Pushback

A Pushback is a type of mini-mission in Saints Row and Saints Row 2.

Overview

Pushback in Saints Row 2 - Move onto the next group of lieutenants objective — Gameplay from the Pushback.

After gaining control of a Neighborhood, it may randomly be attacked by the previous owners.

When Pushback occurs, there is a phone call and an on-screen message stating which Neighborhood is under attack. On the Map, the contested Neighborhood flashes red.

The Objective of a Pushback is to kill all of the opposing gang lieutenants marked on the mini map.

The enemy gang cannot fully regain control of the Neighborhood, but no City Income is earned while a Neighborhood is under attack. Pushback can only occur once per Neighborhood.

Finishing a gang arc^[1] causes Pushback events to cease for that gang. Unlike Strongholds, an active Pushback does not prevent the final mission being available.

Saints Row

A Pushback Defense^[2] is not formally started until the first enemy lieutenant is killed, contested hoods can be entered and left before killing an enemy lieutenant without any on-screen messages. Once a Pushback Defense is started, leaving the contested hood starts a 30 second timer to return to it.^[3]

When Smoked during a Pushback, there is a failure screen, but no option to restart.^[4]

Hood	Gang	Pushback enemy groups
Rebadeaux	Vice Kings	1
Cecil Park	Carnales	3
Encanto	Carnales	2
Bavogian Plaza	Vice Kings	2
Ultor Dome	Rollerz	2
Atlantis Avenue	Vice Kings	2
Copperton	Vice Kings	2
Adept Way	Vice Kings	2
Sommerset	Rollerz	4
Sunnyvale Gardens	Vice Kings	3
Chinatown	Rollerz	3
Humbolt Park	Vice Kings	4 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Nob Hill	Vice Kings	4 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Shivington	Vice Kings	3 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Prawn Court	Vice Kings	3 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Black Bottom	Carnales	3 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Union Square	Vice Kings	3 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Brighton	Vice Kings	3 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Misty Lane	Rollerz	3 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Tidal Spring	Rollerz	3 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Southern Cross	Carnales	2 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Amberbrook	Vice Kings	2 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Pleasant View	Rollerz	2 criticalTemplate:Br2 non-critical
Fox Drive	Carnales	2 criticalTemplate:Br2 non-critical
Filmore	Vice Kings	4 criticalTemplate:Br2 non-critical
Huntersfield	Vice Kings	3 criticalTemplate:Br2 non-critical
Charlestown	Carnales	3 criticalTemplate:Br2 non-critical
Ezpata	Carnales	3 criticalTemplate:Br2 non-critical
Pilsen	Carnales	3 criticalTemplate:Br2 non-critical
Wardill Airport	Carnales	3 criticalTemplate:Br3 non-critical
Stoughton	Carnales	4 criticalTemplate:Br4 non-critical
Poseidon Alley	Carnales	5 criticalTemplate:Br4 non-critical
The Mills	Carnales	1 criticalTemplate:Br1 non-critical
Athos Bay	Carnales	(unused)
Harrowgate	Rollerz	(unused)

Saints Row 2

Entering the contested Neighborhood immediately begins the Pushback, leaving the neighborhood for 30 seconds or getting Smoked fails the Pushback. Unlike Saints Row, there is no failure screen and The Protagonist respawns at the nearest hospital if he is killed.

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Rewards

Cash: $1000
Respect: None
Special: City Income resumes

Trivia

In Saints Row, the phone calls alerting of Pushbacks consist of desperate Saints requesting backups typically right before being killed in the firefight. In Saints Row 2, there is no voice on the phone and only a message is shown.
In Saints Row 2, there is an entry in the Statistics menu for "Number of pushbacks completed".
In Saints Row, Pushbacks can be cancelled by pressing down twice, like in Missions and most Activities. In Saints Row 2, Pushbacks cannot manually be cancelled.
Pushbacks are the only mode that may not be replayed from a Marker, Theater or Crib, and once all three gangs have been defeated, there is no way to play more Pushbacks.
While the title "Pushback" is in the strings file for Saints Row: The Third, Pushbacks do not feature in that game, the function of "phonecall about a gang attack" is replaced by Survival.
Completing a pushback triggers the unlock of Hood-based rewards normally unlocked by the next mission.
- For example, conquering 7 Hoods unlocks a set of Gang Customization vehicles, completing a Pushback after conquering 6 Hoods causes this reward to unlock, although the "Hoods Owned" counter does not change.
- In Saints Row, any incomplete pushbacks will still be active after beating the final story mission for that gang, however, in Saints Row 2 upon completing a final story mission all neighborhoods will instantly be reclaimed.