It had a potential. Such a waste.
I've heard and read stories about how the game constantly crashes and have bugs, but in my copy it seems to be working fine. I only had 2 crashes occured but managed to finish the whole game.
I genuinely enjoyed the game for what it is since it played exactly like Saints Row the Third with the same jankness it had. The character customization is very fun, too! But after getting far into the story, Saints Row (2022) does felt lackluster.
The story felt too short. Since the main focus of the game is to expand your business ventures to spread the influence of the Saints I did that first, and when I completed them all I then continued the story. That's when I realized how very short and shallow the whole plot is. There isn't enough story for me to care about the characters and the "boss battles" felt very anti-climactic. I'm aware of the horrible writing of their dialogues and while some got a genuine chuckle out of me a lot of the humor and writing felt dry.
It's kinda sad, tho. The whole map itself is very beautiful. It showed how much they cared about the details of the environments and the rural and urban side of Santo Ileso. While I love exploring around the places the whole map itself felt empty (granted, the majority of the areas are desert). With the DLCs adding new locations outside the base map, I have to wonder what the map size could've been if they continued improving the game.
Sadly, that won't happen since the developers Volition dissolved completely after they shot themselves on their foot.
I gave this game a 3.5/5. It's a fun little distraction if you really don't care about the story.
Like I said, such a waste.
I've heard and read stories about how the game constantly crashes and have bugs, but in my copy it seems to be working fine. I only had 2 crashes occured but managed to finish the whole game.
I genuinely enjoyed the game for what it is since it played exactly like Saints Row the Third with the same jankness it had. The character customization is very fun, too! But after getting far into the story, Saints Row (2022) does felt lackluster.
The story felt too short. Since the main focus of the game is to expand your business ventures to spread the influence of the Saints I did that first, and when I completed them all I then continued the story. That's when I realized how very short and shallow the whole plot is. There isn't enough story for me to care about the characters and the "boss battles" felt very anti-climactic. I'm aware of the horrible writing of their dialogues and while some got a genuine chuckle out of me a lot of the humor and writing felt dry.
It's kinda sad, tho. The whole map itself is very beautiful. It showed how much they cared about the details of the environments and the rural and urban side of Santo Ileso. While I love exploring around the places the whole map itself felt empty (granted, the majority of the areas are desert). With the DLCs adding new locations outside the base map, I have to wonder what the map size could've been if they continued improving the game.
Sadly, that won't happen since the developers Volition dissolved completely after they shot themselves on their foot.
I gave this game a 3.5/5. It's a fun little distraction if you really don't care about the story.
Like I said, such a waste.