Official Twitter account of Volition, the studio behind @SaintsRow
Champaign, Illinois, USA
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THQ owned us at the time, and the first Saints Row was a flagship title for them. It did not have a low budget by any stretch of the imagination. It was an early 360 exclusive, and the first open world title on the console.
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Steve Jaros was the lead writer (and eventual Creative Director) on all the existing Saints Row games. The later games may have had a different tone but they all came from the same person's vision and intent.
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If there is ever a specific actor, the agency we use would talk to that actor's agent and we go from there. For big names it usually comes down to our VO budget. Game dev is fluid, and we often have to adjust expectations based on reality of time and money.
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Flow would be in regards to cut story/missions. A vehicle or weapon being cut would generally be because there wasn't enough time to polish it to final or it wound up not being fun. Development is often experimentation. Some things work, while others do not.
Cut content happens for a variety of reasons. Can't be polished in time, breaks flow, isn't working
We have an agency we use for VO talent. We don't have to try and contact actors directly if that's what you are asking
Tone all depends on the specific game and its direction
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An incredibly broad question with no real way to answer specifically. Again, we always hope for the best.
The biggest hurdle was performance with the first SR (our first open world game,) which only got fixed a mere 10 weeks from submission:
youtube.com/watch?v=q15vAr3W…
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Development started after the release of Agents of Mayhem in 2017.
Future plans are generally dependent on the success of the current title. We always hope for the best.
We can't give any hints about anything. Though ultimately futile, we do respect your tenacity.
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Extremely unlikely, but we do appreciate and respect that hope seems to burn eternal for our old Summoner fans.
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Zero. We create new content exclusively, and are not involved with the decision or work on ports and remasters of our older titles.
We can only confirm that a new Saints Row game is in development. We cannot reveal any other details yet, including platforms.
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Not from us. We create new content, and are not involved with ports or remasters of our older titles.
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We're all hanging in there and looking forward to eventually being able to share what we've been working on.
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