Overview Saints Row Saints Row is an Xbox 360 title that takes its influences from the Grand Theft Auto and Getaway games. The story follows the player in his quest to help the Third Street Saints try to earn respect and territory in Stilwater, a fictional city that is plagued by gang violence.
The Xbox 360 exclusive game was released on August 29, 2006 in the US, although a port for the PlayStation 3 was announced but it was shorty thereafter canceled. The reason for cancelation was due to all of Volition's resources being shifted to work on the game's sequel, Saints Row 2 , which was released on October 14th, 2008. Producer Dan Sutton claimed the reason for the PlayStation 3 version's cancellation was that Volition couldn't grasp the PlayStation 3's cell processor, claiming it was simply too complicated. Luckily, Sony assisted Volition with the harder parts of the cell allowing the studio to develop Saints Row 2 for the PlayStation 3.
At the time of the game's release it was critically acclaimed for its graphics, mainly because it was the first next-gen sandbox/GTA-like game.
Borrowed and Improved Elements Many game elements were borrowed and improved upon from games from the Grand Theft Auto and Getaway franchises:
The "Forgive and Forget" which is used to get rid of the players wanted level, is similar to the Pay'n'Spray from the Grand Theft Auto series. In addition to a police wanted system, similar to GTA, there is also a wanted system for with whatever gang/faction is chasing you. A GPS system was added to make navigating to mission targets easier and less time consuming. Restarting a mission could be done with one hit of a button, to avoid having to drive/walk all the way to the mission start point again. Players can now fully create and customize their character from the get-go, giving the player creation much more depth than it's competitors. Cars are more customizable, allowing players to add new parts and different types of paint to their rides. Garages are more expansive, allowing players to store more vehicles The player character can not only swim, but has the ability to warp to dry land as soon as he sets foot in the water. Stillwater Player stealing a car. Stilwater is a fictional east-coast-like US city that is troubled with gang violence. The city is ruled by three gangs: Los Carnales, Westside Rollerz, and the Vice Kings. The Third Street Saints are trying to take back the power and respect that they once had and seek revenge on the other gangs. The player's goal is to assist the Third Street Saints in achieving this.
Plot In Saints Row you play as a nameless and (almost) silent character. In the beginning of the game you are caught in a gang fight between Los Carnales, the Vice Kings, and the Westside Rollerz Over A Graffiti. However, you are saved and immediately recruited by Julius, leader of the 3rd Street Saints. Throughout the game your goal is to take over enemy areas In enemy strongholds, and kill all of the gang kingpins so the 3rd Street Saints can, once again, take over Stilwater. Each of three rival gangs (Los Carnales, Westside Rollerz, Vice Kings) have their own mission path and the player can do each of them at any time during the game.
Gangs Activities In Saints Row, you need to earn respect in order to play storyline missions and strongholds. Respect is earned primarily through activities.
1. Snatch
Drive around Stilwater and steal "hoes" from pimps.
2. Hijacking
The name says it all. In this activity, you need to jack vehicles by damaging them just enough to force the driver out, then escape, usually with cops or other gangs on your tail.
3. Insurance Fraud
In Insurance Fraud, you dive into incoming traffic to score points. However, you have to stay inside a specific area to do so.
4. Chop Shop
You need to find the cars the shop orders, and then modify them according to guidelines. Some of the rarer cars can be really hard to find though.
5. Racing
It's a race. You need to get to the finish line before the other Racers. I'm sure you've heard of the concept.
6. Drug Trafficking
You ride shotgun as a dealer makes his rounds. It can get really intense in later levels, as you'll be harassed from every angle.
7. Hostage
To start Hostage, simply jack a car that has an extra passenger inside. You need to avoid cops and maintain your speed to keep the hostage from escaping. If you keep this up long enough, you'll earn some money and respect.
8. Hitman
A very challenging activity. You need to activate targets in the menu, which will cause them to appear as a crosshair on the minimap if you get close enough to them. Not only are they very hard and time-consuming, but you also have to kill them with a specific weapon! You're going to need a lot of patience for this one.
9. Mayhem
In Mayhem, you simply attempt to do as much damage to Stilwater as possible. Anything will give you points, running people and stuff over, blowing up cars, etc. You can get a combo by taking out stuff in rapid succession to help boost your score.
10. Escort
In Escort, you drive around while a hooker does her thing in the back. The clients don't like media attention though, so you must avoid them at all costs.
Weapons Melee Fists Baseball Bat Crowbar Knife Nightstick Pistols Vice 9 NR4 .44 Shepherd GDHC .50 SMGs Shotguns 12 Gauge AS12 Riot Pimp Cane Tombstone Rifles AR-40 Xtnd K6 Krukov McManus Special Thrown Molotov Cocktail Grenade Pipe Bomb Multiplayer The game features many multiplayer modes, including several co-op missions.
Protect the Pimp
In Protect the Pimp, the goal is to kill the pimp of the opposing team, while your team attempts to defend your own pimp.
Big Ass Chains
A mode in which the players need to kill another player, pick up their chain, and deliver it to the drop off point to earn points.
Gangsta Brawl and Team Gangsta Brawl
These are deathmatch and team deathmatch modes respectively.
The game also allows players to create gangs and join gangs online.
Collectibles There are many collectibles in Saints Row. There are 60 CDs to collect and (just like GTA games in the past) it has many tagging spots too. The CDs will get you both an achievement and a new song for every 10 you receive while the tags will give you respect to allow you to begin new missions and will also give you an achievement.
Soundtrack Saints Row features a licensed soundtrack of over 130 songs covering a wide variety of genres from Classical composers such as Beethoven to newer rock bands such as Fall Out Boy. The songs can be heard on various radio stations while driving through Stilwater. Songs can also be bought from the record store "Scratch That Music" to create a custom playlist.
Classical Beethoven - Sym. No. 7 4th movt Beethoven – Egmont Overture Beethoven – Für Elise Beethoven – Sonata No. 14 1st movt Beethoven – Sonata No. 14 3rd movt Beethoven – Sonata No. 23 1st movt Beethoven – Sym. No. 1 – Finale Beethoven – Sym. No. 5 1st movt Beethoven – Sym. No. 6 1st movt Beethoven – Sym. No. 9 4th movt Chopin – Ballade No. 1 Chopin – Concerto No. 2 1st movt Chopin – Concerto No. 2 3rd movt Chopin – Etude No. 11 Chopin – Etude No. 3 Chopin – Impromptu Chopin – Prelude No. 15 Chopin – Prelude No. 17 Chopin – Prelude No. 3 Chopin – Waltz No. 6 Delibes – Lakme Flower Duet Handel – Halleluja from Messiah J. Strauss – Die Fledermaus Overture J. Strauss – Leichtes Blut Fast J. Strauss – Tritsch Tristsch J.S. Bach – Concerto No. 5 J.S. Bach – Fantasy and Fugue J.S. Bach – Partita No 1. – Gigue Liszt – Funerailles Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Liszt – Liebestraum No. 2 Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto 3rd movt Mozart – Concerto No. 21 2nd movt Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 2nd movt Mozart – Turkish March Mussorgksy – Bare Mountain Offenbach – Gaiete Parisienne – Can Can Pachelbel – Canon in D Paganini – 24 Caprices Rossini – The Barber of Seville Rossini – The Thieving Magpie Rossini – Wilhelm Tell Overture S. Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag S. Joplin – The Entertainer Tschaikovksy – 1812 overture Tschaikovksy – The Reed Flutes Tschaikovksy – The Sugar Plum Fairy Tschaikovksy – Violin Concerto 1st movt Tschaikovksy – Violin Concerto 3rd movt Verdi – La TraviataVerdi – Rigoletto Vivaldi – Four Seasons No. 1 Vivaldi – Four Seasons No. 2 Vivaldi – Four Seasons No. 4 Wagner – Lohengrin Overture Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries Wagner – Rienzi Overture Wagner – Tannhaesuer Overture Wagner – Twilight of the Gods Easy Listening Clemens Schweikhart & Matthias Wittwer – Groovemob Dick Walter – Playground of the Stars Didier Heinrich & Jose Le Gall – Hello Jack Eric Casper & Janko Nilovic – Bossa New Look Eric Casper & Janko Nilovic – Super Week-End Eric Casper & Janko Nilovic – Week-End Pop Fred Marius & Jurgen Jaenner – Adventure in Speed Gerhard Narholz – Bossa Cubana Gerhard Narholz – Holiday Road Hendric Haydegg – Italian Summer Jan Schneeberg – Looping Joey Johnson – Alpenrose Memories Joey Johnson – Emily’s Happy Hop Jurgen Jaenner – Quicka Negra Larz Kurz & H.C. Mylla – Bratwurst Polka Larz Kurz & H.C. Mylla – I und du B Marc Durst – Cocktail Bossa Marc Durst - Holiday Bossa Nova Marc Durst – Nice Swing Marc Durst – Shopping Girls Marc Durst – Tutti Flutti Swing Nicolas Folmer – Running Swing Otto Sieben – Curley Shirley Otto Sieben – Western Post Per Bluitgen Andreasen & Yannick Kalfayan – Peyi La Douce Peter Sander – Autumn Sun Peter Sander – Sweetness Renato Bui & Martha Wild – Yodel of Joy Ronald Sekura & Otto Sieben – Pepito From Tampico Stephane Doukhan, Marc Durst & Edouard Miffre – Glamour Bossa Nova Stephane Hugeunin, C. Padovan & Yves Sanna – Quando Sei Vicinio A Te Umberto Pagnini – Slapstick Duck Twist Werner Eraerds – O leichtman das Jodeln Electronica Caro – My Little Pony Dieselboy and Kaos – Barrier Break Evil Nine – We have the Energy Freq Nasty - Amped ILS – Ill Logic ILS – Tiny Toy ILS – West Coast Koma and Bones – Questo Y Sporco Koma and Bones – Twisted Streets PsychatronX – Twisted Rythym Division – Uzi Skynet – Catherine Wheel Skynet - Stingray Stratus – You Must Follow Styles of Beyond - Subculture Metal Bang Tango – Dancin on’ Coals Bang Tango – Love Injection Bang Tango – Someone Like You Great White – Once Bitten Twice Shy L.A. Guns – Ballad of Jayne Ratt – Back Fore More Ratt – Round and Round Ratt – Way Cool Jr. Slaugher – Mad About You Slaughter – Spend my Life Slaughter – Up all Night Winger – Easy Come Easy Go Winger - Seventeen Reggae Afrifcan Roots Act 1 – Addis Adaba Dub Beat Pharmacy – Slow Down Eek-A-Mouse – Jamaicanese Horace Andy – Live in the City Horace Andy – Stop The Fuss Jah Batta – Informa Jah Woosh – Riding Melody Love Joys – All I Can Say Prince Douglas – Tongue Shall Tell Dub Scotty –Draw your Brakes Sugar Minott – International Herb Tapper Zukie – Man Ah Warrior The Pioneers – Time Hard U-Roy – Way Down South Wayne Jarett – You and I Rock Aberdeen City – God is Going to Get Sick Of Me Afghan Wings – Conjure Me Alec Empire – Kiss of Death Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock And Roll Bad Brains – Banned in DC Bear vs. Shark – 5,6 Kids Codeseven – Roped And Tied Cruiserweight – To Be Quite Honest Danko Jones – Home to Hell Editors - Munich Fall Out Boy – Of All The Gin Joints… Hockey Night – For Guys’ Eyes Only Huge – Happiness Everyday Husker Du – Could You Be The One Idelwild – Too Long Awake If I Were King - Cauterise Iggy Pop – Wild America Janes Addiction – Mountain Song Jet By Day – Meet Me In The Dark Kinski – Hiding Drugs In The Temple Local H – Bound for the Floor Mastodon – Blood And Thunder Men Woman and Children – Friday Night Fist Night Motion City Soundtrack – Everything is Allright My Awesome Compilation – Put Up A Fight New Years Day – Ready, Aim, Misfire Orange Park – Make up Your Mind Paint It Black - Panic Reggie & The Full Effect – Get Well Soon Rock-N-Roll Soldiers – Anthem Seemless - Lay My Burden Down Shelby – The Golden Boy Stereophonics - Girl Tempercalm – I Need A Co-Pilot The Adored – TV Riot The Aquabats Look At Me, I’m a Winner The Fall of Troy – F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. The Letters Organize – Don’t Move The Loved Ones – 100K The Oranges Band – Atmosphere Vendetta Red – Silhouette Serenade Young Offenders Institute – We’re the Young Offenders Hip-Hop Airborn Audio – Inside the Globe Aisha – Bounce Like My Checks Aisha – Leave the Ho Bathgate – Everything’s A Go Bisc One - Crumbs Black Market Militia – Hood Lullabye Black Market Militia feat. Dead Prez - Audobun Ballroom Black Milk - Danger Black Sheep – Flavor of the Month Camp Lo – Glow Clipse - Grindin Copywrite – Beautiful Trainwreck De La Soul – Rock Co. Kane Flow Eric B. and Rakim – Paid In Full Exile feat. Slum Village – Time has Come Grafh – Get Shot Boy Jin – Golden Kenn Starr – What Up Likwit Junkies – Keep Doin It Little Brother – Shake it M.E.D. - Nightlife Madvillian – Money Folder Masta Ace – Take a Walk Masta Ace feat. Jean Grae – Soda Soap Masta Killa – Digi Warfare Masta Killa feat. Ghostface and Raekwon – D.T.D. Masta Killa featuring ODB & RZA – Old Man Mathematics – Spot Lite ft. Wu Tang Clan Mathematics – Two Shots of Henny Mathematics feat. Ghostface and Raekwon – Real Niggaz Mathematics feat. Method Man – John 3 16 MC Lyte – Paper Thin MHE Ghostface feat. Trife – Milk ‘Em Planet Asia feat. Prodigy – Stick and Move RA the Rugged Man – Black and White Rich Medina – Holdin’ Up Sa-Ra feat. Pharoahe Monch – Fish Fillet The Alchemist feat. Lloyd Banks – Bangers Three 6 Mafia feat. Trillville & Lil Wyte – Who is I? Turf Talk – Do The Robot Twista – Overnight Celebrity Vordul Mega - Spitamatic Wordsworth – Gotta Play Exclusive/Unlockable Xzhibit featuring Strong Army Steady - Hurry, Hurry Ghostface Killah And Trife Da God - Man Up Rhymefest - Shut You Down David Banner - Saints Row Daz Dillinger - Git Out My Way Sy Smith - Leave The Ho Sy Smith - DFM Like I'm Your Wife Sy Smith - Bounce Like My Checks Xbox 360 Game Installation Saints Row requires 6.8GB of space to install on an Xbox 360 HDD.
Playstation 3 Release Cancelled A release for the Playstation 3 was scheduled but cancelled in May of 2007