Saints Row 3, the third instalment of THQ's free-roaming crime 'em-up will release autumn 2011 said THQ CEO Brian Farrell in an earnings call today.
"Volition is setting a new bar for this outstanding franchise and we look forward to unveiling this game in the near future." Said Farrell.
"...In the Fall, we plan to launch the latest installment of our Saints Row franchise, which we view as a significant growth driver in fiscal 2012."
So far so earnings call dull, but where's the beef? Alas, Farrell wasn't able to reveal further details as apparently Volition have placed him under lockdown.
So for the moment, we're going to play guess the feature set. But what would you like to see from the latest instalment of the franchise? Let us (and THQ and Volition) know in the comments field below, you can also pitch for Kinect, 3DS or indeed NGP versions.
Comments
10 comments so far...
dangermou5e on 3 Feb '11 said:
4-player co-op please oh and less cheesy gangsta rubbish! The special edition of Saints Row 2 was just embarrassing.
StonecoldMC on 3 Feb '11 said:
Improved Engine.
Better characters.
Better story.
Not as silly.
Might sound like im not a Fan of the series, but I liked the 1st one and the 2nd one not so much but they might just have what it takes to take on the might of GTA.
spam23 on 3 Feb '11 said:
Better story
Less gangsta nonsense
Customisable guns
Cover system....?
Sillier - don't try to be GTA
chuffster on 3 Feb '11 said:
Yes SILLIER please!
I can never forget the time I first(as a fat cockney with a mohican!), got into my flying saucer and flew across Saints Row to the strains of Europes`The Final Countdown`....
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Then landed and Pimp Slapped some passers by with my huge Pimp hand!!
Immortal on 3 Feb '11 said:
The silly story is what i love, it is after all a video game plus fix the car handling, it's very wobbly
Welsh Jester on 3 Feb '11 said:
More missions
More stuff to do in the empty open areas - something GTA SA lacked, empty woodland? no animals? no shooting range?, nobody doing things out there like cutting trees down or playing golf?
Much better online mode
Things to do after the main story mode is completed
More vehicles, weapons etc.. Personally i think they should take what R* did with SA and make it their own, but expand it
Custom taunts
ISITEMOOPANTZ on 3 Feb '11 said:
* bigger map with no big useless blocks about. I would like it if they could make all the buildings in the game accessible
with more shops ect and not just city areas but rural areas as well a bit like sanandreas / red dead
but with lots of life in them with animals scattered about not just empty grass fields
*better graphics maybe the same as gta iv but better would be cool
*better physics when driving cars and bikes with handling /crashing may be the same as gta but more extreme e.g CRASH INTO THE SIDE OF A BUILDING AND FLY HALF WAY ACROSS THE MAP
* better selection of vehicles
* ability to customize ever vehical in the game (even planes)
* be able to create/customize your own guns similar to black ops
* better gun play (maybe inbetween the likes of red dead and cod )
* more interesting story with less stupid gangster stuff more plot twists with better characters that develop through out the story (a mixture of lots and lots of humour ,Action ,emotion and decisions that could change parts of the plot )
* better houses / pad customization maybe even the ability to build your own house like the sims 3
* better atmosphere when free roaming e.g don't make most of the peds look the same maybe scatter a few side missions about like gta . with better radio stations more like gta vice city . more weather effects such as snow storms heavy rain and over cast
* more stuff to do after the story has finished e.g more mini games and places to go
* better online maybe with a free Rome mode like gta but with more players maybe 30 to 40
* team death match like cod small 12 players six a side or large 40 players 20 a side
* keep online co op the same as Sr2 but maybe with an extra story mode meant for two players
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Hobosaurus on 3 Feb '11 said:
You guys want story? Really? Screw that!
I ask you to give me a game where you can dress up your guy as a transvestite hooker traffic wizard with a giant purple beard while flying a flying saucer or driving a motorbike up a wall!
Barca Azul on 4 Feb '11 said:
Cancelled?
Barca Azul on 4 Feb '11 said:
Im thinking a change of direction!
Id like to see
Max power Boy racers and meet ups
London council estates like on the bill or Grange hill instead of Hoods!
and a story line as if it were taken from Eastenders
Thanks