Massive Saint's Row demo headed for XBLM

by James Ransom-Wiley { Apr 11th 2006 at 6:55PM }

MSXBOX World recently chewed it up with Volition's Jacques Hennequet, squeezing some juicy Saint's Row details out of the game's producer. As it turns out, a "very large" demo will be deployed on to the Xbox Live Marketplace before the game's retail release (Q3 2006). Unfortunately, Hennequet declined to elaborate on Saint's Row's multiplayer aspects and only confirmed that there would be multiple modes and maps.

We recently got a brief look at an early build of Saint's Row, and while it was often running at the rate of a slideshow, we recognized the potential. Character creation, control mechanics, visual style and effects, animation, AI, and the physics engine all trump the current state of Grand Theft Auto. If Volition can get its GTA-killer running up to speed, the Xbox 360 will have an exclusive gem to showcase. Stay up on this one.

[Thanks, SickNic]

Tags: homies, multiplayer, open world, OpenWorld, Saint's Row, Saint'sRow, THQ, Volition, Xbox Live, XboxLive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

The1 @ Apr 11th 2006 7:06PM

Go go go...... I guess.

fable2323 @ Apr 11th 2006 7:23PM

My guess is that this game is gonna show up on the PS3 as well. Volition is in it for the money not the Xbox 360 fans. They stand to make more $ by porting this to both machines rather then just the one.

Stu L Tissimus @ Apr 11th 2006 7:31PM

Wow, a GTA killer. Haven't seen that before.

fanjob @ Apr 11th 2006 7:35PM

If the game's still running choppy then I don't expect it to come out for a long time until they really optimize it.

Turtle Juice @ Apr 11th 2006 10:04PM

wasn't Driv3r supposed to be a "GTA Killer"?
Hmmph.
I will be monitoring this one quite closely.

ResidentGamer.com @ Apr 12th 2006 12:47AM

Humm another urban shoot 'em up. Hopefully this is not as bad at 50 Cent Bulletproof

Sabre @ Apr 12th 2006 1:51AM

We need another urban-theme GTA clone like I need a knife in the head.

Wild Homes @ Apr 12th 2006 1:58AM

to #4, you'd think so, but then what does that say about Oblivion? and to #6, this isn't an urban shoot-em-up at all, son. you must be thinking of another title. PS anyone, check out the fake news, which is generally more entertaining than the real news, at my site.

jaemz @ Apr 12th 2006 9:10AM

There is a good writeup of Saints Row in the April issue of 'Play' Magazine.

This open world gang type game is promising no load screens (aside from the initial load). They also talk about some of the things they had to cut from the game, like motorcycles and boats... but what they said they are including should more than make up for it.

I look forward to trying the demo, when it comes out. I hope this makes the missions more entertaining than the old GTA games.

Oh, and they 'promised' the full game would be ready for August.