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Saints Row IV
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Developer(s) Volition[a]
Publisher(s) Deep Silver
Producer(s) Jim Boone
Designer(s) Scott Phillips
Programmer(s) Ryan Spencer
Artist(s) Stephen Quirk
Writer(s)
Jason L Blair
Jeffrey Bielawski
Tony Bedard
Composer(s) Malcolm Kirby Jr.
Series Saints Row
Platform(s)
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Linux
Nintendo Switch
Release
August 20, 2013
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Saints Row IV is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver. It is the sequel to 2011's Saints Row: The Third and the fourth installment in the Saints Row series. The game was released in August 2013 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, and was later ported to PlayStation 4, Xboxcharacter from the previous games, who becomes elected President of the United States after thwarting a terrorist threat. Five years into their governance, they find themselves trapped in the
Saints Row IV was the first game developed by Volition following its acquisition by Koch Media in early 2013. The supernatural and superpower concept for the game started in Enter the Dominatrix, a cancelled expansion planned for Saints Row: The Third, which the team expanded into Saints Row IV. Volition later released a "director's cut" of Enter the Dominatrix as downloadable content for Saints Row IV alongside How the Saints Saved Christmas, various weapons, costumes, and vehicle packs, and a standalone expansion, Saints Row: Gat out of Hell (which serves as an epilogue to the base game's story).
The game received several limited and summative edition releases, and was briefly banned in Australia. It was met with generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its humor and character customization options, but criticized its lack of challenge. It also performed very well financially, selling over one million copies in its first week. The next game in the series, a reboot titled simply Saints Row, is scheduled to be released in February 2022.
Contents
1 Gameplay
2 Plot
3 Development
4 Release
4.1 Downloadable content
5 Reception
6 Reboot
7 Notes
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Gameplay
Similar to previous Saints Row games,[1] Saints Row IV is an open world action game with third-person shooter elements wherein the player is free to explore the environment and, at their leisure, play story or side missions.[2] As the leader of the Saints, a street gang that has become the world's most "powerful and popular" organization, the player is elected President of the United States, receives superpowers, and fends off an alien invasion.[2] Most often the player will engage in shooting and racing activities, though other activities vary from fighting crowds of zombies, shoot-outs in tanks,[2] side-scrolling brawlers, fights against supersized, daikaiju energy drink cans, and using a dubstep gun to interrupt 1950s Americana.[3] The player-character receives elemental powers and superpowers that greatly increase their jump height and running speed, such that the player can hop over buildings and outrun vehicles.[2] The elemental powers include abilities to shoot fire and ice projectiles, telekinetically toss things, and create shockwaves upon landing jumps.[3] As the player progresses through the game, they can optionally upgrade their abilities and weapons skill tree[2] by using collectible "data clusters" scattered around town.[3] If the player becomes too rowdy, the alien race's police analogue will intervene.[3] As in previous games, the player-character's look and feel is entirely customizable via a robust character editor feature.[1]
The game is set in a nearly identical[1] simulation of Steelport, the fictional city setting from Saints Row: The Third,[3] though individual story missions have new, custom-designed levels.[1] Saints Row IV's story parodies science fiction video games, especially Mass Effect 2, as well as films like The Matrix and Zero Dark Thirty, and other "nerd culture".[2] Some story missions are propelled by individual characters' existential crises,[2] as each Saint character is stuck in a personal simulation of their own hell, and must be rescued by the player.[3] Other elements borrowed from video game culture include BioWare-style character romances and a Metal Gear-style mission with an unhelpful partner.[3]
City districts are "liberated" from alien occupation as the player completes side missions in occupied districts.[3] Liberated districts increase the player's hourly income, which can be spent on weapons, skills, and perks. Side missions include Insurance Fraud (where the player jumps into traffic to collect insurance money),[3] demolition derby-style Mayhem, and superpowered foot races. Saints Row IV has a two-player cooperative mode.[1]
Plot