Saints Row: The Third
Producer: THQ
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Platform: Xbox 360, PS3, Windows PC
Rating: Mature
Genre: Action-Adventure
Third Street!
Written by Heather Spears
Saints Row is back and more extreme than ever with its latest installment. This game has all the weapons, ladies and offensive language anyone could ask for and will definitely catch most gamers’ minds for hours. Players take part in playing through a shocking story mode, chip away at the massive activities and just running around the new city of Steelport doing anything and everything that comes to mind. There is nothing not to love about a game as over-the-top as this one.
At the start of the game your gang, the Third Street Saints, have a fan base built after years of serious gang banging. Your gang plans on making a movie focused on themselves and the gang. In order to prepare one of the actors, Joshua Birk, for his part in the film, you and your fellow gang member rob a bank dressed as one of your fellow gangsters, Johnny Gat. The robbery goes south and you find yourself in jail. You think you can pay your way out of the situation but crime lord Phillipe Loren has other ideas for you and your gang. You find out the bank you robbed belonged to him and now he thinks it’s time for you to pay for what you have done. While on board Phillipe’s airplane you make for an escape. Once this all goes down, you find yourself in the middle of the new and unfamiliar territory of Steelport.
The story in Saints Row: The Third is very exciting. It is outrageous and everything your characters do will be a surprise. There is no doubt that this game will keep you interested with outrageous cut scenes. The only thing that keeps me from making this game 5 out of 5 stars is how I can’t stop comparing it to Saints Row 2. I loved every single part of Saints Row: The Third and you will too… especially if you haven’t played previous installments to the series. Saints Row: The Third doesn’t give me the same feeling of hatred for the opposing gangs the player is set to destroy. There are vital things missing in the game that made Saints Row what it is today. However, if you are not a hardcore fan of the series then you will greatly enjoy all the vulgar humor added to the game.
Overall I feel that Saints Row: The Third was one of the best games I laid hands on this year. The Co-op in this game blew my mind and I enjoyed the story to the fullest extent. As a huge fan of the Saints Row series, some parts did leave me a tiny bit disappointed but I would still tell anyone (even hardcore fans) to purchase this game. Saints Row: The Third is hours of fun that you will enjoy in all circumstances.