Saints Row (series)
Encyclopedia
Saints Row is a video game franchise created by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ
. Typically, gameplay is presented in open world
format. Because of the mixture of nonlinear gameplay with action-adventure
and racing
sequences, the series is referred to as being sandbox style.
After completing Red Faction II
in late 2002, developer Volition began work on the original Saints Row
game in mid 2003. The game was released in 2006 to critical acclaim and commercial success. The sequel, Saints Row 2
, was released in 2008 to similar acclaim but greater commercial success. The series' third entry, Saints Row: The Third was released on November 15, 2011. From Saints Row and Saints Row 2, the series has had unit sales in excess of six million, making it a best-selling video game franchise.
title under the name Bling Bling. The game was first announced at E3 2005 for the Xbox 360
. As the first sandbox style video game to be released for the Xbox 360, Saints Row was widely anticipated; its pre-beta demo build set records after being downloaded nearly four hundred thousand times within a week. It had sales in excess of five hundred thousand during its September 2006 release month, and was critically acclaimed. To date, the game has had sales in excess of two million units. i. ;
ii. ;
iii. ;
iv. A GameCube
version was planned but was scrapped due to the release of the Wii
.
The game is set in the fictional city Stilwater, located in the state of Michigan
. The player character is inducted into the 3rd Street Saints gang after they save his life, and assists the Saints in eliminating three rival gangs that control the city. After the gangs have been eliminated, Police Chief Monroe kidnaps Julius Little and offers the player to exchange Julius' freedom for mayor Marshall Winslow's life. After Winslow is assassinated, Monroe is murdered by the Saints, and Julius is freed. The other Saints member look towards the player character, considering him their new leader. The new mayor Alderman Hughes invites the player character aboard his private yacht, which is subsequently blown up apparently killing all on board. The game was renowned for being the first seventh-generation sandbox game, and introduces new features which have since become staples to the genre. It introduces online multiplayer, an in-game mobile phone, GPS navigation
, and elaborate character and vehicle customization.
port of Saints Row was in development, it was cancelled when Saints Row 2 was first officially confirmed in May 2007. A Microsoft Windows
port, announced in June 2008, eventually released in the early months of 2009. Three downloadable content packs were developed and launched in mid 2009 (for console only), including Ultor Exposed
and Corporate Warfare
.
Saints Row 2 is set five years after Saints Row; the player character awakes from a coma in a prison hospital having survived the yacht explosion. After escaping the prison, the player character saves Johnny Gat before his execution and together they begin to revive the 3rd Street Saints and, through a course of events, reclaim Stilwater from three new gangs that have had the city under their control. The Ultor Corporation, responsible for Stilwater's redevelopment following a major earthquake, attempt to extinguish the Saints. However, a press conference held by Ultor's CEO Dane Vogel is interrupted when the Saints assault it, culminating to Vogel's assassination and the game's conclusion, in which the Saints now run Stilwater once more. The game builds upon the fundamentals of Saints Row: for example the respect system, activities, customisation and vehicles. It expands the Stilwater setting and adds new gameplay features and content.
. It was originally suggested that the game would also be available for the Xbox 360
as an Xbox Live Arcade
game and for the PlayStation 3
as a PlayStation Network game featuring 3D graphics
. The game would have been tied to Saints Row: The Third, as part of the marketing campaign for the game. Playing Saints Row: Drive-By would have unlocked exclusive content for use in Saints Row: The Third, and vice versa.
civilians and police officers will instigate a proactive and potentially lethal response from authoritative figures. In the instance of death or arrest, the player will respawn at a nearby hospital or police station.
An emphasis is put on urban warfare
; the player character is affiliated with a hip-hop cultured street gang known as the 3rd Street Saints. Game missions are structurally divided into separate mission arcs
. These mission arcs do not intertwine but can be played through altogether at once or separately by the player. Missions are unlocked by accruing respect points; respect is game currency earned by playing non-story mini-games known as activities and diversions. Customization also constitutes a large portion of gameplay. The player has the ability to customise their character's appearance and clothing, can take certain vehicles to chop shop
s for modification and in Saints Row 2 is able to decorate the interior of in-game safehouses and refine the behaviour of the Third Street Saints gang.
of Stilwater, located in the mid-western state of Michigan
, USA
. Stilwater is primarily based on the real-world American cities Chicago
and Detroit. During the early development process of Saints Row, the city was designed before the script was assembled and was more than four times the size of its final revision but was cropped to a smaller revision because development resources could not support a city of that size. During its development phase the city went through consistent expansion and cropping; examples such as the shopping mall and trailer park districts in Saints Row 2' s city revision were originally included in early designs of Saints Rows city revision. A design challenge was creating the city without load-screen interferences and as such the engine was designed to stream around the player's location in individual chunks of the city. The city was designed to feel diverse and have a variance of districts; Saints Row product art director Matt Flegel commented that "We wanted the city to cover all styles, from the towering sky scrapers of downtown to the gritty industrial feel of the factory district. We want the player to feel the changes between the districts, rather than just noticing the visual difference." The districts were also designed to feel relevant to the gangs that controlled them.
The Stilwater of Saints Row 2 is significantly different to its original rendition; the city is 45% bigger than its counterpart, having been rebuilt from a devastating earthquake, as the plot follows. Much of the city from Saints Row is redeveloped in Saints Row 2, albeit becoming more "alive" and full of depth. Saints Row 2 lead producer Greg Donovan said that "Stilwater in Saints Row 2 is very different from Saints Row. In fact, every detail has been touched to some degree or another. [...] I think that what will end up happening is that people who played Saints Row or are fans of the franchise are going to have a great time exploring the city and looking for new things. [Also], people that are new to Saints Row 2 are just going to be presented with a huge, very dispersive and very different looking environment, it's very well polished and detailed." There are no in-game load screens in Saints Row 2, a notable feat as the game allows for seamless co-operative play
. There are over 130 interiors within the city, including over ninety different shops. The city is more dynamic and lifelike in Saints Row 2, as the artificial intelligence
is smarter i.e. civilians will interact with each other. Additionally, certain elements of Saints Row 2s environment are destructible as the game shares some technology with the Volition-developed Red Faction: Guerilla game. Its environment also features numerous landmarks and Easter eggs
; one such feature won "Top Easter Egg of 2008".
The game Saints Row: The Third was set in another fictional city; Steelport, after the Saints are driven out of Stilwater.
The Xbox 360 port of Saints Row was generally critical acclaimed. It received an 82.43% and 81/100 from review aggregators GameRankings and Metacritic respectively. IGN
reviewer Douglass Perry awarded the game an 8.5/10, praising the presentation and gameplay while pointing out technical shortcomings as well as the often forced humour. GameSpot
reviewer Greg Kasavin awarded the game an 8.3/10, giving credit to the driving, the action, the presentation and the story. However, he criticised the lack of polish and lack of variety in mission design. It was hailed as "the best reason to own a 360 this side of Oblivion
and a "must buy" by GamePro
reviewer Vicious Sid, who awarded it five stars out of five. Russell Garbutt of Game Over Online said that it "succeeds in raising the next-gen bar for this genre" and awarded it a 94% score.
Both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ports of Saints Row 2 received equal critical acclaim. It received an 83.30% and 82.92% from GameRankings respectively, and 82/100 and 81/100 from Metacritic respectively. PGNx Media reviewer Adam Nunez awarded the game 9.6/10 and layered praise onto most aspects of the game, summing up by saying "In terms of pure, unadulterated fun, Saints Row 2 is in a league of its own". GameSpy
reviewer Gerald Villoria awarded the game four and a half stars out of five and said that "Saints Row 2 offers up a shooting and driving experience that is plenty of fun [...] It's self-consciously funny in its irreverence, and its low-brow humor will definitely appeal to much of its audience". IGN reviewer Nate Ahearn awarded Saints Row 2 an 8.2/10, praising the gameplay but criticizing the lack of polish and the weak artificial intelligence. However, the PC port of Saints Row 2 received a much less positive response. It received an aggregated score of 70.68% and 72/100 from GameRankings and Metacritic.
To date, the series has sold over six million units, including over three million for Saints Row 2.
THQ
THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices...
. Typically, gameplay is presented in open world
Open world
An open world is a type of video game level design where a player can roam freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how to approach objectives...
format. Because of the mixture of nonlinear gameplay with action-adventure
Action-adventure game
An action-adventure game is a video game that combines elements of the adventure game genre with various action game elements. It is perhaps the broadest and most diverse genre in gaming, and can include many games which might better be categorized under narrow genres...
and racing
Racing game
A racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first-person or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...
sequences, the series is referred to as being sandbox style.
After completing Red Faction II
Red Faction II
Red Faction II is a first-person shooter video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ on October 15, 2002 for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox and Microsoft Windows...
in late 2002, developer Volition began work on the original Saints Row
Saints Row
Saints Row is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It is the first title in the Saints Row series and is succeeded by Saints Row 2. A PlayStation 3 port was cancelled after protracted development time...
game in mid 2003. The game was released in 2006 to critical acclaim and commercial success. The sequel, Saints Row 2
Saints Row 2
Saints Row 2 is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 systems. It is the second title in the Saints Row series, after the release of Saints Row in 2006. It is succeeded by Saints Row: The...
, was released in 2008 to similar acclaim but greater commercial success. The series' third entry, Saints Row: The Third was released on November 15, 2011. From Saints Row and Saints Row 2, the series has had unit sales in excess of six million, making it a best-selling video game franchise.
Saints Row
Saints Row was the first installment in the series as a whole, having begun development in mid 2003 as a PlayStation 2PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
title under the name Bling Bling. The game was first announced at E3 2005 for the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
. As the first sandbox style video game to be released for the Xbox 360, Saints Row was widely anticipated; its pre-beta demo build set records after being downloaded nearly four hundred thousand times within a week. It had sales in excess of five hundred thousand during its September 2006 release month, and was critically acclaimed. To date, the game has had sales in excess of two million units. i. ;
ii. ;
iii. ;
iv. A GameCube
Nintendo GameCube
The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...
version was planned but was scrapped due to the release of the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
.
The game is set in the fictional city Stilwater, located in the state of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. The player character is inducted into the 3rd Street Saints gang after they save his life, and assists the Saints in eliminating three rival gangs that control the city. After the gangs have been eliminated, Police Chief Monroe kidnaps Julius Little and offers the player to exchange Julius' freedom for mayor Marshall Winslow's life. After Winslow is assassinated, Monroe is murdered by the Saints, and Julius is freed. The other Saints member look towards the player character, considering him their new leader. The new mayor Alderman Hughes invites the player character aboard his private yacht, which is subsequently blown up apparently killing all on board. The game was renowned for being the first seventh-generation sandbox game, and introduces new features which have since become staples to the genre. It introduces online multiplayer, an in-game mobile phone, GPS navigation
GPS navigation device
A GPS navigation device is any device that receives Global Positioning System signals for the purpose of determining the device's current location on Earth...
, and elaborate character and vehicle customization.
Saints Row 2
Saints Row 2 begun development in mid 2006, a few months before the Xbox 360 release of Saints Row. While a PlayStation 3PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
port of Saints Row was in development, it was cancelled when Saints Row 2 was first officially confirmed in May 2007. A Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
port, announced in June 2008, eventually released in the early months of 2009. Three downloadable content packs were developed and launched in mid 2009 (for console only), including Ultor Exposed
Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed
Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed is an episodic expansion pack for the sandbox-style action-adventure video game Saints Row 2, developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. The first of three planned downloadable content packs, Ultor Exposed was released via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network for the...
and Corporate Warfare
Saints Row 2: Corporate Warfare
Saints Row 2: Corporate Warfare is an episodic expansion pack for the sandbox-style action-adventure video game Saints Row 2, developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ...
.
Saints Row 2 is set five years after Saints Row; the player character awakes from a coma in a prison hospital having survived the yacht explosion. After escaping the prison, the player character saves Johnny Gat before his execution and together they begin to revive the 3rd Street Saints and, through a course of events, reclaim Stilwater from three new gangs that have had the city under their control. The Ultor Corporation, responsible for Stilwater's redevelopment following a major earthquake, attempt to extinguish the Saints. However, a press conference held by Ultor's CEO Dane Vogel is interrupted when the Saints assault it, culminating to Vogel's assassination and the game's conclusion, in which the Saints now run Stilwater once more. The game builds upon the fundamentals of Saints Row: for example the respect system, activities, customisation and vehicles. It expands the Stilwater setting and adds new gameplay features and content.
Saints Row: The Third
Saints Row: The Third was officially announced in March 2011, with release in North America on November 15th 2011 and Europe on November 18th 2011 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Windows platforms. The game began early development at Volition in September 2008, a month before Saints Row 2 was due to release. The player again controls the leader of the 3rd Street Saints, once a street gang, now a worldwide crime group. The story centers around the conflict between the Saints and The Syndicate, a rival crime group who seek to take advantage of the Saints' influence. Though the first two Saints Row games were set in the fictional city of Stilwater, Saints Row: The Third is set in a new city, Steelport.Saints Row: Drive-By
Saints Row: Drive-By was to be a spin-off of the main series, initially announced at E3 2010 for the Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. The autostereoscopic device is able to project stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or any additional accessories. The Nintendo 3DS features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS series software, including Nintendo DSi software...
. It was originally suggested that the game would also be available for the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
as an Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade is a type of video game download distribution available primarily in a section of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft's digital distribution network for the Xbox 360, that focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent game developers...
game and for the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
as a PlayStation Network game featuring 3D graphics
. The game would have been tied to Saints Row: The Third, as part of the marketing campaign for the game. Playing Saints Row: Drive-By would have unlocked exclusive content for use in Saints Row: The Third, and vice versa.
Gameplay
The Saints Row series is part of a genre known as sandbox games. This genre differentiates from others in that gameplay takes place in open world format. Typically, the player can explore a vast, open map from the early stages of the game and is free to progress through the storyline at leisure. The series combines elements of action, adventure and vehicular gameplay.The player can freely roam the virtual world on foot or by use of vehicles and make use of an array of weapon and mêlée based combat. Illegal activity such as engaging computer-controlledArtificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
civilians and police officers will instigate a proactive and potentially lethal response from authoritative figures. In the instance of death or arrest, the player will respawn at a nearby hospital or police station.
An emphasis is put on urban warfare
Urban warfare
Urban warfare is combat conducted in urban areas such as towns and cities. Urban combat is very different from combat in the open at both the operational and tactical level...
; the player character is affiliated with a hip-hop cultured street gang known as the 3rd Street Saints. Game missions are structurally divided into separate mission arcs
Story arc
A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and in some cases, films. On a television program, for example, the story would unfold over many episodes. In television, the use of the story...
. These mission arcs do not intertwine but can be played through altogether at once or separately by the player. Missions are unlocked by accruing respect points; respect is game currency earned by playing non-story mini-games known as activities and diversions. Customization also constitutes a large portion of gameplay. The player has the ability to customise their character's appearance and clothing, can take certain vehicles to chop shop
Chop shop
In motor vehicle theft, a chop shop is a location or business which disassembles stolen automobiles for the purpose of selling them as parts. It may also be used to refer to a location or business that is involved with the selling of stolen or fraudulent goods in general, an example of the latter...
s for modification and in Saints Row 2 is able to decorate the interior of in-game safehouses and refine the behaviour of the Third Street Saints gang.
Setting
The setting of both Saints Row and Saints Row 2 is the fictional cityFictional location
Fictional locations are places that exist only in fiction and not in reality. Writers may create and describe such places to serve as backdrop for their fictional works. Fictional locations are also created for use as settings in Role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons...
of Stilwater, located in the mid-western state of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Stilwater is primarily based on the real-world American cities Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
and Detroit. During the early development process of Saints Row, the city was designed before the script was assembled and was more than four times the size of its final revision but was cropped to a smaller revision because development resources could not support a city of that size. During its development phase the city went through consistent expansion and cropping; examples such as the shopping mall and trailer park districts in Saints Row 2
The Stilwater of Saints Row 2 is significantly different to its original rendition; the city is 45% bigger than its counterpart, having been rebuilt from a devastating earthquake, as the plot follows. Much of the city from Saints Row is redeveloped in Saints Row 2, albeit becoming more "alive" and full of depth. Saints Row 2 lead producer Greg Donovan said that "Stilwater in Saints Row 2 is very different from Saints Row. In fact, every detail has been touched to some degree or another. [...] I think that what will end up happening is that people who played Saints Row or are fans of the franchise are going to have a great time exploring the city and looking for new things. [Also], people that are new to Saints Row 2 are just going to be presented with a huge, very dispersive and very different looking environment, it's very well polished and detailed." There are no in-game load screens in Saints Row 2, a notable feat as the game allows for seamless co-operative play
Cooperative gameplay
Cooperative gameplay is a feature in video games that allows players to work together as teammates. It is distinct from other multiplayer modes, such as competitive multiplayer modes like player versus player or deathmatch...
. There are over 130 interiors within the city, including over ninety different shops. The city is more dynamic and lifelike in Saints Row 2, as the artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
is smarter i.e. civilians will interact with each other. Additionally, certain elements of Saints Row 2s environment are destructible as the game shares some technology with the Volition-developed Red Faction: Guerilla game. Its environment also features numerous landmarks and Easter eggs
Easter egg (media)
Image:Carl Oswald Rostosky - Zwei Kaninchen und ein Igel 1861.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Example of Easter egg hidden within imagerect 467 383 539 434 desc none...
; one such feature won "Top Easter Egg of 2008".
The game Saints Row: The Third was set in another fictional city; Steelport, after the Saints are driven out of Stilwater.
Reception
Both Saints Row and Saints Row 2 received critical acclaim for their Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ports. However, the mobile phone ports of both games as well as the Windows port of Saints Row 2 received a more mixed response. Additionally, the downloadable content packs for Saints Row 2 received mostly average reviews.The Xbox 360 port of Saints Row was generally critical acclaimed. It received an 82.43% and 81/100 from review aggregators GameRankings and Metacritic respectively. IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
reviewer Douglass Perry awarded the game an 8.5/10, praising the presentation and gameplay while pointing out technical shortcomings as well as the often forced humour. GameSpot
GameSpot
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reviewer Greg Kasavin awarded the game an 8.3/10, giving credit to the driving, the action, the presentation and the story. However, he criticised the lack of polish and lack of variety in mission design. It was hailed as "the best reason to own a 360 this side of Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a single-player action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks and the Take-Two Interactive subsidiary 2K Games...
and a "must buy" by GamePro
GamePro
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reviewer Vicious Sid, who awarded it five stars out of five. Russell Garbutt of Game Over Online said that it "succeeds in raising the next-gen bar for this genre" and awarded it a 94% score.
Both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ports of Saints Row 2 received equal critical acclaim. It received an 83.30% and 82.92% from GameRankings respectively, and 82/100 and 81/100 from Metacritic respectively. PGNx Media reviewer Adam Nunez awarded the game 9.6/10 and layered praise onto most aspects of the game, summing up by saying "In terms of pure, unadulterated fun, Saints Row 2 is in a league of its own". GameSpy
GameSpy
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reviewer Gerald Villoria awarded the game four and a half stars out of five and said that "Saints Row 2 offers up a shooting and driving experience that is plenty of fun [...] It's self-consciously funny in its irreverence, and its low-brow humor will definitely appeal to much of its audience". IGN reviewer Nate Ahearn awarded Saints Row 2 an 8.2/10, praising the gameplay but criticizing the lack of polish and the weak artificial intelligence. However, the PC port of Saints Row 2 received a much less positive response. It received an aggregated score of 70.68% and 72/100 from GameRankings and Metacritic.
Commercial success
Saints Row 2 shipped over two million units for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 during October 2008, the month of its release.To date, the series has sold over six million units, including over three million for Saints Row 2.