''Saints Row IV: Enter the Dominatrix'' is a
downloadable content
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pack for the 2013
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Saints Row IV
''Saints Row IV'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver. It is the sequel to 2011's '' Saints Row: The Third'', the fourth installment of the ''Saints Row'' series, and the final main installment in ...
'' that includes an alternate story of the alien Zin invasion. The dialogue often breaks the
fourth wall
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and its style is self-referential in nature. ''Enter the Dominatrix'' draws on its history as originally produced as downloadable content for the game's predecessor, ''
Saints Row: The Third''. It was first announced on
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in 2012, later confirmed, and then cancelled to be incorporated into ''Saints Row IV'', which drew on some aspects of the original idea and left the rest for this downloadable content. It was released on October 22, 2013 to mixed or average reviews.
[ Critics appreciated the pack's treatment of its own history, what '']Eurogamer
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'' Chris Schilling called a "very postmodern conceit".
Gameplay
''Enter the Dominatrix'' tells an alternative story on the Zin invasion of ''