SRV Ideas thread.

[[V] IdolNinja]

Here's an article from the website GamerSphere that says the got some hints for SR5 from an "anonymous employee at Volition" so take it with a grain of salt.
http://gamerssphere.com/2014/03/07/saints-row-v-leaked-information/
According to the article the employee in question said that SR5 will still have some "Sci-fi" elements and parody some of the more well-received movies that came out in 2013-2014. (This of course could mean anything really since the film industry is arguably just as broad and bloated as the VG industry).

lol

 

[3bertrand1993]

I wouldn't say kill em off entirely. (Lord knows how much flak Volition got for "killing off" Gat and abandoning characters like Troy, Dex and Tobias). Instead for SR5 they should flesh them out instead of turning them into one-trick ponies like in SR4. Interestingly enough for SR3 Volition planned to have more character development for the characters which would've delved into Shaundi having survivors guilt, the Boss' nightmare about losing another lieutenant and more info on how Kinzie, Oleg, Angel and Zimos got involved with the Syndicate. Sadly much like a lot of things in SR3 it was removed since THQ was THQ. Oddly enough the only characters that didn't get flanderized over time happen to be the two cowardly tacticians Pierce and Miller. As for the Boss turning into a bozo I think the main reason for it was that a lot of people (even old fans) were complaining about how ruthless the Boss was in SR2. (More specifically the Boss gunning down a surrendering Vogel, crushing Jessica and if the beginning cutscene of Picking a Fight and the entirety of the mission Burning Down the House are to be believed his\her outright indifference for Stilwater's civilians). So in SR3 they made him\her into a more "Typical" sandbox anti-hero. (As in a cheeky, yet ruthless anti-hero that tries to avoid at least story-wise, unnecessary casualties). However in SR4 and GOOH the boss went from "sandbox character archetype" to full-blown idiot.

 

[TheBlueGuys]

I honestly think people should've accepted it, things like returning dead characters slows series development.

The Saints were dealing with it, changing to adapt to that loss.
Now they don't have to, they can sit back breathe a sigh of relief because the gang is back together & there's no need to adapt.
The best shock was the entire earth getting destroyed.
BUT NO, a time machine loophole exists.
Like why bother when there's no consequences or the ramifications can be easily undone.
Like a movie where the ending reveals it's all a dream.[/QUOTE]

Yep, now Shaundi's character development is rendered pointless because it turns out Gat is alive and well. She doesn't have to worry about survivor's guilt anymore. And where did Asha come from anyhow? She just sort of appears out of nowhere and acts like she's the female James Bond. She doesn't even fit in the series as a whole.

And the time machine ruins everything. The Boss could now go all the way back to when they first joined the Saints, get rid of Julius and appoint him/herself as the new Boss of the Saints (then going to find Shaundi and Pierce to recruit them as well.)

2. That would've been a perfect expansion for Saints IV.
Simulations dealing with each one of those.
Zimos & the Syndicate
Oleg & being experimented on
Kinzie & the FBI
Shaundi dealing with her uselessness
And The Protagonist losing johnny
All would've been the perfect simulation nightmares for each in Saints IV.

That would've been perfect. Better than the several comedic 'nightmare worlds' like Pierce being attacked by a gigantic soda can or a vague reference to an obscure movie that no one playing the game ever watched. To most people like me, who hadn't watched the movie and hadn't looked it up to see the reference, it looked like Keith Davis getting his ass kicked by the world's most stereotypical Scottish man.

And yea The Protagonist was tone down alot but this is what happens apparently when people cry about their ruthlessness.
You go from Rated-R to PG-13.

Yep. It seems that Volition had listened there and toned down their boss from a ruthless, borderline psychotic crime lord into a plucky guy/gal who's a bit of a jerk.

 

[3bertrand1993]

Well the original plan was for Gat to be perma-dead. However once Volition got an earful from the fans and pretty much wrote themselves into a corner they launched "Operation ASSPULL" and albeit very haphazardly retconned Gat's death in SR4. (All though either way it still would've been retconned with the Time Machine ending for SR4 and the "restore Earth" ending for SR GOOH).
As for Pierce's Nightmare I think the overall theme would be the Saints becoming too soft and thus an easy target for any random organization or alternatively turning into a bastardized mockery of themselves thanks to the Saints-Ultor partnership (which would explain why the main enemies are all heavily armed Saints Flow mascots).

 

[3bertrand1993]

Some ideas I had for weapons.
Melee:
Baton
Skins-- Billy Club: The safe-word is police brutality. Stun-Stick: Pick up the can. Retractable: OH LOOK I'M A 1337 HAXOR1!!
Baseball Bat
Skins-- Guitar: Great against zombies, not so much against pervy aliens. Aluminum: Murder Time, Fun Time! Crowbar: The perfect anti-zombie, anti-alien, anti-martial law weapon straight outta New Mexico.
Sledgehammer
Skins-- Rocket Mallet: The Royal Beatdown.
Katana
Skins-- Laser Razor: NO THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! Nightmare Knife: It's Symbolic!
Stun-Gun
Chainsaw
Penetrator
Skins-- Tentacle: Now available in h bookstores everywhere!
Machete
Skins-- Nocturne: Time to get Medieval
Knife:
Skins-- Psycho: a fan favorite for crazy ex's and serial killers.

Pistols:
Mateba 6
Skins-- The Corporate Mercenary: Turn a cacophony of stupidity into a symphony of destruction. Future-cop: I never asked for this.
Desert Eagle
Skins-- Raging Bull:
Glock 17
Skins-- M1911: A classic gun with a classic application. Sig Sauer P226: The Saints life chose me. P99: Small package, big impact.

SMG's:
MP7
Skins-- Viva La Resistance: Need to kill fast but bullets too slow. MAC-10: All you had to do was follow the damn train!
MP5
Skins-- UMP45: The younger, more high-tech counterpart of the MP5. Uzi: Escape from Steelport.
P90
Skins-- Bizon: A spiral of chaos. Vector: A rose of bloody led.

Assault Rifles:
AK-47
Skins-- HCAR: A big, mean, American, machine. AK74: Gangsters first assault rifle. FN2000: The pinnacle of bullpup rifles.
G36C
Skins-- AUG: German ingenuity. M4A1: High-tech, low drag. ACR: A bad case of national insecurity.
M16
Skins-- Berreta 4x4: Nimble and deadly. Famas: Honk your horn. SCAR-L: Boss do everything!

Shotguns:
KSG
Skins-- Benelli M4: The standard law enforcement shotgun; duck if you see one coming.
AA-12
Skins-- Pancor Jackhammer: A rare gun with a common purpose. USAS: Fan that hammer!
Remington
Skins-- SPAS-12: The Italian Stallion.

Explosives:
RPG Nihil
Skins-- Merc's RPG: This is a war not a bra factory. Super Six: It's a piece of shit and I don't like it.
MGL Riot
Skins-- Thumper: I love APC's! So crunchy.
Singularity Cannon
Skins-- Black-Hole Launcher: Let's get funky. Galactic Ruiner: Promising a horrible ending to all life as we know it.

Specials:
McManus 2018
Skins-- Barrett 50 Cal: One shot, one kill. R93: Boom headshot! M14: Of cockroaches and soap-bars.
Portable LRAD
Skins-- Dubstep Gun: Drop the bass.
Handheld Minigun:
Skins-- The Fattie: Waaah, cry some more!
Flamethrower
Skins-- High-tech: Make it burn them. Relic: Let's burn 'em out. The Maniac: One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that mask.
Flare Gun:
Skins-- Loud Locust: An ancient yet powerful piece of Zin technology.

 

[TheBlueGuys]

@TheBlueGuys
It's that just assume the Saints changed so radically gap from Saints3 to Saints IV.
I didn't understand Shaundi's love for Gat in Saints 3 like she was married to him for 10yrs
"The Protagonist has a strong friendship with Johnny Gat, having known him the longest of any of the Saints since his initiation into the gang." Since Saints Row 1, so how the smurf does Shaundi go from a drug loving hippie to an obnoxious Gat obsessive overly Gat defensive wanna be from Saints 2 to Saints 3.
Again these are traits The Protagonist should've shown.

Asha was more acceptable because she was called in for Cyrus Temple.
She fits because of STAG & Ultor.

Yup the time machine ruins it.

To be fair, Shaundi looked up to Gat as a sort of elder brother/guru who always got things done. I think she felt comfortable considering him her idol over Boss as the latter is...well...her boss. She also spent the majority of SR2 half-baked out of her mind so she never really fully processed the deaths of Carlos and all the other nasty things that happened in that game. SR3 took place after she got rid of that habit presumably, so when Gat died, it was really the first time she was cognitive enough to notice it, to feel it. It didn't help that this was her mentor/best friend/guru/idol that died, that it could've been entirely preventable had she and Boss "stayed and fought" like she said in her nightmare simulation.

The Boss, however, has had years watching his/her friends die that when Gat died, all it did was piss him/her off. It also must be remembered that the Boss is the leader of a group, and as with all leaders, he/she couldn't afford to look weak by sobbing uncontrollably in a corner while gorging him/herself on a second six-pack of beer. He/she does that and the others will either think him/her weak, or think 'Holy shit, things don't look good if Boss is cracking like this...'

In short:

Shaundi spent the vast majority of SR2 off in lala land, so when Gat died years after she quit, it was the first time she felt anything. She also had a bad case of self-loathing and survivor's guilt because no doubt she figured that had she not been the way she used to be, and had they stayed on the plane and fought back rather than run, then Gat would've lived. She has no idea how to cope with these feelings as this is likely the first time she's felt anything in a long, long time. It's also quite possible that she's also grieving for Carlos as well (silently, though) because she thought back through all that had happened and realized 'Holy shit, people've died and I just sat around half-comatose doing dick! Why did I do this? What could have changed had I not been my stupid younger self?' See what I'm saying?

The Boss has had years to harden up, knows what it's like to lose people. The Boss also has to keep the group together, so cracking down in a fit of tears would not be the thing the Boss needs to do if he/she wants to keep everyone confident and not panicking. The Boss is angry, yes. Very angry, but the Boss knows that he/she has to stay focused on the mission of bringing down the Syndicate.

EDIT: Sorry for the long post, I like psycho-analyzing video game characters.

 

[HokyoHollowpoint]

I think the time machine was more than a cheap loophole for fixing the problem of earth being destroyed. The Saints have a time machine. They are the Saints. They are obviously going to mess with it. And when they do, they will screw something up most likely.

 

[YourGoingDownZinyak]

yeah your right on that! he should deserve a lot more respect than he gets without him half of the saints wouldn't be alive

Some ideas I had for weapons.
Melee:
Baton
Skins-- Billy Club: The safe-word is police brutality. Stun-Stick: Pick up the can. Retractable: OH LOOK I'M A 1337 HAXOR1!!
Baseball Bat
Skins-- Guitar: Great against zombies, not so much against pervy aliens. Aluminum: Murder Time, Fun Time! Crowbar: The perfect anti-zombie, anti-alien, anti-martial law weapon straight outta New Mexico.
Sledgehammer
Skins-- Rocket Mallet: The Royal Beatdown.
Katana
Skins-- Laser Razor: NO THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! Nightmare Knife: It's Symbolic!
Stun-Gun
Chainsaw
Penetrator
Skins-- Tentacle: Now available in h bookstores everywhere!
Machete
Skins-- Nocturne: Time to get Medieval
Knife:
Skins-- Psycho: a fan favorite for crazy ex's and serial killers.

Pistols:
Mateba 6
Skins-- The Corporate Mercenary: Turn a cacophony of stupidity into a symphony of destruction. Future-cop: I never asked for this.
Desert Eagle
Skins-- Raging Bull:
Glock 17
Skins-- M1911: A classic gun with a classic application. Sig Sauer P226: The Saints life chose me. P99: Small package, big impact.

SMG's:
MP7
Skins-- Viva La Resistance: Need to kill fast but bullets too slow. MAC-10: All you had to do was follow the damn train!
MP5
Skins-- UMP45: The younger, more high-tech counterpart of the MP5. Uzi: Escape from Steelport.
P90
Skins-- Bizon: A spiral of chaos. Vector: A rose of bloody led.

Assault Rifles:
AK-47
Skins-- HCAR: A big, mean, American, machine. AK74: Gangsters first assault rifle. FN2000: The pinnacle of bullpup rifles.
G36C
Skins-- AUG: German ingenuity. M4A1: High-tech, low drag. ACR: A bad case of national insecurity.
M16
Skins-- Berreta 4x4: Nimble and deadly. Famas: Honk your horn. SCAR-L: Boss do everything!

Shotguns:
KSG
Skins-- Benelli M4: The standard law enforcement shotgun; duck if you see one coming.
AA-12
Skins-- Pancor Jackhammer: A rare gun with a common purpose. USAS: Fan that hammer!
Remington
Skins-- SPAS-12: The Italian Stallion.

Explosives:
RPG Nihil
Skins-- Merc's RPG: This is a war not a bra factory. Super Six: It's a piece of shit and I don't like it.
MGL Riot
Skins-- Thumper: I love APC's! So crunchy.
Singularity Cannon
Skins-- Black-Hole Launcher: Let's get funky. Galactic Ruiner: Promising a horrible ending to all life as we know it.

Specials:
McManus 2018
Skins-- Barrett 50 Cal: One shot, one kill. R93: Boom headshot! M14: Of cockroaches and soap-bars.
Portable LRAD
Skins-- Dubstep Gun: Drop the bass.
Handheld Minigun:
Skins-- The Fattie: Waaah, cry some more!
Flamethrower
Skins-- High-tech: Make it burn them. Relic: Let's burn 'em out. The Maniac: One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that mask.
Flare Gun:
Skins-- Loud Locust: An ancient yet powerful piece of Zin technology.

yeah that sounds fucking badass dude i would love for that to happen in Saints Row V

@TheBlueGuys
It's that just assume the Saints changed so radically gap from Saints3 to Saints IV.
I didn't understand Shaundi's love for Gat in Saints 3 like she was married to him for 10yrs
"The Protagonist has a strong friendship with Johnny Gat, having known him the longest of any of the Saints since his initiation into the gang." Since Saints Row 1, so how the smurf does Shaundi go from a drug loving hippie to an obnoxious Gat obsessive overly Gat defensive wanna be from Saints 2 to Saints 3.
Again these are traits The Protagonist should've shown.

Asha was more acceptable because she was called in for Cyrus Temple.
She fits because of STAG & Ultor.

Yup the time machine ruins it.

yeah it kinda does because there's no going back now

I honestly think people should've accepted it, things like returning dead characters slows series development.

The Saints were dealing with it, changing to adapt to that loss.
Now they don't have to, they can sit back breathe a sigh of relief because the gang is back together & there's no need to adapt.
The best shock was the entire earth getting destroyed.
BUT NO, a time machine loophole exists.
Like why bother when there's no consequences or the ramifications can be easily undone.
Like a movie where the ending reveals it's all a dream.

2. That would've been a perfect expansion for Saints IV.
Simulations dealing with each one of those.
Zimos & the Syndicate
Oleg & being experimented on
Kinzie & the FBI
Shaundi dealing with her uselessness
And The Protagonist losing johnny
All would've been the perfect simulation nightmares for each in Saints IV.

And yea The Protagonist was tone down alot but this is what happens apparently when people cry about their ruthlessness.
You go from Rated-R to PG-13

yeah i like how he was a psychopath hellbent on destruction in saints row 2 because he survived a yacht explosion in saints row 1

Well here are my ideas. For the story the Saints use the time machine to go back in time and kill Zinyak before the Zin invasion even begins thus saving the world. However this creates another reality where the Saints were betrayed by Ultor, Monica Hughes becomes the president instead of the Boss and revives STAG, some of the Saint lieutenats that died are still alive and six new gangs control Stilwater and a heavily modified Steelport. (If you're wondering how it works there would be three gangs in Stilwater and three gangs in Steelport). In terms of gameplay it would be similar to SR3, with the character customization of SR2 and an improve weapon custimization feature. For activities I think they should bring back FUZZ, Septic Avenger, Mayhem (normal, tank and mech), Fight Club, Heli Assault, Hitman, Chopshop and either Saints of Rage or Zombie Uprising. Finally as a bonus for completing the game you can use the powers from SR4 via a toggeble upgrade

yeah that would be awesome but i think that we should expand on the great character customization that we had in Saints Row IV because they did so much improving from SRTT and they could do so much more in Saints Row V also be awesome to go back to actual gangs instead of crime organizations like syndicate

Just bring back fighting mechanics and fight club like the ones in SR2 and i put my money on your stockings Volition.

yeah that fight club was badass in saints row 2 i fucking loved it and also the 4 fighting styles regular ronin brotherhood and samedi but yeah with next gen graphics they should make it even more complex than it was in saints row 2 which was like 7 years ago

[1] No superpower unless it for an activities were the boss become a actor/actress in a movie.

[2] The game take place a japanese like city and you the player become a member of a "saints" theme Yakuza.

[3] Underground mall area much like SR2 with new clothes store selling clothes you can't get anywhere else.

[4] Not killing off the big bad in the middle of the plot, SRTT did this and well...

[5] New story that take place in it own world, Meaning you do not need to play the older game to understand the story.

[6] Easter Egg, The fun one & one that poke fun at the older games.

[7] Layer for clothes, better hair style, more slider.

[8] More funner activities.

[9] Toggle weapon upgrade, etc.

[10] DON'T pull a SRTT & SRIV on us this time.

Those are the thing I'd like to see in SRV.

EDIT: [11] 4 player co-op and 8 vs 8 muiltplayer.

i don't agree with the japanese city at all i'm sorry the city that they need in saints row V is a bigger stilwater like lets say 60 hoods staying with the pattern saints row 1 and saints row 2 had where in 1 there was 36 neighborhoods and in 2 there was 48 or double the neighborhoods in steelport so that would be 36 hoods equilvalent to what stilwater had in 1. Also, make the city more exciting obviously, we know how even in saints row iv the city was kinda bland to be quite honest so hope they change that. yeah the underground mall thing i agree with you on make like a costume store. yeah don't kill people in the middle of the story thing i agree with and also we need to bring back actual gangs than this alien syndicate shit.ok i sort of agree with you on the new world story like i think you mean start fresh a clean slate if you will? possibly start off a new saints like keep the ones that are the most essential like Kinzie, and the others. Yeah easter eggs were awesome especially those cabbits which are in the other games starting off in saints row 2 but that bunny was creepy coming out of the fucking water having that rape face on. yeah more sliders for even bigger tits bigger dicks even change the sliders for asses for a huge ass and a vagina slider for a high vagina or a low down vagina yeah and not these one piece type of clothing shit actual layers like the old days. I think that from 1-4 they have expanded on the hairstyles which is one of the strengths recently for saints row but yeah they could expand on it even more believe it or not. Yes, more activities saints row the third did good on that but saints row 2 did the best on that so hopefully saints row V can bring back those wacky ass activities that we love so much. yeah toggle the weapon upgrade would be good like let's say i don't want dual smgs maybe i just want one or single then i could toggle that and also what if i want dual assault rifles or dual rpgs you could toggle it for that as well.HAHAHA yeah defintely don't pull one of those out of your ass again please give us a game that actually is about actual gangs eliminating them and something that will hopefully get a 8.9-10.0 rating great list on most things.

First person mode....."becaus sants row iz a copy of GtA"

no no no no no no ! saints row is totally different from gta

A few other ideas I had in mind.
More interiors (store, campaign and misc all in the open world)
Bring back health items from SR2.
Replayable missions.
More in-depth gang customization.
Ability to travel to both Stilwater and Steelport via a series of highways, bridges and underwater tunnels.
A more detailed Steelport.
Day\Night cycle with improved weather effects.
Bring back most of the activites from past games (except TK Mayhem, Gaurdian Angel and those atrocious Escorts from hell).
Six gangs (eight if you count Ultor and STAG) with three in Stilwater and three in Steelport.
Gangs would be the Archangels (Mongols and Hells Angels), Omega (Los Zetas and MS13), New Age Cult (Various religious extremist groups), Peoples Liberation Front (Oathkeepers and Black Bloc), Monarchs (Triad), and the Tsars (Russian Mob).
Enemy gangs are lead by familiar faces from past games.
Law enforcement groups would the Stilwater PD, Steelport PD, Sheriff's Department, FBI, National Gaurd, Ultor and STAG
Ability to customize all vehicles (for example the Challenger or the VTOLs).
More in-depth character customization (like in SR2).
Overall tone to be more in line with SR2 (Grim with a hint of dystopia) or SR3 (Flashy Dystopia with cyberpunk\near-future elements)
Improved weapon customization from SR4 or seperate weapons like SR2.
Less generic civilian NPC's.
More variety in law enforcer designs.
Have varied enemy types like in SR3.
Bigger and better DLC packs.
Improved mod support.
More destructive scenery (like in SR2).
More easter eggs.
And finally putting a bullet in three loose ends (Dex, Killbane and Monica).

yeah more open world gameplay like in the older games. yeah i would love to bring back mission replay like in 2 and 1 also a cutscene viewer as well would be awesome. haha yeah more in depth like in saints row 2 where you would select their style their taunts compliments and also their vehicles so yeah that was awesome.ahha yeah defintely because it would make sense for that because the first 2 were in stilwater and the last 2 have been in steelport so why not? have a bridge/tunnel/highways to go from one or the other. Yes Yes and motherfucking YES steelport in the 4th espically look very bland and rundown a lot of the things looked the same like the houses and other things but i liked all the night lights in saints row the third but yeah make it more detailed especially with next-gen graphics. haha yeah the only game that actually had that was in saints row 1 then you would rob a store and it would go off at night the alarm but yeah have it rain in the night or be sunny in the day or a little cloudy but yeah that would be awesome.yeah saints row 2 activities were so fucking fun like fuzz the cop activity, fight club, escort , and hitman were my top ones but yeah the other ones too would be cool to bring back in Saints Row V. Oh My Fucking GOD that would be so fucking awesome! 8 gangs we saw in saints row 2 how Ultor was so advanced resembling a swat team and all of the crazy shit and weapons that STAG had in saints row the third and 3 in stilwater and 3 in steelport would be so fucking awesome put it over the top.Yes make all the gangs have their own style instead of what SRTT did have 3 organizations in 1.yeah have familair leaders so you want to kick their ass even more like Dex, Juilus, and others. Yeah the Sherriff's department would be for both stilwater and steelport i'm assuming? because there would be separate ones for each city but yeah lots of law enforcement to blow up and shoot the fuck out of! Oh my god vtols yes and make like camo tanks or any other color that you want i remember in SRTT like there were vehicles that you want to customize you would go to rim jobs and then when you go into the garage i would say Non-Customizable Vehicle but yeah that would make it even more fucking awesome. haha yeah like more than just one piece clothing shit actually have layers but they could expand on also the other parts like when you go to Image As Designed or Rusty's Tattoo Parlor and other places.Yeah have more scary gangs but not like saints row the third where they are all in 1 what you said earlier on those 6 gangs 3 in each city.yeah expand on the weapon customization that they put in SR IV also even separate weapons in saints row 2. yeah the steelport citizens are so predictable like straight up fucking boring i want civilians like in saints row 2 where there were always different ones doing different things. yeah in saints row the third most of the designs were very similar or the same so hopefully in Saints Row V they expand on that giving us different logos and symbols/signs. yeah have more enemy types like SRTT did instead of that fucking alien shit . Like so it would be more fun to fight different types of enemies. Yeah, i have noticed that in 3 and 4 there's a lot of dlcs that don't have much value in them. Like what's the point of having like 30 dlcs in saints row 4 and x amount of dlcs that were in SRTT if they ain't worth it ? Yes the modding community obviously for PC not for console have done a lot of good things for saints row but not all get credit sometimes so yes more support would be good for Saints Row V especially when we are in next-gen graphics. Yeah like in saints row 2 where you can destroy more shit! yeah with next-gen graphics there should be a lot more shit we can destroy in Saints Row V. Yeah, Saints Row 2 has done the best at this so far with the easter eggs SRTT and SRIV have touched on this a little bit but not like Saints Row 2 so in Saints Row V they hopefully bring that back. Yeah because those loose ends need to be tied up real bad! in Saints Row V we should be able to kill Dex in one of the missions maybe Monica Hughes runs Ultor now and maybe Killbane is in one of the 6 gangs you mentioned.

More like SR1-2. Less like 3-4.

- Layered clothing (like SR2).
- Wear clothing differently (SR2 hats could be worn forward, to the side, backwards. Shirts could be untucked, unbuttoned, tucked, etc)
- Distinct neighborhoods.
- Interior maps (Malls, etc).
- Russian female voice (Hilarious in SR3).
- New city

yeah i liked how in saints row 2 you can have layers instead of fucking one piece shit in 3 and 4. yeah they took that away from 3 and 4 and i was pissed. yeah have different neighborhoods don't make them all bland and fucking boring like in 3 and 4. yeah have like malls and other places that we can go inside we know that 3 and 4 didn't let us do that but in missions they did. yeah that russian female voice was fucking badass but they should do one for the males as well
Fedor Bondarchuk would be good for this role. new city you mean like separate from stilwater and steelport then they should make a city that's similar to Seattle.

It would be nice to have a system like this for the gang customization:

You get 2 default models in your Gang Customization tab: the male and female saint, you customize their hairs and races
Class system for the Gang Customization: Thug, Soldier, Sniper (those things....only changes their animations, weapons and behavior in combat)
you would be able to customize their clothing (for each one of the 4 gangsters)
and you would unlock new models/costumes, like: swat, army ,zombie (those models like we got in 3 and 4)
those things would be nice to have!

Yeah the male and female is good because we can't be sexist now. Yeah have different things for the different types of members that would be fucking awesome. yeah even add more customization why the fuck not? yeah have a bunch of dfferent types and new outfits for your members saints.

One thing I would really love to see is the appearance of the LMG, with actual LMG mechanics.
Oh, and more semi-auto rifles.

Yeah it would make sense to have mechanics that go with the gun. yeah more semi-auto rifles the better also it doesn't hurt to have different types of weapons in their weapon classes that would be awesome for Saints Row V.

I still think time travel may be a good idea.
The other idea i had was Saints challenging gods. And then Gat challenged Satan - it wasn't that far.

I wish that our main character can perform more action (not only running, jumping, swimming - just on surface, taunting and shooting).
And I hope that he will eat, drink and smoke again, like in Sr2. And I want a energy bar (not only stamina and life bar)

I like Emy's idea about the criminal that sells human organs. Very nasty. But why always Shaundi? I think if he kidnapp Matt, it would be better, he's young, healthy and probably he doesn't even do drugs, so he would be a perfect candidate. (with Shaundi, we would end to have again the 'Damsel in distress' clichè, unless Volition would put a new twist in this trope).

The new enemy can also be italian (oh, I read it now you though the same. I would choose male. Italian mafia is very very very old fashioned). Did you noticed that even if SR is a game about gangs, there are no italian gang? It would suit well.


Also, I don't want anymore the Boss changing look during mission (no more 'My name is Cyrus Temple' and 'From Asha with love' like missions - Though I would like infiltrations in other ways)

And, about upgrades, I don't want them forced on MC when you finish missions/mini games. I want to be able to choose and to remove upgrades for MC whenever I want.

Yeah, definitely i hated that the point of having a character is using that throughout the whole campaign not changing it for a fucking mission like that's fucking pointless!

I would have to agree that toggable upgrades are a must in SR5. Espicially due to fact that in SR3 there was no way to switch between single\dual-wield, some upgrades\god-mode etc. I also agree that it's odd that none of the SR games had a true Italian\Russian mob. (The closest thing we got were the Morningstar in SR3)

but yeah having a italian/russian mob in SR5 would be fucking awesome give us that mafia vibe that would be fucking badass!

The Boss interacting with the environment. Like Link (Legend of Zelda).

- Boss being able to sit or lie on beds, sofas etc... whenever you want. It would restore your energy (and you can skip the sequence or watch your MC sleeping or resting)
- buying goods, clothes, eating, drinking, smoking.
- Access to more buildings
- Swimming underwater too (free diving and scuba. I would like both of them)
- Interacting with characters, possibility to be gentle with them, and when you take them as hostage, you can also just free them.
- Possibility to write whatherer you want on certain walls, and what you wrote will not go away unless you don't clean walls. You have to buy spray or permanent markers.

A customization like the one in Sims 4, you can model your character like if you model clay. You should be able to change also the body in the way you want, and you can change the length of the air like in WWE games (some characters have very long hair). I would like the graphic similar to the one in Sainst Row 3 and 4, but maybe with more realistic hair (if possible. if realistic hair don't look natural - I want something far better than Sr2, I would prefer the Sainst Row 3/4 style).
Saints row 2 - like story, but I don't mind some Saints Row 3/


And more area for exploration

yeah dude i agree with you on every thing have the things from saints row 2 and then have the graphics from the previous 2 games that would be fucking badass! and expanded character customization

About interacting with the environment.

GTA:San Andreas had the feature of going to the gym in order to make your character more muscular. Failing to keep up the gym time resulted in you losing muscle. Small thing, but it gave you an extra something to do in the game.

that is true! stuff like that would be cool in SRV

I want to have Saints Row, not GTA clone.

yeah but by now saints row and gta shouldn't be compared it's so fucking ridiculous

Yeah it always irked me how in GTA SA and GTA 4 how you had to do so many menial tasks. (Buying food and the infamous bowling minigame). Also just a slight off-topic question but if SR5 came with full-blown mod support should it be from this website or should Volition set up a Steam workshop.

yeah i think it should be from this website so idolninja can get more in touch with the users than steam might not be as easy but that would be cool in saints row V

1. Bigger Breasts slider......always
2. Butt slider
3. All of Gat Out Of Hell's abilities
4. Go a supernatural route
5. LESS of a wrestling influence
6. Kill off Johnny Gat, Shaundi, Pierce, Kinzie Kensington.
OMG Shaundi is annoying & Kinzie turn bratty

7. British female voice option
8. Bring back the endless zombie island
9. endless Notoriety
10. LESS COMEDY
11. Make the boss tougher
12. Make a PS3/360 version as well as next gen...........DON'T leave PS3/360 gamers out.

haha yeah the breasts slider in sr4 was good but even bigger wouldn't hurt haa. butt slider that would be cool also it would be new addition. yeah that would be cool keep those abilities. what do you mean by the supernatural route? yeah from the luchadores in SRTT a lot of wrestling fans came from that. yeah i agree with you because they are pretty old like what else are you going to do with them? Also who would take their places? Yeah because there was one for males already give the females credit! yeah that zombie island arapice island was awesome kill zombies was awesome! yeah endless notoriety would be fucking badass shoot up gangs and shoot up cops along with fbi ultor and stag would be awesome lot of hours could be put into that. yeah the boss hate to admit it went soft and yeah they have too much fun in sr4. yeah give the last gen love too but also the next gen as well!

I would not mind killing Johnny Gat. I would like to see some emotional distress for the Boss (I doubt anyway that they will kill him right now)
I like super natural things, but as a reward for finist the game,a nd with the possibility of choice (you should toggle super natural things on an off whenever you want).
And I think the Boss is already tough.

The Boss is tough but he isn't he kinda went soft in saints row 4

@Ketter Class Hominid
You're right everyone has their options, that's 1, 2, 7 & 8 are optional.

@Nordlys
Johnny gat hasn't done nowhere near the level of insanity & things the protagonist has done & yet he has the tough guy attitude the protagonist lost.

Johnny Gat stands tall, fearless & has a level of intimation the protagonist deserves as well & Volition continues reducing the protagonist's intimation levels & turning the into a joke.

The protagonist gets punched by freaking Kinzie.
In SaintsRow2 the protagonist had a level of intimation that Kinzie would NEVER dare think about hitting him/her otherwise Kinzie would wake up in a trunk about to be smashed by a monster truck.

The protagonist dives out an airplane at 40,000 feet without a parachute lands on a second airplane, kills the enemies inside & hits the ground in a tank & drives off.
And Gat is the badass ?

That's insulting.

yes that is insulting! gat has went soft since saints row 2 the boss should get more credit than he does hopefully in SRV that changes!

Kinda seems like the protagonist is everyone's.

Freaking Kinzie punches him/her
Future Shaundi roughs him/her up.

The protagonist has gotten too soft in establishing dominance over the Saints.
Gotten too be TheSims lets build a life together friendly.

I would like the SaintsRow2 Riddick personality back.

The protagonist should have that characteristic about them again.
SaintsRow5 could be a perfect mix of the Riddick personality of the SaintsRow2 protagonist & the super abilities of SaintsRowIV & Out of hell.

i agree with you besides of the superpowers you should be gived the ability to toggle the superpowers so your not fucking stuck with them! use them at the end of the game in free roam or some shit yeah he should have that old personality sociopath that don't let anyone get in his/ her way!

People actually complained about the protagonist's character in SR2 so Volition pussyfied them in SRTT.
I prefer the sociopathic Boss, though.

yeah me too dawg! i want a dangerous ruthless boss than a fucking pussy like in 3 and 4 and whoever complained about the character should be blasted with a fucking septic truck!

Not to mention the characters with maxed out boob sliders look completely wrong.

While on the topic of wrong looking things, what the hell is up with the male characters? Even at the thinnest setting, the male character still looks like a Worlds Strongest Man competitor.

This is what the Saints Row male build reminds me of.

Add a shoulder width slider.

yeah that would be cool make your shoulders really broad or far apart and for everything else srv could become the best game ever espically with expanded character customization next gen baby

That's why it's optional, key word optional. A win for everyone.
You don't want it then don't create your character that way.
Why dictate what everyone else's limit should be when it's an optional feature & doesn't effect how you design your character from the next.


13. Include an option to turn off the tutorial pop up windows.
90+ hours in & the tutorial pop up windows still constantly appear like i've never played SaintsRow:The3rd or SaintsRow:The4th before.

14. More motorcycle types
The cars & trucks are cool but people like motorcycles too.

15. A Lightning blasts
We had fire & ice, so why not lightning.

16. Astral projection
That would be awesome & perfectly ties with SaintsRow:The4th.
Like something goes wrong with the simulator & you gain all your simulated powers with astral projection in the real world.

i think that we should get rid of superpowers all together there fucking stupid! yeah we know how to play saints row by now we don't need a play by play how to do it. yeah different types of motorcycles would be cool.

It definitely looks wrong. Large breasts tend to sag.
Anyways, to be on-topic, since there are people that like the old boss' behaviour, but also people that like the new boss' behaviour, I don't see a reason for Volition to not take what they're doing with Gat Out of Hell into SRV. But with customizable characters (including gender) and all and any kind of customization. 2 garages, 2 wardrobes, 2 weapon caches, 2 bank accounts, etc. Would be awesome to have 2 bosses, like the Saints split up into 2 factions. I would love to see what kind of beginning they can get with something like this.

i agree with you but not the split up thing there is a reason there is only one BOSS not 2 and we should be able to upgrade for unlimited garages unlimited wardrobe closets unlimited weapon caches, unlimited bank accounts transferring money depositing and all that awesome shit would be cool in SRV.

Russian female boss from SR3 was perfect in my opinion.

Hot dogs are so last century.

hahaha yeah that hot dogs thing was funny but we should get like a bunch of different voices for SRV i'm hoping at least 10 since saints row 3 and 4 had 7

Another idea, just behind the scenes: Less hard-coded things!!!

yeah i always hated how in 3 and 4 when code came on the screen like what the fuck? this isn't necessary!

17. Slight evidence that our super abilities effects the surroundings.
Like scorch marks when we use lightning, fire, or whatever abilities that burns objects.
Or scorch marks on the ground after sliding to a stop from super speeding throughout the city.
Small impact craters from landing hard when falling from high up.

18. Tops that doesn't smoosh maxed sized breasts, clothing that fit max breasts setting.

19. Reduce the usage of neon lights.
In SaintsRowIV the neon lights made it difficult to separate enemy from surroundings.
The entire Tron color scheme thing is a pain to deal with.

20. More super abilities from the start
It would be awesome if you just kept the superpowers from SaintsRowIV but they just evolved into different abilities........got stronger.

21. Dual wielding powers
You can switch which hand fires whatever blasts.

yeah but fuck superpowers that just puts the saints row franchise in a even bigger hole! yeah have clothes fit the body would be cool too.

Take customization a step further by customizing the player's personality. So you can choose wether you want to play as a sociopath or a softer but still violent version of the Boss. The Boss would make different decisions which alter the storyline aswell.

Personally, i would want to be a violent psychopathic version of the BOSS just because that would make it more fucking badass also change the choices even if you are the sociopath

i Have no ideas at the moment, for now, i just want a SR2 Customization PLUS, for SRV

yeah but sr4 and 3 did a really good job at image as designed but yeah for all the other customization take things from saints row 2 and expand on it for Saints Row V.

Another idea, implement shoulder camera switching and force it by making it so that bullets hit geometry if the barrel of your gun is clipping through it.

Yeah, have actual shooting mechanics . and changing shoulders could make a huge difference in a shootout with the cops or gangs or ultor or stag.

22. Charge power attacks.
Certain abilities do more damage the more you charge.

23. Strength & proficiency through usage.
The more you use super abilities the stronger & more accurate they get.

24. Return the vampire ability.

this is fucking stupid the superpowers don't help the game

I noticed an easter egg of sorts while assing around in SR4. Once you enter the open world head to Kinzies Warehouse make sure you have the McManus sniper rifle equiped. Once that's done head to the second floor of the Warehouse. You should see a room on the left that's extremely messy and has a bunch of toppled over servers as well as some newspaper clippings. Zoom in on the clippings and there will be quite a few that talk about Ultor. My best guess is that SR5 could have Ultor return as the main antagonists.

yeah but also should have stag as well. But yeah having ultor as the main enemy would be fucking badass lots of shootouts in SRV if they do that!

@3bertrand1993
That would be awesome, but aren't we the Saints Ultor anyway.

But WhatIF Ultor (pre-Saints) already knew about the Zin empire in passed dealings & was getting weapons & technology from them?

And the main Ultor branch had already moved to the Zin homeworld & it was uncovered that they made a deal with the Zin & agreed to let Zinyak destroy it in exchange for a new planet where Ultor would control everything under the Ultor empire.

The Saints, Stag, the syndicate had no clue whatsoever.

that's fucking stupid i'm sorry but it is. let's stop talking about the past let's focus on the future and stop with the fucking alien shit because that ain't helping the franchise. And last but not least saints and Ultor should have never teamed up fucking media bullshit.

Bring back Oleg.

i don't think that should be a thing because we need new Saints and should kill off the rest and start fresh makes sense when you think about it you create the BOSS so recruit the rest of your gang. Also , i hope for Saints Row V that the gang is larger not that their not large already but even larger expand on that hopefully in SRV.

What if Ultor colonizes mars, so thinking like that SRV would be a Red Faction+Saints Row crossover, since they share the same Ultor (but actually very different) i can even imagine a DLC where you control some futuristic saints members fighting Ultor's dudes in Mars...

no no no crossovers we have seen what aliens has done to this franchise so that should just wipe out that idea in your fucking head. But a dlc where you take a spaceship to mars or some shit you can be in spacesuits and fighting ultor soldiers on mars would be cool. but that gangstas in space dlc was fucking stupid because it was a movie fucking media bullshit.

If Volition can have a street thug become president, Gat kidnapped by aliens in SaintsRow:The3rd.
Then the main branch of Ultor knowing about & striking a deal with the Zin empire before SaintsRow:The3rd even happened would fit right in.
@Ketter Class Hominid
And the planet Ultor gets in a deal with the Zin empire could be mars.
Red Faction Mars Ultor

you guys are not getting the big idea we don't want fucking mars we actually want to fight Ultor and STAG in fucking stilwater and steelport not in fucking mars for fucks sake let's go back to the old shootouts not this fucking cyber space shit .

The appeal of the series is how it takes place in the real world/urban setting.. The only other game that does that is GTA.

We already lack open world games like SR/GTA that take place in a real world environment. SR going to mars would pretty much leave GTA as the sole series in that genre.

no no no! we don't want to go to fucking mars goddammit why can't you people understand this? we are trying to expand SRV into the best open-world game ever! not fucking make it about mars and shit this ain't red faction motherfuckers.

That's what Volition is trying to do, to separation SaintsRow from GTA.
SaintsRow 3 & IV wasn't trying to be about gritty dull realism, limited by realistic boundaries.
It was about chaotic fun.
That real world/urban setting to me is what sucked about it, it's what sucked about ManOfSteel, RoboCop, & what sucks when fantasy based games go realistic.

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I honestly liked SaintsRow 2 but to me it was a gangsta drug induced hip hop snooze fest compared to 3 & 4.
I hope they leave that dull nonsense to GTA & continue on the unrealistic side of things.

no this doesn't make sense we want a open world game for SRV not fucking have stupid shit

25. The ability to fire weapons while diving across a vehicle or in the air or while falling.

26. The ability to take cover, lean in against an object while taking fire.

27. The choice of getting into the passenger seat when randomly stealing vehicles.

28. Enemy energy blasts that's caught with Telekinesis or any other way & thrown back at them actually does damage to them.

29. Teddy Bear pasties

30. Super ability Inferno blast wave

31. Super ability Arctic Wave

32. Super ability EMP stomp

i don't agree with you about the stupid ass super powers! but what i do agree with you on is firing weapons falling or diving across vehicles, getting in passenger seat stealing vehicles.

Nevermind, i hated the super powers.
I can't deny it was very funny

yeah now that you mention it KCH, i fucking hated those super powers goddammit we want this to be the best open world game ever for SRV top grand theft auto v it is possible with all the new staff volition and deep silver have been getting ! we can do this but spend at least 2-5 years on it! so Saints Row V i am predicting will be released between 2017-2022.

Minibosses were the Wardens & Brutes but i like the look a like minibosses tooooo.

Oh what about.
35. When gamers reach level 20 they get a contract on their head.
Like random appearances of Genki, there would be random appearances of different type of hitmen or women trying to eliminate the player.

With each successful elimination of the player the hit-person gets whatever bounty the player has earned.
The payoff is taken from the player's bank.
If the player doesn't have the amount in their bank then it is taken from the player's purchases.
Whatever vehicles, clothes, weapons, territory, the player owns will be used to payoff if eliminated by the hit-person.

The bounty starts at $20,000 & increases $1,000 with each level gained by the player.

yes oh my fucking god YES! when i saw this post i was like this is going to be so fucking badass hopefully they put it in SRV!

Co-op can get in on this as well.
Players invading others game can randomly be a hit-person or a co-op partner.
Only those invited has the option to play as a hit-person or co-op partner.

A successful elimination of the hit-person the player gets double their own bounty back.

but this i don't know because i am not a co-op person so but if other people want it that would be cool! but i would only do single player.

I like the idea but I think deleting a random vehicle or article of clothing is a bit much. Perhaps the penalty could be earning much less cash or respect the next time you do an activity or check the hourly income. (For example instead of $50,000 you only get $1,000).

yeah because what if you did a lot of robbing stores shooting up cops or something you don't want that to all go to waste! but yeah some motivation to do better on the next time you get hunted down.

And if gamers don't think their skills are good enough then there's
A. The option of having homies with you.
Yes homies would be alot more aggressive & skillful.

B. Co-op friends can help defend you against a hit-person.

C. You can play offline & only deal with NPC hit-persons

D. Use the option of
Allow only friends
Allow No one
to join your game.

Something that has options for both online & offline players.

Yes the options of having homies i liked, a lot more agressive agree with u on that, also options for offline and online since i would probably do both.

Well since SaintsRowThe3rd & SaintsRowThe4th only allowed 1 player to join a game, the hitman will always be along & not allowed homies.
However a hitman would be allowed to use anything from their own arsenal & have access to weapons, vehicles, stores in the host's game. So it would be pretty the hit-person's choice of taking out the target.

The host has the advantage in being allowed to call in homies or Saints backup.
And have full access to their HQ, hitmen/hitwomen does not get access to any HQs in the host's game.

i agree with you on that! so probably best if your the host instead of the guest.

And hitmen/hitwomen would go unnoticed by aliens/gangs/demons/ but not by law enforcement officials or military IF they are seen breaking the law.

Hitmen/Hitwomen will match whatever super abilities the host has earned.
NO CHEATS allowed & will automatically be disabled before a hit-person enters a game.

@Ketter Class Hominid
The Hitmen/Hitwomen's homies ?
No i don't think the Hitmen/Hitwomen should be allowed to have or call in homies because Hitmen/Hitwomen can use the entire game environment to make stealth kills or sneak attacks like sticking bombs to vehicles or in stores while the host is accessing a shop causing the law enforcement/enemies to target the host.

let's just stop talking about aliens and demons like it's so fucking stupid

Oh okay.
The host gets 3 slots right, soooo
What about having it setup so when the host is invaded by Hitmen/Hitwomen the player can invite 1 other gamer/friend to help.
But then IF the host invites a friend/another gamer, the Hitmen/Hitwomen is allowed to call in a Brute?

no brutes this ain't transformers!

I Tought someting more practical like heading to the next radio station or whatever

yeah throughout the city in steelport and stilwater they should towers for all the radio stations like GEN-X Krhyme the blood 103.9 the high and others.

For characterization, you can add 'brute' alongside with male and female, and for gender, it should work like in Saints Row 2, where you could create transgender MCs too.

yeah creating transgender characters along with gay and lesbian bosses would be cool as well.

Have like character creation class
Brute, human, vampire lol.

OK now this i agree on have like brutes vampires aliens but be the only one that is not an human don't have a bunch of fucking classes the only one that would be something besides the human would be the BOSS.

36. Story missions that doesn't restrict what weapons/superpowers we're allowed to use.

37. Said already & i agree.
Replay any & all missions as many times as we want.
I love free roaming but i also love doing different objectives too.

38. Either remove quick time evens or set it up where it actually makes a difference if we hit the button or not.
I'm fighting Zinyak last night & it's like the QTE cut-scene was going to play out exactly the same no matter if i hit the button or not.

39. NPC dialog that at least recognises our character's gender.
SaintsRowThe3rd & SaintsRowIV did but not as much as SaintsRow2.

40. Some kinda introduction background story & setup for the activities as to why they exist, not just for the Genki activities.
Like how SaintsRow2 had things setup.

the replaying all missions or any would be cool, but superpowers is out hopefully it is and also if your an alien or a brute vampire werewolf zombie have to use weapons, yeah qte's are fucking stupid and always will be, yeah not be talking to a female when your character is actually a male would be really awkward, yeah an intro to the game would be fucking awesome like a Prologue and how the activities are there.

i just want the real world, thats why gooh will be good, its the hell but at least is real

Yes, but i can't wait for to be in stilwater and steelport for SRV.

Yea i want real too, i'd rather have all the super abilities out in the real world.


41. Alot of character creation options & features.

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no superpowers! that is what has bringed this franchise down in the real world we need guns no fucking ice blasts and shit. but yeah even what they have done with the character creation is fucking badass and yet they can expand on it tremendously and yes have lots of different features.

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Yea i want real too, i'd rather have all the super abilities out in the real world.


41. Alot of character creation options & features.

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Yeah i watched that video Saints Row V could hopefully put some of these elements in their game.