Trailers: Saints Row IV - Meet the President Trailer
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This actually looks like a wacky version of Prototype.
And on that premise alone, I want this game!
(Hopefully it's well-optimized for PC)
And on that premise alone, I want this game!
(Hopefully it's well-optimized for PC)
I agree that SR is supposed to be silly, I played SR3 in coop with my bro and also a friend, but that was it for me. The fact that it had coop. I like silliness very much, but they are going so over the top with this that it stops being funny and ends up as being plain retarded.Sonic Doctor said:
Also captcha: oxford university - I guess I have a stick up my ass regarding this game, but hey, my opinion.
Cheers!
To you maybe. To me its glorious. Pure unadulterated awesome. You start with a helicopter attack and thats the least insane thing that happens. How amazin is that?M920CAIN said:
People go on and on about how bland and borin games are. How sick they are of the attempts at creatin "realism" has taken over the idea of actually makin a good game. How brown and shit colored they are. How samey they are.
Here's a game that bucks all those trends. The colors are beautiful and vibrant. The story is outright insane, yet works in the universe provided. It doesn't give a fuck about realism and is perfectly fine with bein as different as humanely possible, then goes farther.
![[Kira Must Die]](https://eg-forums-escapist-data.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/avatars/l/68/68539.jpg?1620622912){kind=avatar}
Seems like it went to the Evil Dead reboot school of adding gratuitous cursing to classic one-liners.
This trailer was more interesting than the first one. At least here it looks a little less like SR3, but it looks silly enough to be a bit of fun, so whatever, I'm buying it.
This trailer was more interesting than the first one. At least here it looks a little less like SR3, but it looks silly enough to be a bit of fun, so whatever, I'm buying it.
holy balls everyone, i had no idea so many people hated saints row the third. i absolutely loved the game and im so happy that the next game is continuing the series trend of just getting more absurd with each sequel. there are plenty of gta type games with serious stories. there really arent that many games that come to mind that focus on constant over the top wackiness
Usually the thing people complain about is that all that does happen, but the main character was fairly...normal? Yeah, normal works. So you had all this crazy and this gang leader who just goes with the flow whereas in The Third he stopped simply bein normal and joined in on the crazy.Witty Name Here said:
I felt it was a natural progression. In 1, everythin was normal. In 2, shit started to get a little crazy, but he kept tryin to stick with it. By 3 he just sort of gave up on tryin to be normal and went with it because it was always just goin to get wierder.
Lol, good job placing words in my mouth bro. I never implied that Saints Row 2 had a super serious business noire story, just that the story was actually worth following and the characters worth remembering.Witty Name Here said:
Carlos and Aisha's deaths, Shogo's bullshit being inspired by the desire for his father's approval, Maero learning that he had been tricked into killing his girlfriend, Dex revealing his true colours are a filthy corporate lapdog and Julius' death as a result of that... All very, very serious moments in SR2, all played very straight with a fairly notable emotional impact. These moments made the sillier aspects of SR2 stand out all the more and made them memorable, and made Stillwater more memorable for that matter as well.
SRTT had absolutely no moments like these, hell, Johnny Gat's death, which SHOULD have been one of the worst player punches [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayerPunch] in the bloody franchise... Is glossed over as though nothing happened, and the only character that really seems to care is Shaundi. The whole 'The Trouble with Clones" DLC thing didn't really help matters much either, with the implication that both Gat and Aisha are considered replaceable by a pair of very, very imperfect clones.
SRTT had absolutely no moments like these, hell, Johnny Gat's death, which SHOULD have been one of the worst player punches [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayerPunch] in the bloody franchise... Is glossed over as though nothing happened, and the only character that really seems to care is Shaundi. The whole 'The Trouble with Clones" DLC thing didn't really help matters much either, with the implication that both Gat and Aisha are considered replaceable by a pair of very, very imperfect clones.
SR2's over-the-top moments were excellent and memorable because they're paced evenly and well, SRTT's over-the-top moments are not memorable because the game consists of nothing but over-the-top moments, which really, really lessens the impact they could have had, and the characters, when compared to SR2's characters, are all boring and forgettable on top of that.
And the four-way gang war with separate mission trees was vastly superiour to the single united corporate gang & sci-fi mercenaries versus the Saints storyline, btw.
Like it or not, we can all agree that this was the next logical step of the series.
1. ur a gansta
2. In-depth exploration of gangs with a piling of silly.
3. SILLY HATS THE GAME DON'T FORGET THE PANTIES DLC
4. You're a god that spawns dubstep from the heavens, go forth and make Chuck Norris look like Peewee Herman.
5. "Saints Row: Revenge of Audiosurf"?
1. ur a gansta
2. In-depth exploration of gangs with a piling of silly.
3. SILLY HATS THE GAME DON'T FORGET THE PANTIES DLC
4. You're a god that spawns dubstep from the heavens, go forth and make Chuck Norris look like Peewee Herman.
5. "Saints Row: Revenge of Audiosurf"?
Paragon Fury said:The difference is that FC3: Blood Dragon is a whacky, one-off intended to subvert the normal "serious business" feel of its core games.hazabaza1 said:
"Haha! Oh man, look at this! It's all unrealistic and cool! These fancy weapons, silly dialogue, man this is GOTY for sure!"
"GWAAAAAAGHGHG WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT GOD"
I love people.
[sub][sub][sub]inb4 I get quoted by 100 people not understanding hyperbole[/sub][/sub][/sub]
SR4 looks like it just continues the BS of SR:TT which no one wanted. Saint's Row became popular because while it was still serious, it had humor and knew how to have a bit of fun. SR2 was good, and upped the whacky a little, but kept it within tolerable bounds. SR:TT took it waaaaay too far, in addition to just not being a very good game compared to its predecessors.
But I like the BS from SR:TT, it was fun! There's something enjoyable about beating people with dildo bats while running around in a furry suit escorted by your dead mutant best friend, a horde of zombies, a super hero, and SWAT.
I think I understand where you're coming from. You miss the contrast the series had, where at one moment you were dealing with some serious dramatic issue and the next you'd... say be beating an old lady with a bat and then lighting her on fire with a flamethrower while people watch and cheer you on (THIS was what made my time in SR2 PRICELESS!!!). I can understand where you're coming from, and I miss that too. My main worry is where they'll go from here. Maybe the next game is about the Prez's son or maybe it'll be the Prez trying to reassert or regain his roots as an OG.BakaSmurf said:
Anyway, I get what you're saying.
I never managed to complete SR3. I found it incredidull. Just too stupid.
A friend of mine recently forced himself to finish it (He enjoyed the wackyness for the first hour or so. Which is half an hour longer then I did) due to his OCD. I just have one thing to say.
Some of you have gone on about the colour palette and how its nice to have a game that is vibrant. My particular friend hates the colour purple. That is what pissed him off the most about SR3. PURPLE. PURPLE EVERYWHERE.
I know, some people like the ridiculousness, but the thing that annoys some of us is how amazing SR2 was. It was fun, it was semi-grounded in reality which made the ridiculousness even more fun! But 3? 3 had no sense of pacing. At all.
Its like minecraft. If you play on creative and just create your giant golden penis, you do not feel anything. If you mine it and build it by hand then you will APPRECIATE your giant gold dong. SRT/GTA are minecraft on survival (Or whatever the main setting is called). SR3 is MC on creative.
I think there are two camps here. The people who think Saints Row 3 betrayed the roots of the franchise and the people who think that Saints Row 3 was them FINDING the roots of the franchise. As a result there are now two camps for SR4, those of us going "Meh, too much like SR3, I really CBA" and those going "OMFGAWESOME".
A friend of mine recently forced himself to finish it (He enjoyed the wackyness for the first hour or so. Which is half an hour longer then I did) due to his OCD. I just have one thing to say.
Some of you have gone on about the colour palette and how its nice to have a game that is vibrant. My particular friend hates the colour purple. That is what pissed him off the most about SR3. PURPLE. PURPLE EVERYWHERE.
I know, some people like the ridiculousness, but the thing that annoys some of us is how amazing SR2 was. It was fun, it was semi-grounded in reality which made the ridiculousness even more fun! But 3? 3 had no sense of pacing. At all.
Its like minecraft. If you play on creative and just create your giant golden penis, you do not feel anything. If you mine it and build it by hand then you will APPRECIATE your giant gold dong. SRT/GTA are minecraft on survival (Or whatever the main setting is called). SR3 is MC on creative.
I think there are two camps here. The people who think Saints Row 3 betrayed the roots of the franchise and the people who think that Saints Row 3 was them FINDING the roots of the franchise. As a result there are now two camps for SR4, those of us going "Meh, too much like SR3, I really CBA" and those going "OMFGAWESOME".
That's a pretty big part of it, yes, alongside what else I had listed. The contrast did indeed make the crazy moments that much more special, and because that contrast was lacking in SRTT, the wacky moments became the norm, and as a result became boring, which is a damn crying shame in my eyes.Hectix777 said:
Oh good, I'm not the only one who thought that exactly. This looks crazy fun.RipVanTinkle said:
Also, lol at the purists. "Third betrayed the aesthetics of 2". Elitist humor is the best humor. Enjoy riding that stick up your ass; convincing no one but yourself of how bad this is. This looks to be be obnoxious and hilarious, just like 3.
