Just a few days ago, Volition has released the latest Saints Row game, which sees to kickstart the franchise once again. Unfortunately, while the game itself shows some promise, it’s marred by a multitude of bugs! Some of the Saints Row issues can crash your game, some will impede your progress and more.
Below is a list of Saints Row bugs that we’ve experienced during our review playthrough, as well as a list for platform-specific issues.
Saints Row Issues and Bugs:
- Frozen NPC
- Game crashes
- Mission bugs that require full restarts
- Vehicles bugs that make them unusable due to the zoomed in camera
- Not being able to exit vehicles
- T-posing
- Not being able to shoot or interact with the world
- UI bugs that make parts of the UI disappear
- Pop-in issues
Here’s video footage of some of the bugs we encountered:
AI bugs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xIi_iJ3Mqc?feature=oembed
Sandstorm blurring the entire screen and weird effect on buildings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNFKGCOzy1Q?feature=oembed
Over on the game’s subreddit, the community compiled a list of issues that are platform-specific.
PC Specific:
| Bug | Full Description | Platform | Relevant Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launcher Error | Epic won’t let the game start normally | PC | Mash Enter or try this |
| Clothes Bug | Clothes won’t load and lead to infinite loading | PC | — |
| Forced FPS Capping | FPS randomly caps at a certain number | PC | Enable V-Sync |
| Controller Bug | Haptic Feedback and Mapping malfunctioning | PC | This may help |
| Co-op not working | Disconnects player 2 shortly after connection is established | PC | — |
| Game soft locks during some missions | Enemies won’t spawn when they are supposed to | PC | — |
| FXAA Bug | Enabling FXAA forces a bad film grain artifacts on textures | PC | OP report |
| Restart from Checkpoint | Infinite loading issues after restarting from a checkpoint during mission fail. | PC | An SSD won’t fix this one |
| Closing the game | The game may hard freeze when trying to quit it. | PC | Task Manager might not come to the rescue here… |
Xbox Specific:
| Bug | Full Description | Platform | Relevant Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cut Scenes Issue | Cut Scenes seem to be causing controller issues while leading to visual bugs, eventually | XBX | — |
| Accessibility Bug | Changes either can’t be made or don’t show an effect in-game | XBX | Post highlighting the issue |
| Mission Error | Truck never begins driving during car chase | XBX | Be Your Own Boss: Defend the Truck |
| Empire Table | Empire table can’t be accessed | Xbox | Restart the console |
| Voice Bug | Character voice changes after each time loading the game. | XBX | — |
| Boss Glasses | Glasses are completely fogged up on the boss, glasses on NPCs are unaffected. | XBX | Shows up fine in the style menu but… |
| Co-op Bug | Co-op crashes the game and returns the party to the dashboard at the end of mission cutscenes. | Xbox | First encountered during the intro |
PlayStation Specific:
| Bug | Full Description | Platform | Relevant Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Character Creator | During the opening character creator, selecting “body scars” or “body details” causes the menu to lock up. | PS5 | Seems to just affect the initial character creator. |
| Modesty Settings | When changing modesty options the nipple visibility option would revert to the default censor when modifying another option. | PS5 & PS4 | A workaround, if you will |
| Adaptive Triggers | Adaptive triggers are not working and constantly turning off in the options menu. | PS5 | — |
| Take me to Church | Doing this mission forces an infinity loading screen, at times | PS5 | Keep trying and it may eventually work… |
| Perks | If you enter this state, you will be unable to progress challenges, as such no perks will be unlocked | PS5 | Workaround Fix |
| “Game is not fully downloaded” | When completing the prologue mission, after customizing for the second time, an error pops up stating “cannot progress until game is fully downloaded”. | PS4 | Keep trying and it may randomly work |
| Random Teleportation | Occurrences of teleporting across the screen randomly while driving | PS4 | — |
| Weapons Bug | Weapons will not fire nor will the weapons wheel show up in combat | PS4 | Apparently, getting running over helps… |
| Bring up the phone | Opening some menus in the phone causes the screen to freeze | PS4 | — |
| Opening Sequence Audio | Entire opening sequence plays out with the audio de-synced | PS4 | Resolves itself when you are in the open world. |
We’re hoping Volition can turn things around with a patch or two.
You can check our Saints Row review right here.
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