![]() When Volition was sold off to Koch Media shortly thereafter, Saint Row IV went with it. Volition was originally a subsidiary of THQ, and due to that company’s financial concerns, the studio’s original plans for S aints Row Part 4 and its brand new city were cancelled and ETD became a standalone sequel in its place. Saint Row IV started life as an expansion for Saints Row The Third called Enter The Dominatrix. Today’s game, S aints Row IV: Re-Elected for the Nintendo Switch is a re-release of the fourth game in the series. I had always thought of Saints Row as something of the poor man’s Grand Theft Auto, but it turns out it was the sarcastic man’s Grand Theft Auto, which is about a thousand times better. I had no particular interest in the game, but it was free and I didn’t have anything else I wanted to play, so I downloaded it and jumped right in. ![]() ![]() My first exposure to their adventures came when S aints Row The Third hit Playstation Plus as one of that service’s free games. It’s minor but noticeable.Maybe it’s not the greatest game series ever conceived, but I’ll take any excuse to go back and hang out with the Third Street Saints. Even the controls feel slightly less responsive on the Nintendo port. And yes, I fired up the 360 version to make sure it wasn’t just the nostalgia talking. Large explosions and busy action are commonplace, and they bring the action to a slideshow-like crawl. The framerate takes an obvious hit, and the texture detail (or lack thereof) really stands out. But throw the Switch in its dock, where resolution kicks up to 1080p, and the story changes noticeably.for the worse. I’d expect a game built for the 360 and PS3 to run better on Switch, especially with such substantial sacrifices made to graphical detail. You can also read the full Saints Row: The Third review, which we gave an 8.5 back in 2011.All of that, and the DLC overload you have to click through when you first start up, can be best appreciated in handheld mode, where it runs acceptably even in two-player local online co-op with lots of craziness going on. ![]() ABOVE: Watch IGN's original 2011 review of Saints Row: The Third for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. ![]()
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