Saints Row 4 makes its trailer debut; cheeks will be tongued in August - Sensationalist Headlines

I get this feeling Volition is just pissed about Red Faction being discontinued and are trying to slam in as much carnage as they can into Saints Row. I couldn't shake the feeling of Deja Vu when playing SR3 after playing RF:G, especially the later missions, where you're just obliterating wave after wave of armored trucks of highly advanced government soldiers in spectacular particle effect goodness. [editline]15th March 2013[/editline] that said, fully destructible Steelport pretty please?

what's up with the majority opinion on saints row like I remember sr3 getting a ton of hate from you guys because it wasn't as crazy and unrealistic as sr2 was, and now that this one looks crazy and unrealistic you're bashing it waiting for a "hurr hivemind right guys?" and for everyone to pretend they haven't acted like this

[QUOTE=cccritical;39922958]what's up with the majority opinion on saints row like I remember sr3 getting a ton of hate from you guys because it wasn't as crazy and unrealistic as sr2 was, and now that this one looks crazy and unrealistic you're bashing it waiting for a "hurr hivemind right guys?" and for everyone to pretend they haven't acted like this[/QUOTE] SR3 was a huge disappointment in terms of an incredible lack of content, a bland lifeless city, very stunted customization, lack of variety in weapons and items, nothing to do, lackluster missions, tryhard writing, and really sleezy DLC practices.

[QUOTE=kanesenpai~;39923076]SR3 was a huge disappointment in terms of an incredible lack of content, a bland lifeless city, very stunted customization, lack of variety in weapons and items, nothing to do, lackluster missions, tryhard writing, and really sleezy DLC practices.[/QUOTE] That is, if you've played SR2 before. If you haven't played SR2 before, you get a fun as fuck sandbox with good graphics and gameplay, a decent enough story and a more than sufficient amount of stuff to do.

[QUOTE=cccritical;39922958]what's up with the majority opinion on saints row like I remember sr3 getting a ton of hate from you guys because it wasn't as crazy and unrealistic as sr2 was, and now that this one looks crazy and unrealistic you're bashing it waiting for a "hurr hivemind right guys?" and for everyone to pretend they haven't acted like this[/QUOTE] I'd say it's more or less that it didn't strike a balance for most people. And they'd be right, it went past the balance into craziness. That said, I still enjoyed SR3 for what it was. The only issues I had were that Steelport was hard to navigate because it all looked the same and that there weren't as many costume options. The story was fun and had some really great missions, like everything with the Deckers. Plus, you could unlock more clothing by doing side missions and stuff, along with some really fun vehicles.

[QUOTE=kanesenpai~;39923076]SR3 was a huge disappointment in terms of an incredible lack of content, a bland lifeless city, very stunted customization, lack of variety in weapons and items, nothing to do, lackluster missions, tryhard writing, and really sleezy DLC practices.[/QUOTE] I disagree with everything except for tryhard writing and DLC. I mean some of the DLC was awesome, such as the Shark Gun, but it didn't need to be a $3 DLC.

[QUOTE=Mastahamma;39923538]That is, if you've played SR2 before. If you haven't played SR2 before, you get a fun as fuck sandbox with good graphics and gameplay, a decent enough story and a more than sufficient amount of stuff to do.[/QUOTE] What is there to do in the sandbox? All the side missions are the same and can be done quickly. After you do all the missions there's fuckall to do, and it's even more pointless if you upgrade yourself to the point where you can't take any damage (which is incredibly easy to do). There's no easter eggs to find, unless you consider the dumb collectibles to be fun.

[QUOTE=kanesenpai~;39923949]What is there to do in the sandbox? All the side missions are the same and can be done quickly. After you do all the missions there's fuckall to do, and it's even more pointless if you upgrade yourself to the point where you can't take any damage (which is incredibly easy to do). There's no easter eggs to find, unless you consider the dumb collectibles to be fun.[/QUOTE] I personally enjoyed running around the city in various outfits causing mischief. It's pretty fun to fall 100 stories, survive totally fine, get up, and hit an old woman in the face with a giant purple dildo. All while wearing nothing.

[QUOTE=Xonax;39922758]Guys, it isn't in steelport. It is simulated. 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. But the Saints are just getting started. Now the larger-than-life insanity of the Saints series gets a new twist with a catastrophic alien invasion, and the aliens have transported the Saints to a bizarro-Steelport simulation. Wield gargantuan superpowers and fight to free humanity from alien granddaddy Zinyak's mental grasp. Escape the simulation that's trapped the Saints crew, or die trying. 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. Utilize out-of-this-world superpowers to fight all the way to the top. With intensified action and enhanced customization, players can use their newfound superpowers and leap over buildings, outrun the fastest sports cars, or send enemies flying with telekinesis in the greatest, most insane installment of Saints Row yet. Save the world, Saints Style. Source: [url]http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/15/saints-row-4-release-date-august-20/[/url] I am posting this in the other threads.[/QUOTE] so it's still going to be in the same boring ass city just with aliens Brilliant.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;39924135]but how often can you do that before getting bored at the end of the day, its just invincibility and killing a civi with the baseball bat reskin[/QUOTE] You could say the same about GTA4, although it is a bit more moddable, it still is kinda the same. People love fucking around.

I hated how there was rarely a feeling of weight. What the point of fucking about if the atmosphere is anticipating it the entire time?

[QUOTE=Ittla;39922056]I don't really care how the theme to SR3 was, I'm fine with the silliness. But there's still a lot to improve on. I don't want side missions disguised as story missions or missions that have you drive across the map just to get a cutscene. Also, I miss SR2's way of letting you fight against each gang at your own pace. Plus steelport is super boring.[/QUOTE] To be fair, that's why Stillwater in SR2 was so good. Stillwater sucked in SR1, but because Volition had more development time since they cut corner with the map, engine, and graphics, they expanded Stillwater into something awesome. I think SR3 was just built as a filler/foundation that they had to rush out and now they're going to expand onto Steelport with amazing new locations and focus solely on missions and activities. They have more free time with this title. Be patient. I'm sure Volition will pull through for us.

[QUOTE=kanesenpai~;39923949]What is there to do in the sandbox? All the side missions are the same and can be done quickly. After you do all the missions there's fuckall to do, and it's even more pointless if you upgrade yourself to the point where you can't take any damage (which is incredibly easy to do). There's no easter eggs to find, unless you consider the dumb collectibles to be fun.[/QUOTE] There's plenty to do in the sandbox, just getting into huge fights with cops and gangs is a ton of fun, do you really need the game to force feed you all activities in a video game? Saints Row 2 had a ton of side activities because just fucking around wasn't very fun since the general gameplay was quite lacking and even then, a lot of the activities were super repetitive and the game kept forcing you to do them if you wanted to progress the story. The gameplay is completely fixed in 3 so you don't really need the ton of activities to have fun. What's even the point in making it open world if apparently all the fun just comes from doing the missions the game already gives you?

[QUOTE=Xonax;39922758]Guys, it isn't in steelport. It is simulated. 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. But the Saints are just getting started. Now the larger-than-life insanity of the Saints series gets a new twist with a catastrophic alien invasion, and the aliens have transported the Saints to a bizarro-Steelport simulation. Wield gargantuan superpowers and fight to free humanity from alien granddaddy Zinyak's mental grasp. Escape the simulation that's trapped the Saints crew, or die trying. 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. Utilize out-of-this-world superpowers to fight all the way to the top. With intensified action and enhanced customization, players can use their newfound superpowers and leap over buildings, outrun the fastest sports cars, or send enemies flying with telekinesis in the greatest, most insane installment of Saints Row yet. Save the world, Saints Style. Source: [url]http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/15/saints-row-4-release-date-august-20/[/url] I am posting this in the other threads.[/QUOTE] I don't understand. It's not the same city, it's a simulation of the same city? Isn't that the same city?

[QUOTE=Spacewolf;39926058]I don't understand. It's not the same city, it's a simulation of the same city? Isn't that the same city?[/QUOTE] It gives them some creative freedom at the very least.

[QUOTE=Spacewolf;39926058]I don't understand. It's not the same city, it's a simulation of the same city? Isn't that the same city?[/QUOTE] The simulation is most likely an excuse to make the city different and make it have a ton of new areas and stuff.

Maybe because it's a simulation and thus in their imagination Johnny Gat will be back?

[QUOTE=solid_jake;39926118]Maybe because it's a simulation and thus in their imagination Johnny Gat will be back?[/QUOTE] Technically, Gat is already back, he came back at the end of the Trouble with Clones DLC. He came back as a cloned brute, but that could easily be fixed by a single trip to image as designed in the Saints Row universe.

[QUOTE=simkas;39926132]Technically, Gat is already back, he came back at the end of the Trouble with Clones DLC. He came back as a cloned brute, but that could easily be fixed by a single trip to image as designed in the Saints Row universe.[/QUOTE] Characters usually have sense though. Assuming Gat's voice actor isn't busy they could say the cloning process cloned the body too fast and the brain couldn't keep up and that Johnny's personality came back and he lost the muscles. Assuming how silly the game writing is I wouldn't doubt that.

If it gets the Saints Row 2 treatment in terms of content updates on the same engine, then it'll be worth a numbered sequel. However, they're straying so far from the "gang wars" atmosphere that you could call it a completely new franchise at this point.

would have been more tolerable if a section of the game was simulated but the whole game being simulated and aliens and shit is kinda too whack. Saints Row was about gang banging, this has nothing to do with Saints Row at all.

yo i remember when SR3 first came out people loved the shit out of it, now it seems the opinion is "wow so tryhard randum!!" what happened

[QUOTE=redBadger;39926292]would have been more tolerable if a section of the game was simulated but the whole game being simulated and aliens and shit is kinda too whack. Saints Row was about gang banging, this has nothing to do with Saints Row at all.[/QUOTE] Who even cares about gang bang stuff, the crazy over the top shit stuff is what made Saints Row more than just a GTA clone, Saints Row was never supposed to be some gang banger simulator.

True but that's what the first two and kind of 3 was all about. It's kindof gone in its own separate game now. I'm not complaining tho, I'll most likely buy this game because I'm a hardcore Saints fan. However I do not like the idea of the simulation thing and super powers and all. I'd rather have it take place in D.C or something [editline]15th March 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Jacam12SUX;39926311]yo i remember when SR3 first came out people loved the shit out of it, now it seems the opinion is "wow so tryhard randum!!" what happened[/QUOTE] facepunch

[QUOTE=Jacam12SUX;39926311]yo i remember when SR3 first came out people loved the shit out of it, now it seems the opinion is "wow so tryhard randum!!" what happened[/QUOTE] these posts are great, i love these psotss

[QUOTE=Corporal Yippie;39926606]these posts are great, i love these psotss[/QUOTE] I like how you constantly complain. Seriously dude, you've done nothing but complain how this is just Saints Row The Third Point Five. Are you really that butthurt.

yea and

[QUOTE=Corporal Yippie;39926645]yea and[/QUOTE] And it's worse than the game you claim to be incredibly immature?

[QUOTE=Corporal Yippie;39926645]yea and[/QUOTE] We've seen all but ONE trailer, i think you can save the circle-jerking for when we know more about it.

me, myself and I don't exactly constitute well for a [i]circle[/i]jerk