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Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package (Switch) Review

King of Ridiculousness

  • Joel Couture Joel Couture
  • May 10, 2019
  • 4 Minute Read
Saints Row: The Third (Switch) Review
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Score: 8 / 10

Saints Row: The Third revels in absurdity. It rewards ridiculousness. It’s the open world crime game for those who like to strip naked and ride their bikes around punching people in GTA V. It is designed, from the ground up, to get you to act as foolishly as possible in a video game world, loving every single second of it. If you have a love for silliness, slapstick, and crude humour, this game will put a smile on your face.

The Saints have grown somewhat popular since the events of Saints Row 2. They sell energy drinks. Hang with movie stars. They also apparently infuriate gangs of luchadors and hi-tech hackers, causing no end of trouble for themselves when they refuse to play nice with the Syndicate, a major crime group that wants a large piece of town. While the Saints may be hobnobbing with celebrities and adult film stars, they’re not beyond laying a city-wide beat down the Syndicate won’t soon forget.

That’s assuming you ever really get around to fighting the Syndicate, as Saints Row: The Third is all about diversions. There’s a large variety of minigames to take part in, from throwing yourself into traffic to make money from insurance fraud, blasting through the streets in a tank to see how much damage you can cause, to taking part in murderous game shows. Each has several levels of difficulty to keep you challenged, as well as to encourage you to keep coming back for more silly mayhem.

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Final Thoughts:

If you’re in the mood for some crude humor and silly, over-the-top action, Saints Row: The Third is still an undisputed king of ridiculousness.
Joel Couture

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Saints Row: The Third

Publisher: Deep Silver, Koch Media
Developer: Volition
Played On: Nintendo Switch
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: May 10, 2019
Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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