Volition

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Volition Inc. is a company well known for the Saints Row and Red Faction series. It was founded in November 1996, when Parallax Software was divided into two companies (the other was Outrage Games). Volition was acquired by THQ in 2000. Following the bankruptcy of THQ, it was sold to German conglomerate Koch Media in January 2013.

Logo

(1998-): On a black background, the image of the Volition face shows up from the bottom right corner, before centering itself, followed by a flash before the V appears behind it, then the "Volition" and "Inc", left and right respectively.

Variants

• FreeSpace (1999) and its sequel superimpose still logos over the intro movie.
• Red Faction (2001): the face disappears after it is fully shown, then is replaced by a similar face with a hard hat, and finally all of the logo turns dark red.
• Summoner II (2002): the head turns into Medusa from a spell.
• Red Faction II (2002): the face zooms out until it reaches the "V" upon which it explodes, a face of (supposedly) a dictator showing up in the center afterwards.
• The Punisher (2004): the Punisher's skull emblem flashes before the face appears and is immediately shot to the forehead, followed by more gunshots until it falls off from the "V".
• The Pintado:Same as The Punisher.
• Saints Row (2006): an outline of the face shines before the logo appears, plated in metal. "Volition Inc" is written with the same lush font as that of the Saints Row logo and sparkles at the end.
• Saints Row II (2009): the logo appears in various graffiti styles until it is finally shown in negative and turns into normal colors. The name "Volition Inc" is by the sides of the head. Then it disappears in a static flash.
• Red Faction: Guerrilla (2009): the scanner searches over the surface of Mars, then showing the rock face of Mars (an allusion to the real object), which turns into the logo. The logo is on the white background, and the name is above and in the box.
• Red Faction: Armageddon (2011): the logo emerges from the right only to be blasted to bits by a laser beam; its debris subsequently reforms into the game's logo.
• Saints Row: The Third (2011): the logo is on a car bumper in black and chrome.
• Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (2015): the logo is covered in red matter with sparks flying.

Music/Sounds

An ominous choir, followed by a sudden bang as soon as it flashed.

Music/Sounds Variants

• Red Faction II: The explosion is heard after the formation.
• Summoner II had a mystic sound as if someone was "leveling up."
• The Punisher: The sounds corresponding to the gunfire.
• Saints Row has a high-pitched noise for the formation and sparkling sounds for the sparkles on "Volition Inc".
• Saints Row II has a district music (some kind of), which flickers, but then becomes stable.

Scare Factor

Depending on variant:

• Original version: Minimal to low. The creepy ambience music and face appearing may tend to spook very few.
• Red Faction variant: Low. the sudden reddening of the logo and face replacing into Dictator's face may can catch some off-guard little bit.
• Summoner II variant: Minimal to low. reminiscent of the now RPG games.
• Red Faction II variant: Low to medium. The zoom-out of logo's face and the explosion had made some of first time players jumpscared at little bit, but nothing had beated us off on next game they animated...
• The Punisher variant: Low to nightmare. the sudden appearance of the Punisher skull as well as the gunshots can catch and scare one's off-guard.

 *The Pintado:Same as The Punisher.

• Saints Row variant: Minimal to low. It was such a improvement of the logo visuals.
• Saints Row II variant: Minimal.
• Red Faction: Guerrilla variant: Low.
• Red Faction: Armageddon variant: None to minimal.
• Saints Row: The Third variant: None.
• Saints Row IV variant: Minimal to low.
• Saints Row Gat Out of Hell variant: Low.
• Agents of Mayhem variant: None.
• Saints Row 2022 variant: None.

Video

Volition Animated Logo History (2011)