Volition say they’re sorting out more than 200 bugs
TheSaints Rowreboot sees its first major update next month, but don’t expect any new stuff in Santo Ileso to play around with. Devs Volition insist this one’s just concentrating on hunting down and squashing the game’s many bugs. As wenotedwhen it was released in August,Saints Rowhas rather a few technical issues. While Volition say this means they’re not at the stage where they can be “talking about roadmaps and expansions”, they are at least releasing a free cosmetic pack this week that includes some boots that look like bananas.
The game’s first major update is scheduled for late November, and Volition hope to pack in more than 200 bug fixes. They’re concentrating on making Saints Row more stable, along with zhuzhing up its challenges and co-op. “We are supporting Saints Row for the long-term,” Volition said in a blog post. “But there’s a lot more we want to do, and right now our development priority is delivering improvements over new features.”
Alice Bee did have some fun with the game for herSaints Row review, but felt it was all a bit meh. “It’s easy to find that it’s 1am and you’ve been playing Saints Row for 8 hours without pause. It’s just that most of it then slides noiselessly off your hippocampus, indistinguishable from a kind of ur-gaming experience,” she said. “It’s not exactly Saints Row, but it’s not exactly its own thing either.”
Saints Row is on theEpic Games Storefor £50/$60. You can read the full details of the game’s autumn updatehere.
