Saints Row - Xbox 360

by Nick Haywood on 5 October 2005, 09:53

Tags: THQ Saints Row on Xbox 360, THQ (NASDAQ:THQI), Action/Adventure

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Saints Row - Xbox 360



We’ve already had a ‘hands on’ preview of Saint’s Row back in Leipzig, which you can read all about in our Preview Section, and it looks as if the game has come on some way since we last saw it. Showcasing at X05 in Amsterdam, Saints Row for the Xbox 360 is looking to take GTA’s title. Anyway, enough from me, let’s hand over to the THQ guys and let them tell us about it.

Under threat from rival gangs and corrupt officials, the 3rd Street Saints must conquer the city of Stilwater or face destruction. From the spectacular opening battle to regain control of the local hood, Saint's Row offers an unparallel level of freedom to explore this living, breathing city. The player is free to engage in the multitude of different activates at his/his leisure, all the while building up respect in a gameplay-rich world. Build enough respect and the 3rd Street Saint's lieutenants will trust the player with more dangerous missions.

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Saint's Row features no ordinary city. Gateway to the Rust Belt, Stilwater is a vibrant urban environment where all the players' actions really matter and enemies may strike back at any time sending the player reeling for support.

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Redefining online play for an open-world game, Saint's Row will also fully utilise many of the incredible features of the Xbox Live® online game service to deliver a fast-paced multiplayer gaming experience as well as premium content downloads.

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"We're very excited with the gameplay experience that Volition is creating with Saint's Row" said Mickey Torode, senior global brand manager, THQ. "We strongly believe that we will bring to market a game that not only has true innovation that represents a much-needed evolution of the open-world action genre, but also a gameplay-rich world into which gamers will be able to utterly immerse themselves. For the first time, gamers will be able to live and breathe the life of their fully-customisable character."

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