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Saints Row: The Third launches on November 15 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
THQ's Bilson outs Saints Row 4, says it'll be much 'wilder'
by David Hinkle 
on Nov 8th 2011 2:45PM
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Saints Row: The Third launches on November 15 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Reader Comments (38)
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:53PM Nytemare457 said
"Dildo bats that shoot dildo bats full of tiny dildo confetti, anyone?"
We have to go deeper.
We have to go deeper.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:54PM Osmium said
Cannot wait for number 3 but isn't this a bit soon?
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:55PM foxhound said
I'm not sure how much wilder things could go without hitting an A/O rating... o_o;
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:58PM (Unverified) said
When can I pre-order SR4? THQ, will you please take my money now.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:59PM (Unverified) said
When can I pre-order?
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:02PM The black suit said
"Shh, you'll wake the bitches."
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:02PM KGameLover1 said
I don't see how it could be any wilder.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:04PM darkinchworm said
It still pains me that they've effectively killed off Red Faction, a mostly worthwhile franchise, while maintaining GTA With Dildos
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:17PM Copybass Ah jeez zombies said
@darkinchworm
Saints Row is not GTA. Saints Row does not take itself seriously. Saints Row is not OMG SO DARK.
Saints Row is FUN.
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Saints Row is not GTA. Saints Row does not take itself seriously. Saints Row is not OMG SO DARK.
Saints Row is FUN.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:19PM darkinchworm said
@Copybass Ah jeez zombies
I never doubted its fun, nor will I deny that it is stylistically different, but it is essentially a GTA clone. I won't say that Volition could/should do better, but I do think they could do more.
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I never doubted its fun, nor will I deny that it is stylistically different, but it is essentially a GTA clone. I won't say that Volition could/should do better, but I do think they could do more.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:46PM Haizeus said
@Copybass Ah jeez zombies
Fun is something you have. It's not something a game is. Saying a game is fun or isn't fun is your personal take, not something intrinsic in the game. I personally had a ton of fun with GTA4, while I have no fun at all with the SR series.
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Fun is something you have. It's not something a game is. Saying a game is fun or isn't fun is your personal take, not something intrinsic in the game. I personally had a ton of fun with GTA4, while I have no fun at all with the SR series.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 5:10PM SnapperDragon said
@Haizeus
So basically you have not played the series.
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So basically you have not played the series.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 9:10PM pw38 said
@Haizeus
SR is nothing like GTA unless by that you mean it's an open world game where you run around and do shit. If that's the definition of "just like it" then hell, you suck at games.
SR is everything GTA wishes it could be but can't because it has some bullshit sense of pride and pretense of "story". The only thing GTA has over SR at this point is that graphically it's a better game. I will definitely give RockStar credit on that one. Then again on the PC (where I play games) it's an unoptimized piece that is in severe need of a recode. Of course then again so is SR2 so lol.
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SR is nothing like GTA unless by that you mean it's an open world game where you run around and do shit. If that's the definition of "just like it" then hell, you suck at games.
SR is everything GTA wishes it could be but can't because it has some bullshit sense of pride and pretense of "story". The only thing GTA has over SR at this point is that graphically it's a better game. I will definitely give RockStar credit on that one. Then again on the PC (where I play games) it's an unoptimized piece that is in severe need of a recode. Of course then again so is SR2 so lol.
Posted: Nov 9th 2011 9:44AM Copybass Ah jeez zombies said
@Haizeus
So in other words you like GTA because it's OMG SO DEEP now. Gross.
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So in other words you like GTA because it's OMG SO DEEP now. Gross.
Posted: Nov 9th 2011 10:22AM darkinchworm said
@Copybass Ah jeez zombies
I'm pretty thoroughly convinced at this point that it's impossible to debate preferences here on Joystiq without people being totally snide about it.
But I still think SR qualifies as a GTA clone - and that "clone" is not a dirty word, as some of you seem to think it is. I am for some reason reminded of the term "roguelike" being used for games that are tangentially related to but also so far separated from Rogue that you wonder why the term persists...
And I begin to wonder what my point is, ultimately.
*shrug*
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I'm pretty thoroughly convinced at this point that it's impossible to debate preferences here on Joystiq without people being totally snide about it.
But I still think SR qualifies as a GTA clone - and that "clone" is not a dirty word, as some of you seem to think it is. I am for some reason reminded of the term "roguelike" being used for games that are tangentially related to but also so far separated from Rogue that you wonder why the term persists...
And I begin to wonder what my point is, ultimately.
*shrug*
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:10PM The Pork said
Absolutely nothing against the Saints Row franchise, but I'm hoping "Saints Row 4" is a code name for "Newest Red Faction Open World Game." I was thoroughly disappointed by Armageddon but Guerrilla is still one of my favourite games of the last several years. Tears emerge from my eyeballs every time I think of THQ cancelling that series.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:12PM Crayola Q Pants ESQ said
Saints Row 4? I'm ready to strap on two fake penises
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:16PM MrAlex said
Don't overdo it guys, you have a good balance here. But then again I guess you have to evolve somehow. Hmmm...
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 4:13PM StrangeDNA said
@darkinchworm I'm not sure what your definition of clone is, but just because they are both sandbox games that deal largely with street life doesn't make it a clone.
Admittedly the original Saints Row was a lot like a GTA game, but like "Alive" vs "Plush," SR has grown beyond it's similarities. I doubt you'd ever confuse a SR game with a GTA game now.
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Admittedly the original Saints Row was a lot like a GTA game, but like "Alive" vs "Plush," SR has grown beyond it's similarities. I doubt you'd ever confuse a SR game with a GTA game now.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 4:38PM darkinchworm said
@StrangeDNA
I'm sorry that you've apparently fallen victim to the flawed comment system. I'm not criticizing Saints Row simply for following a genre trend that GTA III largely established - the propagation of games within a specific genre can be a very good thing - but I, in my own inchworm opinion, don't feel that SR does enough to separate itself from the pack. All I see it for is a game that plays very similarly to GTA and contains a lot of hit-or-miss crude humor.
And I must shamefully admit I have no idea what you are alluding to when comparing Alive and Plush.
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I'm sorry that you've apparently fallen victim to the flawed comment system. I'm not criticizing Saints Row simply for following a genre trend that GTA III largely established - the propagation of games within a specific genre can be a very good thing - but I, in my own inchworm opinion, don't feel that SR does enough to separate itself from the pack. All I see it for is a game that plays very similarly to GTA and contains a lot of hit-or-miss crude humor.
And I must shamefully admit I have no idea what you are alluding to when comparing Alive and Plush.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:30PM freelancer91 said
Perhaps they will take Yahtzee up on his idea for the game "Mankind Has Yet to Recognize My Genius" and make it about a Batman Villain wreaking havoc on a city and ultimately being taken in by Batman, only to escape for next week's antics....
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:31PM AlexFirth91 said
Well I didn't play 3 yet but if it has open world crazy drug and sex references I'm sure it will sell
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:46PM Haizeus said
Saints Row 4: TRYING EVEN HARDER
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 4:23PM Patricio87 said
I think I'll pass on this one and wait for SR4.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 4:28PM PedoJokerBear said
Will there be purple?
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 5:10PM refinedsugar said
I get why people like the way this series is going. They have opted to delivery the fun open world sandbox in face of GTA's more "serious" look and feel. I understand that, I do ...
... I was a fan of the original SR. Impressed by its balance of fun, story and genre elements, but with 2 ... and looking like even more so with 3, they are going off the rails big time and either this excites you or turns you off. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground.
... I was a fan of the original SR. Impressed by its balance of fun, story and genre elements, but with 2 ... and looking like even more so with 3, they are going off the rails big time and either this excites you or turns you off. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 5:15PM SnapperDragon said
I played 1 and 2. Like them both. I'm not big into GTA so to me it's not a big deal that this is a clone of that.
I think they stand on their own and the more sandbox games we get the better
I think they stand on their own and the more sandbox games we get the better
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 7:45PM JamesBE said
It's so successful that they laid off a third of the team who worked on it!
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 8:08PM Regault said
And here I was hoping Volition would finally get to work on a Freespace 3 that used Red Faction's geomod system to create destructible spaceships and asteroids.
Just imagine blowing a hole in the side of a battleship, and flying through the hole.
Just imagine blowing a hole in the side of a battleship, and flying through the hole.
