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New Saints Row trailer is just a showreel of explosions, but in a cool citySanto Ileso is going to be the real star, I can feel it
Santo Ileso is going to be the real star, I can feel it
RememberSaints Row? It’s back, in trailer form. After Volition’s reboot of their wacky crime RPG series wasrevealed in August, thendelayed in November, we were treated to a new gameplay trailer at last night’sGame Awards.
SAINTS ROW – Game Awards Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube
SAINTS ROW – Game Awards Gameplay Trailer
I’m a bit whatever about the car explosions and rocket launchers. We’ve seen those kinds of things before. I am also similarly uninvested in the different gangs, because history has taught me that they mostly become colour-coded dots I am trained to shoot. But the town? Those orange badlands I can do wheelies around? I’m into that.
Especially in the early part of the trailer, we get a decent look at some of the strange lights and sights of Santo Ileso, which has different districts that will (ideally) have different identities. I particularly enjoy the neon sign of a dog playing guitar advertising ROCKABILLY’S, and the huge dinosaur statues in the desert. You can see a bit more about Santo Ileso ina video Volition put out back in August, where they reveal the city’s motto is “Keep Santo Strange” - which is just a copy of Keep Austin Weird, obviously, but I’ll take it.
The all new rootin' tootin' Saints Row reboot is coming to PC on theEpic Games Storeon August 23rd 2022 (we assume coming to other storefronts later, but do not know when), and will also be on your console box of choice. At present, Santo Ileso is unfortuately not sold seperately to all the explosions.
