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Hiring pornstar Tera Patrick can't be cheap, but certainly arouses a lot of attention, and THQ's decided to base a block of Saints Row DLC around her.
Ultor Exposed has three new missions where players interact with the curvy Patrick, plus new diversions, vehicles, customisation options, multiplayer maps and Achievements. The pack will cost 800 MSP (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60) from Xbox Live Marketplace, or GBP 7.99 from the PlayStation Store.
But will these offerings stand up to beefy DLC investments by Rockstar for Grand Theft Auto IV? And what did Tera Patrick actually do for the content?
We put these questions and more to developer Volition and this is what came back.
Eurogamer: DLC has become a staple feature of this generation, but we're seeing many different ways of doing it - what kind of approach have you taken with Ultor Exposed?
James Torbit: You could say that we took a "something for everyone" approach, and that would be superficially accurate, but it's not the real story. The Ultor Exposed content grows Saints Row 2. It neatly integrates into the experiences making it a larger, and often more outrageous, way to play.
Eurogamer: We understand you've got single-player, multiplayer, vehicles, customisation and diversion content in there, so it's quite a big pack.
James Torbit: It's true. You'll have the Ultor Exposed mission arc, a garage full of highly destructive ground and air vehicles, a closet full of customisation items, something special we call the Co-op Competitive Mode, and four new multiplayer maps.
Eurogamer: Can you tell us a bit about what we'll get to play with and what prompted you to take this approach?
James Torbit: The Ultor Exposed mission arc stars your new homie, Tera Patrick, who portrays herself as an ex-Ultor microbiologist. Tera reveals data regarding nefarious experiments conducted by Ultor and would like to bring the corporation down in a public way. Really, it's all about vengeance.
These missions, along with all of the Ultor Exposed content, are fully playable in co-op. They're packed with high-octane sequences that will give players the challenge they've been asking for.
The new Co-op Competitive Mode works with both the Ultor Exposed and all existing Saints Row 2 missions. Once activated within the pause menu, each player will receive points for kills and mayhem during missions.
Points are shown on screen as they're earned. At the end of the mission one player will walk away with cash money for the win. You're penalised for killing your co-op partner which keeps the focus on completing the mission as quickly and destructively as possible. It'll have you playing missions repeatedly for the high score.
It's all about getting more game. Saints Row 2 is a massive playground, so we put a lot of time and energy into assembling a package appropriate to the scope and diversity of that experience.
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notmyrealname
31/03/09 @ 00:07
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I can buy a dvd filled with thera patrick for that money and it will be a whole lot more interesting than the contents of this DLC!
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Saint_of_Killers
31/03/09 @ 00:44
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buy porn? How quaint! ;p
Just started on SR2 properly today. Not keen on the whole diversions > earn respect > get to do main mission schtick but I'll stick with it for a while yet. |
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balsaboy72
31/03/09 @ 02:47
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Only just bought this the other day wasnt expecting to like it but....i love it the cockney accent is very fable 2 humour much more fun than gta 4 and the tearing just put the v lock on i have the 360 version works fine for me, glad i bought it and its going at the cheap at the moment.
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clockworkzombie
31/03/09 @ 03:28
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If you want to get lots of respect to do main story mode hunt down all the toxic avenger distractions after that all the shit you do on main story missions will keep you going for a while.
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SR2 was my favourite game from last year, I'm actually replaying the PC version at the moment. It's a shame they aren't doing DLC for the PC version but it was such a shit conversion it probably wouldn't work anyway. I haven't even bothered with the Lost & the Damned yet and I might not need to if this new DLC had plenty of new things to do.
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3william56
31/03/09 @ 07:16
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OK, now I'm confused. Red Faction adverts on a Ultor expansion article for Saint's Row? Huh?
So vid games finally have a casting couch. Was Ms Patrick hired (a) because of her biology degree to provide technical inputon the chanracter, (b) because of an impressive pedigree of acting and voice overs, (c) because the devs wanted an excuse to scan those enormous norks, or (d) because every game website will fall over themselves to have pictures of said norks. Hurrah for grown up gaming! |
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Wastelander
31/03/09 @ 07:50
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Good stuff.
I wonder if it'll go down the Crackdown route where only one person needs the content for you both to use it in co-op. I'm co-opping through on my second playthrough. Keeping all your upgrades from a previous game and helping out your noobie co-op parter is good fun. Looks like there's some nice new weapons in that expansion too. |
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andywilkie35
31/03/09 @ 08:02
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I can see this being massively buggy from day one
Still gonna get it mind. Considering the full game was fantastic, great fun and mental in co-op, I owe it to myself to get it. /sets reminder to download some Tera Patrick porn once home and have a massive wank |
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PearOfAnguish
31/03/09 @ 08:29
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"Not keen on the whole diversions > earn respect > get to do main mission schtick but I'll stick with it for a while yet"
But the diversions are fun. Just mess around in the game for a while and you'll soon rack up enough respect to do all the missions. It's worth spending time on them beforehand anyway because you get loads of upgrades that help with the main story. |
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balsaboy72
31/03/09 @ 09:27
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Is the coop good on this then?only just got it but would prefer to do the story on my own first...best sandbox game ive ever played reminds me of a new age fable 2.
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Mentalist(air)
31/03/09 @ 10:15
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Why isn't this an Eliie interview?
This article might have been worth reading then. |
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Monkey_Puncher
31/03/09 @ 10:25
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Saints Row 2 was great, I'm not sure I really need new content though, it'll have to be something very different to get me interested. There's too many average looking content packs out and coming out that cost 800 points, seems that 800 points or £6.50 or whatever it converts too is now the norm for most new content.
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metalangel
31/03/09 @ 10:51
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Guess I'll hold off getting SR2 for another two weeks, then.
'Good' though Tera is, she's no Lexi Belle. |
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"'Good' though Tera is, she's no Lexi Belle."
Lexi Belle looks way too cute for a game like this :). Tera should be a perfect fit. Not that I actually expect to buy the DLC, I enjoyed SR2 the ten hours or so I spent on it, but not enough to even try to finish it (didn't finish GTA4 either for that matter).
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balsaboy72
31/03/09 @ 11:18
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Love the 80s music tracks on this game cruisin round with its a final countdown playing on the in car radio wonderful wonderful.
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TheComedian
31/03/09 @ 11:23
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'We're going to expose these assholes'
The 14 year old in me is in hysterics. The 19 year old me is just giggling and feeling a bit ashamed of it. |
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TheComedian
31/03/09 @ 11:32
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'Why is Eurogamer, in conjunction with Volition, promoting pornography to teenagers?'
Christ, get off your high horse mate. |
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Marshall2008
31/03/09 @ 11:54
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I bought the special edition of SR2 so I could get the free freckle bitches t-shirt. i played it for all of 15 mins and thought it was shit (not surprising since SR was complete crap too).
Considering how shit this game is its not surprising that the only way they can sell it is by using a porn star. lol |
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Slipstream
31/03/09 @ 11:55
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Love this game, WILL be buying this DLC. I completed every mission co-op so being able to fire this game up on co-op again is a dream.
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kinky_mong
31/03/09 @ 12:16
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I can buy a dvd filled with thera patrick for that money and it will be a whole lot more interesting than the contents of this DLC!
Buy?! Sorry are you Jacqui Smith's husband? Do your self a favour and learn how to use torrents and save your wife all this bother. |
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kinky_mong
31/03/09 @ 13:07
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@Marshall2008
I bought the special edition of SR2 so I could get the free freckle bitches t-shirt. i played it for all of 15 mins and thought it was shit (not surprising since SR was complete crap too). So not only are you sad enough to preorder a game for a t-shirt, you preorder a sequel to a game you didn’t like in the first place! So you want a t-shirt depicting a very small feature from a game you don’t like? Bellend. |
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The Bodybuilder
31/03/09 @ 15:02
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"and the expectations soar when it's Tera Patrick."
Sure.....the "expectations" are the only things "soaring". "you can call Tera up and she'll ride shotgun" Now that's just way too easy. |
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notmyrealname
31/03/09 @ 15:55
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well I thought saying anything about illegal downloading on a gamessite was a nono. I just said I'd buy it to make the joke work.
TBH I think it's pretty sad to include a pornstar in a videogame in orderfor the underage kids who can't watch porn or have sex to bump sales. I'm all for sex and everything, but this reeks a bit to me. Morality, is that you???
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'Why is Eurogamer, in conjunction with Volition, promoting pornography to teenagers?'
Grown ups play games too.. And speaking as a grown up - i'd much rather play a FUN IMAGINATIVE game like this than gtasnore (I like that - im gonna keep doing it). This deserved to be scored higher and sell better than gtasnore - but unfortunately it didnt seem to have the same marketing money behind it (thus the lower review scores and lesser sales) |
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"TBH I think it's pretty sad to include a pornstar in a videogame in orderfor the underage kids who can't watch porn or have sex to bump sales. I'm all for sex and everything, but this reeks a bit to me. Morality, is that you???"
Saints Row 2 has an 18 rating. Obviously there are tons of kids playing games and watching movies they probably shouldn't (although I started watching hardcore porn 20 years ago when I was 12, and I turned out well enough. I think :p), but blame that on their parents rather than developers/publishers. |
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notmyrealname
01/04/09 @ 22:20
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@ Miths YY maybe you've got a point, Maybe I'm just jealous I had to do with 100 poly lara muahah.. ehem.
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octavedoctor
06/04/09 @ 10:37
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One of the best goddamn games of 2008. Saw past all the juvenile gansta chav bling and saw a sandboxer that gave the kind of freedom, fun and insanity that is sadly lacking from GTA4 (which I still enjoyed that said)
Looking forward very much to this DLC! |
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