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Saints Row IV Announced
jones_supa writes "The cartoon heroes are back, with even stronger superpowers. Deep Silver Volition has announced Saints Row IV for an August launch. From the press release: 'In the next open-world installment of Saints Row, Deep Silver Volition continues the story of the Third Street Saints by elevating their status to the highest level – the leaders of the free world. In Saints Row IV, the head honcho of the Saints has been elected to the Presidency of the United States. Saints Row IV lets players delve into an arsenal of alien weaponry and technology that will turn each Saint into an ultimate entity of destruction. The player utilizes out-of-this-world superpowers to fight all the way to the top. With intensified action and enhanced customization, the protagonists can use their newfound superpowers and leap over buildings, outrun the fastest sports cars, or send enemies flying with telekinesis in the most insane installment of Saints Row yet.'"
Trailblazing, Mayhem, and every other part of the game that gamers considered to be fun in the previous installments have been removed and will be sold separately as add-ons at a later date.
At least if they continue the trend of every Saint's Row so far.
If they continue beyond that, saints row V will require you to buy each bullet and telekinetic power individually as DLC.
I think this is doesn't really qualify for the audience. I mean I like GTA clones as much as the next guy, but really? If you want to meet your game quota you should at least post about its programming, or choose more niche topics like 7drl challenge that ends this weekend. Way nerdier.
2 and Third were great. Insurance Fraud is probably the best minigame activity in the series. And nothing beats the gang war against a bunch of furries in Third.
There were times I had to pause the game until my eyes cleared I was laughing so hard.
In a world of the blind, the one-eyed man is king--and the two-eyed man is a heretic.
you mean the worst GTA3 style ripoffs made?
I wrote this shit in 94
So they aren't ripping off GTA anymore, and moving on to ripping off Prototype and Infamous instead?
..haters gonna hate. "You do crime in 3rd person in a city.. OMG GTA RIPOFF". The only games that have been ripping off GTA... are GTA sequels. SR2 and SR3 are both better than any GTA game ever made, except the first, which of course I still own for PC. Sadly I no longer have a 3dfx/glide card to enjoy it with.
I picked up Saints Row 3 on a whim when it was something like $10 for the game and all its DLC on Steam. Before that I'd known little of the series and the advertising/reviews hadn't really been compelling enough for me to try it out.
As if ripped from the brain of an acid-tripping Mark Millar, SR3's balls to the wall ridiculousness somehow works, and co-op support takes it to a whole other level. I'm hooked. Give me more.
Sweet, I hope I can play it over OnLive. I played sr3 there, and it was a blast. I think that rumors of OnLive's demise are premature!
Looks like the same game engine as #3, making this more like DLC then a new game...
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
I wish GTA would stop being so serious, but I suppose that's why SR exists. Now adding more crazy to the mix I'm all for it. I just feel like this looks way too much like 3 and will feel like a simple DLC rather than a full blown new game. Adding super powers doesn't really change the game enough to slap a 4 on it, it could work as a regular DLC.
It's unfortunate that some people like 2 over 3 simply because the story was better. Gameplay in 3 is so much superior on every level that I don't care about the story being ruined, story is the least of my concerns when picking a video GAME.
Not being able to play the game is a deal-breaker for me.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
SR1 was good. SR2 expanded from it, adding a depth of detail that made me appreciate the game all over again and made me forget I was playing essentially the same map. Not with SR3. I felt like I had already been everywhere before I started. Sure, some big details were changed, but not enough of the little ones and I saw the previous game literally everywhere I turned. Add to that, there was little new that was good.
And then there's the cheat issue. Used to be you could have some fun rioting without god mode on and still stay alive, at least for a little while. Not with SR3 where your only chance to live is to use fantasy weapons that just plain aren't as fun as real guns (save the pimp slap from SR2 - that did rock). If I wanted that kind of stuff, I'd play "True Crime: Streets of L.A.".
Saints Row IV is Announced, if you run this across Google Translator it translate to Cash Cow is getting Milked.
.... but does it run (on) Linux?
Leaping over buildings, cars with unwieldy speed? Anyone remember Crackdown?
2 words. Suh weet. Saints Row is more fun than GTA nowdays, and that's saying a lot.