Saints Row‘s tone doesn’t gets in the way of “bigger sales”, according to Jim Boon senior producer at Volition.

“If anything, I think our tone is an element of our success. SR is quite unlike anything else out there, and I think gamers crave unique experiences – I know I do. We have a lot of passionate fans that love SR, so I think we are striking the right chord.

Also, I do want to mention that Jason was extremely supportive of SR4 and really liked what we were doing with the game. He would often offer ideas for the game, and those ideas were never suggestions about changing our tone. He was a fan of the series and loved what we were doing,” Jim Volition: Saint’s Row's Adult Tone Doesn't Get In The Way of Sales 1Boon told OXM.

Saints Row IV

When asked if he feels under pressure to outdo the wackiness of each previous installment in the series, to that he said:

“I wouldn’t say it feels like pressure to keep upping the crazy. If anything it is liberating to be able to come up with any idea we think gamers will enjoy with no restrictions. Ultimately the pressure comes from trying to keep things fun in SR4.

We have a very creative team that comes up with some fairly crazy ideas – that is almost the easy part for the team. The challenge is to make sure these ideas have a purpose and are fun. We don’t want to do crazy just for the sake of being over the top, so it is important that our crazy ideas actually add to the game.

The pressure comes from having the time to really hone our idea into something that feels awesome for the player. We have had to cut any number of ideas if we thought we couldn’t get the fun factor where it needs to be.”

He was also asked if fanbase would miss the bad taste elements of the Saints Row‘s universe if the generally irreverent tone was maintained, Boon added, “I think our fans would miss what might considered juvenile elements of previous SR games.”

“Based on the overall reception and sales of SR3, I strongly suspect many people enjoy this aspect of SR, even if some may not want to admit feeling that way. Thinking of a movie series like The Hangover – people love the humor but you might not want to discuss some of the finer moments of those movies with your mom, for example.

I think the same might be true for SR. We do get an awful lot of feedback from fans telling us how much they love our juvenile tone – with some asking us to go even further! Ultimately SR4 doesn’t try to take itself too seriously and we even have a lot of fun at our own expense,” he concluded.

So what do you think?

Saints Row IV will launch on PC and current-gen consoles on August 20, 2013 in North America and August 23, 2013, in the rest of the world.

 

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