To check that you’re aware of this, an NPC says, “Keep your speed up!
“, “it’s crucial that you speed up!
“, “The faster you’re going the more damage you’ll do!”
Shoot a cop just before he calls in for backup.
Shoot a riot cop to steal his shield.
Shoot enemy cars from a helicopter.
Have you played old Saints Row?
Better yet, have you played GTA, which this looks a little closer to?
Then you get it.
There was natural and definitely unscripted bants happening at the same time.
Artist Danielle Benthien commented that “the city itself is alive even when you’re not in certain areas.
I think my favourite thing from this preview were the sculptures and statues.
In the desert I saw a giant fork.
It was stuck tines-down, like the dropped cutlery of a god.
In the business of playing the game, of course, Santo Ileso is the playground.
Around it you will find ‘discoveries’, little mini-opportunities like the armoured trucks full of money.
The one in the demo was called Riding Shotgun, where you defend a getaway driver after a robbery.
There are now Criminal Ventures, too.
Building the Shady Oaks medical centre unlocks Insurance Fraud, and Chalupacabre sells drugs through food trucks.
you could drum up sales by showing off the merchandise and blowing up a bunch of stuff.
I don’t think we get as dark as SR2 got in certain places.”
So is that chapter closed?
Because you talk about that chapter a lot, is what I’m saying.
But obviously, of course you fuckin' do, because you called this game Saints Row!
This Saints Row is a new game.
We have full integration with Tobii [eye tracking] software that is coming to our game.”
There’s still a lot of old Saints Row stuff that keeps elbow nudging me in the face.
“It can even stick on vehicles and send then flying.”
It’s nottoodifferent, is the thing.
It’s still that thing you like.
And maybe they’d still call that game Saints Row, and that’s fine.
This will be a fun game.
The Saints are dead.
Long live The Saints.
