

With Javros previously reiterating to game press at PAX East over the weekend that Saints Row 4 has a "F*** ton more" open world content than Saints Row: The Third, we're feeling rather optimistic about the next 3rd Street Saints adventure, even though it's always a little disconcerting to hear of there being so much post-launch DLC in development. Even the best of the stuff that we liked and pulled into the game we still changed. So much stuff has been changed and thrown out. I really think everyone on the team will stand behind it.

What we put out to the world has to be worthy of the name Saints Row 4. "Everyone on the team had the same concern, we didn't want to make a 3.5, we aren't making an expansion pack. The game is mission wise the same length as Saints Row 3, plus other open worlds on top of it."

All the voice recording that we did all thrown out. Everything that was the missions or the story we did for Dominatrix was totally thrown out. "We had to go in and totally gut the story for Saints Row 4. The game's creative director Steve Jaros tells Joystiq that's not the case: What was originally meant to be a DLC expansion for Saints Row 3, Enter the Domintrix, has been mostly scrapped and its development team merged with the team working on Saints Row 4, which began development two months before The Third released.įor that reason, and the seemingly quick release date after the THQ bankruptcy, there are obvious concerns that Saints Row 4 is more of a rushed cash-in before the next-gen consoles (and Grand Theft Auto V) release and that it's more of a 3.5 than a 4. No, not really - although that was the original plan - just put them in charge of the entire nation, give them Dubstep weapons, mechs, superpowers and. Give the 3rd Street Saints a dragon to fly. So, with THQ gone, and Deep Silver now picking up the publishing reins for developer Volition, how does Saints Row 4 raise the bar from having Burt Reynolds on speed dial, a dildo bat weapon and singing zombies? It's simple. Saints Row: The Third successfully managed to redefine the franchise and carve out a niche in the sandbox arena by offering, extreme and over-the-top visuals and gameplay scenarios, with the primary focus being simply on crazy fun and just plain crazy. And you can do it with your character from 'Saints Row: The Third'. There are no dragons unfortunately, but in 'Saints Row 4' the president of the United States (you) will have to fight UFOs.
