You're running through a warzone of your own creation, battering fleeing civilians with a three-foot dildo in between sporadic bouts of old-school breakdancing.
A surprise punch to the testicles sent the Furries into war with the Luchadores; the police are out-gunned by your satellite-based ordnance, and the army are moving to disperse the riot on hoverbikes. You're wearing nothing but cowboy boots and a smile, but at least you have a huge package. This is your brain on Saints Row: The Third.
"There was a gang in Saints Row 2 called The Ronin," says The Third's Producer, Greg Donovan. "We thought players were going to care that these guys were walking around with swords stuck to their backs - that's not realistic! But no - it didn't matter; it was fun. Being over the top resonated with players so in The Third it's like 'this is the game's identity. It's great. Let's take that and apply that vision to everything!'"
ROAD WARRIOR
Take a run down the all-new city of Steelport's streets and opportunities spring up. Run
at an old dear and you can land one of a dozen different wrestling moves. Click the right stick near a passer-by and you'll find every weapon in the game has a unique nutshot. Grab someone with a tap of A and you can toss them into traffic. Or off a bridge. Or into a rival gang.
Parked at the side of the road is Professor Genki's cat-faced man cannon which sucks people up and fires them out. Beside it is the Gat Mobile - your sidekick Johnny Gat's personal ride - in the shape of Johnny's head with a flame-throwing cigarette. Walk on and you'll find the stage for 'Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax Gameshow' - a brutal shootout in an electrified arena with a flawless Jesse Venturasoundalike commentary. Further along you'll find a destruction mission, a gang war, and an opportunity to commit insurance fraud by stumbling into traffic like a witless toddler.
Hit the garage and you'll find every car is customisable, from the rims to the roof. They can be painted, outfitted with new bodykits, tuned for performance, and fitted with a nitrous system. "You'll be able to upgrade weapons too," says Donovan. "Not only aesthetics but functional upgrades. Take a grenade launcher, give it faster reload times, bigger clips and more damage."
Except Hulk's in there too, of course, larger than life and running wild with his 24-inch pythons alongside former porn star Sasha Grey and another star or two who are yet to be announced. And yes, your character will still sing along to some of the game's licensed tracks. "One of the game's main pillars was to be over the top," says Donovan. "It has to be like a guilty pleasure, where you're the king of the carnival."
Comments
9 comments so far...
plightstar on 28 Sep '11 said:
I can not wait. Loved the first 2 games, just so much fun to play. Hopefully the PC release will not be as buggy as the SR2 release.
StonecoldMC on 28 Sep '11 said:
The Third isn't Smarter Xbox Gaming - anything but. This is Dumber Xbox Gaming made by a team smart enough to make the stupidest clever game ever.
Is it wrong for me to think that this is excellent
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Just delay the Game into Q1 of next year FFS, it might be Fun, Ballsy and Creative but its going to get lost in amongst the rest of the bigger titles being released around the same time. Guaranteed, im afraid.
metallicorphan on 28 Sep '11 said:
I really want this game,but i haven't a prayer of getting it until at least a month later,just way too many games i want on the same day or week before
humanhand on 28 Sep '11 said:
I hope R* doesn't run away from humor and wackyness in the future just because this game is so all out. I've never picked up a Saints Row game out of allegiance to GTA. But I think it's about time I tried the Saints.
laminated0 on 28 Sep '11 said:
a few months back I played the saints row 2 with my brother using online co-op for the missions and I have to say it felt to me like what an actual next gen GTA would be like, like a sequel to GTA: san andreas but with a little more humour chucked in and freedom for good measure. It was an excellent experience I'd highly recommend it, especially if you have someone who will play online co-op with you.
silent moose on 28 Sep '11 said:
can't wait
sepewrath on 29 Sep '11 said:
Always nice to see a game where the developers remember that games are just suppose to be fun. Unlike GTA IV, which played like it had all fun forcibly removed from the game.
Welsh Jester on 30 Sep '11 said:
I have little doubt that this game would be fun, but it had so much potential to pick up the fun of San Andreas. I know that game had a ton of countryside, but it would have been nice to see some even if it were half that size in this new Saints Row.
City's get really boring.. and each game Is looking the same, even with GTA now.
They fail to give us proper multiplayer modes, which would be so big on the PC as SA-MP still is even all these years later. So many opportunities but they keep doing the same thing.
GTA looks set to do the same thing next gen, better graphics and strip features out of it that were in earlier titles. What's with some dev's giving us games that run like s**t on the best computers? it's like they laugh in your face "Hahahah you can't play this at 60>FPS for another 1-2 years!" like the crysis devs
so much fail.
jester00773 on 30 Sep '11 said:
Everytime i read more about this game, the more stupid it sound. Is anyone of adult age going to find this funny for more than 5 min? No Multiplayer is not going to keep people coming back to play it.
Its a shame they didnt make it more like SR1 and put PTP, BOR game modes in. Instant hit it would be.
With all the other great games comming out which offer single player and multi player, this isnt going to cut the mustard.
A game with just Single player has to be something really special to make it bug, and this is just mindless childish humour.