Saint’s Row: future games will have “different direction”

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Saints Row 4 drops August 23 in Europe, but Volition is always thinking about where it could go next. In a new interview the studio confirms that it wants the game to conclude the series’ characters and the Saints crew as they exist now, meaning that a fifth game would have to go in a different direction.

Speaking with GameReactor Saint’s Row 4′s design director Scott Phillips explained the studio’s thought process when fleshing out the game.

“I remember telling people: ‘I don’t know how we’re going to top this. We’ve got a mission on Mars, we’ve got a heli-carrier, we’ve got zombies. Where do we go from here?’” he recalled.

“But everybody took a vacation, we came back, started fresh, and very quickly we came up with: ‘Well we’ve got to have… let’s do superpowers. It’s something we’ve always been talking about. Wouldn’t it be great to run as fast as a car, or jump over a building, or be able to pick up somebody with your mind and throw them across the city.’

“Things started snowballing from there. You know, fighting aliens came out of that because we needed an enemy that properly fights you, and then being the President felt like the next logical step from being a celebrity. So it all sort of came together. We definitely have a mentality of like: ‘Alright, we did that last time. We’ve got to that, plus one. We’ve got to do better than that this time.’”

As the team pushed the boat out when coming up with Saint’s Row 4 concepts, Phillips added that if there is to be a fifth game, the studio would have to re-appraise the format and head in a new direction, “We’re definitely considering Saints Row IV sort of the end of that saga of this character and the Saints as they are.

“So if there’s any more future Saints Rows – which you know we always hope there will be, we hope there’s fans for future games like that – they will probably continue in a different direction.”

Would you like to see a fifth Saint’s Row game? If so, what would you like to see from the project? Let us know below.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/08/saints-row-future-games-will-have-different-direction-says-volition/

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UG_UnknownPosted:

Foolish
unvers I think they should just end the series. They rush the games and the content comes out to be mediocre


Yeah, I do not like the SR series anymore.


Me Either!

FoolishPosted:

unvers I think they should just end the series. They rush the games and the content comes out to be mediocre


Yeah, I do not like the SR series anymore.

SCOPosted:

RATF
Snowfl4k3z Zombies is a great idea!


no that will instantly kill it


No it won't. Saint row 3 had a mission with zombies in it and it was one of the better missions

RuinsPosted:

Snowfl4k3z Zombies is a great idea!


no that will instantly kill it

RuinsPosted:

Katsumi
RATF
Katsumi Hopefully Saints row 4 and the games to come afterwards are quality titles. I am personally really looking forward to Saints row 4 (Despite it being banned in my country)


what country are you from???. I did not know it is band in a country


I'm from Australia, It was banned by the government in my country for completely stupid, invalid reasons


wow i really do feel bad for you

Snowfl4k3zPosted:

Zombies is a great idea!

KatsumiPosted:

RaheemSterling_31 I wouldn't like to see a 5th, that would be too far.


There will likely be a Saints row 5 released in the future, it all depends weather this game sells very well though.

KatsumiPosted:

RATF
Katsumi Hopefully Saints row 4 and the games to come afterwards are quality titles. I am personally really looking forward to Saints row 4 (Despite it being banned in my country)


what country are you from???. I did not know it is band in a country


I'm from Australia, It was banned by the government in my country for completely stupid, invalid reasons

PlusnetPosted:

Katsumi Hopefully Saints row 4 and the games to come afterwards are quality titles. I am personally really looking forward to Saints row 4 (Despite it being banned in my country)


That sucks :/ .

LWRPosted:

I wouldn't like to see a 5th, that would be too far.