Is there really not a Saints Row IV thread yet? It's out here in eight hours!

[Skyblade]

What system's that Skyblade? I was playing just now on PC and had no problems at all.

I'm playing the Steam version.

It's apparently affecting a lot of different people in different ways, but it has messed with the weapons systems of tons of users. Not sure what affects it. Some people say they only lose a weapon or two, others have their entire system messed up.

A few people have even been unable to purchase upgrades, so it's slightly beyond the weapon system apparently.

No guarantee that you'll be affected, I suppose, since it is hitting everyone differently, but I still think it's safer to just avoid downloading the patch.

[Madame Adequate]

Yeah I've seen some people elsewhere having troubles. Guess I got lucky, hopefully they get it fixed real soon

[Vyk]

Aw man. I know this is frustrating for the people it's happening to, but it also makes me sad that this will mess with their momentum. They were going out with a bang. Even though companies like GameTrailers and IGN were still giving the game trout for not being "Call Of Duty" enough, everyone else was falling in love. But this completely throws a wrench into that for people who were waiting for a price drop, or just still blindly hating the game for not being "Saints Row 2" enough. Here's hoping for a good outcome in the end

[Skyblade]

Aw man. I know this is frustrating for the people it's happening to, but it also makes me sad that this will mess with their momentum. They were going out with a bang. Even though companies like GameTrailers and IGN were still giving the game trout for not being "Call Of Duty" enough, everyone else was falling in love. But this completely throws a wrench into that for people who were waiting for a price drop, or just still blindly hating the game for not being "Saints Row 2" enough. Here's hoping for a good outcome in the end

They're idiots for comparing it to Call of Duty.

If I were to compare it to another IP, it'd be Ratchet and Clank.

[Vyk]

There weren't really any comparisons. Its just the fact that IGN are complete dudebros who were bought out by big companies to give AAA rehashes better scores than they deserve. And lately I've noticed GameTrailers taking a similar trend. I can only assume a lot of good scores are bought. And a lot of bad scores are given out of biased ignorance

[Skyblade]

The ending though was leaving a lot to be desired. If just kind of stopped.

Really? I thought the ending was brilliant.

(SPOILER)You get a multi-part mission using your entire crew, get a set of real power armor, lay the smack down on Zinyak in an epic fight scene, take over the galaxy, and then meet Jane Austin.

I mean, what more would you do? How could you possibly top that?

Or did you not watch the post-credit scene?

[Psychotic]

The only Saints game with an actually epic ending was the original and I suspect I'm the only one of you awful people to have played it. Though I guess Saints 3 was good depending on what you did.

I think my main issue with the game is that it is literally Saints 3 with shiny stuff added. I get why, it expanded out of DLC, but it just feels like a long DLC. Look at the leap between 2 and 3. Even the leap between 1 and 2 was substantial though they were on the same engine. Don't get me wrong, it was a definite and huge improvement on 3 and I absolutely loved it. I was just a bit "hang on a minute..." when even the menus were the same.

What I did like was how the "Activities as missions" disappointment of 3 was turned into a series of side-quests in 4. Admittedly the side-quests were very shallow with a couple of lines of dialogue and minimal story justification, but it just felt better to have a clear goal and to get some sweet rewards.

[Skyblade]

The only Saints game with an actually epic ending was the original and I suspect I'm the only one of you awful people to have played it.

Well, first, I was never really a fan of the whole "gang simulator" thing that Saint's Row and GTA were focused around, so I never really had any interest. Then too, the series was a relative unknown until SR2 anyway.

And, lastly, it's not my fault that Volition stuck it on the least appealing console of the generation and never gave it a rerelease or port.

That said, I fail to see how SR1's ending could best SR4's.

[Vyk]

I've been in love with the series since the first one. I wasn't drawn in by 2 or 3. I was already there :P

(SPOILER)Having a mute character finally say some lines towards the end of everything and then get blown up by the people he trusted most, and finding out everyone but Johnny was either two-faced or traitorous was pretty dramatic. And the fact that at the time there was no gaurantee of a sequel left you to believe your character just died was certainly a twist. But it didn't feel very satisfying. I liked #2's ending where you rain hell on all those who oppose you and ride off into the sunset, the maniacally evil hero of the day

[Madame Adequate]

The only Saints game with an actually epic ending was the original and I suspect I'm the only one of you awful people to have played it.

Son.

[NeoCracker]

I actually thought 2's was damn good when you finally put a bullet in that corprate guys head. That was so god damn satisfying.