Saints Row IV: Commander In Chief Edition - Playstation 3
Saints Row IV: Commander In Chief Edition - Playstation 3
Saints Row IV is a 2013 developed by and published by . It is the sequel to 2011's and the fourth installment in the series. The game was released in August 2013 for , , and , and was later to , , and in 2015. A port was released on March 27, 2020.
The game's nature allows players to freely explore a simulation of the fictional city of Steelport while completing main and side at their leisure. It also incorporates elements, and continues the series' reputation for over-the-top . The story follows the same from the previous games, who becomes elected after thwarting a terrorist threat. Five years into their governance, they find themselves trapped in the Steelport simulation along with members of their gang, the 3rd Street Saints, after an empire known as the Zin attack the and capture them. With help from some Saints who managed to escape and hacked the simulation to give them , the player attempts to rescue their captured friends, escape the simulation, and defeat the Zin.
Saints Row IV was the first game developed by Volition following its acquisition by in early 2013. The supernatural and superpower concept for the game started in , a cancelled planned for , which the team expanded into Saints Row IV. Volition later released a "director's cut" of Enter the Dominatrix as for Saints Row IV alongside How the Saints Saved Christmas, various weapons, costumes, and vehicle packs, and a standalone expansion, (which serves as an epilogue to the base game's story).
The game received several limited and summative edition releases, and was briefly banned in Australia. It was met with generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its humor and character customization options, but criticized its lack of challenge. It also performed very well financially, selling over one million copies in its first week. A sequel is supposedly in development.
