Is Saints Row 4 a Threat to GTA V?

Going by all the details we saw in debut trailer of Saints Row 4 it seemed like, all Volition have done is took Saints Row 3 and added some more over the top childish sci-fi features (fans obviously hated them previously as well) and presented it as a completely new game.

[TheModernKamikaze]

Should be the other way around with. I kid.

[Pushagree]

No.
/debate

[Hydrolex]

No

Saints Row is a joke to GTA V

[Gazondaily]

Yeah I don't think it is a threat to GTA at all. SR1 and 2 were designed in the vein of GTA and in my opinion, were better games simply by not taking themselves too seriously whilst still striking the balance between fun gameplay and a decent storyline.

The later games however, have strayed from that original 'GTA forumula' by being over the top and far more 'arcadey', to an extent that they have more differences than they have similarities. SR4 makes the likes of Crackdown and Infamous seem tame in the fictional element. GTA5 however appears, comparatively at least, more grounded in reality.

I don't understand the logic behind Volitions idea though. They could have ruffled a few feathers at Rockstar HQ by showing off a next gen edition of Saints Row going back to the roots of the franchise. However, that wouldn't necessarily ensure a better game, because Rockstar are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the quality of their games.

Maybe the developers behind SR4 just aren't bothered with chasing Rockstar anymore?

[Thatguy-310]

Not necessarily a threat but it has built it's own fan base. It gives you a more fun approach to the open world that GTA IV had and that's why people enjoyed it more.

[Baylex]

Agree with you!!
I have much much more fun playing SR3 than GTA IV ;) don't blame me lol the game is fun as hell

[omi25p]

Saints Row isnt "fun" Its too unrealistic and stupid.

[MysticStrummer]

I'm sure some people enjoyed SR more than GTA4, but the majority didn't. SR4 is in no way a threat to GTA5.

[ATi_Elite]

is Sweden a Threat to the United States Military?

The answer is NO NO NO and NOPE!!!!

[superterabyte]

Vietnam

[N0S3LFESTEEM]

Obama put partial control of our military under the UN... so Sweden's military is our military.

GTA 5 will most likely sell more copies than Saints row 1,2,3,4 combined. That's 11mil copies for the series up to now... to put that in perspective GTA 4 ALONE sold 25mil copies.

[Blaze929]

i knew a dumbass article like this would pop up

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Is a open game that's highly unrealistic, random and imature a threat to GTA.

VS

one of the most controversial games in the industry, one of the most highly rated games to date. And is the only, ONLY game to come out that is next gen repellent?

A super highly anticipated game that could make people not want to get a new console because they wanna play GTA with there friends and don't want to spend 400+ dollars on a console?

GTA is has no threats/competition. The only game I can see "attempting" GTA is Destiny. 2 highly credible companies with very promising games.

But to answer the articles question, no, Hell no.

[showtimefolks]

Simple answer no. SR4 needs to be more like SR2 because IMO SR3 while sometimes fun was too loose and didn't have a structure

Have a little bit of serious time please

[Gimmemorebubblez]

N.O.

I hate the dildorection the Saints Row series is going in.

[Wenis]

Same here. SR2 was awesome, but I couldn't get into SR3 and have no desire to play SR4 based on the trailer.

[UnHoly_One]

Yeah Saints Row has really gone downhill.

:(

[Root]

Oh you mean SR3.5....I highly, highly doubt it

GTAV is going to blow SR3.5 out the water

[Irishguy95]

No

[LOGICWINS]

"Is Saints Row 4 a Threat to GTA V?"

No GTA5 will be the better seller regardless.

[Snookies12]

Does it REALLY matter? Can't people just get both, one or the other, or neither of them? It's not like one's success is going to kill the other. I personally am looking forward to both games. :]

[Derekvinyard13]

Agree, at least someone has common sense

[Pushagree]

You're not going to get two of the same thing, especially if one is inferior to the other. No one has ever bought an ipod and a zune. Same logic applies here.

[Snookies12]

I'm sorry, but saying Saints Row and GTA are the same thing is just dumb. Why are they the same? Is it because they're both open world sandbox games? They're very different in terms of style. Saints Row is just ridiculous and random, whereas GTA is a more grounded experience.

Your comparison being that no one would get an "iPod and a Zune" is moot. This is about GAMES, not hardware. You don't see people all buying Call of Duty instead of Battlefield, or Battlefield instead of Call of Duty. Just because they're both first person military shooters, doesn't mean that one is inherently better than the other. It all comes down to opinion bottom line.

Am I saying Saints 4 will be better than GTA V? No, in fact I'm pretty sure I'll like GTA more. I'm just saying that both games have their place, and both are fun in different ways. So why not get both in that case? It's not like we have to swear loyalty to one series and never touch the other lol.

[SAE]

Yea. Buy what you like. No need to compare..

I won't buy SR4 though. It's too silly in my opinion..

[Snookies12]

Yeah, that's cool man. Everyone has their personal tastes when it comes to games. :]

I honestly didn't like Saints 3 for a while until playing it co-op with friends. I'm hoping 4 will be a better single player experience than the 3rd one was. Either way, I do look forward to both this and GTA V!

[Derekvinyard13]

Same

[Donnieboi]

No, I won't get both. SR4 is a human tragedy. The series is trash now. Fact.

[Snookies12]

That's actually opinion. No matter how bad something seems to people, there will always be those who like it.

[Walker]

LoL, No !

[coolmast3r]

How about no? -_-

[thelaughingwiseman]

I thought Grand Theft Auto 4 was boring. That game just lived on because of its predecessors. There were other games that outshines GTA4 from within its own studio (looking at you Red Dead Redemption)

[Snookies12]

I didn't find GTA 4 boring per se... However, it wasn't as exciting as the others were in the series. It was indeed a technical marvel at the time though. That game was amazing with the physics and attention to detail on most things. I like to think that GTA 4 was their test for this generation of consoles, and GTA 5 will be the real grand slam.

[JamieL]

The real "Grand Theft" slam.

[Hydralysk]

GTA4 was a technical marvel, but for me it was fairly empty inside.

You had a greatly realized city, with a huge cast of characters all with top of the line voice acting, multiple radio and tv station, hundreds of vehicles, darts/bowling/etc minigames. If we're judging solely based on the amount of polish and content, then GTA4 knocked it out of the park.

But, the game actually discourages you from doing stuff that made GTA games fun since the main focus is put on completing story missions. The vehicles handle realistically (i.e like ass), and there are next to no unrealistic vehicles like jetpacks, fighter jets and 747s. Weapons are doled out sparingly, while in GTA2 you got a rocket launcher 5 minutes in and were encouraged to start gunning people down. Since you can't accept a mission with a wanted level, and getting arrested ends a mission (no checkpoints naturally) you're actively discouraged from causing mayhem because the game offers no incentive for it, not even the point system previous games had so. The game feels like you're wasting time if you aren't on a story mission due to the heavy emphasis R* placed on them. Add to this the narrative which tries to be grounded in reality while outside of the cutscenes the world is a deliberately twisted caricature of American life, creating (for me) intense tonal dissonance.

GTA4 had a ton of content and a greater focus on story, but that came at the cost of the exaggerated improvised situations that formed what I liked about GTA. No longer could you run to an airport, steal a 747, parachute out while it smashes into an area 51 knockoff, steal a tank and blast my way through the instant 4 star ratings to my airstrip, and then hop into my fighter jet and see how long I can survive flying between a city's high rises at top speed before hitting something and blowing up. At that point, what am I even playing GTA for? Why don't I just go watch the Godfather?

[Cam977]

I can see SR4 selling no more than 1,000,000 copies and receiving a maximum of 7/10 from critics. It's the same city forgoodnersake! Imagine if GRAND THEFT AUTO V released 2 years after IV but set in LC again!

[Cam977]

Also, I really think they're aiming SR4 at children. Super heroes? Characters dancing in the trailer non-stop? A giant, alive soft-drink can? Definitely aimed at immature 12 year-old gamers.
Roll on GRAND THEFT AUTO V.

[whamlollypop7]

Dear author, I think you got your words mixed up in the title.

[Derekvinyard13]

Lol

[Rezka]

You can't compare a rushed game to a game that has been in development for years. Gta is gonna destroy it

[claud3]

wait are we talking about two different games, going in two different directions

Well NO threat

[Y_5150]

People were saying this when SR3 was coming out if I weren't mistaken.

[AAWELLS09]

What an extremely dumb question. I reckon you knew it would bring on the hits tho and for that i dont blame ya.

[Adityac]

Why do people even make articles like these...

[PS4isKing_82]

Saints row 4 is a threat to itself. Game looks like shit.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Not even remotely.

I've always been a fan if the SR series and I really didn't like what I saw in the SR4 trailer. In fact I think I hated it.

[kingPoS]

Are they kidding?

That would be like comparing Forza to Gran Turismo.
The one to come up with a great idea first tends to garner larger fan base. What other game series made open world gameplay popular first?

[My_Name_BTW_Is_Dante]

They aren't a threat to each other.

Saints Row franchise is just for open world fun like the old GTAs used to be.

GTA4 & GTA5 are for taking fun out the game to replace with boring repetitive missions for realism.

[SageHonor]

lolno

[MeatAbstract]

Nothing is a threat to GTA V. Far too big a franchise and Rockstar will advertise it so the whole worlds know it's coming if it doesn't know already, which it probably does.

[i8urCAKE]

SR4 was suppose to be a DLC for SR3 LOOOOOL WHAT A JOKE

[jeenyus]

LOL, laughable idea to get hits.

[Denethor_II]

No.

[KillrateOmega]

No.

The SR games are fun, but they're no threat.

[Nocturne147]

Guys calm down, both games gonna be great! T'is just another shitty article.

[despair]

nope.

[PR_FROM_OHIO]

Hell no!!! That's a dumb question smh

[BOLO]

"Is Sleeping Dogs 2 a Threat to GTA V?"

*fixed

[Tzuno]

Saint row is a mess. Mindless game for deviate minds.

[KaBaW]

I bought and enjoyed the first two Saint's Row games, and enjoyed them..
But, I've had no desire to buy Saint's Row 3, and I never will.
I just preferred the first two games, majorly, over what Saint's Row 3 is.

It's too 'over the top' for me. I don't think it will affect GTA, at all.

[violents]

Saints row never has been and never will be competiotion for GTA, if anything saints row is a parody of gta. Gta will always be where the hardcore go for the real action, saints row is for the laughs.

[TheCopyNinja]

They need to change SR back how it first started. Each game they make keeps moving farther away from what made SR cool. It's just becoming exaggerated retarded crap.

[rammstein91]

saint's row features absurdist humor and entertaiment,gta has different style.imo Saints Row Series is more fun to play but i dont think they're rivals

[kupomogli]

I don't think so. Saints Row the Third was a great game but not better than GTA4. I think GTA5 will be the better game.

That being said, my personal favorite in the genre is Scarface the World is Yours. As much as I enjoyed that game, I was disappointed when they announced and cancelled the sequel the same day.

[MelonSaurus]

No one that I've talked to is even remotely interested in GTA V.

[Clarence]

Ahhhh No

[Sako]

nope

[TheHergulaX]

While the games are indeed similar, I hardly feel that Saints Row will ever be a threat to GTA.

Grand Theft Auto series is one of the greatest game franchises in the history of gaming... Saints Row is a title only gamers know, as it is not as big as GTA is... yet.

[LuCifer845]

Lol no. Fuck saints row. Its poor mans ghetto version of gta.

[Knightofelemia]

Saints Row use to be a great franchise I liked but since Saints Row 4 and after seeing the pics floating around with aliensthe game is not staying true to the franchise. I am avoiding the game GTA 5 I like the GTA franchise amd it to looks great hands down GTA 5 will do good its keeping true to the franchise and not adding aliens to the game.

[zAlchemist]

GTAV is much better than Saints Row.

[TechOne]

Is this dude/woman high?

[TheCagyDies]

Saints Row 4 looks like DLC to Saints Row 3. Now GTA V looks like a true sequel.

[TechOne]

Do you eat shit?

[TheCagyDies]

Oh oh oh oh ho hohoho

[steve30x]

I have no interest in a game like Saints Row 4. I prefer the way GTA V is more serious.