

The structure of the game is deadeningly familiar. When preparing for a major robbery, they don’t lay down their plans in a smoky war room, they go on a team-building day in a DayGlo motorhome. When the Saints want to find out what a rival group is planning, they don’t send in a spy, they check the gang’s official social media feed. The game gently parodies as well as celebrates the TikTok culture it has embraced. You play a wisecracking ex-private military employee named The Boss, and you’re abetted by brainiac businessman Eli, petrolhead Neenah and pansexual playboy Kevin, who all trade smart quips and pop culture references whenever they can catch a break from murdering armies of SMG-toting criminals.

Photograph: Deep SilverĪs ever, your job is to expand the Saints gang’s territory across the city, destroying rival cartels and setting up businesses as fronts for your underworld activities. Every face-off is daft and unpredictable … Saints Row.
