Saints Row's November Update Is 'A Beast', Contains Over 200 Fixes

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by Ben Kerry Fri 11th Nov 2022

Saints Row's November Update Is 'A Beast', Contains Over 200 Fixes

Volition's Saints Row reboot launched back in August, and it's safe to say it wasn't in the best shape on release. Thankfully, the developer seems to be hard at work fixing things up, with over 200 changes set to arrive with the game's November 2022 patch.

For now, the update is going through certification on all platforms; once that process is finished and the team has a release date, the full patch notes will be revealed!

Ahead of those full patch notes, the dev has already offered a glimpse at what to expect via a new blog post. Co-op is being reworked to provide a smoother experience all round, 'Challenges' and 'Collectibles' should track properly after the patch, and a whole host of quality-of-life features are being worked on by the team.

Here are a few things that are being addressed specifically:

Co-op - "Co-op has been a huge priority for us. Significant effort has gone into ensuring that this is working as intended – including connectivity, mini map issues and proper credit of player rewards. Fun with a friend in Santo Ileso should be a much smoother experience going forward!"

Challenges & Collectibles - "Another hot issue in the community has been challenges and collectibles – these should now track properly, and will be awarded to you retroactively if you have already completed the requirement, so make sure you update your game to get that all important 100%!"

Quality of Life & New Features - "Combat encounters that are better balanced, more fun and more rewarding in terms of progression / more Saints roaming completed districts, as well as introducing new district tiers / loads of new ways to manage your incredible fleet of vehicles / you should see more pedestrians and police collectibles should be easier to find, and you’ll be able to escape notoriety levels more easily."

Hopefully this update will provide a better Saints Row experience for fans who may have been put off by the game's reception at launch. For us, it still needs work to become something we could properly recommend picking up.

Will you be giving Saints Row another go after this patch? Let us know in the comments!

Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin' in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he's not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that's far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.

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NarutosBiggestFan
Fri 11th Nov 2022

I'm so sick of people always saying, "game shouldn't be released in this state, or game shouldn't have been released the way it was". You know what, you make a game and try to get it perfect before it's supposed to be released. You deal with all the investors and companies telling you that you have to release it now or we a pulling funding. You deal with the public who are going to be mad either way. Get over it and realize that in today's world, games come out a little broken sometimes and then they get fixed. Just like people... nothing is perfect.

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Would_you_kindly
Fri 11th Nov 2022

A change to the story & characters is what it really needed lol

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Garamari
Fri 11th Nov 2022

Bug fixes can't repair terrible plot and characters.

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JayJ
Fri 11th Nov 2022

@OliverOwen That is not our job, however it is generally the job of people who produce media to have completed products when they release them to the public and try to charge people full price to consume them.

If someone fails to produce a completed product, then they shouldn't be surprised to see the public critical of their work. It's like a student not finishing their homework only to be surprised when they get a low grade for it.

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NarutosBiggestFan
Fri 11th Nov 2022

Yeah, I still don't mind. I haven't played a game that has enough bugs to break the game or deter me from liking it. So all of your responses don't mean much to me. Maybe i am just fortunate that all the "broken" games I have played turned out just fine for me.