We think Saints Row developer Volition heard its fans loud and clear: the original trailer for the reboot just wasn’t wacky enough. Ever since then it’s really doubled down hard on showcasing just how zany its new title can be, and we’ve been getting a glimpse of that courtesy of a bunch of mini-trailers it’s sharing on its Twitter account.
We start with the customisation: there are animated skin types, taco suits, and cobra masks. You can dress in “realistic” clothes, or just look as ridiculous as you like – it’s up to you. It’s also worth mentioning that you can completely edit your character, so you don’t have to play as the lady on the box if you don’t want to:
What next, then? The melee system, of course. There are a ton of brilliant finisher animations on display here, including a boot to one unsuspecting foe’s crown jewels – and even a thousand hand slap to the face. Clearly the developer had a lot of fun motion capturing these:
Don’t expect traversal to be any less zany. Yes, you can pilot planes and drive traditional sports cars, but heck you also get a hover board which can ground pound your adversaries. Sure, why not?
If anything, the traditional roster of firearms, like assault rifles and rocket launchers, look relatively tame among all this madness. We get the sneaking suspicion that Volition is keeping the best armaments underwraps for now, though.
At least you’ve got the skills to pay the bills. You’ll unlock a ton of perks and special abilities as you play through the game, including gun-fu and the ability to drop grenades that will propel you – or, indeed, your enemies – into the air.
And finally the mission types: insurance fraud is back, so prepare to go play on the highway. It also looks like you’ll be running heists and stealing trucks with important cargo. Hopefully the sandbox is absolutely stacked with silly things to do.
Presumably this series will keep running through until Christmas, and we’ll update with any additional clips that are worth sharing as they’re released. In the meantime, how are you feeling about the new Saints Row game right now?
[source twitter.com]
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Crazy to think this is still 8 months away.
I think it'll sell rather well, purely down to us all waiting for eternity for GTA6
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This is not Saints Row.
@MyThoughts31 Why not? Look at all the videos linked here and they all just look exactly like a Saints Row game!
It looks amazing, truly as bonkers as it should be. Can't wait for August
@nessisonett not seeing it. Also Gat Johnny and Kimmy make Saints Row not this trainwreck.
@Cherip-the-Ripper
I thought i was the only one who cant wait for August... Its not saints row but it still will be fun heck i enjoyed Agents of Mayhem
@nessisonett I agree, this looks exactly like Saints Row. Looks awesome.
It’s actually doesn’t look bad which is surprising because Saints row is hooorrriiibbblllleeeeeeee. I’ll wait for actually post launch gameplay footage though
The people disliking the original trailer weren't disliking it because its not wacky enough.
Its because it reminded them more of SR3&4 than SR 1-2 which seems to be the series pinnacle according to the ratio of likes to dislikes on Youtube.
SR2 was my fave in the series. Just the right balance of wacky but serious
OK,OK, the trailers here made be put this Saints Row game back on my day one list.
This looks like good old fashioned video game fun.
I loved the look of the original trailer and despite only really enjoying Saints Row 1 and 2 I'm really excited for this!
@MyThoughts31 By that logic, wouldn't the only true SR game be the trouble with clones DLC?
@MyThoughts31 Who the hell is Jimmy?
@MickOnYourFace should have said Johnny, bloody autocorrect
@MyThoughts31 I love Saints Row but the characters were certain not what made Saints Row, Saints Row. What made Saints Row was the gritty story, goofy gameplay, edgy humor(RIP Freckle B*****), and the characters that acted like gangsters.
Bloody hipster characters the villians look more interesting then these boring main characters. The only thing i hated about Saints Row 3 the difficulty it was so bloody easy i was invincible halfway through the game. I believe i didnt get one upgrade because i wanted to chance that i could die a tiny bit of difficulty.
@MyThoughts31 You clearly didn't watch the clips, you just went straight into the comments section didn't you? This looks amazing and is everything I wanted to see, day one for me.
Going by your comments in other articles your whole thing is you hate woke feminist and the main character looks like a woke feminist, again you can make your own character so you can make your blue eyes, six pack, blonde hair guy 🙄
@Netret0120
3 was the natural progression from 2, it just sounds like you just want to play 2 in which case I wish I could finance myself remasters of 1&2 so you can be happy 😒
I think you guys are in the same boat as the people who only love GTA 1&2 and Chinatown wars, they want the series to go back to it's roots and not the 3rd person nonsense according to them 🤷
August? We shouldn’t be seeing marketing like this until it’s two months from release
Game is starting to look alot more faithful, but will still wait for reviews and a hefty discount.
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