, i like the little side quest things just overall really enjoyed it... i had like 3 minor bugs during the whole game.
Thank you!
This was what I was looking for, an opinion from someone who like me isn’t really familiar with the other games in the franchise - it’s even better that you’re familiar with GTA since that’s where I come from as well. I don’t want to know what the game is like compared to the other games in the franchise, I just want to know what the game is like period.
Your comment made me jump off the fence about this game.
It's good to hear an honest opinion from someone who'd played all the games in the series, like myself. Great video. Also I'm literally just finishing my 2nd Breaking Bad re-watch. Cheers!
I wish they’d went down a more serious route like gta type of thing if they wanted to do a remake
@@curtissimmons2287 I have to agree I was hoping they might make a darker, more serious turn into the series, but still keep a little early original humor SR2 was so good at
I'm glad your reviews are genuine!
I always look for the "Before you Buy" from Jake or Falcon for the most honest genuine review for any game I want to play. Sadly for me this is an "After you Buy" since I've been waiting for the next full Saints Row game since IV and jumped the shark on ordering this before all the reviews came out. The game is coming later today for me, and I hope I can find some fun in this yet. Thank you Jake for for this awesome review.
I have the same issue with you, m8. I have played the first 2 hours. The thing is that when everybody says that the game is terrible, you go into it with super low expectations. In that aspect, I enjoyed the first 2 hours that I played. I don't know if the enjoyment lasts for long though...
You are not alone man
Hoping I get some enjoyment out of it.
never preorder man, games like this are the reason why... hope you find some fun in it.
never pre order man. always wait these days.
Same boat as you, pre ordered digitally on Xbox. Feeling some buyer's remorse after all these reviews.
I feel like people are comparing too much to the old SR games. It's a reboot, not a sequel. It's the process of restarting something old with a new foundation. If it's not for you that's understandable. But a lot of the review complaints I hear stem from comparison and that's really not fair to the game itself.
I just played it for a couple of hours and for me, it feels empty, soulless, it feels unfinished. I really thought it was going to be something more alike to the past games
They want you to wait for the DLC to shell out more money for it to be really good.
@@Deuteromis to be acceptable and kinda fun you meant. When was the last time a game was fully satisfying after you payed like 120€ in total and you didn‘t feel ripped off for that?
@@DjTrustNo.1 I mean I paid the asking price for elden ring and am still blown away at how much is in it
@@snubcaboose132 Stop it lol. Elden Ring, Red dead 2, God of War, Tsushima, Horizon 2 and Botw don't really count. They're the exceptions that prove the rule. Ubisoft has normalised this kinda soulless microtransaction open world crap and Bethesda and most others have followed suit. Most of these games just want you to shell out on dlc and focus on that rather than the quality.
Same, feels generic and empty
I can honestly say I’ve played saints row 2 more than any game ever in my life and loved basically every single saints title other then agents of mayhem , and I knew this was gonna be bad but I’m glad gameranx is keeping it real and not kissin ass , love you gameranx 👉🏻👉🏻
Saint Row 1 & 2 were goated honestly, for me it never felt the same after those 2 games
@@xemera1d forsure , I was iffy about 3 and 4 when they came out but after a few playthroughs I’ve come to like them but yea 1 and 2 the best
@@xemera1d and getting that mansion in 2 and the deaths on characters u grew to love during story . It was the best . I think they are remastering it if I'm not wrong
'and I knew this was gonna be bad' - it isn't.
Exactly what was expected based on what they showed. Still just waiting for the SR2 fix the devs are doing. RIP IDOLNINJA you were the last best part of Saints Row
SR2 fix? What?
@@moises9090 It runs horrible on steam, IdolNinja made a mod that made it playable. RIP
@@moises9090 big SR2 PC Patch that was in the works for a while by Idolninja because they managed to recover SR2s source code. The idea of it was to overhaul the pc version of sr2 to actually be decent. Fixed a lot of bugs added the dlcs and supposedly other quality of life stuff from when Idolninja made Gentlemen of the Row. Sadly we haven’t heard a lot about it since Idolninja’s passing last august. Last thing we got is that it was going on the back burner to focus on this Reboot and deep silver/volition promised to finish it in honor of Idolninja and all his contributions to the community afterwards.
@@pvtspedwarrior8547 there have been internal dev updates so it's still being worked on
definitely needs more love! I think If you never played a saints row game this is a good first because it'll make the older ones look even more amazing then they already are!
Why not just play the older, cheaper ones then if they're better lol
Never played saints row & I'moving this game got it for 5 bucks new from GameStop, after I beat this I'm gonna pick up the other saints row games.
def could@@jaysonovo4778
Seeing health bars above an enemy’s head in a Saints Row game tells me all I need to know.
Just turn it off
The division made me hate that "feature."
I was looking forward to this saints row after playing 1-3 I didn’t like sr4 or gat out of hell but when I heard of this reboot I was hoping they were gonna bring back the charm and flow of 1-3 maybe with time and patches can hopefully make the game feel fun. Hats off to gameranx for being honest and truthful I always look forward for your “before you buy” vids for games I want.
I hoped they were going for more of the vibe that SR2 had. I'll probably still check it out once I finish what I'm currently playing
I absolutely adored SR3 back in the day. When 4 came out I was very excited but ended up playing for maybe two hours max because I ended up really not liking it. I was stoked to see them doing this reboot but feel quite disappointed. It just doesn’t look fun or even unique. Glad to have a channel that gives honest genuine reviews though.
I liked sr4 with the whole matrix vibez gat from hell was basically the same as sr4 you just playing as gat which was fun for me but I bought all the games on digital sale sooo my views might be one-sided 😅😅
@@nigelturner5300 same even tho sr4 was major diff I still enjoyed it just as a superhero game I didn’t go into the game thinking it’s gonna be like sr2 it’s all about your perspective when starting the game
What would patches possibly do?
Been playing for about 10 hours and not what I had hoped for but, jumping into co-op with my friend made a world of difference. Sadly not what I expected but still fun, having a friend along for the ride was a saving grace.
Are you playing on controller or keyboard? I use the controller and click l3 to sprint and a weird keyboard pops up and I can’t get rid of it? And the game can’t seem to decide what it wants to use lol
Yeah for me, I will be getting it at 20 dollars and I will play it with a friend. Bad review or not, that was always the plan.
There's always a huge difference when playing with a friend on any game
@@alexgislason3335 why bother buying it at all?
@@circuz4167 Yep, basically any game, regardless of its quality, is fun with a buddy there with you.
Just finished the story of this game and did most of the side quests as well as taking control of most of the map with the “business ventures” only reached 70% completion with the leftover content being things like driving a truck with volatile barrels from the desert back into the city…if the video wasn’t enough to steer you away from this idk what will but… personally the radio stations alone will drive you insane. Like 10 stations with 5 songs each… I had to permanently mute the radio by the time I hit 20% story. Best part of the game was being able to save any car you saw in your garage and customization. Lots of wacky vehicles. Best part of the story was the whole LARPing sequence.
I loved one and 2. In fact saints row 2 for me was probably one of my most played games ever. It had so much replay value. I loved the customization, and one thing I seriously loved that games don’t do anymore, I loved how you could pick your voice. I don’t mean just grunting and moaning and breathing. I mean you literally picked a voice actor. There would be a basic script but each voice actor had their own flavor. Like I’m Hispanic and if you picked the Hispanic voice he would speak Spanglish. Which was great. I feel like if fallout 4 had that ability to choose from several different voice actors, it wouldn’t have gotten as much flak for having a voice actor. Even though Starfield doesn’t have a voiced protagonist I kind of wish it did if we got to pick the voice. But anyways, a reboot could’ve done saints row wonders if they took it a little seriously again. We have yet to have a game that lets us have our own cartel. It could’ve went down that route if it didn’t want to go down the typical gang route. A mafia or cartel would’ve been a cool spin while being new.
I'm just wondering why they ditched all the original characters that people genuinely cared about for these randoms that nobody will be emotionally invested in
@@DrBarbequeSauce from my understanding it was done to further distant themselves from gta.
By getting rid of original characters they could ignore law and get more and more crazy
which saints row game on ps4 should i start with
@@rsyoutube92524
i played it first with a brittish guy, then i played it again with a female Boss and it was still fun,
Always makes great videos for us to watch thanks for uploading it means a lot keep up the hard work
thanks for watching!
Really do appreciate your honesty with it, and that you recognize that others may enjoy it too. I love the Saint's Row series of games, but the more that I watched trailers for this game the more I got the sense that this was gonna be like the new Crackdown games. Not necessarily bad but devoid of what made the originals fun. Probably will pass on this game for now, maybe pick it up after its been out for a while. Apprecaite all the work this channel does to bring these Before You Buy videos, they are incredibly helpful!
agreed. I think I will wait for it to go on sale or have a free weekend/go on game pass. I think it looks like a lot of fun but is overpriced.
@@louieandiamx5155 it is great fun, too many people are placing too much value in janky reviews.
Crackdown 3 was more of a Crackdown game than Crackdown 2. It had the exact mechanics of the first game. Anyone who shit on it clearly doesn't remember the first game.
@@nBasedAce Wasn't trying to shit on it. It just didn't hit the same marks as the first one did, at least for me. if you enjoyed 3 that's great, I'm glad you did. For me it just fell off very quickly the more that I played and something about it felt off to me. Not a bad game by any means, just felt kind of....meh. And it having the same mechanics as the first game doesn't mean it will be as good. What made Crackdown 1 great back then, isn't exactly revolutionary nowadays. And for me it just didn't offer anything new. And with Saint's Row, I'm just gonna give it some time. Let them patch some things up, maybe add some new content and then I might be willing to pick it up later. Doesn't look bad at all, it just doesn't grab my attention right now.
i wish we could a mixture of crackdown 1 and 2. i really liked the open world and character/suit upgrades for crackdown 2 but i really really loved how the cars would transform if your driving level was maxed in the first game.
I hesitated after seeing reviews but ended up getting it. Haven’t touched a SR game since 1&2. I’m up in the air if it’s worth $60, I guess it was for me I can’t stop playing. It didn’t sell me right away but it’s super fun especially if you have someone to play with
Its ok if you like it man, having bad taste isnt a crime. If youre having fun thats all that matters.
I, too, am enjoying the game very much. I am having a great time, and ultimately, that is all that matters. Games are also developed to entertain. It does not matter how many reviews you watch or read; the only person who can determine whether or not you will appreciate anything is you.
I think in this case, ppl were expecting something different.
Was really relying on this game to just be good enough to keep me busy for a little while, real shame but expected lol
He said u might like that’s just his opinion u might still have fun yourself 💯
@@R.O.Pbutterztv With all of those negative reviews I doubt I'll spend 80$ on a game that sounds and looks like shit.
@@emericdion To me, it looks like a "wait for a sale and buy something else"
@@R.O.Pbutterztv 80$ on a gamble is not a great deal tbh
@@justinhigginbottom8668 It's 80? I got it for 60
Jake (and his team) are great and while this is probably one he struggled with the most I still feel he leaves the most honest review possible. Thanks guys!
Can always count on Ranx to give us the straight up nitty gritty. Honesty is hard to find in this industry. Thanks fellas 👌
Eh I mean, there's still angry joe but other than that, this shit better than ign
@@Thonato420 I like ACG too. Been watching both for years. And I don't dislike Angry Joe I respect him but he's just a little too much for me sometimes.
@@Slipvayne1 Ya know after watching many of his game reviews (especially the ajs news ads) clips, I can relate to that feeling ngl
@@Thonato420 Yep thats what I'm talking about mainly lol like I said I respect what he does, but I don't really watch him like I used to for those reasons. If you've never watched ACG though he's legit, I like how he breaks his reviews down into sound, gameplay, etc and he will give an opinion on whether it's worth 60 or to wait for it to go on sale or never touch it. Him and Gameranx are the main 2 I watch for opinions on new games.
The third one is still my favorite in any of the saints games and similar style games it just has a charm to it
Yeah Same man
Definitely always look forward to seeing your review’s to decide if I should buy a game or not. 👍🏻
I guess this one's a pass. Lol
Definitely even tho imma still buy this😂💯
@@R.O.Pbutterztv that's okay
I was going to buy this. But do the fact that I don't give a flying fuck about the characters and this video kind of solidify the reason why I don't want the game anymore. And school, I have no interested in playing a college student. These videos are money savers
@@the-weirdist facts
I miss Saints Row 2. That one was the best out of all. I feel like it did the whole Gang Lifestyle better than GTA
Was 4 the one where there was an alien invasion and the entire world was a simulation? If so that was my favorite. It really pushed the zany and ridiculous even for a Saint's Row game. Ity had a dubstep gun, an Alien abduction gun, a black hole gun, and you could get bad ass super powers! I have spent countless hours in that game when I was a kid.
Yeah that's the 4th one
see i really liked the super powers and wish they would've expanded upon it and allowed you to just use them instead of guns. i can't stand the shooting in saints row it is soo....dead like their is no real feedback it just feels basic and shitty. i found myself mostly using super speed and sprint takedowns and found myself jumping in the air and launching my fist down a lot since the powers took forever to recharge
-Does this ship have a radio? (messes with the radio)
-We're in space, radio frequencies don't even-
_"What is love... baby don't hurt me..."_
-Oh yeah, this is my jam!
I love Saints Row IV, man :)
Yeah I think 4 was the best even though everyone says 2 is their favorite
@@NickNakelski 4 was great fun, I just appreciate how fucked up the boss was in 2
They really thought the whole student debt thing would be super relatable but instead it showed for what it is, just unrealistic, unwitting and honestly pretty corny lacking in charm.
I won't lie, I'm still gonna buy it because what I love more then anything in games is customization and with saints row you always had the potential to make the look however you want. That and I do want to play a gta like game that's silly. I'm exhausted of gta at the moment and have loved saints row 2 and 3. I liked 4 but when I was able to get superpowers that made faster than the cars I started to dislike it but Saints row 4 always had some funny moments and I live to laugh with over the top stuff. I have a gamestop card with 25 bucks on it so i'mma use that to pay for half and I'll just pay for the other so if I don't like I don't feel completely ripped off.
I've always loved the Saints Row games and was really excited to see what this game could bring to the franchise however, with it being a reboot and now this review marking it as a "disappointment" I think I'll wait until the game goes on sale. Thank Gameranx
I was all ready to buy it too. Just wanted an open world game to turn off my brain and mess around in
Seriously I’ll wait for it to come on gamepass probably won’t be long
its on sale right now!
Damn... I was really hoping this would be another Saints Row I could enjoy. SRGooH was a super bummer for me and, being the last SR game I played, was a sour way to end the series I absolutely loved. Seeing this one flop is worrisome for the future; i'll keep my eyes on it, thanks Gameranx.
if it makes you feel better it’s nowhere near as bad as GooH or saints row 4
@@davisfromthehills7521 I did enjoy SR4 in the end, though it did take some warming up at first with the space theme.
If this flops Volition is done for
@@davisfromthehills7521 saints row 4 is a blast
@@davisfromthehills7521 am I the only one that thinks the game feels amazing
I bought it against my better judgement and am surprisingly enjoying it myself. It's definitely fun for me so far. The shooting for me is a little steep up there's a setting to snap to new target which is nice. One thing they do need to fix is the in game character creation you can't do some things that was in the original games but you also get some things that weren't in the original games.
@Pietje Paulientje I don't deny my standards may be a bit lax but I can say gaming companies don't enjoy having someone like me as a fan. I can find some fun to be had playing the game and that could be partly because I have barely any soul to speak of either but please don't go ruining other people's fun with the game.
It makes me so sad that we live in a world where an unfinished game is released and then a massive day one patch is issued, and its considered normal.... it feels like "heres your new car! The tires come later though"
Imo it just seems like they tried to redo saints row 3 but in a new setting
While it looks modern etc it still plays like Sr3 witch is very janky at times and feels like a step back compared to current day games and most people probably expected it to feel like gta when the franchise has never felt like that
People expected a modern game but got a reskin of Sr3 witch I personally liked so I’m fine with but I understand why people don’t
The games always felt floaty and janky. I guess we expected something “better” when they decided to REBOOT it instead of just making saints row 6. Like jake said; the game doesn’t appeal to the more serious people but also doesn’t appeal to the over the top people. It does everything mid-low tier.
Don't even compare this soulless cringefest to sr3
@@cin2110 saints row 3 was buggy and still has cringe I literally played it 3 days ago. Like come on bruh stfu
I'm the same as the reviewer, a fan of this series no matter how crazy it was as it was fun. I was hesitant about pre-ordering and I'm glad I was. I'll wait until it is on game pass to play. I was really hoping for it to be good, but had a feeling they were trying to appeal to everyone when I saw the trailers. Thanks for the review!
I lost all hope when I saw the trailer.... Who the fuck made these characters? Saints row was always the less serious less mature game to GTA, but they went like 90% dora the explorer with these characters. What the absolute fuck is wrong with game devs.
it's not coming to game pass
@@Reddeadredemption3 if it doesn't, I'll get it later on when the price drops significantly.
@@whatNtarnation90 I agree. They said they wanted the characters to be relatable. Saints Row characters like Gat are memorable because they are outlandish and badass. Didn't need to be relatable. That was never an issue.
I had it on preorder and completely forgot. Wish I had waited a while, it should’ve had more time put into it. The streets are empty, the random sandstorm I encountered when loading into a save basically impaired my sight, the amount of times I have had to restart a mission from a checkpoint due to enemies not spawning in or being outside the combat area is ridiculous and that’s not even the half of it.
Same here, not quite "game ending" on their own, but after the 50th glitch I'm just like y'know what fuck this game!
Once again gameranx saved me a heartache I lost my love for the series after 2 and was hoping this would go back to it's roots I'm glad some people are enjoying it but just off of gameplay alone I could tell I would've been disappointed maybe I'm wrong and I'll live it as much as the first 2 but I'm not willing to risk the money until it's discounted or I can find it used if there isn't really much of a story gets me immersed in the world I don't have the free time as I did when I was younger to find the smaller things more enjoyable but once again to each it's own and I appreciate everything everyone does at gameranx for us as a gaming community. (Sorry for the lack of punctuation)
I enjoyed the somewhat lighthearted take on 3. 4 took it too far for me
@@mac1bc Eh I found 4 more fun than 3. 3 just felt too sterile and lifeless compared to 2. 4 at least had that VR thing which was fun at the time.
@@coolman5242 agreed. I loved playing because the super powers made the gameplay fun as hell, customization was great and the music was top tier imho. SR 3 (and it's remake) just wasn't as fun to me.
I'm not much for wingsuits but I think they did because people like the flying/gliding of Saints Row 4 and the way they kept it is with a wingsuits ability
I personally preferred saints row 1 and 2 for the gangs and watching how they'd change as you do more missions, i personally didn't like 3 and stopped caring when they want wackiness over cohesiveness, and seeing saints row 3 's micro transactions, i got a feeling thats gonna be the cash cow for the game, it may be fun but i'd rather a game that allows for gangs to seem realish but no, everything needs to be borderlands which i personally don't like
Same!
This is the exact same feeling I had. Saints Row 2 had organic wackiness just because you could do whatever you wanted but was created by a really solid story and fun to play game. 3 was just too over the top and tried to force the wackiness over actually making a solid game.
Everytime a saints row comes out people just wanna complain that it’s not SR2, 14 years ago that game came out people need to move on and stop crying about games from nearly 20 years ago lol
@@devans5118 how bout no
@@AliBazz see your a prime example lol
I appreciate how honest you are in your reviews, however I just played it last night and throughly enjoyed this Saints Row game. I seem to be in the minority though.
Honestly, I'm just curious about Santo Ileso. I preordered back in late 2021 with the expectation that access to the open world was going to be on par with the first two Saint's Row games - plenty of interiors, the ability to buy food to replenish health, stores being open or closed depending on the time of day, and enemies randomly attacking your strongholds - to name a few. In the last 24 hours, I've learned that those features - features that were present in the original 16-year-old title - are not present. I'm disappointed but not surprised. After all, this is what happens when shareholders dictate the game development process, causing incomplete, buggy, or downright bad games to be released.
NOTE: On August 22, 2022. the parent company's share price tanked about 12%. Sadly, some developers' careers will end over this.
Bro you should’ve known better from the very beginning. Especially pre ordering.
@@RossR23 Lesson learned
You reap what you sow.
Bruh you had no proof of any of this, yet you still gave them money, people like you giving money for a product you have no idea about is one of the main factors that the video game industry is becoming so stagnant, they barely have to sell the game because of gamers like you lmao
Same here brother, Im only interested in the world since it could have been a hit but game surrounding it just does not seem right. Looks hollow, empty and souless.
Yeah do the gaming industry a solid and remember no preorder, its what they want for the shareholders to prove that they have something. They need to prove it to US above all else since we decide rather a game is a hit or not. Sucks that a dev might lose a job but Volition has had many a mistep and layoffs before to learn and not make the same mistake. Looks like they just didnt listen to fans yet again.
Been waiting for this review all day!!
What I always appreciate about these guys reviews, they always say "this particular thing didn't really do it for me but it may do something for you". Like they acknowledge that this is their opinion and that doesn't mean you personally won't like or dislike the game they are talking about and they don't go around busting chops if u do end up liking the game or w.e., they don't say things like "you'd have to be stupid to like this" or what have you. They simply tell us their opinions and thoughts and let you take what u want out of that opinion
All that stuff should go without saying. They shouldnt have to say "Its my opinion" in order for someone to realize its their opinion.
@@shift7808 Agreed, but unfortunately there a lot of sensitive people on all sides that need that reminder it seems.
The good with this kind of review is it is quick and easy to take in, the bad is it is very shallow and purely depends on subjectivity.
Man...i love how you guys dgaf and just tell the truth! Too many times you listen to a 'review' and then try the game out only to be like 'is this the same game?'. I love that I can trust you guys to give a 100% honest one.
I think my favorite saints row, was the 2nd. The soundtrack was fire, the whackyness, hilarious! And the enemy gangs memorable.
I downloaded the "boss" creator. I wasn't impressed with the character creation, I could not, for the life of me make my character "good looking" no matter how hard I tried, my ppl ended up looking like npcs in oblivion :/ so I took that as being a meh game and decided to stay away until I saw some reviews
Soundtrack is garbage in this game I find myself driving with the radio off constantly
Saints row 2 online was probably my favorite multiplayer I’ve ever played idk why lol
@@ZzzNamorZzz Pimp slapping every one lol
I’m not interested in getting this game, but I still needed to hear your take on it
Who else is here cause they just added this to ps plus?
Been playing Sleeping Dogs lately and been a fun open world with great story
Sleeping Dogs is an incredible game! Definitely a standout in the genre.
Been playing just cause 3, if you want mindless fun and seriousness at the same time that the best option
Seems like there were a *bunch* of people waiting for this particular review. Thanks again Gameranx!
I was too! I knew it would be 100% honest and since it had WWWWWAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY more cons then pros lol I may wait till it goes on some kinda sale
@@Godfather9814 i will also wait for maybe some patch to fix the bugs
@@JohnnyKin yeah part of me wants to get it cause open world crime games are in such short supply, so I might say fuck it and get it tonight after work so it’ll probably have a day one patch anyway
Been waiting on this video! Thanks guys!!
Saints row the third was the peak of the franchise. 1 and 2 were good but 3 is the first time it felt like it wasnt a GTA ripoff
I'm a huge Saints Row Fan, played 1-4 and Gat out of Hell (2-GooH on PC ). I was so hyped to hear about a new Saints Row game coming out and I was already willing to pre order it. Now after seeing a few gameplay videos and this review I'm glad it was Epic Exclusive, Epic literally saved me money which I'd have otherwise spent for pre ordering the game or even buying it day 1. Maybe I give it a try in a year when it's released on Steam and in some sort of Sale. From what I saw so far it looks like not worth the $60 but it could be pretty okayish for like $25.
I feel like i already wouldnt like this as much. For Saints row 4 it was fun a t first, but after a while the powers made me feel like I was playing a different game. I hated the fact that driving for instance was completely pointless. In saints row 3 some of my favorite things were to drive around, listening to the radio, dodging cars causing mayhem. Seeing the glider suit just has me feeling like I may as well play Just cause 3 at that point.
Foreal I never drove lol
driving and shooting normal guns both felt totally pointless, since you had your powers
If you feel that way about sr4 you should actually like this one most missions your in the car listening to music or a news story pertaining to your last mission a lot of driving less flying the wingsuits kind of ass imo
Personally I got into Saints Row at 3 and 4. Never tried GooH mostly because I love the character customization in 3 and 4. Saints Row just felt so much more fun than GTA. I didn't have to worry about running out of money or players killing me when I just wanna do my objectives. Saints Row 3 and 4 felt like fun escapes for me and I genuinely enjoy the characters and story however silly they may be. I was very hesitant looking at this reboot because while I get some fans don't like the silliness, I'm completely here for it and while it seems like customization for characters is still there, I'm not sure if I'd have fun with it. I miss saints Row 3's octo launcher. I loved the goofy sci-fi story in 4. They were very fun games for me. Idk if this seems like something I'd wanna play unless I tried a demo of it.
Same I like saints because of the silliness and was hoping that on this one they would go over the top with it
Why are you saying that like GTA’s main game is where you would deal with that? The online is not the story mode, which should be the thing youre comparing saints row to
You need to try SR2. It’s easily the best of all.
You sound like GTA Online is the only GTA you know. GTA has always had a singleplayer story mode you know?
@@Grapefruit5000 Single player fine but you cant sit here and say Rockstar didnt copy Saints row with the flying cars and over the top guns and other stuff. If he talk about gta online it's kinda valid I mean that's all they've cared about for the last couple of years when was the last time you saw single player dlc?
So, personally, Agents of Mayhem is one of my favorite games. It definitely wasn't perfect and some missions I could have lived a happier life without ever having to endure them, but for the most part, Agents of Mayhem was a fun and satisfying game, at least for me. I still want to try this game, it looks like I may actually like it. Then I can add it to my list of "Games I like that nobody else cares about" with Agents of Mayhem and Crackdown 3
i like agents of mayhem, i still play it on ps4, eventhough i finished the story mode, its just a fun shooter
@markkrijgsman6495 Same. I'm currently trying to get all the characters to max levels. Also, since this comment, I've played Saints Row 2022. Another fun game that gets too much hate in my opinion.
@@vereor6304 i get some of the hate for SR 2022, i felt it was over to soon , story wise, but the game it self is a ton of fun same with agents of mayhem, a lot of fun chataracters and stuff that got to much hate
I think this genre is on the way out. They're getting too expensive to develop, and GTA itself has been stagnant for nearly a decade. Feels like Sleeping Dogs was the last great alternative.
oh god i wish Sleeping Dogs 2 wasn't cancelled.
But even if some studio rebought the license they probably would fuck it up.
@Josh I guarantee that when GTA 6 comes out, everyone is going to be complaining about how it pales to GTA V. There's no place for them to go anymore when you've done everything
GTA will never die. It's single player is God tier
Maybe they need to stop with the realistic graphics. Maybe that would solve the problem like budget
Sleeping dogs fucking SUCKED. I could not finish it for the life of me. Tried it on game pass and just couldnt do it. Rather play the first red dead redemption for the 76th time.
The environments look cool and varied. It seems that's where they spent most of their time and energy on that and not much else, based on what you're saying about the gameplay.
I always enjoy the honesty of these videos. I’ve been playing saints row 2022 since yesterday afternoon, and I’m finding myself enjoying the game. It’s not as over the top as the previous entries which could be why it seems lackluster to some. It feels like a game that is going back to the start with hindsight of what the fans enjoyed. I’ve had a few bugs but nothing too game breaking for me.
Wait, what? This game is the exact opposite of what fans wanted.
@P33N "Oh no, somebody is enjoying a game which is reusing some of the elements of the previous games they enjoyed'
Just by looking at this I can tell it’s not what I’m use to from saints row thank you for sharing
Imagine a serious gang game
Or even a multiplayer focused game within the saints row universe with all the customization
One day.
You mean a shitty game?
No saints row game has been serious.
I feel like I will like it considering I thought agents of mayhem was super fun and did not understand the hate it got, though I bought it when it was 6 dollars so I had no sunken cost in it
I honestly really like these non-serious dumb fun games. I'm tired of games that take themselves too seriously in these times ngl and this one is self aware which is pretty cool.
@@noodle_Cx are u lying to urself be honest
I got agents of mayhem deluxe edition for 2.99 lol it's pretty good🤣
Agents of mayhem was decent, as for this game the shooting looks kind of like the division. If I'm being honest though I've never really enjoyed the saints shooting for it felt off and in ways this looks at least a bit better but I'll see tomorrow.
@@lisavanderpump7475 If he likes it let him be, the most annoying thing imo is someone trying to shame another person because he likes something that he doesn't like
I am honestly loving the way the vehicles look though
The first thing i noticed was the car sound effects totally crapo.
The fact that Jake even didn’t like it really says something
I enjoyed the review! Thank you for giving us your opinion. I still want to play this game and to try it out myself as I have been watching many people play it and feeling excited myself I want to enjoy this game or at least try. I am not sure how it will be for me as I enjoy most games easily but other than that, I am glad I watching this before buying the game.
Game is freaking awesome I am done with 2 chapters you would love it
Should I listen to reviews? I’m skeptical. I rlly wanna like it but idk.
@@arjunpai7884 same i kinda want too but like what if it’s not worth it :/
@@arjunpai7884 Its really a choice. If you buy it, you can always refund it, Im pretty sure. Not everyone has the same opinion and maybe you won't
@@theblacknexusyt how do I get a refund? I played it for maybe an hour or even less and was frustrated with the amount of bugs. You think I can get a refund through playstation store? Heard they dont refund if you have downloaded the game
Always looking out to see your reviews I've learned my lesson these past few games no longer preordering just waiting for the review get game after it comes out. I was hoping this game would do ok but damn
I think I may have just learned the hard way lmao
@@boys356
After Cyberpunks flopp i learned quick to no have faith in any game dev even my favorite ones this last 7 years games just been trash no passion put it em.
Before I even got into the game, it glitches and froze on my character customizing section....TWICE......very annoying......not one button worked, had to restart the console each time.....
Thank you for an HONEST review ! Stay this way please !! We need real stuff !