Saints Row

The Saints Row reboot ditches the over-the-top aspects of its predecessor, but still feels like it's trapped in the past.

Rebooting the series made sense, yet in many ways, Saints Row is still stuck in the past and struggling to live up to its legacy. Saints Row reins in the absurdity to a fairly significant degree but still manages to indulge in some of the chaotic action and silly hijinks the series is known for. Either way, it's a lot of driving from point to point, over and over again, and it doesn't take long to become tedious. Despite all of these changes, combat is very much the same, only you're forced to use bad weapons that take twice as long to kill people. You need to steal food trucks full of drugs for the Chalupacabra restaurant, for example, while the car dealership tasks you with jacking specific vehicles around the city. This goes back to the game's archaic feel, where you spend much of your time simply driving back and forth between missions. Driving in Saints Row feels overly floaty, but this was never a hindrance to my enjoyment of cruising around the city. The heart of Saints Row has always resided in its characters, and the dynamic and playful banter between the friendship group is the highlight of the story. Once your startup is up and running, you can purchase these ventures to generate more money and gradually grow your business. The first one you unlock lets you grab an enemy and stuff a grenade down their pants before heaving them back towards their buddies, which is especially useful for crowd control, on top of just being fun to do. The inaccuracy of the SMGs only compounds the game's awkward aiming, and the shotguns feel decidedly weak and are irritatingly slow to fire--an issue when most enemies soak up damage. While the main character is a self-described murder machine, the rest of your friends are well-rounded and avoid falling into a pitfall of homicidal archetypes.

Why go back to basics for a gaming franchise when the basics are this dull—and buggy?

I shoot a man in the face with my rifle. I shoot a woman in the face with my rifle. (If you need a big map of stuff to checklist your way down, the game will absolutely scratch that itch.) Its tonal issues are, weirdly, a function of making its characters too likable, instead of not enough. The most irritating thing about Saints Row, though…Well, I was going to say something about “the wasted potential,” or the ways it occasionally slips up and lets itself get genuinely goofy and fun for a minute before getting back to the death grind. For a game so interested in making murder seem fun and frivolous, it’s perversely okay with translating it into tedium, instead. But you’d be shocked how often “seize control of drug-dealing food trucks” or “clean up a crime scene for cash” translates to “drive somewhere and shoot a guy in the face.” (Also, every car that isn’t yours is basically made of tissue paper, turning even the most cautious commute into a series of extended explosions.) Tearing across Santo Ileso in a souped-up supercar can be a genuine blast, especially if you stick a tow cable on your favorite sportscar so that you can drag some hapless sap behind you as a makeshift wrecking ball. Sure, activities will be described as though something fun is about to happen, but nine times out of ten, what the game really means is “Drive to this place and shoot someone.” (Sometimes, to break things up, you’ll shoot someone, then drive somewhere else to shoot some people again.) There are a few glimmers of innovation here and there—generally attached to the “Empire” system that makes up much of the game’s side content, tasking you with building various criminal fronts that provide passive upgrades and income in exchange for completing certain tasks. I shoot 20 more people in the face with my rifle. It’s just that the game they’ve been placed at the heart of is also all about stabbing people in the face. But I think I got pretty much everything in there—the only things missing being some sporadic bouts of meme-based humor, and the regular-as-clockwork bit where I had to restart a mission because some aspect of its scripting had managed to bug itself out into oblivion. Our central characters are a crew of roommates who roughly map onto the low-level rungs of each of these factions, with your own player-crafted avatar a new recruit to Marshall who regularly describes themselves as “being good at murder.” After a series of setbacks that sees them ostracized from all of these various power brokers, the group decides to form their own dang gang, founded not on a drive for power, fame, or wealth, but on a shared dedication to each other, and to the idea of the little guy rising up and seizing their destinies for themselves.

Saints Row is a knockabout driving/shooting/flying ragdoll-em-up in which you lead a misnamed gang of sociopaths. The Saints are loveable sociopaths to be ...

Saints Row is always at its best when it cuts loose, when it goes full dubstep-gun stupid, and the reboot forgets that for long stretches. The ragdoll after-touch has been toned down, making it harder to tumble into multiple cars for combos as you flop down the highway like a fish with a death wish. Santo Ileso, a desert burg somewhere in the American Southwest, doesn't have the kind of crowded centre that's fun to buzz in a stolen helicopter as you weave between the skyscraper forest. One of the new Saints quit an unpaid internship to become a mechanic for a crime boss, one's a startup entrepreneur who overdosed on motivational TED talks and podcasts, and the other's a DJ who is allergic to wearing a shirt. Options to change how it plays are welcome and plentiful, with a menu that should be shown to other games while they sit in the corner and think about what they've done. And you have to do side stuff to unlock new missions, a push-and-pull that usually means at least one long stretch of chores because you ate too much meat before polishing off your vegetables. Some of the corners cut to make that framerate happen are obvious, like the fuzzy hair that makes your cat look like it stepped out of another game, the occasional odd shadow or jagged item of clothing, and the way cars in the middle distance transition to the ethereal plane when they see you coming. While I don't care about the new crew in the same way as the scoundrels who grew into a close-knit family over the course of the original games, these characters haven't had a bunch of sequels to develop. The cost is that coats and skirts are noticeably stiff and most of the hairstyles are static, for reasons that became obvious when I tried a ponytail and it clipped right through my face. Which I guess is why, instead of making a new Saints Row where you time-travel or establish a branch on an alien planet or something, Volition hit the reboot button. The reboot comes with a new cast they despised from the first trailer. When fans of SR2 say they miss how grounded it was, they mean they were OK with a game that had motorbike katana duels, but SR3 including a Japanese game show about straight-up murdering people crossed the line.

'Saints Row' has plenty of familiar fun and thrills, but it's awfully hard to ignore all those bugs.

This visual breadth of the environmental design betrays a lack of depth to the whole experience. Even without all the technical issues, I still feel a bit mixed on Saints Row overall. I have to imagine the game will eventually get DLC that explores more of Santo Ileso, but as much as I enjoyed the town aesthetically, I wish it was explored mechanically a bit more. Outside of the story, there’s a wide array of things to do in Santo Ileso. That leads to the ugly part of Saints Row: the bugs and technical issues. The visuals of Saints Row are quite good, and one problem I didn’t experience was any kind of frame drops. You’re here for the bombastic gameplay and a wide variety of gameplay experiences. There are loads of striking landmarks that dot the map, and I was content to explore the map and find interesting items to photograph. The problem that arises, then, is the unevenness in side activities and gameplay segments. As you level up, you’ll unlock skills that have some wild effects, like sticking a grenade in someone’s mouth and then throwing the body at enemies. At the start of the game your character, the Boss, gets a job with a massive Private Military Corporation called Marshall. The surprisingly short story feels like the opening chapter to something much larger, and most moments that struggle for an emotional reaction just don’t feel earned.

Saints Row is perfectly fine, but that lack of ambition is disappointing considering the series' wild reputation.

Saints Row is a fine game if you’re looking for a by-the-numbers open-world adventure to tide you over as the fall release season ramps up. I understand why Volition wanted to try and get back in touch with the more grounded feeling of the first two games in the series, but because nothing takes the place of what was removed, beating Saints Row left me feeling unfulfilled even if I never hated my time with it. While that’s not a very profound message and the plot is predictable, you don’t come to Saints Row games for an emotional The Last of Us-like story. [Saints Row](https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/saints-row-reboot-delay-elden-ring/) is about being the master of your own fate and how having friends and letting others in is important, even if you’re a flawed individual. This is the one Saints Row game that never really jumps the shark in some way, so it feels milquetoast, clinical, and nothing more than perfectly adequate throughout. It feels like an open-world game that could’ve come out in 2014 and pushes the boundaries of the genre less than the two games that preceded it. It’s a formula you’ve seen before, and Saints Row executes it seamlessly and provides the kind of sandbox fun this genre of game is known for. Crafting that mission should’ve been a red flag that the game needed to get more creative, but instead serves as an in-game condemnation of Saints Row‘s dated structure. [Happy Days](https://michigantoday.umich.edu/2016/02/19/hes-a-maniac/), The Simpsons, and The Office have asked themselves after years of constant escalation and is a question game developer Volition dealt with while crafting the new [Saints Row](https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/saints-row-preview/). Instead, players must experience the linear narrative Saints Row follows. It’s supposed to feel like a fresh start for the series, but winds up being a cookie-cutter open-world romp that fails to live up to its predecessors even though it rarely does anything outright bad. Volition wanted to get in touch with the series’ roots, but after you’ve jumped the shark so many times and the industry has moved on, this reserved approach makes Saints Row feel like an antiquity.

Negative reviews of the new Saints Row video game are hitting at an awkward time for Swedish gaming giant Embracer Group, as it tries to prove itself a ...

18 interim report to prove that most of the projects from those teams have had a solid return on investment. Why it matters: Since being ousted in April, Khan has been mobilizing huge crowds while railing against the government and breaking a long-standing taboo by criticizing the military. - This new Saints Row, from longtime studio Volition, was meant to revive the long-running, open-world interactive crime franchise of the same name. [page 24](https://embracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/EmbracerGroup-Q1FY2223.pdf) of its Aug. The stock price for Embracer Group AB dove right after. [turning](https://www.axios.com/2022/01/12/gaming-2021-record-setting-year-dealmakers) [heads](https://www.axios.com/2022/05/02/square-enix-embracer-eidos-tomb-raider)with its studio shopping sprees.

Volition's remake of the open-world crime series isn't reviewing very well.

“The new Saints Row has shed its shark-jumping silliness and smutty tendencies in favor of a return to its open-world gangland roots. [instantly become a mini-monster factory for players](https://kotaku.com/saints-row-5-demo-boss-factory-character-creations-joke-1849047486)—and its new setting, the fictional [Santo Ileso](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDr4l1DdRCU). “Previews suggested that this week’s new series reboot, simply titled Saints Row, might wipe the slate clean to provide a fresh perspective on the crime-spree genre. “If you enjoyed previous Saints Row games, you will probably like this one, and if you’ve never played one, this is a decent onboarding point. While never as rich or mechanically satisfying as GTA V, the new Saints Row more than makes up for it with a pitch-perfect balance of comedy and compelling storytelling. From the world not loading in correctly, leaving us dangling in the shadow realm, to characters T-posing, to the sniper rifle scope being permanently plastered to the screen, it’s an incredibly unstable game. “My Saints Row experience was enjoyable and more than occasionally frustrating: At times it feels like Volition is on the cusp of a breakthrough in both social commentary and open-world game mechanics, while at other times it feels like it’s upholding the status quo. [announced last summer](https://kotaku.com/a-brand-new-saints-row-game-is-getting-revealed-next-we-1847532678), Saints Row is a full-on reboot of Volition’s long-running series of GTA clones, which hasn’t seen a new entry since 2013’s Saints Row IV (unless you count its standalone 2015 expansion, Gat Out of Hell). “This year’s reboot of Saints Row presents a sunny sandbox bursting with heists, hijinks, and witty banter. But based on what our colleagues in the gaming press corps have to say about it, this may be a blessing: I wouldn’t wish a 40-hour sprint through this open-world game on any of my colleagues (unless they’re named Zack Zwiezen, sorry bud!). I love the new cast of characters and what they represent to marginalized community members who will play this game, and the story is compelling enough that I persevered in the face of some irritating bugs. And it desperately wants you to think you’re having fun, without ever providing concrete steps towards giving players more to do than function in a very rote loop.” — William Hughes

A review of 2022's Saints Row including the parts that stick the landing, and the parts that end up missing the mark.

Not just Los Panteros, but even the Idols and members of Marshall Industries, as well as targets in the Wanted app, often seem to skew towards POC in a negative way. However, the story falls flat, and there are enough bugs to impact your experience in a negative way. Not to mention the fact that in the past, Saints Row has never been considered or designed to be progressive or inclusive. For example, one character gets shot in the stomach and instead of taking him to the hospital, they take him back home, pour alcohol on the wound, and call it good. I spent quite a bit of time creating, and then later going back throughout my time with the game, and adjusting my custom character. The game centers around a young group of friends who live together because “rent is expensive” and eventually team up to create and manage the Saints after things go sour with their rival factions (Idols, Los Panteros), and your character getting fired from a job at Marshall Industries. In another mission, my NPC companion who was supposed to be guiding me out of a burning building got stuck and refused to move, running the clock down to yet another mission restart. Adding to the experience even more, the game offers some surprisingly detailed vehicle customization that, like the game’s character customization, will hold your attention for quite some time as you work to tune your favorite vehicles to the exact look and style that you want. While there were a number of things that soured me on Saints Row, the gameplay certainly wasn’t one of them. In one mission, I had to take out the police, but the police were stuck on a nearby bridge out of range. The gameplay of Saints Row is the biggest draw, and is actually quite enjoyable. Less edgy, and lacking much of the spice and flavor of its predecessors.

"Saints Row" is a reboot that aims to strike a balance between the franchise's roots and its silliness. Unfortunately, it's a buggy and unoptimized mess.

I would start a mission, see that the quest giver wants to meet me all the way on the other side of town, quit the mission, fast travel to get closer and then start the mission again. On yet another mission, after fighting my way through a gauntlet of enemies to find a car I needed to destroy, the car suddenly became invulnerable. For some bizarre reason, the game won’t let you fast travel during the introductory phase of a main mission. But even without the bugs, “Saints Row” is in dire need of more development time. My game crashed during a cutscene after a main story mission, and when I loaded back in, the mission had already concluded. In the absurdist, cartoony world of “Saints Row” where assassinations are crowdsourced out to the gig economy via an app called Wanted, racking up a body count in the thousands should be gleeful fun.

Though its first title is largely considered one of the many "Grand Theft Auto" clones that emerged in the 2000s, the "Saints Row" series was able to forge its ...

[Jordan Middler of VGC](https://www.videogameschronicle.com/review/saints-row-2022/) scolded the technical shortcomings of "Saints Row" in a negative review of the game. [Richard Wakeling of GameSpot](https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/saints-row-review-open-world-nostalgia/1900-6417945/) gave "Saints Row" a mostly average review. "Saints Row" scored a similar 60 score from [PC Gamer's Jody Macgregor](https://www.pcgamer.com/saints-row-review/) who liked the overall experience, but felt it was too restrained when compared to past franchise offerings. If you believe the critical consensus, "Saints Row" is a largely unstable and technologically flawed experience. Unfortunately, "Saints Row" seems to suffer from a bad case of bugs based on early reviews. Though its first title is largely considered one of the many "Grand Theft Auto" clones that emerged in the 2000s, the "Saints Row" series was able to forge its own identity, with each passing entry getting more outlandish and ridiculous than the previous one.

Want some Saints Row tips to help build up your empire and bring an end to the Marshall troops, Idols, and Los Panteros. Here are some to help you out:

To get easy money, simply leave your game on when you have to do some adulting and let the cash build up in your bank account over time. If you want more guides and help, check out our If you don’t know already, your businesses and criminal empire will slowly add cash to your app on your phone. But, our Saints Row tips are here to help you through those early hours and point you in the right direction. Very little else in the game is lucrative initially and these missions offer the most XP and money so there isn’t much of a reason to tackle Side Hustles or challenges initially. These Saints Row (2022) tips will mostly focus on some key things we recommend you should do when you really begin exploring Santo Ileso.

Saints Row, the reboot of the beloved open world franchise, has arrived with relatively little marketing fanfare, and now, not very good review scores.

I’ve only played the intro for it so far, but I can immediately understand the complaints about it looking and feeling dated in the modern gaming landscape. It’s too soon to gauge how the characters and their script play, but so far things aren’t looking promising, in that department. 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.” [ on Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/saints-row) and a 66 [on Open Critic](https://opencritic.com/game/11879/saints-row), but those will likely converge as more reviews arrive. I’m glad the Saints are back, hopefully for another long haul.” Probably not quite worth the price of admission.”

The new city of Santo Ileso is a drastic departure from previous locales. It feels as though it has more of an identity compared to past games. Imagine if ...

Pay attention to the picture attached to the Fast Travel marker and that will give players a general idea of the distance and angle of the ideal activation image. Players have to press Up on the D-pad and that brings up the camera. The humor is more grounded: Those looking for the absurdist humor of the past games will have to look elsewhere. The humor in the “Saints Row” reboot is more grounded as players begin at the bottom with three other roommates who are struggling to make ends meet while also trying to escape the life of crime they’re attached to. Everything costs money to unlock in “Saints Row” and a lot of the game is spent grinding through missions so that businesses earn money faster. The first is that it’s how players accomplish certain collection tasks and side missions. Because you have to build the gang from the ground up, players need plenty of capital and that’s obtained through missions and through ventures, which are side businesses that open up side missions. That’s how players collect different directions scattered throughout the world and use them at their “Saints Row” base, which is obviously in a church. The advantage of a reboot is that the developers have a clean slate. Unfortunately, not all the side missions are enjoyable and they do get fairly repetitive over the course of the campaign. There’s a perk to boost sneak attack damage or one that lets players gather more ammo from downed foes. The new city of Santo Ileso is a drastic departure from previous locales.

This Saints Row El Dorado Hidden History guide will take you through all the interactible locations so you can complete it and work towards 100%

Check out our Saints Row El Dorado Hidden History guide below: But, if you are in El Dorado, you may be wanting a guide for the Saints Row El Dorado Hidden History activity. These activities require you to hunt around an environment for placards or signposts related to the history of the area or the district in Santo Illeso.

The new city of Santo Ileso is a drastic departure from previous locales. It feels as though it has more of an identity compared to past games. Imagine if ...

Pay attention to the picture attached to the Fast Travel marker and that will give players a general idea of the distance and angle of the ideal activation image. Players have to press Up on the D-pad and that brings up the camera. The humor is more grounded: Those looking for the absurdist humor of the past games will have to look elsewhere. The humor in the “Saints Row” reboot is more grounded as players begin at the bottom with three other roommates who are struggling to make ends meet while also trying to escape the life of crime they’re attached to. Everything costs money to unlock in “Saints Row” and a lot of the game is spent grinding through missions so that businesses earn money faster. The first is that it’s how players accomplish certain collection tasks and side missions. Because you have to build the gang from the ground up, players need plenty of capital and that’s obtained through missions and through ventures, which are side businesses that open up side missions. That’s how players collect different directions scattered throughout the world and use them at their “Saints Row” base, which is obviously in a church. The advantage of a reboot is that the developers have a clean slate. Unfortunately, not all the side missions are enjoyable and they do get fairly repetitive over the course of the campaign. There’s a perk to boost sneak attack damage or one that lets players gather more ammo from downed foes. The new city of Santo Ileso is a drastic departure from previous locales.

In order to travel quickly, Saints Row players will need to unlock new fast travel locations by taking photos of some of the landmarks around the map.

Thankfully, players should be able to tell the difference between the two pretty easily, as the icon for fast travel landmarks shows a train carriage rather than a camera and a photo. Once within range of a landmark, players should press up on the D-Pad to open the camera app on their phone and then frame the landmark in the center of the screen, ensuring that they're neither too close nor far away. Unfortunately, the icons will only show up once players get within a certain range of the landmark locations, so players will need to explore the map pretty thoroughly in order to find them all.

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.

"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.

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.

If, like us, you aren't finding any of the radio stations fit your music taste, you may be wondering if you can create you own custom playlist.

But, the bad news is you have to get the Playlist app in Saints Row first. You can also find more help in our [Saints Row walkthrough](https://www.theloadout.com/saints-row/walkthrough). Once you have helped Kevin out, the app will be automatically added to your phone.

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Money is everything when starting your criminal empire in 'Saints Row,' so we'll help you figure out the best ways to make it.

You’ll have access to Wanted from almost the very start of the game, and these are usually low-lift missions that can be completed in 10-20 minutes, and give you $5000 as a reward. Wanted missions become a bit obsolete for money-making later in the game, but they are fun missions that have some interesting twists. About midway through there’s a mission that gives you $150,000 and after that almost every other mission will reward you with roughly $20K. Your absolute best method of making money in Saints Row is going to be through Criminal Ventures, which you unlock shortly after the Saints make their base in the church. By going to the Empire board at your base you can viewt the entire Criminal Ventures map, however, placing a new venture costs money. [Saints Row](https://www.inverse.com/gaming/saints-row-reboot-preview) is finally back with a [reboot](https://www.inverse.com/gaming/alone-in-the-dark-trailer-platforms-gameplay), but the basics of the series still remain the same.

You're going to be doing plenty of driving in Saints Row, so having the fastest and most stylish ride is crucial.

The Attrazione is a bit of a rare spawn, but if you drive around the high-rise rich parts of the city you should find one fairly easily. This may be a piece about the fastest cars, but can we interest you in this bike? This is one of the easier cars to find out in the wild, and it’ll spawn in any area on a semi-regular basis. If you prefer are more subtle design then you’ll be pleased with the Raycaster, and it can be made into a convertible. One of the best-looking muscle cars in the game, the Phoenix packs quite a lot of power, making it ideal if you like this style of car, but don’t want to compromise on speed. If you’re looking to make lots of cash in Saints Row then check out our

The Saints; Los Panteros; The Idols; Marshall. Getting to know all the Saints Row factions is critical if you want to know what to expect from them.

As you can see, despite coming in all sorts of different flavors, the enemy factions in Saints Row are all hell-bent on ruining your day. From your own people, Kevin used to be a DJ for The Idols before he decided to throw in with The Saints instead. The Los Panteros are basically the Dom Torreto of the Saints Row reboot – all about family and fast cars. Anarchists, disruptors of the status quo, and altogether troublemakers – The Idols embrace technology and have set a course to destroy the system. [Saints Row weapons](https://www.techradar.com/how-to/saints-row-weapons-your-arsenal-in-the-upcoming-game) to take them on, you can learn a little about The Idols, Los Panteros, and Marshall Defense Industries and what to expect when each of them comes after you. Thankfully, you won't have to face The Saints, since they're your own faction - and precisely the one you'll be building up with each new truckload of cash you bring in.

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.

This is a guide to every venture quest in Saints Row, including Insurance Fraud and Chop Shop.

Afterward, you get the option of building the venture known as Castle Kraken to continue this plotline. During the main mission named The Dustmoot, you get introduced to the world of live-action role-play. It's not hard to guess what the venture quests are for this one. After building up your empire a bit and completing the Drawing Heat mission, you get some new venture options. To do so, you go to marked spots on the map, and after talking with your informant there, you forcibly steal a nearby food truck. It's another one that becomes available right after the game introduces you to the empire table. When you first gain access to the empire table, Bright Future is one of the criminal ventures that you can get for free. You get paid for each barrel that survives the journey. At the same time, you unlock the venture quests known collectively as Chop shop. Therefore, each criminal venture you purchase comes with a set of quests for you to complete, which helps out the business in some way. Regardless, you need to steal what he wants and bring them back to Jimrobs. Yet, the boss isn't the type of leader to let everything else do the work.

If you're looking for tips on how to start your criminal empire, our Saints Row guide has plenty of tricks to get you to the cool endgame items fast.

However, with a quick glance at the in-game map, you may find other items nearby that you can fetch or photograph while you’re here, so be sure to do that before moving on. You can also request the Saints to deliver your favourite vehicle to your location if you need to make a quick getaway. Those ventures can take a while to finish, so you can also complete the Eurekatabor! [best Saints Row skills](https://www.pcgamesn.com/saints-row/skills) you unlock at level 11, to heal yourself and your allies whenever you inflict damage. Open your phone and check the Wanted app for contracts, as they can be worth a fair amount and involve driving to a specific location to pick up a vehicle before heading out to eliminate your target. However, you can avoid a lot of damage by constantly using dodge rolls, though you’ll still get hit by some bullets while in the frames of animation where you aren’t rolling. We recommend starting with JimRob’s Garage, as his tasks require you to steal some vehicles, including some of the [best Saints Row cars](https://www.pcgamesn.com/saints-row/cars-vehicles-best), and bring them back to him. [Saints Row map](https://www.pcgamesn.com/saints-row/map-santo-ileso), and of those, you also need to completely finish the questlines for two of them. Missions are a great source of cash, which you need lots of to afford some of the more expensive upgrades to your arsenal. Now you may wonder how it’s possible to go from these humble beginnings as a bumbling servant to becoming the boss of a criminal empire. [open-world game](https://www.pcgamesn.com/best-open-world-games), you eventually become the leader of the Saints – a criminal organisation with a taste for flashy churches and extravagant parties. As you see in the intro sequence for the

Saints Row is certainly buggy, but should you avoid playing this reboot altogether due to its technical problems?

At the moment, it feels like this is just “one of those things” that is going to happen in most games from time to time. The game’s aiming issues and mission progress bugs are the biggest technical problem I’ve encountered and heard about at the time of this writing. Realistically, though, you kind of have to accept that these problems are going to pop up in a lot of modern games from time to time. You will most likely encounter a notable number of bugs and glitches in this game, but many of them will be visual bugs that impact the presentation more than anything else. We were warned that some of those problems were on the devs’ radars as “known issues,” and it does seem like some of those known issues have already been addressed. The earliest versions of Saints Row (pre-release review versions) seem to have suffered from a bug that would prevent you from doing pretty much anything. While this is going to be a theme throughout this article, it’s worth noting now that your mileage may vary in terms of how many animation bugs you encounter and how much they ruin your experience. In fact, this might be more of a design problem than anything else. While this obviously isn’t the biggest technical problem you could possibly run into in a modern game, this particular presentation glitch does seem to be more common than some of the others. While we’ll talk more about some of the game’s design, structure, and writing problems in future articles, you should first know a little more about some of the game’s various bugs, glitches, and technical problems. “Hilarious” really is the right word to describe both the quantity and nature of those glitches. While few modern video games are entirely free of technical problems, it does seem like more and more major new games are being released in a fundamentally unfinished state.

Saints Row cheats are a staple throughout the series so far, but the huge question is whether they exist in Volition's 2022 reboot or not.

Plus, since you can’t cheat your way to a full garage, take a look at the [best Saints Row vehicles](https://www.pcgamesn.com/saints-row/cars-vehicles-best) to keep an eye out for on the road. And, while you might use cheats to infinitely buff your stats, you can still increase your health and damage with some skills. For now, you’ll have to play the game as intended, but with some suitably silly skills and abilities available. This is still a Saints Row game, after all. With Saints Row racing full-throttle into the gen-z era, it’s only natural to wonder if its classic cheats are still a thing. However, you might be surprised by the

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In Saints Row (2022), you're guaranteed to kill a lot of pixelated NPCs in your quest to make The Saints the greatest criminal organization in all of Santo Ileso. I never once had to spend money replenishing my ammo at shops, and comfortably completed the story of Saints Row (2022) solely by collecting ammo from fallen enemies. It's well worth your time to spend a few seconds after each battle to collect, as the earnings quickly pile up throughout your time in Saints Row (2022). After that, you'll be able to find that Fast Travel location at any point on your map and move there instantly (as long as you're not in combat or otherwise can't Fast Travel). Skills are split between permanent upgrades to your health and Flow (more on that below) and unique abilities you can call upon in the midst of battle. However you decide to play Saints Row (2022), investing money and time into your Ventures is a good idea. Still, the combination of Skills and Perks can make your character significantly more powerful, and allows you to finetune your playstyle. These Perks are unlocked by completing Challenges, and can make your character passively more powerful (or make doing certain tasks more convenient or easier). Skills can turn the tide of battle in a pinch, so be sure to remember to equip them and check regularly to see whether you've leveled up and unlocked a new one. More than that, though, the missions through which the story is delivered are not only great ways to become familiar with the world of Saints Row (2022) and its features and game mechanics, but also to accrue plenty of cash, XP, new toys and tools, and much more. Several Missions also reward huge chunks of cash, which can be used to purchase anything you want (or to invest in Ventures for increased passive income). Once you've unlocked the Empire Table and are able to construct Ventures to expand your criminal empire, you should have plenty of experience and the entire world of Santo Ileso open to you.

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That form of social justice, albeit on a far more explosive scale, could have been a huge thing for Saints Row to explore, or practically any issue that mirrors the real world and takes older generations to task for the economy, climate change, bigotry, or literally anything instead of poorly written jokes that think they're vibing with the cool kids. The reboot delivers on none of that and snuffles out its own future as a consequence. We are working for the man, but aside from making weak jokes there is never an attempt by the game to analyse this power dynamic and do something about it, or go further than making irritating jokes about capitalism while simultaneously leaning into some of the very worst habits such things have come to perpetuate. It is framed as a tiresome grind as our protagonist is thrown to the wolves on her first day with no training to speak of. The way these people who have all been dealt a bad hand stick together in the face of adversity is cute and honest, but the myriad issues they talk about tackling are all surface level and are never reinforced by the overarching narrative. I always had my hesitations with the reboot, unsure about its new approach to story and characters and a reliance on gameplay systems that already felt outdated ten years ago.

You can't build a criminal empire all on your own. You need friends. Saints Row understands this, which is why the game lets players invite their friends to ...

And as a final warning, even if you turn on the option to prank allies, you can’t do so unless they also activate that option. You can also turn on friendly fire and tweak its damage output, determine whether visiting guests can customize your HQ, and even activate the ability to prank your ally. While playing a co-op campaign, go to the pause menu and select the “Co-op” option, which brings up three more choices: Join Friend, Invite Friend, and Co-op Settings. If you’d prefer to team up with a random gamer, the “Matchmaking” option is right up your alley. Once you’ve selected that mode, simply choose the save file you want to use, and Saints Row will load you into it, ready for some co-op action. Before you can actually start teaming up with someone, you need to decide who will be the co-op host.

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The difference between “Host Game” and “Host New Game” will be progression. Friendly fire can also be turned on to spice up the gameplay alongside HQ customization and co-op pranking. Saints Row supports co-op gameplay, allowing players to participate in each other’s playthroughs.