Saints Row IV might be repetitive, cringey 2013 gamerbro filler - but this one is... like, actually the slow-motion death of a franchise. Held together by duct tape, goes out with a total whimper. Takes a former titan of a side character and turns him into a nearly unrecognizable lolcow, then pairs him with one-off-joke-gone-on-too-long Kinzie Kensington in one of the ugliest open worlds of the 2010s decade (a cheap reskin of an already bland, barren open world) with seriously airless gameplay. And come on, not even a fucking metal soundtrack or like a joke bubblegum pop radio station or anything at all? Post-ironic hell. Not even worth the space it takes up in storage - would later be re-released in a worse state as Cyberpunk 2077.

Reviewed on Aug 11, 2022


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