Saints Row 2022 - One Year Later

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  • Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
  • Saints Row 2022 was labelled as one of the worst games of last year. But after a year of updates and over 1,000 enhancements, is the Saints Row reboot finally worth playing one year later? (Saints Row 2022 Review).
    Throughout this Saints Row review we’ll look at the reboot one year later to see how it's improved since launch. Volition has spent the past year fixing bugs, improving the reboot and delivering three pieces of DLC. There’s new missions, new vehicles and weapons and two new areas of Santo Illeso we can explore for free. Now Saints Row 2022 has been fixed and the dust has settled. Is the Saints Row reboot worth playing or is it still terrible one year later?
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    00:00 Intro
    03:12 Combat
    07:59 Bugs and Technical Issues
    14:59 Open World
    20:14 Narrative
    30:29 Ventures
    33:39 Main Missions
    36:55 DLC Missions
    38:24 Final Thoughts
    39:59 Macaron
    #saintsrowreboot #saintsrow #volition #saintsrow2022
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  • @tylertheguy3160
    @tylertheguy3160 5 месяцев назад +1020

    My biggest issues with the game are the story, characters, and tone. Patches never could've fixed those.

    • @jeremywilliams5141
      @jeremywilliams5141 5 месяцев назад +22

      Yeah. Who cares about money fights and Mecha Burgers and all that stuff?

    • @MrDman60644
      @MrDman60644 5 месяцев назад +6

      I can agree but honestly the tone is pretty close to that of saints row 2, i feel like the problem is how many jokes fall flat. Granted i only got about 10 hours in before i fell through the world and 5 hours of progress then quit because i was having fun i guess but not enough to repeat what id already done.

    • @alexbowman4392
      @alexbowman4392 5 месяцев назад +25

      Exactly, the original Saints Row let us get to know the Playa organically over the game as well as the rest of the 3rd Street Saints. As the Playa became the Boss and the games became wackier the characters still had their charm. In the reboot it was like the devs we're trying to force people to like the new characters for the most shallow of reasons. You can't fix bad writing with patches.

    • @Owen01
      @Owen01 5 месяцев назад +64

      ⁠@@MrDman60644 The tone of this game is nowhere near the tone of SR2

    • @MrDman60644
      @MrDman60644 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@Owen01 agree to disagree. From what ive played of the reboot, if the comedy was actually good in most scenes id say this would be the closest game tonally to saints row 2. Me saying that doesnt make the reboot as good as SR2, i still think the writing falls mostly flat, but i can see what tone they were trying for, and i think with a stronger team of writers they could hit the mark.

  • @crypto40
    @crypto40 5 месяцев назад +422

    I’m still glad this game failed. I’ll never forget when the dev team went to Twitter and started blaming us consumers for it

    • @darthgamer9861
      @darthgamer9861 3 месяца назад +29

      never let them forget

    • @tylertheguy3160
      @tylertheguy3160 3 месяца назад +12

      The gaming industry isn't going to learn a fucking thing from it.

    • @Theta117
      @Theta117 3 месяца назад +7

      The worst part is that the dev team didn't even make those posts. It was deep silver...

    • @kperson4560
      @kperson4560 3 месяца назад +6

      Don't forget the cs person calling us terrorists

    • @zippo71111
      @zippo71111 3 месяца назад +2

      Same, but this reboot should never have happened which is the sad part. Why the heck did anyone allow this to happen? Everything done in the past thrown out the window, replaced by ''insert me'' characters rather than good and believable characters. In the past we had people with different personalities and they sounded like people that were actually part of the gang life and also looked believable. It made the original saints row interesting, it makes you invested into the story. These characters look and sound like someone that would shit their pants and run away if a gang member threatened them.

  • @khalel610
    @khalel610 5 месяцев назад +572

    Still curious who in voliton suggested to replace the OG saints with college kids with student loans. They really thought this entire premise was an excellent idea for the reboot. So out of touch.

    • @rahmellbrown162
      @rahmellbrown162 5 месяцев назад +61

      Frfr like they did all this and honestly, asl they had to do was a SR2 remake

    • @norscout3031
      @norscout3031 5 месяцев назад +98

      Seems like alot of writers these days can only self insert because creativity is dead. look at spiderman2

    • @khalel610
      @khalel610 5 месяцев назад +18

      @@rahmellbrown162 I agree. So many old games have been remade pretty well nowadays. They could have used their time and money to remake Sr2 and people will have no problem buying that.

    • @kingpinavatar
      @kingpinavatar 5 месяцев назад +22

      This is how you can tell who did and didn't play the game. The student loan thing is a single throw away line made by a side character and its never brought up again. Its not the entire premise of the game. The premise is everyone initially belonging to one of the major gangs until they all get tossed aside, so they then make their own gang empire.
      The story isn't good and the game has so many issues. There is no point in lying about what makes the game mediocre.

    • @billymidnyt4519
      @billymidnyt4519 5 месяцев назад +45

      It's been revealed that the Big Wigs of Volition wanted to appeal to the modern weirdos of today.
      The devs themselves wanted the characters to resemble the OG squad. So it goes, Reboot Row is what we got

  • @Mordraneth
    @Mordraneth 4 месяца назад +86

    SR2 was just the right balance of quirky, weird, funny, seriousness, intensity, and heartbreak...
    Aisha's funeral w/ Gat, and Carlos's death, are two scenes burned into my brain...

    • @Mattywan1226
      @Mattywan1226 3 месяца назад +12

      I know it’s a bit of an unpopular opinion but I really do believe the first two games were the best in the series

    • @Mordraneth
      @Mordraneth 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Mattywan1226 I agree; 100% with that sentiment.

    • @nmtsunami
      @nmtsunami 3 месяца назад +7

      @@Mattywan1226that’s not an unpopular opinion at all. Most people think, I’m one of those people too 😂

    • @artstudent1237
      @artstudent1237 3 месяца назад +4

      @@Mattywan1226 Most of us SR fans think the first two are the best, particularly the second. Three was ok but was the beginning of the series going downhill.

    • @Mordraneth
      @Mordraneth 3 месяца назад

      @@artstudent1237 Only way I can even play SR3 and SR4, and not lose my suspension of disbelief, is to just assume the Coma Theory is true.

  • @alexdinu589
    @alexdinu589 5 месяцев назад +102

    The whole point of saints row series it was to give the player a gangster power-fantasy saints were never meant to be some "relatable" young adults they were hardened ciminals they cared for each other, sure but they had no problem killing inocents and brutaizing their rivals

    • @ryan7102
      @ryan7102 5 месяцев назад +15

      Yea it’s so cringe seeing them all dance and joke around moments after you just murdered 500 policemen, ran over countless civilians and robbed a bank lmao

  • @Wandering_Nowhere
    @Wandering_Nowhere 5 месяцев назад +191

    Graphics and gameplay aside, the premise alone is insane. Pick any GTA side-mission in history, I bet it still makes more narrative sense than Saints Row '22.

    • @Cincy32
      @Cincy32 5 месяцев назад +24

      Even the GTALCS Donald Love side missions are more coherent than anything in SR22.

    • @AliBazz
      @AliBazz 5 месяцев назад +2

      Please dont call dis what its titled
      And if u wonderin whatchu gon call it den; call it deep silver asset flip 2022

    • @John-996
      @John-996 5 месяцев назад +1

      Eddie low.

    • @mariokarter13
      @mariokarter13 3 месяца назад +7

      You know the idea bucket is officially empty when the game introduces D&D LARPing.

    • @FungalBunghole
      @FungalBunghole 3 месяца назад

      ​@@AliBazzwhy do you type like that lmao

  • @GhostlyTekk
    @GhostlyTekk 5 месяцев назад +351

    I bought this for me and a friend last week knowing full well how shit it is, but I'm honestly astounded by the sheer level of shit. The one and only thing I can actually praise this game for is the character creator that lets you upload and download skins

    • @rustyshackleford3160
      @rustyshackleford3160 5 месяцев назад +23

      That's a holdover from the previous series...What happened. I used to tell people Saints Row 2 was better than GTA 4

    • @surfofsinify
      @surfofsinify 5 месяцев назад +1

      Wait that's the only thing

    • @theoutsiderjess4869
      @theoutsiderjess4869 5 месяцев назад

      I haven't been able to upload or download characters every time I played

    • @davehedgehog9795
      @davehedgehog9795 5 месяцев назад +3

      i did the same about 2 months back and then got a refund. The controls are so odd when aiming too.

    • @AliBazz
      @AliBazz 5 месяцев назад +3

      I suggest playin a game like saints row 2 if u want some open world fun, DATS worth buyin

  • @kinnyboy
    @kinnyboy 5 месяцев назад +60

    Biggest fall off in gaming history. Serves them right though. For YEARS if not a decade, the fans of the series were telling them “please, just go back to SR1 and SR2 style!!??” And volition literally just kept giving them the finger and said “no, we’ll make what we want!!”. So i think They got what they deserved honestly

    • @kevinbissinger
      @kevinbissinger 3 месяца назад +6

      I hope this happens to Bethesda

    • @PetitTasdeBoue
      @PetitTasdeBoue 3 месяца назад +4

      @@kevinbissinger Ubisoft*

    • @artstudent1237
      @artstudent1237 3 месяца назад +4

      They chose not to listen to the real fans of the series who supported the first two games, many preferring them to GTA at the time, but instead listened to the crowd who thought slapping someone with dildos was funny. Just got way too wacky and those that encouraged it didn't even support the game. I hope the series can somehow make a comeback. It can if they listen to the loyal community who's been there before they went overboard with all the weird stuff.

    • @doomkrieg3817
      @doomkrieg3817 2 месяца назад

      Rocksteady is now feeling the same way.

    • @user-cs2mh9kq3s
      @user-cs2mh9kq3s 2 месяца назад +2

      It wasn't Volition who gave the finger, it was Deep Silver. Volition wanted yo go back to the roots with the last game, it was the publisher who wanted them to make a game for angry teenagers instead of the hardcore fans. Volition developers were rolling their eyes the whole developing time because of publishers demands and constant changes. They had to retstart the concept numerous times because they couldn't nail neither understand which Deep Silver was forcing upon them. Don't blame Volition.

  • @Aughtel
    @Aughtel 5 месяцев назад +42

    I never played SR1, starting from 2. And what i liked about it was how you could attack any faction anytime. It didnt feel set up, like a difficulty rank. "You beat the Morning Star, now heres the Luchadores". SR2 each faction had to hold up on its own in their own ways, rather than just simply being more intense than the last gang you fought. You actually felt like you were dealikg with 3 other gangs.

  • @khebre6032
    @khebre6032 5 месяцев назад +22

    I was dying out of laughter when the screen went black and all of a sudden the message "Gaming industry is doomed" appeared with the happy music.

  • @Vert_GreenHeart
    @Vert_GreenHeart 5 месяцев назад +33

    What a saaad sad game this is... Nobody asked for it, nobody wanted it, nobody bought it and nobody will remember it. This is textbook definition on how to murder and burry a franchise into the abyss.

    • @quack9355
      @quack9355 3 месяца назад +6

      "The Saints Legacy ends here- not with a Bang, but with a Whimper"

    • @prettylou187
      @prettylou187 3 месяца назад

      My thoughts exactly. They just ended this series for good with this stupid reboot no one was asking for. It could’ve happened under much better circumstances and been a huge hit, but someone’s bright idea was to do this.

  • @justajad2809
    @justajad2809 5 месяцев назад +80

    The editing style of Twin Sticks is more consistent than Saints Row itself. You rock once again Twin !

    • @AliBazz
      @AliBazz 5 месяцев назад

      Saints row is a duology 🖕🏼

  • @divineboi97
    @divineboi97 5 месяцев назад +31

    The larping content in this game is really good unfortunately it has no business being in a gangster game

  • @Hikari41618
    @Hikari41618 5 месяцев назад +20

    This game needing soft aimbot to make the gunplay playable on controller says a lot.

    • @ReachTea
      @ReachTea 4 месяца назад +4

      So many FPS multiplayer games have near soft aimbot, says a lot about how outdated exclusively stick aiming is

  • @MonkeSkin
    @MonkeSkin 5 месяцев назад +55

    Everything i loved as a child is a disgrace nowadays.

    • @VerdeMorte
      @VerdeMorte 5 месяцев назад +6

      And not by their original efforts

    • @tonyshum5569
      @tonyshum5569 5 месяцев назад +16

      as kids we enjoyed all these inappropriate games, and games are becoming what can only be described as kid appropriate now that we're all adults, how ironic and saddening

    • @VerdeMorte
      @VerdeMorte 5 месяцев назад

      @@tonyshum5569
      Very true

    • @BenFoster-cx4em
      @BenFoster-cx4em 4 месяца назад

      that's how commies do it. destroy your past, so you won't have a future

  • @AirDehumidifier
    @AirDehumidifier 5 месяцев назад +22

    It feels like the saints in this game should have been an enemy faction instead of the main characters. Like that team building mission would have worked if we were the criminal helping this crew with the heist.

  • @RepCamo
    @RepCamo 5 месяцев назад +12

    The first Saints Row was so good! And so was 2 but they just ruined it from 3 onwards

    • @teoteo6185
      @teoteo6185 5 месяцев назад +6

      @RepCamo
      Agree, like I can see why people like 3 and 4 , but they pushed the silly side too much til the point it didnt feel like a saints row game.
      1 and 2 had the perfect balance

    • @RepCamo
      @RepCamo 5 месяцев назад

      @@teoteo6185 100%. It’s a shame cause if they followed on from SR1 & 2 we could have a had some really good sequels

  • @Coconut-219
    @Coconut-219 5 месяцев назад +11

    It would not be 'impossible' to patch the entire narrative of the game to not suck... just incredibly impractical to do so.

  • @charlescastillo9018
    @charlescastillo9018 5 месяцев назад +11

    i also remember how i was blocking traffic to see of it was as chaotic in GTA and it is though
    i turned on the aggressive npc cheat and shot in the air
    the npcs got off their cars and after a fee seconds the entire pile of cars vannished
    i was like "this is supposed to be next gen? it should handle all these cars and npcs lmao"

  • @postapocalypse0763
    @postapocalypse0763 5 месяцев назад +45

    Recent interviews has some insiders throwing Deep Silver under the bus, citing them as too interfering and the reason the reboot is as it is.

    • @TwinSticksReviews
      @TwinSticksReviews  5 месяцев назад +51

      Sounds about right. I struggle to see why the devs would want to go in this direction. Do we really need a Saints Row game to teach us the power of friendship?

    • @YZY_Fox21
      @YZY_Fox21 5 месяцев назад

      I cant blame DS too... since after 2 they really going with goofy route and more being lazy to made great sr...so yeah they trying to show People They are the victim but its not they trying to made DS as scapegoat while in their discord they also dont accept criticism about reboot and ban them instantly with the slaves they had...
      I blame Jim boone and the asian dude Dan campbell talk about harassing him and his friends that also enoug get him resign from Volition after 2,and bryan trafficante the high executive one says "SR always being goofy and its never good"

    • @sonnymoore5555
      @sonnymoore5555 5 месяцев назад +2

      Classic Deep Silver tbh

    • @AliBazz
      @AliBazz 5 месяцев назад +4

      Volition been trash since da moment da 2010s happened dey took a nose dive

    • @hawken796
      @hawken796 4 месяца назад +8

      Nah I don't buy it@@TwinSticksReviews it could easily be a higher up trying to cover their asses. Deep Silver is behind Metro Exodus, Corvus and Dead Island 2, all games with dark themes and in case of DI2, dark comedy that isn't afraid to go places, despite being set in LA and having a similar tone. I get that there were a lot of rewrites, but the writers wrote these jokes and thought they were funny, even if the characters are flat, it shouldn't stop them from being funny. Uncharted 1 is a good example of a light hearted tone done right. Blaming it all on Deep Silver seems like the easy route out.

  • @VictorDude98
    @VictorDude98 5 месяцев назад +30

    You know a game is bad when the entire studio is killed because of it.
    But they really should've just worked more on the engine and do a remake of SR1 than anthing.
    Would've saved them money AND generate more income. But they were too stubborn and it cost them all of their jobs.

    • @TheDarkEnigma
      @TheDarkEnigma 3 месяца назад +4

      The true final nail was their attacking fans online and basically shooting any remaining good will they had in the face instead of just saying ' we realise this game wasnt what fans wanted and we apologise for this. We are taking criticisms to heart and swear to truly bring back the spirit of the saints in our next game'
      They didn't even need to do that.they just needed to not attack people they didnt like. Just do minor damage control, silently take what sales they got, and go from there.
      Do i support damage control nonsense? Nope. But that seems like the best option from their viewpoint.

  • @karazu121
    @karazu121 5 месяцев назад +14

    One year later, it is still bad.

  • @bugg6597
    @bugg6597 5 месяцев назад +11

    You’re an up and comer, keep up what you’re doing and you’ll get a million subs. Most of the king retrospective channels don’t or rarely post now leaving a lot of want and room for content like yours

  • @BenjiBoy09
    @BenjiBoy09 5 месяцев назад +10

    I downloaded it on PS plus. Played for 1 hour then deleted it.

  • @Garthdon
    @Garthdon 5 месяцев назад +12

    Not even worth 5 bucks on a steam winter sale. Absolute trash game.

    • @raresmacovei8382
      @raresmacovei8382 5 месяцев назад +1

      Nah, 5$ for a Complete Edition is more than worthy.
      It's not one of the greatest games ever made, but it's not unplayable, lol.

    • @Dropsey818
      @Dropsey818 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@raresmacovei8382 no its not why would anyone pay anything for something they most likely wont even play

  • @refugeehugsforfree4151
    @refugeehugsforfree4151 3 месяца назад +3

    I think Saints Row should go back to basics, I'm tired of the over goofy nonsense. I want them to focus on creating the gang itself, creating patrols etc would be amazing.

  • @AYAKXSHI
    @AYAKXSHI 5 месяцев назад +11

    I don’t play saints row for a moral message about happiness n friendship i play it because i know im the criminal n my job is to elevate my gang by anymeans while having fun that being said every other sr is god tier compared to this garbage

  • @FoNgThOnG
    @FoNgThOnG 5 месяцев назад +8

    It's the game the Devs intended it to be...It's just not the game everyone else wanted it to be.

  • @MrFreefonix420
    @MrFreefonix420 4 месяца назад +4

    The original resident evil 3 1999 had a boss fight with a chopper too, i swear every 2000s game had to have a chopper fight somewhere

  • @emperortrevornorton3119
    @emperortrevornorton3119 5 месяцев назад +7

    Dude if you were to take even the lightest hearted speeches in any of the original Saint's Row games and compare it with reboot it doesn't even feel like the same writing staff hell even the 3rd one with your character pretty much Archer style fan boying over Burt Reynolds you could believe that is something that a criminal business person would be like
    OG Saint's Row made me a fan of Daniel Dae Kim's voice acting and his acting in general and gave us my favorite Michael Clarke Duncan badass character

  • @0000song0000
    @0000song0000 4 месяца назад +7

    Dude, the tone of the SR2 is unmatchable (sadly) it was heart-breaking decapitations, while also throwing poop at buildings 😂😂😂. And the opening song during the menu : "Gansta b:tch" 👌.
    Also the personalization was way over any thing available back in 2008, not even the sims 3 (2009) had so many details😮

    • @robjsmiles
      @robjsmiles 4 месяца назад +1

      Playing with the Gentleman of the Row mod, it used songs from The Mix for menus. Will never get 'Out of Touch' out my head lol

  • @NewOrderOfAlexandria
    @NewOrderOfAlexandria 5 месяцев назад +14

    This is what happens when you tell your fans to F off, make 18+ games for kids and completely ignore what made the original games so popular.

  • @Miltypooh2001
    @Miltypooh2001 5 месяцев назад +28

    Recently finished playing saints row reboot here, most of the issues after the patches are still present, one of the main issues I've had is the game either removing any attachments I have on my weapons everytime I launch the game or the game would go out of sync and cause the radio to get so low that I mainly have to either mess around with the audio or the volume on my TV and it frustrated the hell out of me so I have the same problem, another problem I've had was during the dlc heist where you had to take a photo of Chris hardy without getting caught, I encountered a glitch where I could not for the life of me take a photo of him because the game doesn't register or let me continue through the mission, i looked everywhere online and I couldn't find any solutions for it that is until I found out I had to not only use the in game phone to zoom the camera but also zoom the game camera itself on the settings.

  • @Geekezf
    @Geekezf 5 месяцев назад +8

    The final boss of this reboot is the equivalent of Gnasty Gnorc from Spyro 1

    • @purpirek
      @purpirek 5 месяцев назад +4

      I honestly thought he was the first boss we had to kill him find out he’s in some kind of syndicate and we would fight the real bosses

  • @kayparody
    @kayparody 5 месяцев назад +2

    9:04 in all fairness, this happens in GTAV aswell but like way further away where you can only hear it, not see it. I think it’s kind of funny that you can actually see this happening in saints row though

  • @aaronlaughter6471
    @aaronlaughter6471 5 месяцев назад +15

    Turns out Volition wanted to make the reboot a 20/80 of Saints Row 3 over the top with Saints Row 2 more grounded stuff. which considering I thank Saints Row 2 and 3 are the best in the series. God that would have been amazing.

  • @PotatoMan420
    @PotatoMan420 2 месяца назад

    14:30 seriously what's with that? It's happened to me multiple times, usually whenever I'm having a heavy gunfight and there's a tank involved

  • @TheMoonShepard
    @TheMoonShepard 5 месяцев назад

    That audio distortion issue also happened in Dying Light 2 with early patches

  • @error_idiot8329
    @error_idiot8329 3 месяца назад

    What do you play Saints Row 2 on? It looks like it's at 60 so I assumed PC, but when I looked at Steam there are a number of reviews talking about how bad the port is and that it has trouble even opening at times or frequent crashes. Only started the series at 3, and have been interested in trying it.

  • @theoutsiderjess4869
    @theoutsiderjess4869 5 месяцев назад +5

    As bad as the Reboot is its not the reason why the studio shut down it has to do with Embracer group being an incompetent company that tried to rely on Saudi money to save their business. Saints row still sold well it just wasn't recieved very well

    • @purpirek
      @purpirek 5 месяцев назад +5

      It sold well 😂people though the game was not what was advertised on the ads thinking they scrap the idea and when the game release we were wrong

    • @theoutsiderjess4869
      @theoutsiderjess4869 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@purpirekhonestly I knew the game was going to be awful when they released a whole 20 minute customization trailer it was an immediate red flag for me because I saw similar from wwe 2k. The customization isn't even that impressive

    • @elvickRULES
      @elvickRULES 5 месяцев назад +1

      It didn’t sell well. Neither did Agents of Mayhem.

    • @chuukoart3869
      @chuukoart3869 3 месяца назад

      @@elvickRULESit sold way better then agents, i believe sr sold around 2 mil copies or so, agents only sold around 200k. I wouldn't say saints row sold well but it basically broke even which was enough to keep the studio from going down. the initial comments about the saudi money was correct. although if the game did way better I imagine embracer wouldn't have closed to the studio.
      tldr; did the studio close because of saiunts row? no, was it a contributing factor into why the studio was wrapped up in the mass layoffs? probably
      source: I worked at volition on saints row as a 3D artist and was laid off as a result of the closure. Development was a mess and with most things, its usually more complicated then what people think

  • @kacamac
    @kacamac 3 месяца назад +2

    I got it free on Epic and honestly I'm loving it. Sad to imagine how much better this would have been received if it wasn't so buggy. I definitely have some annoying bugs I force myself to overlook but generally I do love this game. Definitely need to go into audio settings and set most things down to like 40% and keep engines to 100% to even get it to sound reasonable. Its so weird. Luckily I never got that weird audio glitch garbled noise you did.

  • @FreeAimDog
    @FreeAimDog 3 месяца назад +2

    me and my mother beat this in co op because i wanted her opinion through the whole game knowing her reaction would be as shocked as everyone else’s, to be honest we finished the game and we still can’t piece together what the story was about.

  • @cpard2d2
    @cpard2d2 4 месяца назад

    The audio settings are kinda weird. There's an option to prioritize dialogue over everything else and I think that's what ruins the game but I haven't figured out how to tweak those settings to make it better.
    I got it for free with epic and so far it's been kinda fun, the aiming is certainly weird and not as fluid but I liked the skills. The ragdolls and bugged explosions make it chaotic, maybe by accident, but it just works lol.

  • @Ivan-___
    @Ivan-___ 5 месяцев назад

    that bug with the car audio or radio dropping out was present in saints row the third remastered too

  • @TheGamerCritic
    @TheGamerCritic 5 месяцев назад +8

    Always a good day when Twinstick releases a video 🔥🔥👌🏾

    • @TwinSticksReviews
      @TwinSticksReviews  5 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you man, good to see your still at it and your channels doing well

  • @kevinbissinger
    @kevinbissinger 3 месяца назад

    Check the audio output rate in your windows sound settings. Some games freak out at anything other than like 44100hz or 48000hz

  • @GoreGutztheImpaler
    @GoreGutztheImpaler 5 месяцев назад +2

    2:30 You made reviews on saints row 1-3 you say? That sounds good

  • @MrFreefonix420
    @MrFreefonix420 4 месяца назад

    Oh also the audio can be tweaked individually so you can make the sirens and affects more punchy

  • @karmitdafruge1
    @karmitdafruge1 5 месяцев назад +27

    Volition when they had passion and weren't just cash grabbing sad it went this way when you can see how much passion and love they had for SR1 and SR2

    • @theoutsiderjess4869
      @theoutsiderjess4869 5 месяцев назад +4

      Deep silver told them to make this

    • @karmitdafruge1
      @karmitdafruge1 5 месяцев назад +9

      @@theoutsiderjess4869 that's totally fair but they were putting out cash grab trash before deep silver with saints row 3

    • @Toxic2T
      @Toxic2T 5 месяцев назад

      @@theoutsiderjess4869 also agents of mayhem that was utter shit

    • @Audreyana
      @Audreyana 4 месяца назад +3

      @@karmitdafruge1Saints row 3 was good tho lmao

    • @karmitdafruge1
      @karmitdafruge1 4 месяца назад +6

      @@Audreyana no it wasn't it spit in the face of sr1 and 2 fans.

  • @Divine-Divinity
    @Divine-Divinity 5 месяцев назад +4

    i just wanna take the time to point out how much Tomo NAILED the sitcom part lol. i never noticed how its written EXACTLY like it lol. my jaw dropped 😂

  • @silkmonkey
    @silkmonkey 4 месяца назад

    It was given away on Epic recently and I still feel like it’s not worth the SSD space. Good video though 💪

  • @Shinigami88X1
    @Shinigami88X1 4 месяца назад +5

    Storywise: Rather than starting the Saints. They should of have the characters already part of the Saints and under a liutentant. Your character is not taking over but just getting by with their friends.

  • @charlescastillo9018
    @charlescastillo9018 5 месяцев назад

    some glitches u mentioned are apperant
    i bave it on series S and i was thinking the game was fully fixed i have sound some bugs and the sound effects inside the cars are inconsistent too
    although the radio station works fine
    and the audio distortion never happened

  • @ControllerAkimbo
    @ControllerAkimbo 5 месяцев назад +2

    your videos are great

  • @smithandsuperdeadeyeofthew823
    @smithandsuperdeadeyeofthew823 5 месяцев назад +5

    Saints row should have stuck with its hood/street gangster roots and a gta competitor and not super power or ailens and none of that trash sr 1 and 2 are the real saints row games

  • @cronus7500
    @cronus7500 5 месяцев назад

    My friend and I couldn't even play co-op when it came out. The whole game would desync the moment we did anything like at all.

  • @outdoortherapy6332
    @outdoortherapy6332 5 месяцев назад +6

    Saints row 2 is elite, how did this happen?

  • @KhaoticKatarin
    @KhaoticKatarin 3 месяца назад

    I get the distorted audio while playing Grand Theft Auto Online on the series X/S enhanced, if we're counting any other games. I've looked it up and it's apparently an optimization issue.

  • @robjsmiles
    @robjsmiles 4 месяца назад +3

    Saints Row 2 should have been the style and identity they continued with, I think. Freedom to do plenty of ridiculous things, but with a great story with some genuinely heavy beats

  • @BigLord
    @BigLord 4 месяца назад +4

    Me 40 minutes ago: Oh sweet, the Saints Row Remake is being offered for free on EGS! Let's see how the game is like after all the updates and patches.
    Me 40 minutes later:

  • @glunkus
    @glunkus 5 месяцев назад +13

    What timing. I literally reinstalled the game last night to check out the DLC and see if the game had improved

    • @ryan7102
      @ryan7102 5 месяцев назад +1

      I was mind blown when I saw the final dlc for this game was for larping… it’s like they were speedrunning how to kill their company the fastest

  • @Soctom
    @Soctom 5 месяцев назад +5

    Deep Silver is the publisher that loves to kill game development studios and game franchises.

  • @equanimity92
    @equanimity92 5 месяцев назад +8

    At this point Im convinced that the first 2 games were a fluke. If anyone wants to do anything with the Saints Row IP in future and actually cares to listen to the fans for a change, PLEASE just give us a PC port of SR1 and/or proper mod tools for Saints Row 2. Other than that, perhaps its just best to let this IP die.

    • @purpirek
      @purpirek 5 месяцев назад +2

      Excuse me but I found the saints row 3 & 4 even better cause of the fantasy /realism

  • @June-Rummy
    @June-Rummy 5 месяцев назад

    I don't know why but the animation glitching out @ 8:08 made me laugh to tears lol.

  • @LuhWhippaSnappa
    @LuhWhippaSnappa 5 месяцев назад +46

    One thing I can say is I like the map. Santo Illeso is beautiful. I really wish they’d done more with it.

    • @lucasgraeff5391
      @lucasgraeff5391 5 месяцев назад +2

      What do you like it? I never played the game, but I love maps lol I've never seen anyone saying anything about the map of this game

    • @LuhWhippaSnappa
      @LuhWhippaSnappa 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@lucasgraeff5391 I like that it’s a fictional version of southwest region taking inspiration of places like Las Vegas, and New Mexico with some amazing architecture. There’s an active train running through the desert, there’s a slums, a suburbs, downtown area, golf course, a go kart track, a tourist attraction (El Dorado) which like a smaller Las Vegas strip, casinos and all. It’s all beautiful to see, especially at night. The Padilla bridge standing out with its huge loop structure around it. There’s even a bridge that goes under water, funded by Marshall. The Santo Illeso sign that shines in the distance. It’s a lot. Twin Sticks explains it best at 15:51 and 18:07, it’s like an amusement park that you can walk around in but, you can’t ride any of the rides. If only the population density were higher, wildlife roaming around, more accessible buildings to go in and out of, engaging in activities around these structures, like go kart racing and golfing, and being able to rob the train in free roam like we could in Red Dead Redemption, these things would’ve made this map one of the best and most fleshed out maps ever. Unfortunately, it just sucks that the cons of this game out weighed the pros so much that it doesn’t get talked about much. Even I quit playing this game for a while, I decided to give it another go focusing on the positives of this game, and my admiration for the map is what got me back into it. There’s not much to do in it, but it’s it still beautiful to look at.

    • @DeviIInADress
      @DeviIInADress 5 месяцев назад +14

      The map felt and looked very bland & uninspired to me

    • @squirtyharry
      @squirtyharry 4 месяца назад +6

      I also really like the map, I think that was a good choice to have it take place

    • @SodaPopBot
      @SodaPopBot 4 месяца назад +1

      As a breaking bad/bcs fan, i lowkey got the game for the map… and customization

  • @smoss9813
    @smoss9813 4 месяца назад +2

    They were NOT designed to appeal to "the widest possible audience" - that is such a willfully ignorant position. If it was right it would've sold like hot cakes.

  • @eviltigz
    @eviltigz 3 месяца назад

    One thing that I have not had issues with the audio, the mix is quiet in some places but that is about it.

  • @Alte.Kameraden
    @Alte.Kameraden 5 месяцев назад

    Wow their offices were very close to where I live, never knew.

  • @sneakyskunk1
    @sneakyskunk1 5 месяцев назад +2

    So much about the story in this one felt half baked that I can truly believe that the scenario writers were being rushed to the finish line. I always felt that the reveal of who shot and buried the boss at the beginning of the game was likely intended to be based on which lieutenant had the least loyalty to the boss. That might also account for why the final boss fight felt so bland and lacking in character as (had that idea been implemented) they would have had to slot in the least loyal member of your crew. There is a huge chunk of the game in the latter half that feels like missions designed to cement the loyalty of your fellow gang members had that system been in place. Rushed just about describes everything about this game. My secret hope is that some of the main decision makers behind Saints Row 2 get together and create a spiritual successor ala Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. After the abysmal performance of the reboot I doubt we are going to be getting anymore Saints Row any time soon(if at all).

  • @MollieLolly
    @MollieLolly 3 месяца назад

    Fun review

  • @ShaggyRogers1
    @ShaggyRogers1 4 месяца назад +2

    You know, taking out the issues with the story concept, pacing, characters, tone, etc, there is still a massive thing that just makes the gameplay feel hollow. The game doesn't let the player fail those "badass" moments. You don't have to be good at the driving to drift well, you can let go of the throttle and hold a drift indefinitely while the game will auto hold the throttle. You can't fail a stunt jump, because even hitting one at 10mph will see your car hit top speed out of nowhere mid-air to fly 150+ feet over obstacles.
    The "theme park" comment is completely accurate. The player character is just a person at a theme park, and you know you can't let guests at your park think they are "bad" at your attractions...

  • @turtlemasteralpha3320
    @turtlemasteralpha3320 5 месяцев назад +9

    I remember when people were speculating that they were college students with student loans to pay. And it made it even better seeing their reactions, knowing they were exactly right with their predictions 😂😂😂. Volition doomed themselves with their decision and the way they lashed out to their community, calling the OG fans “haters” and giving in to a very small minority of people that barely made up like 2% of overall gamers.

  • @LylasFightclub
    @LylasFightclub 5 месяцев назад

    The car radios sound like your listening to them from outside of the car

  • @m-jayz
    @m-jayz 4 месяца назад

    Did they ever fix cooperative mode? (reason I bought it) since it would always disconnect....

  • @hexdeexd
    @hexdeexd 5 месяцев назад

    great video! what game is that at 11:20?

    • @TwinSticksReviews
      @TwinSticksReviews  5 месяцев назад +3

      It's the Unreal Engine 5 Matrix demo, worth checking out if you've not seen it

  • @ankushcl1425
    @ankushcl1425 3 месяца назад

    The biggest issue I see with recent games is that they try to appeal all kinds of players which usually backfires on them.

  • @kevo300
    @kevo300 5 месяцев назад +3

    This game would be at least playable if the AI wasnt build on technology from 1950

  • @TestAcct46
    @TestAcct46 5 месяцев назад +2

    Unfortunately patches can't fix badly designed missions and the awful story.

  • @Reds-Retros
    @Reds-Retros 5 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks for the reminder to save my cash and not spend it on this garbage. I've been having the urge to play a SR game lately but I think I am just going to play SR3 remastered instead.
    It's sad that this is how Volition went out, we all know they are capable of so much more but it is what it is and honestly, I hope the talented devs that were forced to work on this are offered better jobs at other studios where their work can really shine.
    Edit: Just found out that even SR3 Remastered has censorship, okay, I'll just save my cash there too and play the uncensored original that I already have in my Steam library :P

    • @roflBeck
      @roflBeck 5 месяцев назад

      Curious, what did they censor in the SR3 remaster? I didn't buy it, I have the original as well lol. I assume it's the fuck machines? Maybe the penetrator bat?

  • @Hajo87-tz7hz
    @Hajo87-tz7hz 8 дней назад

    Speaking of audio, I think it's ridiculous how the radio of passing cars is louder than yours 🙄

  • @squirtyharry
    @squirtyharry 4 месяца назад +3

    I don't think the premise is even bad, I think you can make a saints row game about anybody as long as it's funny, crass (they dont need to be offensive if theyre worried about that), and needs cool and fun or interesting characters (I'm only an hour or 2 into the game cause I'm still finishing up saints row 3 remastered) and I think it's like a pretty decent so far all things considered but it's so far removed from what's great about the originals. Just make the story dumb and fun and I'd be all on board.

  • @markcole2040
    @markcole2040 5 месяцев назад

    I graduated from the university of Illinois this spring and the game is very much like going to college there

  • @PM-bq6ln
    @PM-bq6ln 5 месяцев назад +1

    great review

  • @BlazingIndica
    @BlazingIndica 4 месяца назад +1

    On PC version (the latest patch) is stable haven't had single crash and less bugs that you mention.

  • @thedrummererik99
    @thedrummererik99 3 месяца назад

    Somehow you adding a laugh track to that sit com bit seems more entertaining than this entire game

  • @MaddixCuhming
    @MaddixCuhming 2 месяца назад

    I like the setting. The map is kinda cool not a lot of desert cities in open world games

  • @calidara3236
    @calidara3236 4 месяца назад +5

    I'm still convinced they made this game around 2010ish as a new IP (so not SR) , shelved it and got it out of the drawer and added some SR assets and released it as a SR game.
    There is no way this game was made in this decade and started out as a SR game.

    • @y4suke85
      @y4suke85 4 месяца назад +1

      so agreed. i thought they totally jumped the shark in sr4 but after gta not having a fleshed out dlc for their story it gave volition the opportunity for a real gripping story about gangs and betrayal and love like in sr2 however they decided to be unapologetic about how shit the game was. its ridiculous

  • @roid
    @roid 3 месяца назад

    Since launch i was never able to play with a friend for more than 5 minutes. And i still can't. It was literally a birthday gift to play together, and it ended up being money thrown away

  • @nengrana
    @nengrana 5 месяцев назад

    The aim acceleration is the same on PC. Its why I stepped away from the game personally. I hoped since aiming was a big part of the game it wouldve felt much better but none of the settings I changed really had any effect. I tried reinstalling recently to give another go and it wouldnt even recognize my controller. I opened another game on the same launcher and it worked fine. I feel the initial launch/state of the game just showed how much "care and thought" went in to this title. It was another franchise that fans wanted more of but it was a DOA cash grab at best. The DLC didnt add much either. One was a couple hour expansion, meh. Another, you dont even use the character you created to play the game with. It all feels like shots in the dark from people who doesnt care for the franchise.

  • @devydev8481
    @devydev8481 4 месяца назад

    Yall know that has lyric on “down bad” im pretty sure rockstars repeats that one verse when it came to saints row and them dropping gta 6 trailer

  • @EndoKU3956
    @EndoKU3956 4 месяца назад +3

    Saints Row 2 and 4 are easily my favorites and even gat out of hell has a few memorable moments despite not being very good and I even tried defending the reboot till after release where the only good part of the game was customization and everything else sucked and even though I enjoy the map the world feels too dead and empty with there being nothing to do

  • @youngshaun2004
    @youngshaun2004 5 месяцев назад

    I had a bug that made the characters at the final cut scene vanish. You just see the mics moving 😂😂.... PSN has it for free so I e wasn't mad but it I would have paid for it smh

  • @michaelgoodwin80
    @michaelgoodwin80 14 дней назад

    Can't use a controller on this, even after all those updates and fixes?

  • @kingsmiles1
    @kingsmiles1 3 месяца назад +2

    this is the worst money I've ever spent in my fucking life

  • @the_real_squidward_lover
    @the_real_squidward_lover 4 месяца назад +1

    I think im lucky got the game free on epic beat the game and I only kinda crashed once because I Could exit a helicopter on the quest. I never saw any visual bugs except for arm clipping in cars other than that that alls the bugs I saw

  • @TheAtariBebop
    @TheAtariBebop 5 месяцев назад +1

    Twin Sticks, I have AUDIO Issues aswell, but mines, everything Is low, Instead of Cutscenes, It's super bad

  • @DidierWierdsma6335
    @DidierWierdsma6335 5 месяцев назад +6

    To call the reboot a Saints Row game is a F+CKING joke it isn't period.
    Other than that a great video👍
    And greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱

  • @terrya450
    @terrya450 5 месяцев назад

    when i got the game it would not even load once i got it to load ( only sometimes ) i played up to the buged church mission and gave up to many bugs to be playable

  • @dragonltu8349
    @dragonltu8349 3 месяца назад +1

    one thing about modern developers studios that we loved became to big in way that made all modern games same and safe options that offer nothing while games became overprice in way and filled with many dlc and promise to fix and add more content + live service model that clearly made gaming worse today and just yeah it is sad to see i personaly only played saints row 3 and i love it i have all good memories about it
    that is all i can say modern gaming really and one more thing games became only about money and how to sell game not to make good game and sell it and share with world

  • @C4Hertz
    @C4Hertz 4 месяца назад +1

    If you want the TL;DR to save time, skip to 38:24