Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

[h1] SWITCH TO SRIV_LEGACY TO AVOID DEALING WITH EPIC GAMES BS [/h1] While the game itself has pretty much absolutely nothing to do with the previous Saints Row games in terms of story other than featuring characters from the series, it is still incredibly fun nonetheless. If you're willing to ignore the name Saints Row and focus purely on having fun, I can wholeheartedly recommend the game but if you're looking for a story that makes even a tiny bit of sense when including the previous titles, just skip this.

Why the f*** is there an Epic Games pop up every 5 minutes asking me to link Epic Games while I'm trying to play the game in Single Player. STOP, I have canceled it once, but it keeps popping up DURING GAMEPLAY, the game literally pauses itself to show you the pop up again, no thanks.... Don't buy this. Deep Silver, you should really change this, this is Steam, not EGS.

Citizens of the free-ish world, I don’t know how to tell you this gently, so I’ll just go ahead and throw a car at your face and dance in a banana suit: Saints Row IV: Re-Elected is what happens when Grand Theft Auto takes a shot of espresso, crashes into a superhero comic, and then explodes into dubstep while humping the American flag. I love it. I hate myself for loving it. And I’m going to do it again. 🏛️ You’re the President. And Also a God. This game doesn’t ask you to earn power. It launches you into it headfirst with a giant middle finger, a rocket launcher, and the moral restraint of a raccoon in a candy store. You're the President of the United States. Earth gets destroyed in the first 20 minutes. No one votes for you after that, but it doesn’t matter, because you now have superpowers and pants are optional. 🦸 Superpowers? In My Open-World Crime Game? Absolutely. And not just any superpowers. You run faster than cars. You jump like the Hulk after leg day. You throw fireballs, ice blasts, telekinetic dumpsters, and moral ambiguity with equal enthusiasm. Guns? Still here. Cars? Still here. Need them? No. Use them anyway? Yes, because this is America. 👾 Plot? Aliens. Matrix. Guns. Freedom. Zinyak—giant alien overlord, voice like Shakespeare, attitude like your snootiest college professor—invades Earth and tosses you into a simulation. You respond by breaking physics, blowing up reality, and becoming the glitchiest god-king the world never asked for but absolutely deserves. The story is so far off the rails it wrapped back around and hit the train again. There’s betrayal. Romance. An entire mission where you save your best friend from 2D sprite hell. And yes—you do get to punch a politician in the face while Metal blares in the background. 🔊 Soundtrack: Weapons-Grade Nostalgia At one point, you're freefalling through an alien mothership while “I Need A Hero” blasts at full volume. Another time, you're killing people with a dubstep gun that makes corpses dance to wubs. This game has more musical tone shifts than a karaoke night hosted by Deadpool, and every single one of them slaps. 🔧 Gameplay: Chaos, Cheeseburgers, and Cat Suits The side missions are varied: Stop a tank invasion. Fight a man who thinks he’s a toilet. Romance your crewmates like it's Mass Effect, but everyone’s drunk and has laser weapons. Jump over the tallest building in the city because you can. Clothing options range from "business casual" to "alien pimp toboggan." There is no wrong way to save the galaxy when you’re wearing leopard print and rollerblades. ⚠️ Criticism? Sure, Let’s Pretend We Care Yes, the city is recycled from SR3. Yes, the enemies become repetitive. Yes, side content can blur into “throw fireball at thing until it explodes.” But have you tried suplexing an alien in a ballgown while Aretha Franklin plays? Exactly. Your argument is invalid. 📜 Final Executive Order Saints Row IV: Re-Elected is not about balance. Or taste. Or restraint. It is about absolute, unhinged power delivered with a grin, a punchline, and a giant purple baseball bat. It is the most gloriously stupid power fantasy in video game history. And somehow, it still manages to say something heartfelt about friendship, loyalty, and sticking it to the space fascists. Final Judgment: 1776/10 Would destroy the Earth again if it meant I got to wear a cape and powerbomb Zinyak off the Lincoln Memorial. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a country to re-invade. And a dubstep gun to reload.

Doesnt even fucking work gets higher fps when im not playing it. Doesnt register my controller either. fucking dogshit

I don’t usually go for games this over-the-top, but Saints Row IV completely won me over. It’s ridiculous in the best way — you’re the President, you have superpowers, you fight aliens, and somehow it all works. The gameplay is nonstop fun. Flying through the city, throwing cars with telekinesis, blowing stuff up with a dubstep gun, it never gets old. It doesn’t take itself seriously at all, and that’s exactly what makes it so fun. The story is totally unhinged but funny, and the game just gives you so much freedom to mess around and feel unstoppable. Even after finishing the main story, I kept playing just to cause chaos. If you're looking for something grounded or realistic, this isn’t it. But if you just want to have a good time and do crazy stuff in an open world, this is one of the most fun games I’ve played. Rating: 9.5/10 Gameplay: ★★★★★ Story: ★★★★☆ World: ★★★★☆ Fun Factor: ★★★★★ This game knows exactly what it is, and totally nails it.

I've played the game to completion, or at least as much as I could. I beat the story, all the side missions, a good chunk of challenges, and got all the collectibles. This game is a lot of fun and is still fun a decade later! But I think something with a transition to Epic games has ruined this game. You can fix it by changing the version of the game to the Legacy version through the game properties, and that'll help fix the performance issues. But you lose access to the DLC for some dumb fucking reason. There is no fix to it except to buy the legacy DLC through a vendor like Gamestop and that's just unacceptable.

🌟 Saints Row IV – The Dopamine Simulator We Never Knew We Needed 🌟 Played since 2013 | Still addicted in 2025 Saints Row IV is pure chaotic fun. This game is basically a dopamine simulator — once I start playing, it’s ridiculously hard to stop. From the moment you unlock superpowers, it becomes the closest thing we’ve ever gotten to a true open-world Matrix-style game — and I love that. I’ve been playing this since it first came out in 2013, and even now in 2025, I still come back to it. The over-the-top gameplay, hilarious writing, and sheer creativity make it an absolute blast. Whether I’m blasting enemies with the Dubstep Gun, sprinting across rooftops, or laughing at the outrageous story missions, this game never gets old. 💬 A Few Honest Thoughts: I totally understand the backlash from fans who wanted a more grounded Saints Row like SR2 or 3 — but I think Saints Row IV deserves credit as its own thing. It’s wild, it’s wacky, and it’s genuinely addictive. The humor still holds up, and some jokes still make me laugh out loud even after all these years. The superpowers and Matrix-like setting make it stand out from other open-world games. There’s nothing else quite like it. ⚠️ About the “Re-Elected” Update on PC: Unfortunately, the Re-Elected update caused a lot of issues: Steam Workshop mods became broken or unstable New bugs were introduced And worst of all, they removed the DLC listing for the original (Legacy) version on Steam. Because of this, I had to buy an activation key for the DLC elsewhere just to enjoy the content on the Legacy version — which is frustrating. ✅ Want the Best Version for Mods? If you’re someone who enjoys modding and wants fewer bugs, here’s how to play the better version: Right-click Saints Row IV in your Steam Library Go to Properties > Betas From the drop-down, select “legacy” (the original version) Let it download — now you’re good to go! This version is mod-friendly, more stable, and still a blast to play. 💡 Embracer Group / Deep Silver — please consider bringing back the original DLC listings for those who prefer the legacy version. We still love this game and want to support it properly. Also, please save the unofficial Saints Row 2 patch for PC. Fans have been waiting for years, and this patch means a lot to the community. Please make it available — Saints Row 2 deserves to shine again.

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Saints Row 4 is a fun game and I would recommend it but I understand why it is not well liked. It goes all in for crazy over-the-top action. If you are a Saints Row 2 fan who thought SR3 was too weird, you will hate SR4. The map is a slightly modified Steelport from SR3. Side-activities have been updated enough for the game to feel fresh. Addition of super-powers, new weapons, vehicles, a mecha-suit etc. allow for a lot of creative mayhem. But, I was irked by the exclusion of the day-night cycle. It is removed because of lore reasons, and you get an oppressive constantly dark atmosphere for most of the game. The endgame super-powers are almost game-breaking. For instance, the super-jump and run powers make vehicles redundant. But, for the most part, the game also offers enemies with similar powers to keep the combat challenging. In some segments, you even get to replay some fights from SR2. The cast has many returning characters and some interesting new ones. Interacting with them is just as fun as in the previous SR games. There are some new "interactions" which parody the Mass Effect series. The main antagonist is a compelling foe, though I wish his underlings were given more personality. All in all, SR4 is an enjoyable game with a fun irreverent plot, but if you want a faithful follow-up of the original SR games then you might be disappointed.

It has some charm to it but it is generally viewed as the downfall of Deep Silver and Saints Row as a whole, even the 3rd was alright but yeah. Still fun regardless.

Overall it's a fun game lots of humor and being a sniper is alot of fun. The only thing I recommend, is that if you're buying this cause you played it on another console and you saw that the computer ver has mods. Trying to get them to work is hell (that's a given for mods tho) but I could only get two to work (so far). Alot of the mods are for legacy (which i tried) but even then it was about the same struggle. I don't mind struggling when modding. God knows how many hours I struggle with skyrim. I just feel that the mod options are to small to put in the effort of trying to get any of them to work. Does feel nice to aim better with a mouse then with a controller so there is that.

Game is fun. Messing around with powers never gets boring. One of the DLC messed up the main story while playing, it didn't connect. I will recommend playing DLC later.

One of my favorite games but soooo ridiculously laggy. So many missions of mine lagged out or messed up and I had to restart them or force a game shut down.

I really liked this game. It was funny, and it has a coop mode, but the coop mode is buggy, and I would recommend it, but overall it was okay.

Good game very fun insane as crap & so much that the all mighty powerful STEAM Workshop Just overall fun game I play this one this most for some reason can't tell you why 10/10 IGN SRIV review (7.3) sucks

This is only a yes on reccomended if you get it on sale, and refuse to install the "EpIc GaMeS" bs. This game is not a good saints row game. But, it is a fun time, just a fun mindless game, with a lot of cute call backs to the original games, You can tell a lot of the old people who worked on SR1 and SR2 were able to put in those little teases to the older games. Honestly as a sendoff to the series it could've been worse, i mean hey at least it isnt a "millenial power fantasty" where they just make jokes about "hurr durr this will pay off my student debt loans!"... wait they did what in 2019???

Awful port, constant lag and on a modern rig that really should be happening. Doesn't seem to like large monitors as it's messing up the camera angle somehow all the time, and also has an Epic Games popup when opening for some reason despite being on Steam.

Honestly the weakest of the the saints row games. Still just a lot of fun nonsense

Great game. I wish Epic online service didn't exist for this game.

The End Dance Party scene caused at least 20 people's sexual awakenings.

Great game, very fun no issues there, the issue is with the stupid epic games store ui helper that comes along with it, and forcefully loads each time, stalling your game, and potentially crashing you. I spent 40 mins designing my character, and her outfit for the damn rpic games ui to come up and crash my time spent. SERIOUSLY, MAKE SURE THAT STUPID PROGRAM OPENS AND IS CLOSED BY YOU BEFORE YOU PLAY ANYTHING, IT WILL SCREW YOU OVER, NOT IMMEDIATELY BUT EVENTUALLY COSTING YOU TIME YOU MAY NOT HAVE LIKE ME. FORK EPIC GAMES FOR DOING THAT, FOR REAL.

Forced update to add Epic online shit after purchase and refund window was passed.

Have you ever wanted to kill aliens because your dad comes home drunk and hits you with a belt? If yes, play this while your phone charges so you can order a "yes, yes, no, he's downstairs" pizza. You live on a spaceship because the world is... Gone. Just like my hopes of getting a girlfriend or otherwise living a healthy, normal life. The main big evil alien responsible for Earth's death gives off a subtle sexy gay aura like he wants to secretly pipe you. A bit like that guy who played Magneto. I guess it's a straight aura if you play as a woman. He's chill like that. He don't judge. He does however put you in a secret sex dungeon on his big sex ship for sexy smart people. It's been years since I've played this game so I'm trying to remember what happens lmao. Kenzie breaks you out because she's smarter than everyone else, which I mean, now I think about it... The aliens want to preserve the best and brightest... Yet they choose to touch down in the United States. Big mistake. Huge. But whatever. Anyway, she breaks you out and commandeers a ship. You then go back into the simulation from your ship... Which, I think is connected to the main simulation of their ship? I think? It's fucking dumb. But it gives you superpowers to run around while freezing and burning stuff, so fuck it. Speaking of the hyper-speed though, you can still spawn in cars and shit? Literally who is going to bother doing that? "Hmm, yes, I could take the bullet-train to my meeting at 10am. Or I could fucking walk, and be late." A little annoyance of mine, but I can't be pleased, as my exes will tell you. You ruin his diet matrix simulation via ways i can't remember, so they can't have been that good. I think you kill monsters that look a bit like Venom. Then kill him, have sex with your crew, and win... It plays the exact same as saints row 3, except you have powers, that's the literal only difference, but it's hard to take seriously when literally everyone on earth is dead so none of it really actually matters anymore. If you like SR3 you'll like this. As okay as they were, I'll never play either of them again though because the cinematics are locked at such a low frame-rate they look like slideshows and it annoys me so fucking bad. Maybe buy it on sale for a bit of fun.

nice game i guess idk

This game is so bad I don't even know how to describe it.

haahhhahahaha this game is SUCKS ON STEAM

i hate this game with a dying passion

fast food tier video game

can sex Shaundi and Kinzie

co-op dont work L

Annihilate the Alien scum !!!

because crashed all time

Nostalgia up the wazoo

peak gaming

ITS JUST FUN!!!

gud

yes

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