Saints Row 3 Pushes Boundaries, Doesn't Try to Be Serious
Volition, the developer behind the upcoming Saints Row 3: The Third video game, has admitted that it's trying to push boundaries with the over the top nature of the gameplay or various special features, but it doesn't even try to be serious about it, so anti-game militants won't be able to target the upcoming open world title.
The Saints Row franchise made a name for itself not just by replicating many features from Rockstar's much more successful Grand Theft Auto series, but also with its tongue-in-cheek nature and the array of unique mini-games, like spraying sewer waste throughout a city to lower its value.
Now, with the third game, things are going even more over the top, fact admitted by Volition's Drew Holmes, who talked with the Official PlayStation Magazine, via CVG, about the title's special nature.
When asked how the media might react to the game, Holmes admitted that the studio certainly "pushed boundaries," with things like the special sex appeal slider, which allows players to make their custom characters more attractive, but the team was careful not to jump into bad taste.
"You never want to cross the line into crudely offensive", he said, "it's a thin line to walk, but you know when you've crossed it - and as long as it stays irreverent and tongue-in-cheek, then we can push it a lot further than if we were trying to play it serious."
Saints Row 3 isn't even trying to be serious, according to Holmes, being clearly an outlandish experience, so media outlets won't really be able to use it as an example of video games destroying the minds of young people or portraying violent behavior.
The new game is expected on November 15, for platforms like the PC, on which it wasn't delayed, like other games these days, as well as on consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.
