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Man, do those Saints Row guys know how to party. I'm writing this hungover as shit in my hotel room after attending last night's launch party for Saint's Row: The Third. My liver hurts, so bear with me as I try and explain how rad Saints Row: The Third is. Full disclosure: I'm extremely biased here, not only because I'm a member of their quality assurance team, but also because these guys are my drinking buddies. However, that gives me a bit of inside knowledge about the game. See, it doesn't come out until November 15th—but I've been playing it since July.
So, here's the deal: the controls are really good and easy for a non-gamer to work. It's like a more violent, more ridiculous Grand Theft Auto...but with better stories and more toys. It's one of the last console games that doesn't take itself seriously. It's got things like squid guns, hover jets (my personal fave), air strikes, predator drones and the much anticipated dildo bat, and it's hugely customizable.
Also: as a girl gamer, I spend much of my time in any video game picking out my character's outfits. Saints Row: the Third has the best wardrobe options of any game. Monkey spacesuit anyone? And all you pervs will be pleased to know that you can adjust your character's "sex appeal" by using a slider to make your dick or tits bigger. It's fucking rad.
But you don't have to take my word for it...get an (exclusive!) sneak peek at the sex appeal slider in the video above.
· Saints Row (saintsrow.com)
[This post is a part of Fleshbot's Ryan Keely Week.]