Saints Row hands-on preview: A more grounded open-world with a lot to prove

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We didn’t say ‘oh, let’s make it exactly like Saints Row 3 or 2 or let’s go to the extreme of Saints Row 4 again’. We really said ‘okay, what are the parts that speak to these characters and this setting and this story and let’s be willing to add them or, or stop at this point before we go to the extreme of an alien invasion, or anything like that.” In our four-hour playthrough of an early section of the game, Saints Row is set to continue revelling in its own mayhem once more. open image in gallery A typical commute in Santo Ileso Release date: 23 August 2022 23 August 2022 Publisher: Deep Silver Deep Silver Age rating: 18+ Saints Row has always had a creative level of customisation and this latest release appears to be no different. open image in gallery There’s plenty of customisation options As a soft reboot of the series the story of Saints Row follows “The Boss” as they begin their journey of founding “The Saints” criminal enterprise.