The Saints Row franchise has always sort of been Grand Theft Auto’s immature little brother. The lower production values, hokey set pieces and overall THQ-ness never really did much for anybody who wasn’t high on PCP. Not that Saints Row 2 was a bad game; it’s just never quite stepped out of the shadows and developed itself as anything more than a GTA clone. But, things may be about to change… or not.
From the looks of the latest developer walkthrough of Saints Row: The Third, it seems that Volition has come to party. And even though she’s not the prettiest girl at the prom, she is the most likely to hold a gun to your head and force you to break in to a nursery to eat babies. Good times.
You can see from this video that Saints Row is very comfortable with its role in the world—and is as unapologetic about it as ever. The over-the-top weaponry (Dildo Bats, Apoco-fists, Man-o-pults, oh my!) and disturbing antics is obviously the sort of thing Volition thinks games like GTA are lacking—and I sort of agree. After all, sandboxes were meant to be played in, right?
Saints Row: The Third hits shelves November 15th.
