Saints Row 2022

Volition’s return to the series is a joyful romp, brimming with charm, violence, and quippy one-liners, but only when it remembers to take itself less seriously.

-- As reviewed by TechRadar
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Product details

  • Discover the Weird, Wild, West - Dive in to Santo Ileso, the biggest and best Saints Row playground ever, spread across nine unique districts surrounded by the vast, majestic beauty of the Southwest Desert
  • Build Your Criminal Empire - Take over the city block by block, wage war against enemy factions and tighten your grip on the streets with ingenious criminal ventures
  • Fire Guns. LOTS of Guns - Shoot revolvers from the hip, fire and forget with a rocket launcher, or obliterate up close using melee heavyweights, complete with brutal takedowns
  • Take to the Streets and the Skies - Blast through urban and desert environments in any one of the cars, bikes, planes, helicopters, VTOLs, hoverbikes, hoverboards, go-karts or equip your wingsuit to swoop around
  • Unprecedented Customization - Create the Boss of your dreams, with the most extensive character customization suite ever seen in the series, then complete the look with incredible options for weapons and vehicles

PROS

+ A mayhem-filled virtual playground.
+ Full of quippy dialogue and moments of charming irreverence.
+ Over-the-top combat worthy of a WWE title fight.

CONS

- Awkward amounts of tonal whiplash.
- A grindingly dull opening section.
- Though never game-breaking, bugs are not uncommon.

Expert reviews and ratings

By TechRadar on August 22, 2022
Volition’s return to the series is a joyful romp, brimming with charm, violence, and quippy one-liners, but only when it remembers to take itself less seriously.
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