Saints Row IV

Saints Row IV is an action game, and the fourth part of the computer game series of the same name. It was developed by U.S. company Volition, Inc. and the German publisher Deep Silver on August 23, 2013 for Windows, released PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Action

The game takes the action of its predecessor Saints Row: The Third continues. The player character, the head of the 3rd Street Saints, was elected interim president of the United States. As a new head of state, he must defend against an alien invasion of the nation during the game.

Gameplay

Saints Row IV leads the gameplay of predecessors without major changes. It is, much like the Grand Theft Auto series, an open game world in which the player can take many jobs that need to be solved mostly combative. The event is presented here from a persecutor perspective.

Development

Some concepts and contents of Saints Row IV were originally designed as stand-alone expansion Enter the Dominatrix for the predecessor Saints Row: The Third conceived. On the initiative of Jason Rubin, president of volitions former parent company THQ, the project was expanded in mid-2012 to a full-fledged successor. As THQ was forced to declare bankruptcy due to its financial problems and was smashed, the German media company Koch Media acquired the development studio at the auction of the assets together with the Saints- Row license. Under its publishing label Deep Silver, the Munich-based company finally let out the work to an end.

Unlike the previous game, the game was released uncut in Germany. However, the USK initially wanted to teach without extensive adjustments do not share, thereby indexing by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young would have been possible. After objection by the publisher Deep Silver and a re-examination of the game was finally one for ages 18 years.

Reception

The game received mostly positive reviews ( Metacritic: 86 out of 100 ( Win) / 82 ( X360) / 77 ( PS3) ). Already in the first week of sales reported publisher Deep Silver over a million copies sold of the game. Especially the Windows version was therefore compared to the previous title three times as much sales.