Creative director Briant Traficante told press in a closed briefing that Santo Ileso is 'one of the largest cities we've built for a Saints Row game.'Īs you grow the new Saints crew (company?), vacant lots across Santo Ileso can be purchased and turned into crooked businesses. I want to learn more about them, but I'm more excited about Santo Ileso itself, which basically looks like a truncated version of Las Vegas' desert region.
Speaking only from the few minutes of cutscenes and gameplay I saw, the four feel like a proper friend group that accepts and supports each other, similar to Watch Dogs 2.
Their appetite for chaos is reminiscent of the old gang in the best ways, but I detect less meanness and cynicism this time around. The new crew seems like a spirited bunch. I guess that means your mission is to 'disrupt' crime? Volition talks about the burgeoning crew-a quartet that's tired of working for big criminal organizations that decide to start their own thing-more like a startup company than a gang. You will recruit additional nameless underlings as you expand your criminal empire with new businesses, but the story centers around the four Saints founders. Interestingly, Saints Row won't have an expanding cast of characters that join the core Saints crew over time.
