THQ cans Saints Row 3 expansion; Saints Row 4 out in 2013

From TheVideoGameBlog:

THQ has just sent word that Saints Row: The Third's Enter the Dominatrix expansion has outgrown itself; the content will be a part of "the next great sequel" instead.

"When I looked at the Enter The Dominatrix expansion in production at Volition, I was blown away by the ideas and desire to expand the fiction of the franchise," THQ's new boss man Jason Rubin explains.

"I asked the team what it could achieve given more time, more resources, and a broader scope for the project. We all agreed we wanted to play thatgame. When it comes to Saints Row, it's clear our fans want bigger, better, and even more over the top, and that's why Enter The Dominatrix will now be incorporated into a vastly expanded, full-fledged sequel".

Added Rubin, "We believe the potential for this sequel is far greater as a full-priced, full-length, high quality, connected experience."

Expect the next game in "calendar 2013." TheVideoGameBlog

beta you to it broski

beta you to it broski

ionusX

Thought this thread would of been locked by now. :P

SR4 better not release anywhere near GTA V or it will be destroyed.MercenaryMafia

[QUOTE="MercenaryMafia"]SR4 better not release anywhere near GTA V or it will be destroyed.AmnesiaHaze

None of the Saints Row games are nearly as good as GTA IV. I kinda liked the balance of stupidity and seriousness in SR2, but they totally ruined that in 3. That game was simply too dumb.001011000101101

I guess you don't like fun games just trying to make things fun then because that was everything GTA IV was trying not to be.

None of the Saints Row games are nearly as good as GTA IV. I kinda liked the balance of stupidity and seriousness in SR2, but they totally ruined that in 3. That game was simply too dumb.001011000101101

[QUOTE="001011000101101"]None of the Saints Row games are nearly as good as GTA IV. I kinda liked the balance of stupidity and seriousness in SR2, but they totally ruined that in 3. That game was simply too dumb.Joedgabe

I guess you don't like fun games just trying to make things fun then because that was everything GTA IV was trying not to be.

If your definition of fun is huge purple ****s and bad gameplay, sure. The writing and characters in GTA IV are a hundred times more funny than the childish bull**** that SR3 was all about.

Running around Liberty City with 15 other people online, will always be more fun than Saints Row's glitchy laggy co-op.

[QUOTE="Joedgabe"]

[QUOTE="001011000101101"]None of the Saints Row games are nearly as good as GTA IV. I kinda liked the balance of stupidity and seriousness in SR2, but they totally ruined that in 3. That game was simply too dumb.001011000101101

I guess you don't like fun games just trying to make things fun then because that was everything GTA IV was trying not to be.

If your definition of fun is huge purple ****s and bad gameplay, sure. The writing and characters in GTA IV are a hundred times more funny than the childish bull**** that SR3 was all about.

Running around Liberty City with 15 other people online, will always be more fun than Saints Row's glitchy laggy co-op.

Sure, if you find "BIG AMERICAN TEETEES" funny. :P IV was such a disappointment when coming from Vice City and San Andreas, they tried to make you care about Niko, tried to make him seem like a human being. All I know was that he was ok with running over hundreds of pedestrians for fun. When will video game writers learn that they're just not book material?

That sounds great but I hope they weren't too far into the design process cause that is quite a change of vision.

Annual sequels confirmed :o

[QUOTE="001011000101101"]None of the Saints Row games are nearly as good as GTA IV. I kinda liked the balance of stupidity and seriousness in SR2, but they totally ruined that in 3. That game was simply too dumb.mems_1224

[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="001011000101101"]None of the Saints Row games are nearly as good as GTA IV. I kinda liked the balance of stupidity and seriousness in SR2, but they totally ruined that in 3. That game was simply too dumb.Thenumber48

[QUOTE="001011000101101"]None of the Saints Row games are nearly as good as GTA IV. I kinda liked the balance of stupidity and seriousness in SR2, but they totally ruined that in 3. That game was simply too dumb.mems_1224

[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="001011000101101"]None of the Saints Row games are nearly as good as GTA IV. I kinda liked the balance of stupidity and seriousness in SR2, but they totally ruined that in 3. That game was simply too dumb.AmnesiaHaze

I like the series, but I hope they go back to the ways of SR2. SR3 was more polished and had more set pieces, but it was shorter, had less side missions, less customization options, and the goofy stuff felt way too forced (where in SR2 and the GTA games the goofy stuff is there, but something you can simply utilize and not a forced aspect of the game).

[QUOTE="Joedgabe"]

[QUOTE="001011000101101"]None of the Saints Row games are nearly as good as GTA IV. I kinda liked the balance of stupidity and seriousness in SR2, but they totally ruined that in 3. That game was simply too dumb.001011000101101

I guess you don't like fun games just trying to make things fun then because that was everything GTA IV was trying not to be.

If your definition of fun is huge purple ****s and bad gameplay, sure. The writing and characters in GTA IV are a hundred times more funny than the childish bull**** that SR3 was all about.

Running around Liberty City with 15 other people online, will always be more fun than Saints Row's glitchy laggy co-op.

I think both games are great, but GTA IV is a better game. As much as I like SR, the humor is way too forced, the ****o bats and gimp suits are funny, but its something they practically wave in your face and its not as funny when its a core aspect and not simply something we can use to create our own havoc. Just as well I think the polish, story, writing, driving, gunplay and multiplayer all work better in GTA, but that said SR goes for a different approach. They aren't really trying to be polished or give us amazing writing and characters and cities and blah blah blah, they just want to give us some big dumb fun.

Personally though, I think SR2 was best because it was a balance. You had dumb fun, but its something you did yourself, while the city was more memorable (though not on the level of Liberty City or anything), there was more content in terms of weapons and clothing, and it was able to feel different from GTA while not trying too hard to go in the other direction and become some giant obvious parody. It felt serious, but self aware, and that's what I liked about it.

[QUOTE="001011000101101"]

[QUOTE="Joedgabe"]

I guess you don't like fun games just trying to make things fun then because that was everything GTA IV was trying not to be.

tagyhag

If your definition of fun is huge purple ****s and bad gameplay, sure. The writing and characters in GTA IV are a hundred times more funny than the childish bull**** that SR3 was all about.

Running around Liberty City with 15 other people online, will always be more fun than Saints Row's glitchy laggy co-op.

Sure, if you find "BIG AMERICAN TEETEES" funny. :P ...

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]

[QUOTE="001011000101101"]

If your definition of fun is huge purple ****s and bad gameplay, sure. The writing and characters in GTA IV are a hundred times more funny than the childish bull**** that SR3 was all about.

Running around Liberty City with 15 other people online, will always be more fun than Saints Row's glitchy laggy co-op.

001011000101101

Sure, if you find "BIG AMERICAN TEETEES" funny. :P ...

Ha, ha, oh wow, earlier than expected.

Good to know you didn't play more than the first ten minutes of the game.001011000101101

I beat it actually, and you know the game's writing was only funny if you were in high school. :) Ballad of Gay Tony sh*tted on 4 writing-wise and that was still considered mediocre writing. If a game is going to consider itself "mature" and "intelligent" then perhaps it should actually try. :P

[QUOTE="001011000101101"]

[QUOTE="Joedgabe"]

I guess you don't like fun games just trying to make things fun then because that was everything GTA IV was trying not to be.

tagyhag

If your definition of fun is huge purple ****s and bad gameplay, sure. The writing and characters in GTA IV are a hundred times more funny than the childish bull**** that SR3 was all about.

Running around Liberty City with 15 other people online, will always be more fun than Saints Row's glitchy laggy co-op.

Sure, if you find "BIG AMERICAN TEETEES" funny. :P IV was such a disappointment when coming from Vice City and San Andreas, they tried to make you care about Niko, tried to make him seem like a human being. All I know was that he was ok with running over hundreds of pedestrians for fun. When will video game writers learn that they're just not book material?

The game never forces you to run down a pedestrian, does it?

All I'm seeing in this thread is people bi*ching about GTA not being the game they wanted it to be. People complain about game series' staying the course. One provides a new direction and they still complain.

GTA4's writing (BoGT included) may be flimsy at spots, but all in all it's still better than most of the writing in games today.

Simply put, video game stories blow in more ways than one.

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]

[QUOTE="001011000101101"]

If your definition of fun is huge purple ****s and bad gameplay, sure. The writing and characters in GTA IV are a hundred times more funny than the childish bull**** that SR3 was all about.

Running around Liberty City with 15 other people online, will always be more fun than Saints Row's glitchy laggy co-op.

drinkerofjuice

Sure, if you find "BIG AMERICAN TEETEES" funny. :P IV was such a disappointment when coming from Vice City and San Andreas, they tried to make you care about Niko, tried to make him seem like a human being. All I know was that he was ok with running over hundreds of pedestrians for fun. When will video game writers learn that they're just not book material?

The game never forces you to run down a pedestrian, does it?

All I'm seeing in this thread is people bi*ching about GTA not being the game they wanted it to be. People complain about game series' staying the course. One provides a new direction and they still complain.

GTA4's writing (BoGT included) may be flimsy at spots, but all in all it's still better than most of the writing in games today.

Simply put, video game stories blow in more ways than one.

Yeah some people will point out things that aren't even issues but just their personal super high expectations, and the absolute worst cases of any issues. GTA IV's writing is pretty damn good, if you want to call it bad then you can't really do so in the context of a GTA vs SR discussion (where writing in SR is like polish in Elder Scrolls, not something they put any effort in and not very amazing).

[QUOTE="001011000101101"][QUOTE="tagyhag"]

Sure, if you find "BIG AMERICAN TEETEES" funny. :P ...

locopatho

Niko wasn't okay with that. The player was. ;)

The game never forces you to run down a pedestrian, does it?

All I'm seeing in this thread is people bi*ching about GTA not being the game they wanted it to be. People complain about game series' staying the course. One provides a new direction and they still complain.

GTA4's writing (BoGT included) may be flimsy at spots, but all in all it's still better than most of the writing in games today.

Simply put, video game stories blow in more ways than one.

drinkerofjuice

If he wasn't okay with it then we should have at least heard something about it. Other than "Get out of my way!" and "Your fault for not moving!":P Niko just isn't the right protagonist for a series like GTA, Luis and Johnny make much more sense.

It's fine if GTA 4 doesn't want to be like the older games, only problem is that what it tries to be sucks. It tells you it's ultra realistic but you still see dumb things like people dropping their phones and not picking them up. Maybe 5 will fix that.

And yeah 4's writing is better than most mainstream games, but that's like saying a polished sh*t is better than a regular sh*t. 99.9% of video game writing is ass. We still haven't even reached the quality that used to be there during the 90's. But if someone is purely a mainstream gamer, I can see them thinking 4's writing is great.

[QUOTE="001011000101101"][QUOTE="tagyhag"]

Sure, if you find "BIG AMERICAN TEETEES" funny. :P ...

locopatho

wow thq is a mess i dont blame them since the SR series is there really only series that sells

Annual sequels confirmed :o

AmayaPapaya

Never liked the GTA games, my friends said to try Saints Row Three..and I fell in love. The Saints Row games are much more fun then any GTA game.

[QUOTE="drinkerofjuice"]

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]

Sure, if you find "BIG AMERICAN TEETEES" funny. :P IV was such a disappointment when coming from Vice City and San Andreas, they tried to make you care about Niko, tried to make him seem like a human being. All I know was that he was ok with running over hundreds of pedestrians for fun. When will video game writers learn that they're just not book material?

SPYDER0416

The game never forces you to run down a pedestrian, does it?

All I'm seeing in this thread is people bi*ching about GTA not being the game they wanted it to be. People complain about game series' staying the course. One provides a new direction and they still complain.

GTA4's writing (BoGT included) may be flimsy at spots, but all in all it's still better than most of the writing in games today.

Simply put, video game stories blow in more ways than one.

Yeah some people will point out things that aren't even issues but just their personal super high expectations, and the absolute worst cases of any issues. GTA IV's writing is pretty damn good, if you want to call it bad then you can't really do so in the context of a GTA vs SR discussion (where writing in SR is like polish in Elder Scrolls, not something they put any effort in and not very amazing).

GTA4 was the exact same pattern as San Andreas story for me: start off small and weak, hang out with friends/relatives, do the dog work for little pay or reward, but slowly build up the credit and drive off the baddies. That bits awesome! But then after a bit the story kinda meanders, loses structure and urgency, and you start doing odd jobs for random stereotypes/cliche characters. The difference for me was that San Andreas (and the Saint's Row games) just use story and characters as a reason to get you doing wacky sh!t. You laugh at how exagarrated and unrealistic these characters are. Remember the blind Yakuza boss who claimed he could see and kept running face first into walls? That's the kind of silly sh!t I love! GTA4 wanted me to care about these random mob bosses and Jamaican stoners and whoever else, as real people. Why should I? They are boring, nasty people. Why should I give a sh!t about Niko either? He's a murdering c*ntnozzle!

Saint's Row doesn;t care about any of this stuff. It creates a cartoony world of zombies and chainsaws and explosions and jetbikes and silly hats and innocent bystanders and screams "GO NUTS!" in your face. It's graphics are meh, it's story is blah, it's mechanics can feel sloppy and glitchy. But the overall package is just insane fun. That's why people say Saint's Row is better. I'd much rather games focus on enjoyable gameplay rather then poor attempts at movie plots, that conflict with the gameplay.

Sorry for being long and ranty. I like to talk about games :)

I loved Saints Row 3 so more of that is fine with me

Yes more Saints Row 3 craziness plz, I was worried about Jason Rubin changing the direction of Saints Row but after reading this Im confident THQ and Saints Row is in good hands, after all he's the co-founder of Naughty Dog.

[QUOTE="Thenumber48"][QUOTE="mems_1224"] saints row 3>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>gta 4. gta has forgotten what made their games fun. mems_1224

Normally i really don't enjoy this kinda mindless game, but Saints Row 3 was one of my favorite games last year.

wow thq is a mess i dont blame them since the SR series is there really only series that sells

Mario1331

[QUOTE="Mario1331"]

wow thq is a mess i dont blame them since the SR series is there really only series that sells

ionusX

i like them all i hope they do sell, i see thq is in big financial trouble so im hopin this and DS2 gets them out the mess