Saints Row 4 Xbox 360 Review

This seems to be getting good reviews in many places, which is a mild suprise to be honest. Still had fun with 3 so I was bound to get this at some point anyway.

Also, does it still have a good choice of music for the car radio? The wub wub of the ads (and that gun) got kinda irritating

Sweet - looks like I'll be pre-ordering this bad boy ASAP!

This seems to be getting good reviews in many places, which is a mild suprise to be honest. Still had fun with 3 so I was bound to get this at some point anyway.

Also, does it still have a good choice of music for the car radio? The wub wub of the ads (and that gun) got kinda irritating

http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/6/4593292 ... t-revealed
I think some songs are really good

This seems to be getting good reviews in many places, which is a mild suprise to be honest. Still had fun with 3 so I was bound to get this at some point anyway.

Also, does it still have a good choice of music for the car radio? The wub wub of the ads (and that gun) got kinda irritating

http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/6/4593292 ... t-revealed
I think some songs are really good

Not a patch on the SR3 soundtrack if you ask me; there's a distinct lack of Feeder and Black Keys.

Still, I have had my eye on this for a while now and will pick it up when I have the monies.

http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/6/4593292 ... t-revealed
I think some songs are really good

Not a patch on the SR3 soundtrack if you ask me; there's a distinct lack of Feeder and Black Keys.

Still, I have had my eye on this for a while now and will pick it up when I have the monies.

Site isn't working for me, I never really listen to the Soundtracks on these type of games, Most games i find 1 song i like and everytime i enter the car i'll look for it. I'll open up the Xbox Guide and play my own music, Hard because sometimes i only want to play it in the car and everytime i want to pause it i have to re-open the Xbox Guide.

It would be nice to have a setting where you could play your music in the car as a radio station. If not i hope it has some Linkin Park/Skillet

If the Polygon link doesn't work try this one from OXM US.

http://www.oxmonline.com/saints-row-iv- ... k-detailed

I'm confident my in-game radio will be permanently tuned to The Mix.

I was insanely excited about SR3, and was massively let down (partly because I was expecting so much) and that got a nine as well, so ill probably pick this up in a couple of months when I'm 1% bored of GTAV.

P.S: yes i am aware that I am also over-excited about GTA and may be let down

A flare of fun that quickly burns itself out

then

9/10

I r confused. The former seems like you're damning it with faint praise and the latter is an excellent score.

If the Polygon link doesn't work try this one from OXM US.

I'm confident my in-game radio will be permanently tuned to The Mix.

Thanks Looks like GenX (Rock) will be best for me. Just for Papa Roach, The only song i heard and liked from that list

ah thanks for that link Brandon

right, looks like my playlist will consist of: In Flames, Blur, Men Without Hats and Thin Lizzy

I'm going to come to really hate those 4 songs aren't I? xD

I wish I hadn't gave SR3 a nine, because this is so much better - but I couldn't in all conscience give it a 10. I mean, you know and I know that they're meaningless numbers at the end of a review, but you can't go lobbing 10s around like nobody's business

If The Third was a let-down, that's no reason to think IV will be. It's completely different, and it's just... brilliant. Funnier, more fun, and just plain likeable. Simply getting from one end of the city to the other feels fantastic.

Few games make me want to write to the developers and tell them I love them, but this is one of them

Few games make me want to write to the developers and tell them I love them, but this is one of them

Are you mellowing as you get older mate? Where's the rage filled ranter we all know and love?

I continue to have reservations, me. But then perhaps I'd be better off in a museum, looking at some flowers. YES THANK YOU LOG, I NOTICED THAT ONE - CLAP CLAP.

I continue to have reservations, me. But then perhaps I'd be better off in a museum, looking at some flowers. YES THANK YOU LOG, I NOTICED THAT ONE - CLAP CLAP.

for some reason this came to my mind:
http://i.imgur.com/ZPrOUi9.gif

Personally I liked SR2 but SR3 and its smutty joke wore thin very quickly. I can see this being the same!

I continue to have reservations, me. But then perhaps I'd be better off in a museum, looking at some flowers. YES THANK YOU LOG, I NOTICED THAT ONE - CLAP CLAP.

for some reason this came to my mind

Your gif amuses me far more than any WEAK-KNEED SIDESWIPES AT RESPECTED COLLEAGUES IN REVIEW CONCLUSIONS. Carry on.

Your gif amuses me far more than any WEAK-KNEED SIDESWIPES AT RESPECTED COLLEAGUES IN REVIEW CONCLUSIONS. Carry on.

I'd suggest handbags at dawn but due to the nature of the series these handbags must be filled with dubstep and made of jelly.

Your gif amuses me far more than any WEAK-KNEED SIDESWIPES AT RESPECTED COLLEAGUES IN REVIEW CONCLUSIONS. Carry on.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

Jonty, get the camera rolling! Make my YouTube subscription worthwhile.

for some reason this came to my mind:

The brilliant Doctor Who City of Death, written by Douglas "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" Adams before he became famous. Love that story

No dice, folks. Log's got stuff to proof. Perhaps he'll have an unexplained accident on the way home though, I hear it's dangerous round Marylebone this time of year.

Your gif amuses me far more than any WEAK-KNEED SIDESWIPES AT RESPECTED COLLEAGUES IN REVIEW CONCLUSIONS. Carry on.

I'd suggest handbags at dawn but due to the nature of the series these handbags must be filled with dubstep and made of jelly.

Now that was a trick they missed, the super dangerous wobble wobble edition with jelly handbag filled with dubstep.

Incidentally if anyone reading this is buying that wad wad edition tell us all about it.

I wish I hadn't gave SR3 a nine, because this is so much better - but I couldn't in all conscience give it a 10. I mean, you know and I know that they're meaningless numbers at the end of a review, but you can't go lobbing 10s around like nobody's business

If The Third was a let-down, that's no reason to think IV will be. It's completely different, and it's just... brilliant. Funnier, more fun, and just plain likeable. Simply getting from one end of the city to the other feels fantastic.

Few games make me want to write to the developers and tell them I love them, but this is one of them

On the flip side to that, there are a lot of GTA clones around as well as GTA itself, and your review of 3 with its high score was no small part of why I played it, because it made the game sound exactly what it was, different, not just another clone but something that took steps to be itself. I loved that, I loved that rather than the very GTA like SR2 with its fairly mellow humour, they chose to just let loose. It stopped it being a GTA clone where GTA fans can go and get their fill in between GTA games and made it completely its own thing. Personally, I thought 9/10 was a perfectly accurate score. A lot of people don't, but that's understandable as the move away from purer GTAesque experience to more of a crazy action game set in a city didn't sit well with many. I personally loved it and it sounds like this is just as much fun.

Also, does it still have a good choice of music for the car radio? The wub wub of the ads (and that gun) got kinda irritating

To be fair, with the wub of that gun, it's you pulling the trigger. It's like the screaming Bane gun in Borderlands 2, you go through a phase when all four of you keep it in one of your slots, then you cash it in, and never speak of it again. The music is decent and fairly varied, even if that song where the woman sings about Grey Goose seemed to crop up pretty often

Personally I liked SR2 but SR3 and its smutty joke wore thin very quickly. I can see this being the same!

No, it's much more varied than that. The simulator set-up gives Volition the chance to make fun of loads of different targets, and they take every advantage. The sex is still there, but it's much more background.

No dice, folks. Log's got stuff to proof. Perhaps he'll have an unexplained accident on the way home though, I hear it's dangerous round Marylebone this time of year.

I honestly thought you meant I had stuff to prove, not the magazine to proof-read. I'm glad I worked it out, because as we've already established, I'm in proof-reading mode

On the flip side to that, there are a lot of GTA clones around as well as GTA itself, and your review of 3 with its high score was no small part of why I played it, because it made the game sound exactly what it was, different, not just another clone but something that took steps to be itself. I loved that, I loved that rather than the very GTA like SR2 with its fairly mellow humour, they chose to just let loose. It stopped it being a GTA clone where GTA fans can go and get their fill in between GTA games and made it completely its own thing. Personally, I thought 9/10 was a perfectly accurate score. A lot of people don't, but that's understandable as the move away from purer GTAesque experience to more of a crazy action game set in a city didn't sit well with many. I personally loved it and it sounds like this is just as much fun.

Cheers Grummy. I hope you love SRIV too - like I said, it's no longer anywhere near GTA

Personally I liked SR2 but SR3 and its smutty joke wore thin very quickly. I can see this being the same!

No, it's much more varied than that. The simulator set-up gives Volition the chance to make fun of loads of different targets, and they take every advantage. The sex is still there, but it's much more background.

I might check it out.... Still looks a bit OTT for me though but if the price is right....

The music is decent and fairly varied, even if that song where the woman sings about Grey Goose seemed to crop up pretty often.

Is it Johnny Guitar often? That would be enough to make anyone go completely insane.

By the by, does SR4 have those stupid "cheat" upgrades?

Is it Johnny Guitar often? That would be enough to make anyone go completely insane.

Oh God that song almost made me rage quit New Vegas

Is it Johnny Guitar often? That would be enough to make anyone go completely insane.

Oh God that song almost made me rage quit New Vegas

I liked it.

if you have trouble with scores maybe try using. 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10.
And i loved Fallout 3/NV soundtracks Butcher Pete, Johnny Guitar,Big Iron on his side.(Forgot name) And every song on Fallout 3. But these suited that game and i wouldn't listen to them outside of it.

no of mp???

Largely off topic, but can we expect a review for Killer is Dead?

Edit: Although Killer is Dead does share the same publisher, so maybe not so off topic.

Had a look at the tracklist, and the only relatively decent thing on there was In Flames. Whereas we had some mental stuff in previous Saints games, such as 3 Inches Of Blood (whom I saw live this weekend at Bloodstock) As I Lay Dying, A7X, The Black Dahlia Murder, the mighty Lamb Of God, Opeth, Trivium, Wolfmother, Amon Amarth (what the f*** is Black Veil Brides doing on The Third's soundtrack?) Drowning Pool, Goatwhore, Marilyn Manson, and Strapping Young Lad. What happened to the metal in Saints 4? ONLY IN FLAMES? AFTER HAVING GOATWHORE AND SYL IN OTHER GAMES? Bring it back!!

YEAH!! and whilst we're at it WHERE THE F*** IS CULTURE CLUB?!!!!! HOW ABOUT SOME WHAM OR SHAKIN' STEVENS FOR F***S SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had a look at the tracklist, and the only relatively decent thing on there was In Flames. Whereas we had some mental stuff in previous Saints games, such as 3 Inches Of Blood (whom I saw live this weekend at Bloodstock) As I Lay Dying, A7X, The Black Dahlia Murder, the mighty Lamb Of God, Opeth, Trivium, Wolfmother, Amon Amarth (what the f*** is Black Veil Brides doing on The Third's soundtrack?) Drowning Pool, Goatwhore, Marilyn Manson, and Strapping Young Lad. What happened to the metal in Saints 4? ONLY IN FLAMES? AFTER HAVING GOATWHORE AND SYL IN OTHER GAMES? Bring it back!!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1069942_567900756589669_978682322_n.jpg

I may love metal, but SR3 had Adam Ant in it, and this game has The Safety Dance - no way I'm gonna say no lol, and the fact you missed out Thin Lizzy shames your metal credentials greatly

also props on being at bloodstock, was well good innit

Personally I liked SR2 but SR3 and its smutty joke wore thin very quickly. I can see this being the same!

Same.

For me and many of my friends, this looks really disappointing. I'd say I'll buy it when it's down to £10-15 but by then new consoles, gta etc. I probably won't bother after all.

I'm sure many others will have fun though.

Largely off topic, but can we expect a review for Killer is Dead?

Edit: Although Killer is Dead does share the same publisher, so maybe not so off topic.

Yep, but not for a little while - the embargo's towards the end of this month.

Largely off topic, but can we expect a review for Killer is Dead?

Edit: Although Killer is Dead does share the same publisher, so maybe not so off topic.

Yep, but not for a little while - the embargo's towards the end of this month.

I'm looking forward to the feedback on THAT one

Had a look at the tracklist, and the only relatively decent thing on there was In Flames.

What!!?? Just read the tracklist for The Mix again , absolute cheesy perfection the likes of which we haven't heard since Vice City!

Largely off topic, but can we expect a review for Killer is Dead?

Edit: Although Killer is Dead does share the same publisher, so maybe not so off topic.

Yep, but not for a little while - the embargo's towards the end of this month.

Did I not see Aoife playing that recently? I'm sure it was Gigolo mode or something which was all kinds of amusing. For about a minute.

Did I not see Aoife playing that recently? I'm sure it was Gigolo mode or something which was all kinds of amusing. For about a minute.

There's an achievement called 'Gigolo mastership'

Yep, but not for a little while - the embargo's towards the end of this month.

I'm looking forward to the feedback on THAT one

Should I be worried or pleasantly surprised by it getting a 10/10? Think I might have to bet on the latter, but then again I've got it on pre-order.

Just got back from vacation and I see potentially good news is waiting for me. I'm glad this game is getting good reviews, although I'd be firing it up tonight regardless. And really, if traveling around the city is as fun as it sounds then I doubt this flare will be burning out too fast for me.

A flare of fun that quickly burns itself out

then

9/10

I r confused. The former seems like you're damning it with faint praise and the latter is an excellent score.

I agree. Judging by the review I would have given it an 8.

On the flip side to that, there are a lot of GTA clones around as well as GTA itself, and your review of 3 with its high score was no small part of why I played it, because it made the game sound exactly what it was, different, not just another clone but something that took steps to be itself. I loved that, I loved that rather than the very GTA like SR2 with its fairly mellow humour, they chose to just let loose. It stopped it being a GTA clone where GTA fans can go and get their fill in between GTA games and made it completely its own thing. Personally, I thought 9/10 was a perfectly accurate score. A lot of people don't, but that's understandable as the move away from purer GTAesque experience to more of a crazy action game set in a city didn't sit well with many. I personally loved it and it sounds like this is just as much fun.

Cheers Grummy. I hope you love SRIV too - like I said, it's no longer anywhere near GTA

Well, I've played about 6 hours today and damn me if it hasn't been a raging torrent of awesome! Re-reading this review now, I find myself in absolute agreement with everything you say, the humour is much better, the parodies are brilliant (I love the 'romance' angle and how much it pokes fun at ME) the action is bonkers fun and those damn data fragments are as compelling to collect as the agility orbs in Crackdown. The only disagreement I have with your assessment except is one small thing you actually said in the comments, I don't think this is better than SR3, it's equally as good but so vastly different that you can't really compare the two. I really think the 9/10 on SR3 stands up as being accurate and it this game earning a 9 doesn't mean that SR3 wasn't deserving of it too. Whilst this does some things better than SR3, over all it isn't a demonstrably better game in my eyes, it's just entirely different, it's like comparing Crackdown to GTA, they only have a few rough similarities. SR3, for me, deserved its score for being a fantastic GTA style game whilst being able to make its own path, be its own entity rather than just trying to compete with a mastodon. This deserves the score for being entirely its own beast and having a consistently high level of fun, I feel the 2 games serve very different purposes and are equally as good in what they do.

Y'know, for me, Saints Row 4 marked the beginning of the countdown to the new generation, the first of the last few new releases I intend to buy for the 360, and I honestly couldn't imagine a better start. It is one hell of a fantastic game.

Had a look at the tracklist, and the only relatively decent thing on there was In Flames. Whereas we had some mental stuff in previous Saints games, such as 3 Inches Of Blood (whom I saw live this weekend at Bloodstock) As I Lay Dying, A7X, The Black Dahlia Murder, the mighty Lamb Of God, Opeth, Trivium, Wolfmother, Amon Amarth (what the f*** is Black Veil Brides doing on The Third's soundtrack?) Drowning Pool, Goatwhore, Marilyn Manson, and Strapping Young Lad. What happened to the metal in Saints 4? ONLY IN FLAMES? AFTER HAVING GOATWHORE AND SYL IN OTHER GAMES? Bring it back!!

Soundtracks in games are hard to do, So many Genres then the Sub-Genres then picking a select few artists,It's hard to fit songs in for every taste. I love most types of rock, But HEAVY Metal for me is annoying (I mean the ones who never stop screaming). I just brought SR3 and every song i hated. I turned the radio channels all off because the sound of my car was better.

I like Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Red, Three Days Grace, Skillet, Flyleaf, And a few odd songs from other rock bands, But only 1 song i liked made it on SR4 (Papa Roach Still Swinging) And that by far isn't one of my favorites.

It's why i play my music from my hardrive, I can choose my own playlists. The only problem is it's hard to hear the characters speak. If they could do something to lower the volume of it when characters speak i'd use it all the time.

I am having a great time with this game and i never liked the first 3 at all.It is like a kind of hitch hikers guide to the matrix,all mixed in and carefully placed into a video game.This is what a video game is all about,fun.

I think some developers forgot the f word and went all serious on our arse,well done deep silver you are in my good books.

I think some developers forgot the f word

Really? Pretty sure the F words gets plenty of coverage within gaming

I finished this yesterday and had a blast. Think someone needs to start a forum page trying to spot exactly how many other games get sent up.

It is a good mix of fun and some seriously difficult challenges.

Loved it

I finished this yesterday and had a blast. Think someone needs to start a forum page trying to spot exactly how many other games get sent up.

It is a good mix of fun and some seriously difficult challenges.

Loved it

We already have a SR4 thread.