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Was the mediocrity of the previous Saints Row games from its third incarnation banned

In the past, we 've more than less well-executed Saints Row clone of Grand Theft Auto dismiss. At times, the first two games, felt awkward, as if they were together with middle-class white boys (and know it takes 1-1) put indulge their fantasies of gangsta. But judging what we saw of the third installment of E3, it 's time for a big revaluation of the franchise. Since that time, developer Volition really for them away, leaving all pretext of gritty realism and the aim to create: ". The largest over-the-top guilty pleasure in the world of games" the results were impressive and constantly to look funny if likely to produce more than a hint of controversy, when Saints Row: The third party is on 15 November.

The E3 demo with some open-world action in a new cover for the Third Street Saints opened: with the total dominance achieved in Stilwater, they moved 've to a new city, Steel Port - a once-great industrial hub to a huge reduced den of iniquity through the shadowy Syndicate. Not that the Saints just the intention to clean up the place. Meanwhile, they are bona fide celebrities (take one last play with nous the mickey out of the 21st century 's fear of celebrity culture) with their own brand coach, energy drinks and bobble-head dolls.

This status has an impact on third parties Saints Row \: have re starting from the top access from the get-go a ridiculous selection of toys 's gameplay because you'. The E3 demo began with a cruise in the city (instead of fiddling picking the locks ahead of the parked cars, just jump Saints, with their feet on the driver 's window) consisting, where we were introduced to the Luchadores, a gang Mexican wrestler. A stroll on the streets was an opportunity to examine some of the weapons on offer - a random hobo, for example, was beaten to death with a huge purple dildo, and we pulled the Apocafist - a huge pair of fists, the luck that someone fragged by through a single blow. When Saints Row, you could change into all kinds of bizarre outfits, or naked, whenever you want.

More sandbox action involved jumping into a tank for a mini-game where you tried to do as much financial damage as possible in the city before the tank was destroyed. A whole bunch of Luchadores were hit by an airstrike - handy if you 're feeling a bit lazy. You might even have to jump into a VTOL hover level with lasers and missiles, you earn points for aerobatics. Plus we saw a crazy van equipped with a giant cannon, which you could hop in, and at the push of a button, send a man flying out of the cannon (without exception to splat into the side of a skyscraper). Or you could jump into the cannon and launch.

All went well until the tellers started shooting back, at which point it became clear that the bank was merely a front for some nefarious Syndicate operation. Which raised the intensity of the resulting firefight several notches. Making their way into the bank (and pausing occasionally to sign autographs for those they were robbing), the Saints found the vault, but couldn't get into it, so set an explosive charge on the floor above and lifted it clear of the bank with a helicopter. You were left hanging on to the vault, firing a powerful machine-gun with one hand while beset by an entire squadron of Swat helicopters .