THQ has announced the development of Saints Row: The Third – Enter The Dominatrix, a standalone expansion to the game for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 which adds super-powers.
The expansion takes up where the core game left off with alien warlord Zinyak prepping his armada for invasion. Zinyak has captured the leader of the Third Street Saints, imprisoning him in an “elaborate virtual reality simulation.”
This simulation program looks and feels like Steelport, “but it is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. Here, you are a slave. Welcome to the Dominatrix.”
Righto. Don’t look for this to go down well with the Saints.
Upon release this fall it will run you $29.99.
In what was initially intended as an April Fool's prank, THQ has made Saints Row: The Third - Enter The Dominatrix a reality.
The "groundbreaking" standalone expansion pack to Volition's over-the-top open-world title is due for a release this fall. The DLC add-on, which will release on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, follows the direction of the game and adds the most requested gameplay features stemming from the Saints Row community - "freaking super powers."
"Faster than a speeding cyber jetbike, more powerful than a roided-out Luchadore, able to leap flying aircraft carriers in a single bound... That's the power you'll find inside the Dominatrix. Use it for good. Use it for evil. Use it for whatever you want. As always in Saints Row, it's up to you," said Danny Bilson, THQ's EVP of Core Game Production. "With a franchise with more than 11 million units shipped globally, it's incredibly gratifying to have the flexibility to give Saints Row fans the features they want most."
Enter the Dominatrix takes place after the events of Saints Row: The Third. "For centuries, alien warlord Zinyak has eyed Earth and its precious natural resources and females with a watchful eye. As he prepares an armada for invasion, he has only one worry: the Third Street Saints," said THQ on the expansion.
"Once a simple street gang from Stilwater, the Saints have evolved into a global empire, replete with bombastic TV advertising and tasteful consumer products, the kind of TV advertising and consumer products that would give any alien warlord pause. Clearly, the Saints are the biggest badasses on Earth."
To prepare for invasion, Zinyak captures the leader of the saints and traps him in the titular Dominatrix, a virtual reality version of Steelport. Like the simulation in The Matrix, it's designed to pacify the people hooked up to it. The Saints aren't so easily controlled, though.
More details and gameplay footage of Saints Row: The Third - Enter the Dominatrix will be unveiled during the summer.
Hope it turns out to be much better than the DLC SR3 got. :-\
Hope it turns out to be much better than the DLC SR3 got. :-\
yeah, as much as I loved the game (completed it twice, 100% the second time) ... the (free-to-me!) DLC left a sour taste in my mouth. :-\
"The expansion takes up where the core game left off with alien warlord Zinyak prepping his armada for invasion. Zinyak has captured the leader of the Third Street Saints, imprisoning him in an “elaborate virtual reality simulation.”
this is not where SR3 left off
what in the fuck
Enter the Dominatrix takes place after the events of Saints Row: The Third. "For centuries, alien warlord Zinyak has eyed Earth and its precious natural resources and females with a watchful eye. As he prepares an armada for invasion, he has only one worry: the Third Street Saints," said THQ on the expansion.
"The expansion takes up where the core game left off with alien warlord Zinyak prepping his armada for invasion. Zinyak has captured the leader of the Third Street Saints, imprisoning him in an “elaborate virtual reality simulation.”
this is not where SR3 left off
what in the fuck
"The expansion takes up where the core game left off with alien warlord Zinyak prepping his armada for invasion. Zinyak has captured the leader of the Third Street Saints, imprisoning him in an “elaborate virtual reality simulation.”
this is not where SR3 left off
what in the fuck
i think a serious non sequitur follow up would be the most hilarious thing they could do.
I dislike this a lot. we've known about the mars crap since red faction: guerilla had shaundi in space, but I don't want third street saints fighting aliens, that sounds dumb. TOO DUMB. I just want to be a boss gansta leader who who takes over other gangs, no space shit.
I want to play more Saints Row.
I dislike this a lot. we've known about the mars crap since red faction: guerilla had shaundi in space, but I don't want third street saints fighting aliens, that sounds dumb. TOO DUMB. I just want to be a boss gansta leader who who takes over other gangs, no space shit.
:teehee
i welcome our new whimsy overlords
You guys are such crybabies.
Sounds like Saints Row meets that open world Hulk game
In my case, I don't like it because it's unoriginal. How many games can we think of that is about an alien invasion threat? Countless. Saints Row is unique because it subverts the gangsta open world style tropes and storylines into something fresh and funny and unique. I guess that's why I'm not down for making it all about space crap, but I'm open for it if it's done well, because if SR3 showed us anything, they're great at handling satire towards any genre.
In my case, I don't like it because it's unoriginal. How many games can we think of that is about an alien invasion threat? Countless. Saints Row is unique because it subverts the gangsta open world style tropes and storylines into something fresh and funny and unique. I guess that's why I'm not down for making it all about space crap, but I'm open for it if it's done well, because if SR3 showed us anything, they're great at handling satire towards any genre.
In my case, I don't like it because it's unoriginal. How many games can we think of that is about an alien invasion threat? Countless. Saints Row is unique because it subverts the gangsta open world style tropes and storylines into something fresh and funny and unique. I guess that's why I'm not down for making it all about space crap, but I'm open for it if it's done well, because if SR3 showed us anything, they're great at handling satire towards any genre.
Maybe it'll subvert the alien invasion threat style tropes and storylines into something fresh and funny and unique? Nope, it'll probably suck, let's just all whine like babies instead.
I picked up a Season Pass for $10 on CAG, will go back and clean up.
Saints Row: The Third - Enter The Dominatrix will no longer be released as a standalone expansion, THQ has confirmed. Instead, it will be folded into a full Saints Row sequel due in 2013.
The move appears to be the first major decision made by Jason Rubin, the co-founder of Uncharted developer Naughty Dog who was appointed THQ president last month.
"When I looked at the Enter The Dominatrix expansion in production at Volition, I was blown away by the ideas and desire to expand the fiction of the franchise," Rubin said. "I asked the team what it could achieve given more time, more resources, and a broader scope for the project. We all agreed that we wanted to play that game.
"When it comes to Saints Row, it's clear our fans want bigger, better and even more over the top, and that's why Enter The Dominatrix will now be incorporated into a vastly expanded, fully fledged sequel, scheduled for calendar 2013."
Intriguingly, it seems a multiplayer component is in the works, with Rubin adding: "We believe the potential for this sequel is far greater as a full-priced, full-length, high-quality connected experience."
Intriguingly, it seems a multiplayer component is in the works,
Translation: We realized the term "standalone expansion" meant we couldn't sell it for full price, so we changed our phrasing.Saints Row The Third ODST?
Bet you it ends up being exactly what they originally intended it to be.
Translation: We realized the term "standalone expansion" meant we couldn't sell it for full price, so we changed our phrasing.
Bet you it ends up being exactly what they originally intended it to be.
My only worry is THQ staying in business into 2013, which is by no means certain.
My only worry is THQ staying in business into 2013, which is by no means certain.
Yyyyyeah not so sure on this one.
I wonder what's gonna happen to Yuke's and the Darksiders guys.
4 SR games in one gen, 1 GTA game and two expansions. lol
Same city :(
I know SR1->SR2 but that's because SR1 was mediocre in the first place, so SR2 had room to make it AWESOME. SR3 is already good, I wonder if they can really add/change enough to make it feel fresh and not just like a $60 DLC mission that takes 10 hours to clear. The DLC missions were kind of so-so and I would not want 10 hours of them.
They can ABSOLUTELY improve the setting and make it more distinct and flavorful, the city was one of my few gripes about the game.
SR1 >>>>>>>>>>>>> GTA4
You can look back on Saints Row 1 and trash it, but in 2006 it was amazing.Was it? They really didn't have the tone down back then. It was hardly funny or over the top, but instead filled with pretty shitty wanabe gangster story shit with some pretty terrible cutscenes. It was pretty much the definition of some old white folks trying to get "it". Oh and having to do their terrible side missions was not fun and felt like lame padding.
Was it? They really didn't have the tone down back then. It was hardly funny or over the top, but instead filled with pretty shitty wanabe gangster story shit with some pretty terrible cutscenes. It was pretty much the definition of some old white folks trying to get "it". Oh and having to do their terrible side missions was not fun and felt like lame padding.
Then comes SR2 which is a pretty great game and in some ways better then even 3.
terrible cutscenes.
terrible cutscenes.
terrible cutscenes.
SR1 had plenty of funny moments. Also, the story was actually pretty solid and refreshing from the rest of the genre, especially the ending. The customization, humor, controls, and features put it over ps2 era GTA's and GTAIV came out and SR1 pissed on it.
You can look back on Saints Row 1 and trash it, but in 2006 it was amazing.
terrible cutscenes.terrible cutscenes.terrible cutscenes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etYlyx_P52w
But the writing in GTA III and IV...spoiler (click to show/hide)I actually loved Vice City, but I assumed it was a parody of the genre...[close]
Then SA and IV got serious again.
Vice City is the high point of the GTA series for me.
Vice City is the high point of the GTA series for me.yep, even though the map sucks
SA was serious? SA was hilarious!But... :omg black people...
But the writing in GTA III and IV...spoiler (click to show/hide)I actually loved Vice City, but I assumed it was a parody of the genre...[close]
Then SA and IV got serious again.
SA was serious? SA was hilarious!
The entire part in Los Santos they're like MAN, DRUGS IS FUCKED UP MAN. And it's laid on pretttttty thick. But yeah, past Los Santos, SA strips its more serious flavor.Awww you had to ruin my racism.
But I still don't like the writing. I think SA was the step towards the atrocious writing in IV.
When did you play SR1 though? Seems people who don't like SR1 fall into two camps - those who take all the gangsta/thug stuff too seriously and those who didn't play it when it was released. I think some of the appreciation of the game is lost if you're coming back to it after playing more technically advanced later gen games.
You should go back and try SR2 now Bebpo, it's probably better than 3 overall.
Bebpo, you would mostly like SR2's story, as it's 75% of the way to SR3's madness. There are some fairly crazy missions, but there are also some brutal moments which are given with a straight face. It's thematically inconsistent.