Saints Row

"A Piece of the Action" is the fifth main story mission in Saints Row and becomes available once players have completed "Observe and Report" for Gwen.

Once all of the Idols are dead, the mission will end and players will receive $1,000 cash and 3,000 XP. After clearing out all of the enemies, players should hop into the nearby buggy and then attach the tow cable to the container. [Kevin's request for a peaceful approach](https://gamerant.com/saints-row-kevin-lore-backstory-role-explained/), there's no way to avoid conflict here, so players can go ahead and take out the Idols however they see fit. With this in mind, players will need to bring their A game in order to emerge from the mission unscathed. Once there, players will need to head for the yellow circle and then speak with Sheryl in the snake mask, Martin the headbanger, and Timmy O, the Idols member who's busy fixing up his bike. He'll offer players a percentage of the business for helping out, but they'll need to get their hands pretty dirty in order to earn their reward.

While there's a decent amount of fun to be had chasing collectibles and causing chaos, outdated mechanics and repetitive mission design meant that by the end of ...

Sadly, the sandy surrounds of Santo Ileso aren’t the only rough edges to be found in the new Saints Row. For a game that gives us so much freedom to be exactly who we want to be via its superb customisation options, it’s odd that Saints Row itself struggles to forge its own identity when it comes to the types of wanton criminal activities it makes available to us. The AI isn’t the only thing prone to misbehaving, and indeed Saints Row’s two-player co-op allows you to play silly pranks on your partner by completing certain challenges – like racking up a set number of melee kills or vehicle drifts. It's possible that some of this functionality will be added in the form of DLC, but for now pretty much your only interactions with the world around you is to shoot at it, jump off it, or smash it to bits. You can’t play the arcade game cabinets or withdraw cash from the ATMs, bicycles can be knocked out of bike stands but never ridden, and a sizable chunk of Santo Ileso is taken up by a strip of gigantic casinos that you’re forbidden from entering, let alone gambling in. Should you find yourself with an escalating wanted level, you don’t need to indulge in an exciting game of cat and mouse in order to break the line of sight – you can just drive in a straight line for a few blocks and the Santo Ileso police will just give up, making them seem less like super cops and more like I also found that tracking down and photographing specific materials throughout the map for the Cutting Edge Fashion Designer was a fairly novel way of unlocking new customisation options for your clothing. It’s a nice way to organically display Saints Row’s collectibles, and finally answers the question of what would As you progress through Saints Row’s story and strengthen your gang's stranglehold on the streets of Santo Ileso, an increasing number of criminal ventures become available to purchase. The floaty and largely homogenized handling meant that I never really grew to favour any one vehicle over the other (aside from the glorious hoverbike unlocked late in the story), but the ability to drift and sideswipe other cars at the tap of a button does give chase sequences a welcome burst of None of these partners in crime have particularly interesting personalities, but the one I warmed to the most by far was the brainy pacifist, Eli, mainly because his side story missions involved donning some cardboard armour and swapping my assault rifle for a Nerf gun in a series of live-action role-playing battles. Joining your created boss character, who is a self-described “walking murder party”, are three other foundational members of the new Saints who accompany you as AI partners on certain missions and provide some consistently cringe-inducing banter in the cutscenes in between.

Fortunately, money comes easily in Saints Row, handed out liberally for doing virtually everything in the game, from story missions to gunning down rival gang ...

That’s a wrap on our guide to making money in Saints Row. Each one comes with a chunky cash reward, usually in the tens of thousands and much higher as you progress through the game. Each district of Santo Ileso has five threats, though you’ll need to establish a criminal venture in the area to unlock them on the map. There’s a hard limit to how much money you can have sitting in the app. To make the most of these ventures, complete venture-specific missions along with the Threats in the local vicinity to increase the hourly rate of return. Fortunately, money comes easily in Saints Row, handed out liberally for doing virtually everything in the game, from story missions to gunning down rival gang members.

The new Saints Row has received poor reviews, and the fans don't like it. What went wrong?

[Rings](/topic/rings)game. Still, given that contemporary gaming environments like Dungeons & Dragons wouldn't exist without [Tolkien](/topic/tolkien), we could surely do better. Open-world games have always been popular, but they don't belong to any particular type or class because they can include anything from role-playing to racing games. I see the game as an all-around disaster due to the poor conceptualization of the creators and the critical reviews that nailed it. It currently has a Metacritic score of 63, and I can't recall the last time a big game received such a low rating from all reviewers. [Reader Grackle](/topic/reader-grackle)posed as the topic for this weekend's Inbox.

With a 64 Metascore, that's one of the lowest rated major releases of the year, and miles below where you want your game to land. Even if you're grading on a ...

I also respect that a good amount of work and detail has gone into Saints Row here. By the end there, the series was starting to be in pretty rough shape, and I’d argue that this reboot feels a lot more polished than 4 did at the time, and is closer to be on par with Saints Row the Third. It’s not brilliant by any means (I mean, were Saints Row scripts ever?), but it’s passable, and I’ve even genuinely laughed a few times (when teaching a friend to shoot, my boss: “I just like to imagine there’s a little white crosshair on my target when I fire”). And as a Saints Row fan, I really do think this game has gotten a good amount of the formula right. If we are judging on the overall scale of AAA games these days, sure, there’s a lot about Saints Row that feels dated and unpolished. Even if you’re grading on a curve and expecting a bit less from Saints Row as a series, mid-70s would have been considered much closer to a win.

I have been standing by to get into this game since its announcement as I have been an avid fan of the franchise and have thoroughly played all the titles they ...

However, one of the main requirement for purchasing a title is the fun element and Saints Row is jam packed with that. It is a new take on the franchise and provides the player with a gratifying experience and a considerable upgrade from the previous titles. Neenah has a strong sense reasoning and sticks to her morals and codes and one of the best getaway drivers you will come across. Kevin is more of the fun companion that is ready do to almost anything that you suggest, no matter how wild it gets. The game doesn't end with the story missions however, it anticipates that you should construct all ventures in the city and assume control over the whole of Santo Illeso to make Saints as one of the greatest Criminal Enterprises ever. Perks are also a new addition to the game, which can be unlocked by completing any of the huge bunch of challenges the game has for you to complete in the open world. By and large the difference in characters and story isn't too different from the Saints franchise, yet it gives the frantically required reath of fresh air to the players. The game also knows how to keep you on your toes by furnishing you with the most unexpected twists and turns in the story. The new Saints comprises of the same trigger friendly boss that is prepared to shoot and kill whatever is breathing. The wingsuit traversal method is inconceivably fulfilling and furnishes you with an interesting point of view of the open world. The first thing that players will be acquainted with is Side Hustles, these give the players speedy methods for making some money, however over the long haul, the sum you procure from the Side Hustles is insignificant to other money gets. And thanks to our friends at Express Games, we had the option to get our hands on the game before the release.

Reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on PC. Also available on PlayStation, Xbox, and Google Stadia. "For a game that gives us so much freedom to be exactly who we ...

There’s definitely no shortage of shallow shoot ‘em up thrills to be had here, but it’s a very familiar and uninspired brand of sandbox fun that’s unlikely to wow anybody who’s played a Saints Row game before, much less a GTA. "For a game that gives us so much freedom to be exactly who we want to be via its superb customisation options, it’s odd that Saints Row itself struggles to forge its own identity when it comes to the types of wanton criminal activities it makes available to us. It’s definitely a new gang of Saints, but they’re guilty of the same old sins."

How to unlock The Collector Trophy - Looking for All Collectibles in Saints Row? Well then, you've come to the right place...

The Collectibles app is always worth a look if you're completely stumped on where a Collectible is hiding (although this guide will hopefully stop that from happening in the first place!). If you're only just starting your Collectibles spree, then this is the easiest way to spot a bunch of objects quite quickly. Collectibles become available after completing the main story mission 'Office Decor'. Collecting them still counts towards the Collector Trophy. There are 115 Collectibles in total, so you don't need to get every single one to unlock the aforementioned Trophy. We've hunted down every Collectible in the game to bring you this guide, which contains pictures of the Collectibles themselves, alongside a screenshot of where they can be found on the map.

And it's good advice, as you can make a decent amount of cash from these activities. Whether it's the Wingsuit Saboteur, Riding Shotgun, or any others, you ...

Therefore, these things don't provide an instant boost to your wallet, but they do increase your earning potential and make you more money in the long term. But it takes such little effort to acquire the bills that you might as well destroy any you pass to top up your funds. One of the first things the game recommends you do to make money is complete side hustles. In the @Tcha side hustle, you leave poor reviews at certain establishments and then defend yourself against whatever gang is associated with the place. And it's good advice, as you can make a decent amount of cash from these activities. Their lack of funds serves as a setup for the story, but it's also truthful, as you don't begin your adventure in Santo Ileso with a lot of money.

The RPG crime series returns with a back-to-basics reboot packed with bugs. Read the Empire review.

Once you have unlocked them, you can't use fast travel in a mission, requiring you to either drive to wherever you're being pointed or abandon mission, fast travel nearby, and then start the mission again just to save time. Worse still, what potential there is in Saints Row's setting and humour is undone by how unforgivably buggy the game is. There are a dozen of these waste missions to check off and they are not, by any definition, "fun". Drive too fast, or have too many crashes, and the waste barrels explode, so you'll just be driving slowly from one side of the map to the other at a snail's pace. Saints Row is so rote that it actively undermines its own impressive setting – unless you force yourself to stop and take in the splendour and detail of Santo Ileso, you'll fall into a habit of just following markers to tasks, opening the map, selecting the next one, and repeating. There's no choice in which skills to unlock or when, or how to grow and develop your character, with only minor modification available in terms of which perks and skills you have active.

Disappointing Saints Row reviews have hit publisher Embracer's stock price. Today's launch of the Saints Row reboot has…

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Saints Row players are bumping into all sorts of nasty bugs, some merely visual and some ending the fun entirely. It doesn't seem to run on the Steam Deck, ...

You could consider this less of an outright failing than all the bugs and glitches, since Saints Row was never intended to run on the Linux-based SteamOS in the first place (and a lot of games that are actually on Steam, and thus don’t require any further tweaking with launchers, are incompatible with the Deck as well). [Steam Deck](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/topics/steam-deck). Right now it’s only available via the Epic Games Launcher, which I have installed on SteamOS [via this method](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-to-install-epic-games-launcher-on-steam-deck) and Liam uses through the [Heroic Games Launcher](https://heroicgameslauncher.com/), but neither of us can get past the DirectX version selection screen on the game’s own launcher. [Saints Row](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/saints-row-2022) at the moment. Although I spent the latter half of last week playing and [performance testing](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/saints-row-pc-requirements-performance-and-the-best-settings-to-use) it, the worst I saw in terms of bugs, glitches and unintentional chicanery was one temporarily floating pedestrian and a few de-synced execution animations. Even so, hopefully a patch or three is in the works, as clearly not all of these issues are as harmless as Liam capping his own windows.

The “Saints Row” games have always been about chaos. From the first game, released in 2006, to the fourth, dropped in 2013, these games were like the punk ...

Yes, open-world games like this are often repetitive, but there’s too little ambition in the design and screenwriting in “Saints Row.” And so much of the management of this game is silly, breaking up a lot of what you need to do into a menu screen that replicates phone apps that can are a chore to manage. You will do the same things over and over again in “Saints Row,” and likely ignore a majority of the empire-building side missions. Your character in “Saints Row” is entirely your own right from the beginning as the game opens with an intensely varied character customizer, allowing you to design a protagonist from scratch. And that sense that this is a game that looks deep when it’s actually just cluttered extends to the mission design too. [The Boss](/reviews/the-boss-2016),” as your character is known, starts off working for the Marshalls, who open the game with an intense and awesome mission in which you lead the way to the apprehension of a notorious criminal named the Nahualli. And some of the best elements of “Saints Row” center the difficult existence of twentysomethings in the ‘20s, building missions around side hustles and, really, self-employment.

Saints Row beginner's guide, tips, and tricks · Focus on the campaign · Save your money · Keep your game running while you sleep · Start working on car and weapon ...

Perks unlock in a specific order each time you complete a Challenge, but they aren’t attached to specific Challenges. But the real reason you want to complete these Challenges is to unlock new perks, which you can buy slots for and equip in the perk app. Take a picture of the area with your phone (if you look on the map, you’ll see a preview of the item it wants to you snap a photo of) and it’ll unlock the point for fast travel, allowing you to teleport there instantly for the rest of the game. Completing these main missions is how you upgrade your gang to the next level. But you’ll be a bit strapped for cash when the game first starts out, and each individual mission or side hustle only gives you a couple of grand. But in order to get some of those ridiculous toys, you’ll need to unlock new tools, weapons, vehicles, and customization options for your gang.

The new Saints Row game (and its bugs) has fans worried about the franchise.

[August 22, 2022] [Skill Up's review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-hsMkWHMLU&ab_channel=SkillUp) (opens in new tab) calls the technical state of Saints Row "very, very bad." The team over at [Kinda Funny games experienced the exact same character model glitch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8MY3SxW83U&t=2102s&ab_channel=KindaFunnyGames) (opens in new tab). While some of Saints Row's negative or middling reviews can be attributed to the game's overall vibe (which I myself wrote is "dated"), the major issue is the plethora of bugs. [Saints Row](https://www.gamesradar.com/new-saints-row-guide/) bugs have many franchise fans worried this could be the death knell for the series. I myself ran into a glitch during the Insurance Fraud missions where all the cars in Santo Ileso would just disappear. Our [Saints Row review](https://www.gamesradar.com/saints-row-review-2022/) mentions a few of the bugs encountered during 20 hours of gameplay, which included a mission that had to be replayed several times and a bug that temporarily broke all takedown animations - but there are many more circulating the internet.