<s>
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2013	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Volition	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
2011	O
's	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
,	O
the	O
fourth	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
final	O
main	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
series	O
that	O
began	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2013	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
port	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Stadia	I-Application
port	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Volition	O
following	O
its	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Koch	O
Media	O
in	O
early	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
supernatural	O
and	O
superpower	O
concept	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
started	O
in	O
Enter	B-Application
the	I-Application
Dominatrix	I-Application
,	O
a	O
cancelled	O
expansion	O
planned	O
for	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
,	O
which	O
the	O
team	O
expanded	O
into	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volition	O
later	O
released	O
a	O
"	O
director	O
's	O
cut	O
"	O
of	O
Enter	B-Application
the	I-Application
Dominatrix	I-Application
as	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
for	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
alongside	O
How	O
the	O
Saints	O
Saved	O
Christmas	O
,	O
various	O
weapons	O
,	O
costumes	O
,	O
and	O
vehicle	O
packs	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
standalone	O
expansion	O
,	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
Gat	I-Application
Out	I-Application
of	I-Application
Hell	I-Application
(	O
which	O
serves	O
as	O
an	O
epilogue	O
to	O
the	O
base	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
a	O
reboot	O
,	O
titled	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
previous	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
games	O
,	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
with	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
elements	O
wherein	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
free	O
to	O
explore	O
the	O
environment	O
and	O
,	O
at	O
their	O
leisure	O
,	O
play	O
story	O
or	O
side	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
often	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
engage	O
in	O
shooting	O
and	O
racing	O
activities	O
,	O
though	O
other	O
activities	O
vary	O
from	O
fighting	O
crowds	O
of	O
zombies	O
,	O
shoot-outs	O
in	O
tanks	O
,	O
side-scrolling	O
brawlers	B-Application
,	O
fights	O
against	O
supersized	O
,	O
daikaiju	O
energy	O
drink	O
cans	O
,	O
and	O
using	O
a	O
dubstep	O
gun	O
to	O
interrupt	O
1950s	O
Americana	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
nearly	O
identical	O
simulation	O
of	O
Steelport	O
,	O
the	O
fictional	O
city	O
setting	O
from	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
,	O
though	O
individual	O
story	O
missions	O
have	O
new	O
,	O
custom-designed	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
story	O
parodies	O
science	O
fiction	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
mostly	O
Mass	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
films	O
like	O
The	O
Matrix	O
and	O
Zero	O
Dark	O
Thirty	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
"	O
nerd	O
culture	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
has	O
a	O
two-player	O
cooperative	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
,	O
the	O
3rd	O
Street	O
Saints	O
are	O
called	O
to	O
assist	O
MI6	O
agent	O
Asha	O
Odekar	O
(	O
Rebecca	O
Riedy	O
)	O
and	O
former	O
Deckers	O
leader	O
Matt	O
Miller	O
(	O
Yuri	O
Lowenthal	O
)	O
in	O
foiling	O
a	O
terrorist	O
plot	O
by	O
former	O
S.T.A.G.	O
</s>
<s>
Moments	O
into	O
a	O
press	O
conference	O
,	O
Earth	O
is	O
hit	O
by	O
an	O
invasion	O
from	O
an	O
alien	O
empire	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Zin	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
the	O
ruthless	O
Zinyak	O
(	O
JB	O
Blanc	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
destroy	O
the	O
White	B-Application
House	I-Application
and	O
abduct	O
the	O
Boss	O
,	O
Keith	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
,	O
preliminary	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
game	O
called	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	O
Part	O
Four	O
began	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
a	O
standalone	O
expansion	O
to	O
The	O
Third	O
called	O
Enter	B-Application
the	I-Application
Dominatrix	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
2012	O
April	O
Fool	O
's	O
joke	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
went	O
into	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
THQ	O
suffering	O
financially	O
,	O
its	O
president	O
Jason	O
Rubin	O
encouraged	O
company	O
subsidiary	O
and	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
series	O
developer	O
Volition	O
to	O
grow	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
expansion	O
into	O
a	O
full	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
announced	O
this	O
change	O
in	O
direction	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
cancelling	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	O
Part	O
Four	O
and	O
expanding	O
Enter	B-Application
the	I-Application
Dominatrix	I-Application
into	O
a	O
full	O
sequel	O
,	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
strategy	O
was	O
partly	O
to	O
avoid	O
sales	O
issues	O
by	O
releasing	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
circulation	O
of	O
rumors	O
about	O
next	B-Application
generation	I-Application
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
officially	O
announced	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
two	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Koch	O
Media	O
brand	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acquired	O
without	O
rights	O
to	O
their	O
Red	B-Application
Faction	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Volition	O
's	O
new	O
goals	O
were	O
to	O
make	O
connected	O
,	O
open	O
world	O
games	O
where	O
"	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
an	O
agent	O
of	O
mayhem	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
of	O
the	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
series	O
games	O
had	O
a	O
core	O
intent	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
's	O
"	O
outlandishness	O
and	O
irreverence	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
fourth	O
focused	O
on	O
"	O
the	O
supernatural	O
and	O
superpowers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Senior	O
producer	O
Jim	O
Boone	O
recalled	O
reviewers	O
that	O
asked	O
whether	O
the	O
company	O
could	O
be	O
"	O
more	O
over-the-top	O
"	O
than	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
,	O
which	O
they	O
took	O
as	O
a	O
challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
chose	O
not	O
to	O
devote	O
as	O
much	O
time	O
improving	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
,	O
considering	O
the	O
impending	O
release	O
of	O
next	B-Application
generation	I-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
Volition	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
releasing	O
a	O
development	B-Application
kit	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
lets	O
players	O
modify	O
game	O
assets	O
and	O
create	O
new	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
August	O
20	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
worldwide	O
on	O
three	O
days	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preorders	O
included	O
a	O
patriot-themed	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
pack	O
that	O
included	O
flamethrower	O
,	O
dubstep	O
,	O
and	O
rocket	O
launcher	O
weapons	O
,	O
a	O
bald	O
eagle	O
jet	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
Uncle	O
Sam	O
outfit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
country	O
's	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
release	O
was	O
later	O
recalled	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
classification	O
error	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
several	O
summative	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Century	O
edition	O
included	O
20	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
sets	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
May	O
9	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
National	O
Treasure	O
Edition	O
included	O
29	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
sets	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
8	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
High	O
Voltage	O
Software	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
with	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
as	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
:	I-Application
Re-Elected	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
late	O
August	O
2014	O
alongside	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
Gat	I-Application
Out	I-Application
of	I-Application
Hell	I-Application
,	O
a	O
standalone	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
expansion	O
developed	O
by	O
Volition	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
High	O
Voltage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
included	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
voice	B-Application
commands	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Linux	B-Application
port	O
was	O
presented	O
in	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Re-Elected	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
multiple	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
(	O
DLC	B-Protocol
)	O
packs	O
after	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
DLC	B-Protocol
,	O
GAT	O
V	B-Application
,	O
which	O
adds	O
Johnny	O
Gat-inspired	O
weapons	O
and	O
character	O
customization	O
options	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
free	O
on	O
17	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
rival	O
open	O
world	O
game	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
V	I-Application
(	O
GTA	B-Application
V	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
mission	O
pack	O
,	O
Enter	B-Application
the	I-Application
Dominatrix	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pack	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
mission	O
pack	O
for	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
but	O
evolved	O
into	O
the	O
full	O
sequel	O
,	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
tells	O
an	O
alternative	O
story	O
about	O
the	O
Zin	O
invasion	O
wherein	O
the	O
Steelport	O
simulation	O
is	O
hijacked	O
by	O
a	O
rogue	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
called	O
the	O
Dominatrix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pack	O
's	O
storytelling	O
frequently	O
breaks	O
the	O
fourth	O
wall	O
and	O
self-referentially	O
acknowledges	O
its	O
own	O
plot	O
holes	O
and	O
incongruence	O
with	O
the	O
larger	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pack	O
also	O
casts	O
characters	O
from	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
who	O
did	O
not	O
return	O
in	O
the	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
five	O
missions	O
in	O
total	O
,	O
new	O
weapons	O
,	O
vehicles	O
,	O
and	O
computer-controlled	B-Application
support	O
characters	O
(	O
"	O
homies	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non-mission	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
packs	O
include	O
new	O
costumes	O
,	O
vehicles	O
,	O
and	O
weapons	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
face	O
masks	O
of	O
United	O
States	O
Presidents	O
George	O
Washington	O
,	O
Abraham	O
Lincoln	O
,	O
George	O
W	O
.	O
Bush	O
,	O
and	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
update	O
to	O
all	O
existing	O
Windows	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
Steam	O
and	O
GOG	O
brought	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
Re-Elected	O
Edition	O
"	O
which	O
includes	O
all	O
DLC	B-Protocol
released	O
for	O
the	O
title	O
;	O
this	O
was	O
alongside	O
a	O
free	O
giveaway	O
offer	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Epic	O
Games	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
versions	O
of	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
were	O
subsequently	O
removed	O
from	O
sale	O
,	O
but	O
existing	O
saves	O
and	O
achievements	O
carried	O
over	O
into	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
sold	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
Volition	O
has	O
not	O
released	O
total	O
sales	O
figures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygon	O
Danielle	O
Riendeau	O
described	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
as	O
"	O
big	O
,	O
goofy	O
,	O
and	O
self-referential	O
fun	O
"	O
and	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
accomplished	O
what	O
it	O
set	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
:	O
"	O
an	O
outrageous	O
exercise	O
in	O
player	O
power	O
fantasy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reflecting	O
on	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
progression	O
,	O
Eurogamer	O
Chris	O
Schilling	O
said	O
that	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
successfully	O
reinvented	O
the	O
series	O
yet	O
again	O
,	O
with	O
superpowers	O
replacing	O
the	O
usefulness	O
of	O
in-game	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
exploration	O
mechanics	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Crackdown	B-Device
,	O
and	O
its	O
superpowers	O
to	O
the	O
Infamous	B-Application
and	O
Prototype	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
silliness	O
fulfilled	O
a	O
specific	O
niche	O
in	O
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
very	O
difficult	O
to	O
die	O
,	O
given	O
the	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
power-ups	O
dropped	O
by	O
enemies	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
otherwise	O
praiseworthy	O
features	O
from	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
felt	O
"	O
vestigial	O
"	O
when	O
outmoded	O
by	O
superpowers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
symbol	O
,	O
though	O
,	O
Polygon	O
described	O
the	O
dubstep	O
gun	O
as	O
"	O
iconic	O
"	O
of	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
game	O
was	O
hinted	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
deep	O
in	O
development	O
"	O
by	O
Volition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titled	O
simply	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
on	O
August	O
23	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
