It's the purple, I think: the purple and the silliness. I'll admit to you now, ahead of the series' reboot, Saints Row and I were not on good terms. Whatever you feel about the decision to reboot the flailing Saints Row franchise, it's hard not to respect developer Volition and publisher THQ for that gutsy decision. Availability: Out 23 August on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox X/S, Stadia.
Be it a TV show, movie, or video game, I don't think that's ever an easy conclusion to reach… well, not with the eyes of an ardent fanbase looking on, anyways. It's a taciturn acknowledgement that something, at its core, still has value - something is worth sticking with - and yet it's also a painful public admission that something else isn't quite right. It takes guts to reboot something, doesn't it? Guts, and no doubt a lot of hand-wringing. Volition's Saints Row reboot won't set the world alight, but there's a punchy game here with some pleasant surprises.
