Jason Rubin, THQ's new president in lieu of Danny Bilson's departure, apparently saw the same expansive potential in 'Enter the Dominatrix.' In a THQ announcement today, he confirmed that the content will become the centerpiece of an all-new Saint's Row game slated to launch in 2013, abandoning its ties with Saint's Row: The Third. If you’re already a fan, that fresh gloss of 4K paint doesn’t quite feel worth it when the 2011 outing was, and still is, brilliant on a budget.ĭisclaimer: I was provided with a copy of Saints Row the Third Remastered in exchange for a fair and honest review.When we first gazed upon the spectacle that was Saint's Row: The Third 's 'Enter the Dominatrix' DLC, its lone screenshot projecting the overtones of a massive alien invasion in the city of Steelport, it was quite apparent that THQ and Volition were planning something big, a long-overdue end to The Third's middling, sometimes quality-free DLC releases that many of our season pass-owning readers found extremely underwhelming.
I picked up the Full Package edition for less than $10. But if you’re on Xbox? Consider getting the original, which is backward-compatible on Xbox One. You’ll definitely get your money’s worth, if you can make do with its flaws. Luckily, it’s not a full-whack price it’s $40. Maybe I should take this opportunity to request gamers exercise some self-restraint and play it like it was meant to be played. It’s also a little frustrating to see that, out of the box, players get DLC weapons and vehicles immediately, making the early stages of the game so much easier, and some unlockable skills utterly redundant the availability of the Saints Crusader tank is the worst offender. Yet it occupies a frustrating and somewhat annoying middle ground: the upgraded version isn’t the fan service many people like me expected, and I worry that it’s not up to scratch for new players demanding a genuinely modern action-adventure game. Ultimately, Saints Row the Third Remastered breathes a new lease of life into a game that was shockingly overlooked in its heyday. If there's one takeaway, it's that Professor Genki knows that Murder Time is Fun Time.
I’m so glad it exists because so many other people will get to learn why this 2011 magnum opus for the series was so good–for so many reasons: My lord, Saints Row the Third Remastered is still so great, even if it’s literally just a nicer-looking Saints Row the Third.
But I kept playing, and playing, and clearing out entire islands, because it’s just as addictive as it was in 2011.