Saints Row (2022) I'm not mad I'm just disappointed
Look I get I am 2 years late but I just beat the game and I want my turn to complain. Also spoilers
First I will start with the good because I do actually like a fair amount of Saints 2022. The gunplay still good, the new healing system I enjoy even if some takedowns take a bit too long, I actually find the set up of people just annoyed with student debt starting a gang kinda fun, it might just be because my character looked like an anime final boss but I enjoyed the humor and the characters were likeable. The driving was still good if a bit too bouncy at times, and it did actually feel like you were building up from nothing which was lacking in 3 and 4. I also am really happy that for side missions the boss is happy to help, personally hate it when a character gets all pouty about doing a silly mission
But then the minor problems showed up. The level up battle pass was weird and seemed pointless as I got it to max rather easily. And even then the silly powers just weren't as useful as the simple ones (I stuck to grenade grab, mine, grenade, and healing). Also why weren't perks just with the level up thing? Why make them separate and do these kinda pointless challenges?
The sound as a whole in this game sucks, guns are far too quiet which can make fire fights boring, the radio music is so dull I honestly started just pulling up music on my laptop, some missions straight up have no music. Even the cars have no sound which isn't what I want to hear, I want it to vroom. Also making the motorcycle vibrate my controller to make the noise isn't fun it made me just never want to drive a motorcycle.
Not to mention half these side jobs are just driving it got dull fast but if you want the wacky weapons you need to play the side missions which would have been nice to know before I beat the game, speaking of which
The biggest problem is the last sprint of the game. Look I don't mind a game being short, usually I'm happy because I can beat it in a week or two then go on to other things but you need good pacing for that. I honestly thought before the party mission popped up that I was maybe at the half way point or at least the end of act 2. I thought maybe the old bag was going to stab us in the back or the remaining gang member form some rival gang we have to finish off, you know something to give us a big finish but let us have some fun as The Saints. But instead a very VERY weak plot twist betrayal happens and I literally don't get why. It just felt so dumb and out of no where. Not to mention there are two plot lines that only get tied up if you do side missions Why aren't those just a part of the plot? The duel was lame also the helicopter is a joke if you are smart and just use the rpg you upgraded instead of the black box you haven't gotten a chance to upgrade yet.
And like I said at the top I'm not mad I'm disappointed. I first through besides the people who cry "woke" that people didn't like this game because they wanted stuff like saints 1 and 2. Still some comedy but still a ground crime thriller but the game leaned more to 3 and 4's wacky humor. But I get it now having beaten the main story the game builds up the hope you are about to have some crazy fun but then it just ends.
