Games Inbox: Saints Row reboot disaster, new Lord of the Rings video games, and Wave Race 64 rumble

metro.co.uk:

The Tuesday letters page is dubious about Sega’s new cinematic plans, as one reader wishes Bungie would make Destiny 3.

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General consensus I know I shouldn’t have been surprised given GC’s preview (the only one I read that actually prepared you for how bad the game would be) but I’m still shocked at how badly Saints Row has reviewed. It’s on 63 at the moment on Metacritic and I can’t remember the last time a major game got that bad a score from everyone. Usually I’d expect GC’s review to be an outlier but it wasn’t at all.

We’ve become accustomed to a base level of quality with budget releases and this proves that was kind of an illusion. I guess you could argue that maybe Saints Row isn’t that big budget, but I always think of it as a big franchise. It was when Saints Row 2 and 3 were around, anyway.

I get the feeling that’s going to change because I don’t ever see the game being a hit now, given both the reviews and the fact that fans weren’t keen on it in the first place. Maybe they should have used the delay to fix some things up or just made a sequel and not a reboot. Or at least sort out all the bugs. A bit of a disaster all round really, which is a shame as I could’ve seen a good quality GTA clone doing well at the moment.Bosley

Maybe if it’s free Just seen reviews coming in for the new Saints Row and your own 4/10 review and, wow, from the company that brought us Saints Row 2, how could they get it so wrong?

Had it looked halfway promising I would have paid full price day one, however I was burnt once before by Agents Of Mayhem, which was one of the worst games I’ve ever played. I won’t make that mistake twice.

If it makes it onto the PS Plus library