Saints Row

Saints Row is a video game that consists of 8 releases

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Saints Row is an open-world crime game which lets you create a character and help a man named Julius and help his gang, the 3rd Street Saints, rise to the top and take back control of Stilwater.

Overview

Saints Row

Saints Row is an Xbox 360 title that takes its influences from the Grand Theft Auto and Getaway games. The story follows the player in his quest to help the Third Street Saints try to earn respect and territory in Stilwater, a fictional city that is plagued by gang violence. The Xbox 360 exclusive game was released on August 29, 2006 in the US, although a port for the PlayStation 3 was announced and shorty thereafter canceled. All of Volition's resources were shifted to work on the game's sequel, Saints Row 2,which is set for release in the third quarter of 2008. At the time of the game's release it was critically acclaimed for its graphics, mainly because it was the first next-gen sandbox/GTA-like game. Producer Dan Sutton has claimed the reason of the PlayStation 3 version's cancellation was that Volition couldn't grasp the PlayStation 3's cell processor, claiming it was simply too complicated. Luckily, Sony assisted Volition with the harder parts of the cell allowing the studio to develope Saints Row 2 for the PlayStation 3.

Borrowed and Improved Elements

Many game elements were borrowed and improved upon from games from the Grand Theft Auto and Getaway franchises:

The Pay'n'Spray is now called Forgive and Forget
The police wanted system in GTA has been replaced with whatever gang/faction is chasing you.
A GPS system was added to make navigating to mission targets easier and less time consuming.
Restarting a mission could be done with one hit of a button, to avoid having to drive/walk all the way to the mission start point again.
Players can now fully create and customize their character from the get-go, giving the player creation much more depth than it's competitors.
Cars are more customizable, allowing players to add new parts and different types of paint to their rides.
Garages are more expansive, allowing players to store more vehicles

Stilwater

Player stealing a car.

Stilwater is a fictional east-coast-like US city that is troubled with gang violence. The city is ruled by three gangs: Los Carnales, Westside Rollerz, and the Vice Kings. The Third Street Saints are trying to take back the power and respect that they once had and seek revenge on the other gangs. The player's goal is to assist the Third Street Saints in achieving this.

Plot

In Saints Row you play as a nameless and (almost) silent character. In the beginning of the game you are caught in a gang fight between Los Carnales, the Vice Kings, and the Westside Rollerz. However, you are saved and immediately recruited by Julius, leader of the 3rd Street Saints. Throughout the game your goal is to take over enemy "turf", destroy enemy strongholds, and kill all of the gang kingpins so the Saints can, once again, take over Stilwater. Each of three rival gangs have their own mission path and the player can do each of them at any time during the game.

Gangs

Third Street Saints

Leader: Julius Little
Specialty: None
Turf: 3rd Street

Los Carnales

Leaders: Hector and Angelo Lopez

Rolling down the street.

Specialty: Weapons
Turf: South Side Industrial and the Airport

Vice Kings

Leader: Benjamin King and Warren Williams
Specialty: Extortion
Turf: Red Light District, Museum District, and Retail District

Westside Rollerz

Leader: Joseph Price and William Sharp
Specialty: Vehicles
Turf: Chinatown, Sub-Urbs, and the Arena

Activities

In Saints Row, you need to earn respect in order to play storyline missions and strongholds. Respect is earned primarily through activities.

1. Snatch
Drive around town to steal hookers from their pimps, and then deliver them for your friends to use.

2. Hijacking
The name says it all. In this activity, you need to jack vehicles by damaging them just enough to force the driver out, then escape, usually with cops or other gangs on your tail.

3. Insurance Fraud
In Insurance Fraud, you throw yourself infront of cars in an attempt to rack up as much insurance money as possible. Bails through your own windshield rack up big points!

4. Chop Shop
You need to find the cars the shop orders, and then modify them according to guidelines. Some of the rarer cars can be really hard to find though.

5. Racing
It's a race. You need to get to the finish line before the other competitors, I'm sure you've heard of the concept.

6. Drug Trafficking
You ride shotgun as a dealer makes his rounds. It can get really intense in later levels, as you'll be harrassed from every angle.

7. Hostage
To start Hostage, simply jack pull a driver out of a car that has an extra passenger inside, then press Y to start the minigame. You need to avoid cops and maintain your speed at all to keep the hostage from bailing out. If you keep this up long enough, you'll earn some money and respect.

8. Hitman
A very challenging activity. You need to activate targets in the menu, which will cause them to appear as a crosshair on the minimap if you get close enough to them. Not only are they very hard and time-consuming, but you also have to kill them with a specific weapon! You're going to need alot of patience for this one.

9. Mayhem
In Mayhem, you simply attempt to do as much damage to Stilwater as possible. Anything will give you points, running people and stuff over, blowing up cars, etc. You can get a combo by taking out stuff in rapid succesion to help boost your score.

10. Escort
In Escort, you drive around while a hooker does her thing in the back. The clients don't like media attention though, so you must avoid them at all costs.

Multiplayer

The game features many multiplayer modes, including several co-op missions. Collect the Pimp is one of the many modes Saints Row offers. In Collect the Pimp, the goal is to kill the pimp of the opposing team, while your team attempts to defend your own pimp. Big Ass Chains is a mode in which the players need to kill another player, pick up their chain, and deliver it to the drop off point to earn points.
The game also allows players to create or join a gang and engage in street warfare with other gangs online.

Collectibles

There are many collectibles in Saints Row. There are 60 CDs to collect and (just like GTA games in the past) it has many tagging spots too. The CDs will get you both an achievement and a new song for every 10 you receive while the tags will give you respect to allow you to begin new missions and will also give you an achievement.

Xbox 360 Game Installation

Saints Row requires 6.8GB of space to install on an Xbox 360 HDD.

General Information Edit

Game Name	Saints Row
Platform(s)	Xbox 360
Publisher(s)	THQ Inc.
Developer(s)	Volition Incorporated
Genres	Add a new genre Action Adventure Shooter
Themes	Add a new theme Comedy Crime
Original US Release	Aug. 29, 2006 need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	know the real date?
Aliases	SR
OFLC	OFLC: MA15+
CERO	CERO: Z
ESRB	ESRB: M
BBFC	BBFC: 18