Saints Row Reboot PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Series/Epic

EoinMcLovin · 26-08-2021 3:57pm #1

The game comes out for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on February 25, 2022.

Game Details

We have our targets locked on a brand new city – Santo Ileso – a melting pot of big city business and darkened alley street crime, the perfect place to start a new criminal empire and the biggest and best playground we have ever created. Also, on a side note, the best Tacos in the American South West, (Chalupracarbra has a certain “kick” to it, if you know what I mean). The law in this city? Never heard of her. You don’t become self-made by following laws, right? Well, if you do – it sounds SUPER boring, so we’ll do it our way, thanks. The city offers a range of criminal ventures to further your interests (and make some sweet cash to boot – rent doesn’t pay itself).
You play as whoever you want in your journey from Newbie to Boss, kicking ass and fighting… well not crime obviously. We’ll talk more about our most extensive character creator ever in time, but it wouldn’t be a Saints Row game if you couldn’t roleplay in a range of roles from bank manager to green-skinned zombie alien monster, would it? Wherever you are in that spectrum, you do you, or.. not, we’re here for it. Plus, as is the custom, we have seamless untethered co-op so you and a friend can create those Saints Row moments together – friendship really is magic.

https://youtu.be/YgjzDJA1o1E

https://youtu.be/f3J0bJ-YpQg

Check out the full feature list:

Story

Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the heart of the American SouthWest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.

Customization

Create the Boss of your dreams, with the most extensive character customization suite ever seen in the series, then complete the look with incredible options for weapons and vehicles.
This includes eight voice options

Weapons

Shoot revolvers from the hip, fire and forget with a rocket launcher, or obliterate up close using melee heavyweights, complete with brutal takedowns. A vast variety of familiar and exotic weapons, all customizable.
Volition promises that it's still planning to introduce some ridiculous over-the-top weaponry as is the series' trademark by this point.

The World

Discover the Weird, Wild, West – Dive in to Santo Ileso, the biggest and best Saints Row playground ever, spread across nine unique districts surrounded by the vast, majestic beauty of the Southwest Desert.
Santo Ileso will have nine unique districts, each one having its own theme and culture.
El Dorado district looks like a low-rent Vegas with rundown buildings peppered with neon lights, while Montevista is a more affluent area with gated communities guarding large houses with swimming pools.

Properties

As the Saints begin to battle with the three other factions and slowly take over each of the regions, players can take over vacant lots in each region and use them to set up new bases.
Players will be able to buy real estate properties and use them for various criminal enterprises. One such example includes starting a drug-running business using fast-food meat trucks as cover, like Gus Fring's chicken operation from the TV show "Breaking Bad."
"These buildings come with player choice, where and which structures you opt for will impact the world," said James Hague, design director. "Will you build your own fast-food drug-running ring? How about a protection racket? Auto theft? Arms dealership?"
These bases can be used to launch new criminal ventures, usually in the form of legit fronts that are secretly disguising dodgy jobs. Players can choose what should be built on each lot, and which criminal business is actually being run – protection rackets, , auto theft and arms dealing were some of the examples Volition gave us.
"You're building criminal ventures, and each criminal venture is unlocking its own custom gameplay with it. And that's in addition to all the other stuff that you can do out in the world."
There's apparently a lot of freedom when it comes to that - you can build a toxic waste dump in a financial district, if you want.
Quirk further expanded that, "As you place buildings in your criminal empire you're building a crew, you're acquiring employees. Based on your choices of what buildings you place, you're also placing additional Saints there."
Insurance Fraud supports a "sort of questionable medical clinic" you can build, and isn't the only returning activity, though the lads are tight-lipped on any others for now.

The Lieutenants

Eli

A bowtie-wearing MBA and one of the four founding friends that start the Saints. The planner and financial guru in the group. "He didn't realize the business he was going to build was a criminal empire," Bernstein said. "So that means the next step is to make connections with people that can shoot guns."

Neenah

Is the driver/mechanic with a background in art history and anthropology , and was jettisoned from Los Panteros, one of Santo Ileso's enemy factions

Kevin

The Idols are another faction, and they tossed out Kevin, a DJ party animal character.

The Gangs

Los Panteros

Los Panteros, are the tough guys who have been natives to Santo Ileso for a long time and are proud of its history, to the extent that they've taken over a rundown, formerly thriving car manufacturing factory and turned it into their base. They specialise in melee attacks and blunt, heavy weapons.

Marshalls

Aprivate military conglomerate that owns Santo Ileso's commercial district, Marshall specialises in futuristic technology so players can expect a high-tech showdown if they approach them. Little landmine drones that fire laser beam lassos, that sort of thing.

Idols

The Idols, are loud and brash, they're driven by fame and run around in bright pink and blue suits and robot masks. Basically, if Deadmaus and Daft Punk had ever decided to form a gang, this is what it would have looked like.

Vehicles/Driving

Blast through urban and desert environments in any one of the cars, bikes, planes, helicopters, VTOLs, hoverbikes, hoverboards, go-karts or equip your wingsuit to swoop around.
The demo I saw showcased plenty of cars, motorcycles, helicopters, bulldozers, wingsuits, huge stunt jumps, off-road driving, and a ton more
We did spend a lot of time with a driving model to try to make it as drivable as possible," he said. "You will still be able to fire out the window like you could in previous games, but we've gone a different route in terms of the way the car combat works. You're using the car more as a weapon in Saints Row than you are using your firearms. As a result of that, we didn't feel like we needed to try to come up with that cruise control mechanic from the past." Cars aren't the only mode of transportation — aircraft, hoverboards, wingsuits, and bikes are also in the fleet. Wingsuits are even the premise for one of Saints Row's side hustles.
For one, you can upgrade any vehicle to go off-road, so if you want to take a garbage truck out to the desert and spin donuts, knock yourself out.

Mini Games

Insurance Fraud

One thing definitely returning, however, is the minigame activity. Volition chief creative officer Jim Boone said it wouldn't be a Saints Row game without it, and said a few other fan-favorite activities would also come back, though he didn't name-check any others.

CO-OP

Experience everything on offer with a friend at any time, via fully untethered drop-in / dropout co-op, skipping the need to take either of you out of the outlandish action. Play nice together, or play all new pranks on your team mate. After all, who's the Boss now.
"Every mission in the game is a co-op mission," promised Rob Loftus, Volition's executive producer. That includes co-operative play across console generations, too, Loftus said.

J. Marston · 26-08-2021 5:24pm

I could get angry and say it looks shìte but I should just accept I'm 32, old and this isn't designed for me!

Feels like it's been focus-tested to within an inch of its life and guys in suits saying "Can you make it more Fortnite-y?"

The Boss, Gat, Shaundi, Pierce, Kinzie and Oleg was Saints Row.

EoinMcLovin · 26-08-2021 5:42pm

Saw this comment in interview from yesterday

“When we would talk about Saints Row 4, we would talk about how you were coming from the crack house, to the penthouse, to the White House,” Jim Boone, Volition’s chief creative officer, mused in a preview livestream two weeks ago. “By the time you’re done with Saints Row 4, you are the ruler of the galaxy. If you were to think, ‘Where would we take it from there?’ — we went to Hell and conquered that, even, right? So there truly isn’t anywhere to go past that.”

It looks like by going so crazy with 3 and 4, there was no way to go back to a game like 1 or 2 with the old gang, hence the reboot

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EoinMcLovin · 26-08-2021 9:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117808436#Comment_117808436

Yeah I was on the saints row subreddit and the amount of toxicity was ridiculous. Thing is they will change their tune if gameplay looks good

Zero-Cool · 27-08-2021 7:40am

I was so so so looking forward to this reboot reveal but that trailer killed my hype. The gang in red looked way more interesting than those 'saints'. Some of the features Eoin posted sounds right up my street though like buying properties and setting up fronts, not enough games doing that imo. I have reigned in my disappointment a bit though and will just hold out to see what they have in store and hopefully this is a bad 1st impression.

I was hoping they'd go away from the cartoony look of 3 and the absolutely horrible 4. SR 2 nailed the feel and look of the whole franchise imo, was just hoping to get a bit of that back.

Zero-Cool · 27-08-2021 8:39am

Extended Gameplay coming today.

https://twitter.com/SaintsRow/status/1431037164389912580

This guy says he was just as disappointed but got to see the extended gameplay earlier and it completely changed his mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd_RiOvJXiM

EoinMcLovin · 27-08-2021 9:00am

Yeah I definitely think if they showed extended gameplay instead of the CGI trailer to reveal the game, it would have gotten better reception from fans

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EoinMcLovin · 27-08-2021 9:52am

Sadly I agree with you, there are just some sad people who can't accept change to a game franchise and "fans" turn against a game at a drop of the hat. I just hope Volition don't end up trying to appease to them.

Zero-Cool · 27-08-2021 9:56am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117809887#Comment_117809887

Whatever colour, they just reminded me more of an actual street gang instead of kids who are trying to become a street gang. I'm not into the nerdy hipster look regardless of sex or race. I feel if they just called this something else other than Saints Row, there wouldn't be an issue but the bar was set high and there'll always be comparisons with the original Saints.

But look, that's the whole point of a reboot, shake things up with a fresh coat of paint.

DarkJager21 · 27-08-2021 10:13am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117809746#Comment_117809746

To be fair, BFV got a lot of flak over the original trailer because it was fvcking stupid (WW2 with bionic limbs & fortnite customisation). Then a subset of incels decided to attack it because it was a woman in the trailer 🙄 What really put the nail in the coffin for it though was the response from Dice - there's being subtle in defending your game, and then there is putting an obnoxious asshole in charge of that who tells people not to buy the game. Dice went with the latter and paid dearly for it.

Back on topic, I really do wish Saints Row hadn't gone as crazy as it did. SR1 was a great spin on the GTA formula, SR2 went one better (and is still one of the only games that I had tears of laughter playing - the fight with Mr Sunshine being a standout :D). I didn't like SR3 and I didn't even bother with the following ones when I saw what direction they went. They could have easily taken a share of the GTA base if they had kept it grounded and improved it with each entry (deepening the territory mechanics and stuff like that). Very on the fence about this "reboot" until we see more.

EoinMcLovin · 27-08-2021 10:15am

Looks like they won't be appeasing to people who want the old gang

https://twitter.com/SaintsRow/status/1431034244499968002?s=19

This was the gif btw

https://twitter.com/SaintsRow/status/1431019521117147139?s=19

Zero-Cool · 27-08-2021 10:17am

I want to play SR the Third Remaster as it's been so long since I played SR3 but remember i didn't enjoy it as much as 2. Then i only played a few missions of 4 and sold it. Devs have said the reboot is definitely gone back to its grounded roots and sits somewhere between 2 and 3 which sounds like the sweetspot.

EoinMcLovin · 27-08-2021 2:15pm

https://youtu.be/iDr4l1DdRCU

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Zero-Cool · 27-08-2021 2:43pm

Now that's more like it! Has me hyped again and looking forward to seeing more gameplay This gives a much better impression than the CGI trailer.

Now they're looking like Saints :)

J. Marston · 27-08-2021 3:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117809746#Comment_117809746

I don't think the "race and gender, lets be real" thing stands up when people want the old gang back, which was very diverse (The Boss could be anything, Gat is Asian, Shaundi and Kinzie female, Pierce black, Oleg Eastern European.

It just doesn't feel very Saints Row-y.

I do admire their Twitter not grovelling though and telling people to fúck off, more or less.

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Penn · 27-08-2021 9:31pm

All I know is I really enjoyed Saints Row 4 for the utterly stupid fun it was just using the powers. It reminded me so much of the first Crackdown game.

Most of the humour and stuff that's been in all the games, I'm not fussed about. Even the prick in the trailer of this one with the mask that does faces thing like that other prick in Watch Dogs 2....

THAT IS NOT A THING! PEOPLE DONT WEAR THEM! STOP IT!

Potential-Monke · 27-08-2021 10:39pm

Yeah, I feel they should have named this something other than Saints Row and it would have been received better. I agree with others that the look and feel of the characters from the CGI trailer reminded me of the characters in Watch_Dogs 2, who I hated and they were terrible and so was the game as a result. And yes, the hipster thing is prevalent, which is not something I like either, so this really isn't doing much for me tbh. But also noted that hipster is now a far more general term so, yeah.

Unlike others, I really did like SR4. And GOOH was excellent too. As Penn said, it was stupid fun. But it was stupid fun with characters from 3 previous, really good, fun games. And like Penn, it reminded me of the first Crackdown game too, which was excellent (unlike the sequels I played). I'll keep an eye on it, but I won't be rushing out to buy it. It feels more WD2 than SR. I think I read somewhere the devs saying that they're dialing the characters back to be more relateable to a modern audience. I'm not sure about this modern audience, but I've never been a mass murdering criminal so what these people are like won't be relatable to me regardless. The original Saints weren't relatable either...

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Mr Crispy · 28-08-2021 11:28am

I miss the old boards where you could see the title of a video before you clicked on it. I'm just hoping the few seconds I gave him doesn't add to his view count.

Zero-Cool · 28-08-2021 11:49am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117814528#Comment_117814528

You kind of can, on mobile anyway. Click anywhere on the video except the play button in the middle and then the title should show up before you play it.

Mr Crispy · 28-08-2021 11:55am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117814608#Comment_117814608

That starts playing the vid on desktop unfortunately. I just remembered that it doesn't count as a view on YT itself though (according to someone in the main site feedback thread anyway). The last thing I want is to have a channel I don't like appearing in my suggested feed!

Zero-Cool · 28-08-2021 12:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117814637#Comment_117814637

Ah cool, yeah, sometimes i click into a vid with some neckbeard spewing hate and negativity and i feel bad for giving them a click. Just make a judgement on the title now but usually easy enough to tell.

Varik · 29-08-2021 2:07am

The last Saints row came out before GTA online launched so it's not same market and by the time this releases the PS5 & XBsX/S versions with whatever that brings plus the winter update which for the last few have been huge in terms of content and player numbers. That game is still selling 10-15m a year, they managed 5m in the last 3 months between their 2 financial reports.

Can't see this doing well.

Also in what world does a games marketing benefit from "We are not backing down on this game" or the good old "If you don't like it don't buy it", at least with the latter any random can say that but there's no benefit to the developer/publisher saying either.

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Varik · 29-08-2021 1:15pm

You shut the **** up is what you do, you don't have your marketing team start fights and anything you do change for you still in development game you keep on the downlow unless it's Sonic and you really can't hide it.

But sure the big bad minority mob who were such a minority that that DICE didn't have to give into "Terrorist", but still the game sold terrible following their biggest game in the franchise and was 50% a couple weeks after the fact. People only have 2 ratings for games good or bad, or more accurately best or the worst horse **** ever and what kind of idiot decides tip that against their favour.

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DarkJager21 · 30-08-2021 7:19am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117813648#Comment_117813648

How do you even get time to play or enjoy games when you are so woke?

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30-08-2021 10:03am

**** it, if the game's good I'll play it.

I nearly always customise the protagonist so no big deal there. I like modeling character after myself for immersion, even if it means characters are now fatter middle aged guys with greying hair ( at least they don't have back pain)

As long as devs stop the massive over sexualisation of female characters, I'm fine. At my age I don't like feeling that I need to defend why Miranda in Mass Effect Legendary is basically wearing body paint, when I'm trying to relax.

I want to be able to play games with my son and daughter, as they get older, so yeah roll on change

DarkJager21 · 30-08-2021 11:39am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117822228#Comment_117822228

If I were you I wouldn't be laughing, you might offend someone.

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johnny_ultimate · 30-08-2021 12:40pm

Mod note: Tone it down please. Less of the culture war nonsense and ad hominem attacks

EoinMcLovin · 10-09-2021 8:22pm

https://twitter.com/SaintsRow/status/1436410159052562441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1436410159052562441%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=

BEST EVER CUSTOMIZATION

Saints Row wouldn’t be Saints Row without customization, so of course this game will have tons of customization! We’ve built the biggest customization suite of any Saints Row game; we have the most in-depth character creator ever seen in a Saints game. You can create exactly who you want to play as – whether that’s a stone-cold killer or a fantastic looking freakshow. There are eight customizable voices you can give to the Boss – four male and four female – all sound great, and again more choice than we’ve offered in other Saints Row games. And also, you’ll be pleased to hear, layered clothing is BACK! Well done to the eagle eyed of you that picked up on that. In terms of vehicles, we have a HUGE array of customization options to dig in to – and any vehicle you customize will be safely stored in a garage. There’s a lot to look forward to and much more to come, including some big surprises that we can’t share just yet, as well as some features that are sure to make jaws drop.

NEW SETTING, NEW TONE

Saints Row is definitely a Saints game through and through, and a game that features that classic Saints humor we all know and love. Now obviously we’ve rebooted the series, so there are some changes you’ll notice as well as plenty of easter eggs and cameos to hunt down. The setting of Santo Ileso is a vibrant, fictional city in the heart of the American Southwest; you get to live the fantasy of building your own criminal empire in a brand new huge open-world. As it’s a new city you’ll see some familiar and recognizable stores, plus a whole host of new ones. Santo Ileso also has its own set of radio stations, but you can still expect that Saints Row brand of excellent music taste. We’ll talk more about the music in the game at a later date, so definitely something to look forward to.

FULLY UNTETHERED CO-OP

I’m delighted to re-confirm there will be seamless co-op on offer for the full game, and that this is all Cross-Gen. So whether playing on the newest, or more seasoned gaming hardware, you can enjoy the freedom of playing the entire campaign with a friend though seamless untethered drop-in / drop-out co-op. No getting stuck waiting around in lobbies, we always put gameplay first.

Mr Crispy · 16-09-2021 8:34pm

The devs answered some FAQs on Twitter. Just click below.

https://twitter.com/SaintsRow/status/1438558358609485833?s=20

Zero-Cool · 16-09-2021 9:10pm

Good stuff! Looking forward to hearing more about the crime management. I was only thinking the other day how the rumoured Maria 4 sounded so good with the build a crime empire mechanic but then remembered that studio is working on a sci-fi game next. Then i figured SR might actually pull off what I've been looking for for years.

Mr Crispy · 18-09-2021 9:45am

Watch it while it's hot... A leaked video showing more gameplay stuff. I take it by the watermark that the leaker has no regrets, although his commentary is irritating. Anyway, some of the physics are very impressive. Looks aight in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgvPM9hIA7k