It's the Saints Row IV PAX Demo!

My thoughts exactly. If you're gonna ape the guitar case, you gotta have the stance.

Honestly, looks like Prototype 3 more than a Saints Row 4. The guns in the beginning are sweet, but the superpowers a slightly underwhelming. Also, the 'in the compooper' conceit is a little lame - that just gives them an out whenever they want to take it. Obviously, games aren't real, but yet another layer of not-realness really puts me off.

@metalgearsunny: My excitement for this game is largely dependent on him reprising his role as Male Voice 01.

As a guy who didn't like Saints Row 2 and passed on 3, this trailer made me more excited for 4. Common sandbox crime games bore me, but the ones with fun traversal mechanics like Just Cause 2 has kept me entertained for a long time, so this is about the best thing that could happen. Still, not loving the systems. Are all melee attacks just pre-baked finishing moves? Are all your guns insta-kills against everyone but bosses, on which I presume they won't have any effect? I'm hopeful, and it's good to see a superpowered sandbox game that's not as gross as Prototype, but maybe I should just pick up that instead if this has worse mechanics.

So, Prototype.

TOP SECRET VOLITION BOARD ROOM DESIGN MEETING

Volition Designer 1: "Let's give the player super powers."

Volition Designer 2: "Why?"

Volition Designer 1: "Why not?"

Volition Designer 2: "Alright."

Volition Designer 3: "Now onto the amount of tentacle dildos to include......"

Well it's obvious they did in fact turn an expansion in to a sequel. But I don't care! God I need more Saints Row so bad.

Dubstep gun: works as advertised.

Hmm.... I should finish Saints Row the Third.

i came.

This game looks even more flat-out crazy than Saints Row 3 was, and I loved that game.

I'm definitely looking forward to more over-the top Saints Row action.

Well Volition... you've somehow gone and exceeded my expectations.

Pretty cool how the video player is still total fucking garbage.

The Inflator looks ridiculous...ly awesome!!!

OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD. I am there day zero!

All I wanted when I got into the saints row franchise was a game about street gangs that knew how to stick its tongue out a little more than GTA4. Saints row 2 delivered that in spades and I gave it my heart. Saints row isn't about gangs anymore and its tongue is sticking so far out it could lick a hooker from across a football stadium. This wasn't what I asked for. :/

Edit: I guess the best way of putting it would be, saints row 2 was the san andreas sequel the houser brothers didn't give me, while 3 and 4 appear to have completely gone off the rails. At least the houser brothers seem to have learned from their mistakes and are bringing GTA back around with 5.

Well, I guess I'm "the worst person" because the more I see of this game, the less I like it. I was going to pre-order, but now I think I'll wait for it to hit twenty bucks.

I enjoy wackiness, but SR2 had wackiness and still managed to also have compelling missions, a very huge map with all sorts of cool secrets, and lots of stuff to do. I'm glad that Volition is bringing back some more of the customization elements that they dropped between SR2 and SRTT (and some new customization elements, like the gun customization, are great ideas).

However, in SRTT Steelport basically sucked as a sandbox, and now we are getting...more Steelport, not expanded at all like Stilwater was between SR and SR2, and with aliens and goofy guns. Guys, I like goofy guns. I like them a lot. However, I did not get into SR for goofy guns. I got into it for '90s-era gangster movie action with a little bit of over-the-top violence and hypersexuality.

I would also hope that Volition picks up on some of the interesting dangling plot possibilities (When can I finally kill Dex? If Killbane getting away is canon, when does he show up again to get his revenge), as those are far more interesting than "fight aliens with superpowers in this Crackdown knockoff" as a focus.

I feel like, for some, this demo should have ended showing off the Dub step gun. That said, I welcome more Saints Row into my body.

My money flew out of my wallet when that Mech started doing "The Robot".

Am I weird because I no longer really want super serious games all the time? But I'd rather have a dose of this sort of crazy of 6 months or so?

Alright, I'm not so worried about this game after seeing this trailer. Kind of a shame that it looks exactly like SR3.

Well now you're just being ridiculous.

I hope you don't get those super powers right off the bat.

This is pretty much how I've felt since SR3. So many releases are so excruciatingly self-serious and/or poorly written that I'm more interested in games that just try their damnedest to be fun. Seeing how they're games and all.

Considering how cynical and tired of everything most gamers seem to be, I'm surprised there aren't more games that at least attempt to let loose.

Those superpowers will chunk up the framerate something rotten on the consoles.

Looks pretty hilarious and a lot like Saints Row the Third. I still need to finish that game.

I love how they merged aspects from DC Universe Online and Prototype for the superpowers in this game. I enjoyed both of the other games and I tried to enjoy SR3, but I simply was not feeling it in the long run. Now with the superpower-addition a huge comic book nerd like me, myself and I should feel pretty damn good in Saints Row 4 :-) Day 1 for me.

SR3 + more craziness.

I've never really been a big fan of SR but I have to say, that looks pretty awesome.

A dubstep gun? Freaking awesome. I hope it will be "wobble bassy" enough.

Shut up and take my money!

I'm getting a real "Destroy All Humans" vibe from some of the weapons and powers.

I guess this will be the first Saints Row, I'm gonna buy day 1.
Good choice for a release date too.

Everything looks like they now finally know where to position themeselves between other open world games. Less plot-focused than GTA and grabbing players that are disappointed with the state of their franchises (namely: NFS Hot Persuit and Underground, APB, Prototype, Spider-Man, Just Cause) and give them a big sandbox and all the toys they dream about plus actually fun humor that is also their means of avoiding any clever explanations of why all the toys are in there.

I liked Saints Row 3 a whole bunch, but thought Jeff hyped it up way too much. I preferred the second, really. I thought it got the tone just right. This seems like the logical progression for the series to go in, but it looks like someone made a mod for SR3. I'll pass.

Dubstep gun! nuff said.

That dubstep gun did not disappoint holy balls. I wonder if the superpowers will make vehicles less useful but whatever looks amazing.

The first half of this is was like meh more SR3, but then dubstep gun.

A year and half later, dubstep guns are still awesome.

These guys sure know how to make a crazy game.

The superspeed and flying stuff looks so damn cool, but I don't think my computer will be able to handle it without breaking down to single frames when traversing so much space like that... Looks like I'm gonna wait this one out until I get a better computer to play it.

and me unfortunately. It looks fun but same city? Boooo. This all looks like some Crackdown 2 type deal. I'm sure there will be some funny stuff in this game and it will be cool to arse around in but it really looks like what it is. DLC turned into a full game. This is extra bad because in my opinion the world of Steelport was boring enough in SR3. Having to play through it again, even with added alien whatevers is a bit of a downer.

It's Crackdown 2013! I am stoked for this, but as in Crackdown, once you get the ability to run or jump anywhere you want, driving becomes a chore. I hope Volition has done something to rectify that. I really liked collecting cars, driving the various vehicles and just speeding through Steelport racking up "near miss" XP in SR3.

Dude refers to a fucking gun that shoots dubstep as "exotic."

This motherfucker is on drugs.

It's Saints row meets Prototype meets dubstep.......i'm in

Even crazier than the last one...I CAN'T WAIT!

Now....I want this sooooo baaaad!

Crackdown minus the orbs.

So they managed to take saints row and mix it with crackdown. I'm sold.

So much reused assets, can't this just be dlc?

Pop and lock.