
When Volition was sold off to Koch Media shortly thereafter, Saint Row IV went with it. Volition was originally a subsidiary of THQ, and due to that company’s financial concerns, the studio’s original plans for S aints Row Part 4 and its brand new city were cancelled and ETD became a standalone sequel in its place.

Saint Row IV started life as an expansion for Saints Row The Third called Enter The Dominatrix. Today’s game, S aints Row IV: Re-Elected for the Nintendo Switch is a re-release of the fourth game in the series. I had always thought of Saints Row as something of the poor man’s Grand Theft Auto, but it turns out it was the sarcastic man’s Grand Theft Auto, which is about a thousand times better. I had no particular interest in the game, but it was free and I didn’t have anything else I wanted to play, so I downloaded it and jumped right in. My first exposure to their adventures came when S aints Row The Third hit Playstation Plus as one of that service’s free games. Maybe it’s not the greatest game series ever conceived, but I’ll take any excuse to go back and hang out with the Third Street Saints.
