Enter the Dominatrix

This is a sub-page of Prerelease:Saints Row IV.

2011-2012#

Early Development#

Saints Row The Third: Enter the Dominatrix#

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An expansion for Saints Row: The Third started development as Saints Row The Third: Three Point Five, and later became Saints Row The Third: Enter The Dominatrix.

It was unveiled to the public on April Fools' Day 2012, but was removed since then. Its existence would be true all along when it was unveiled again in May 2, 2012. A later source said that the expansion would be released in September 2012¹.

The official description of the DLC reads:²

For centuries, alien warlord Zinyak has eyed Earth and its precious natural resources and females with a watchful eye. As he prepares an armada for invasion, he has only one worry: the Third Street Saints. Once a simple street gang from Stilwater, the Saints have evolved into a global empire, replete with bombastic TV advertising and tasteful consumer products, the kind of TV advertising and consumer products that would give any alien warlord pause. Clearly, the Saints are the biggest badasses on Earth. Now, in order to prepare his forces for domination, Zinyak captures the leader of the Saints and imprisons him in an elaborate virtual reality simulation. This simulation program looks and feels like Steelport, but it is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. Here, you are a slave. Welcome... to the Dominatrix.

Change in Direction#

After showing the work-in-progress Enter the Dominatrix expansion to Jason Rubin, the president of THQ, they requested that the elements present in the expansion pack should be included in the next mainline Saints Row game.³ He further elaborates on this;

When I looked at the Enter The Dominatrix expansion in production at Volition, I was blown away by the ideas and desire to expand the fiction of the franchise,” said Jason Rubin, THQ’s President. “I asked the team what it could achieve given more time, more resources, and a broader scope for the project. We all agreed we wanted to playthat'' game. When it comes to Saints Row, it’s clear our fans want bigger, better, and even more over the top, and that’s why Enter The Dominatrix will now be incorporated into a vastly expanded, full-fledged sequel, scheduled for calendar 2013.”

“We believe the potential for this sequel is far greater as a full-priced, full-length, high quality, connected experience.”''

— Jason Rubin, President of THQ - June 2012

The expansion was announced to be cancelled to the public on June 20, 2012, whilst any further work that was done on the existing Saints Row Part Four project were immediately shelved. Despite the unexpected cancellation of the mainline game, elements from the project were reworked into the final. A "Director's Cut" of the cancelled Enter The Dominatrix expansion pack would be released as regular DLC for Saints Row IV.

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