The games center on an initially unnamed player-created character (later nicknamed 'the Boss') who joins the 3rd Street Saints by chance and helps them defeat enemy gangs in citywide turf wars. The first four games in the Saints Row series were set primarily in two fictional locales-Stilwater and Steelport-which are loosely based on real American cities. Due to early entries being labeled as Grand Theft Auto clones, the developers sought to create a more distinctive experience from the third game onwards, with a heavy focus on over-the-top gameplay, popular culture homages, parodies, and self-referential humor these changes have been controversial among fans of the original games.

Most of the gameplay revolves around driving and shooting, with occasional role-playing elements. The reboot, simply titled Saints Row, did unfortunately suffer from a number of issues, though an update in November did include a huge range of bug fixes.Gameplay in the Saints Row games focuses on an open world where the player can complete missions to progress an overall story, as well as engage in various side activities. The Saints Row 4 update comes almost a decade after the game actually launched, and just a few months after the reboot was released. Deep Silver also noted that you don't need to worry about your saves and achievements either, as they'll be moved over to the new version.Īs well as this, Saints Row 4 will be getting crossplay, at least with other PC versions of the game, so you'll be able to play with your friends who own the game on Epic Games and GOG now too.Īlongside Saints Row 4, you can also expect to pick up Wildcat Gun Machine for free, also on December 8, a 'bullet hell dungeon crawler where you take on hordes of disgusting fleshy beasts with a wide variety of guns, giant mech robots, and cute kittens.' Looks a little bit like Hades, albeit somehow more hellish.

But they are all included in the Re-Elected version, so it doesn't appear to be a huge issue. It should be noted that all of the DLC packs previously available on Steam will be delisted, so will no longer be able to be purchased individually.

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