Saints Row IV is Officially Official
By Joseph Christ on March 15th, 2013 (27 comments)
After a grand saga, including the dissolution of THQ and the acquisition of developer Volition by their new publisher Deep Silver, it's now being announced that Saints Row IV is -indeed- a thing and we'll be seeing it at PAX East next week.
In this new installment of the Saints story, the leader of The Saints is elected to the Presidency of the United States, Aliens invade, humanity get's enslaved, and everyone ends up with super powers. I'm also not making any of that up. It looks like the series is determined to keep -or even ramp up- the 'crazy' Saints Row has been known for, which is a great thing. In fact, I wanted Saints Row III to be even crazier than it turned out to really be.
Saints Row IV is set for a an August 20th release in North America, and August 23rd release in the rest of the world, for PC's, the 360 and PS3. Apparently there will not be a Wii U version of the game because...well...yeah.
If you want to see Saints Row yourself, Deep Silver will be doing a behind-closed-doors viewing at PAX East next week, but I advise you to get there early to fight the long lines or cosplay, because according to Deep Silver people cosplaying as members of The Saints will get to the head of the line. I'm sure you have something purple and black lying around.
From the DS press release:
The newly announced Saints Row IV will make its worldwide debut in Boston next week with exclusive behind-closed-doors presentations led by producers from Volition. As an added bonus to the Saints Row community, any PAX East attendees that cosplay as a Saints Row character will be allowed to skip to the front of the line for the presentation. Attendees are expected to leave the Saints Row theater wide-eyed and joyous, their clothes transmuted into black suits with purple accents.
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"The leader of The Saints is elected to the Presidency of the United States, Aliens invade, humanity get's enslaved, and everyone ends up with super powers. I'm also not making any of that up." And just got a boner.
Link / ReplyLike I said on the forums. This looks like the open world super hero/villain game we have all been looking for. I am quite excited.
Link / ReplyAMAZING.
Link / ReplyThis is clearly Enter the Dominatrix. I'm kinda annoyed Deep Silver is slapping a 4 on the expansion without giving it more time. They'll probably retail it at $60 and wonder why it sells poorly too.
Link / ReplyWait, nevermind. I forgot THQ was planning this since June. So this is still THQ's moneygrab-baby.
Link / ReplyThey have come out and said that this will not just be 'Enter the Dominatrix' with a different name. But even so it does seem way to soon to be bringing out SR4 so maybe that statement was just blowing smoke. I want to believe that it will be a fresh new SR game but it looks a little to much like SR3.
Link / ReplyYeah, they were already working on this when they were with THQ. This should have been DLC.
Link / ReplyI know this should have been DLC and there's a chance it could be lacking, but I am excite!!! =D
Link / ReplySaints Row kind of went full retard with the third, so I'm disappointed to hear that this new one won't be any less ridiculous. Wackiness is great in moderation, but when the whole game is turned up to 11 100% of the time it wears on me.
Link / ReplyI think now we know what happen to that cancelled DLC. I hope will have more freedom in character design.
Link / ReplyMixed feelings on this.
Link / ReplyFor the amount of fun I had with the third game and the bits of this that look really rehashed I'll probably look to pick it up for ~$35. The controls and weapons all felt great, the driving felt great, the missions were pretty fun (though repetitive) and the characters were pretty decent. All-in-all it would be worth my full $60 if it weren't so likely that I'll jump into this while still remembering so much of the third game. I don't want "3.5", I want a fully realized "4".
Link / ReplyIf this is just more of SR3, but crazier I will be more than happy.
Link / ReplyI enjoyed SR3 for what it was but honestly if SR4 is just more of the same I won't be picking this up.
Link / ReplyI enjoyed SR2 the most, I ended up snagging SR3 to try it out, my expectations were low to begin with, I struggled to get through the game (not my kind of entertainment) finally when done, I sent it back for a refund. Seeing the preview for SR4 just makes me ashamed that I dropped that cash on something so silly. Over all, I will more than likely pass on this, even though it might out shine SR3 with its absurdness it just doesn't appeal to me anymore. ):
Link / ReplyI'm the opposite I preferred 3 and had alot of silly dumb fun but honestly it doesn't really do if for me if they are repeating the same stuff but just in different scenarios, who knows this game might prove me wrong I'll wait till after release and decide if I should consider getting it.
Link / ReplyI'm the opposite I preferred 3 and had alot of silly dumb fun but honestly it doesn't really do if for me if they are repeating the same stuff but just in different scenarios, who knows this game might prove me wrong I'll wait till after release and decide if I should consider getting it.
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