Saints Row: The Third

Saints Row: The Third

Systems:

• Windows PC
• PlayStation 3
• Xbox 360
• Releases:
  • Original Release: 2011

Publisher:

• THQ

Developer:

• Volition

ESRB Rating:

• Mature (M)
• Reasoning:
  • Blood and Gore
  • Drug Reference
  • Intense Violence
  • Partial Nudity
  • Sexual Content
  • Strong Language

In Saints Row: The Third, you, as the Boss, wreck havoc against enemy gangs for control of Steelport. Rather than the outlaw bikers/Yakuza/Columbian drug lords of previous games, the gangs are Cyberpunks, Luchadores and Eurotrash. The game refuses to take itself seriously, leading to a more lighthearted experience than previous games.

Incomplete Tags for This Game

• Avians
• Dolls
• Felines

Alcohol

Alcohol consumption is frequent in cutscenes.

Bigoted Language

Gendered slurs, such as ho, bitch, slut, and pussy are used.

Blood

Blood is extremely common throughout the game and is an unavoidable side-effect of combat.

Dead Bodies

Bodies are common throughout the game.

Slain enemies do not immediately disappear.

Death of Family/Friends

One of the Boss’s closest friends, Johnny Gat, is killed in the opening sequence.

Viola’s twin sister, Kiki, is killed in front of her.

Dehumanization

During ‘Return to Steelport’, a number of gimps are harnessed to chariots and forced to pull their passengers into battle.

Depiction of Disaster

Some activities that the player is encouraged to participate in involves destroying parts of the city.

Depiction of War

The core storyline revolves around gang wars and eventually escalates to the point that a paramilitary police force must intervene.

Drowning

Staying underwater too long will result in death.

Electrocution

A taser is available as a weapon.

Explosions

Explosions are very common throughout the game. They can be produced in a variety of ways, by both the Player Character, their companions, or enemies.

Fire

Fire is often a result of battle. Fires will generally go out of control once they are started.

Gore

Gore is extremely common in the game. All combat is graphically rendered with realistic injuries.

Graphic Violence

Graphic violence is a core part of the game. All injuries are graphically and realistically rendered.

Guns

The game uses guns as the primary weapons for all characters. They are unavoidable.

Heights

The Player Character is often required to pilot and jump out of helicopters throughout the game.

Kidnapping

At least one primary missions and the ‘snatch’ activity involve kidnapping prostitutes from rival gangs and bringing them back to your brothels. This is portrayed as kindness and the prostitutes even thank the player.

In ‘Nyte Blayde Returns’, the player must kidnap someone.

In ‘Three Way’, two of the player’s companions are kidnapped.

Mind Control

During the Gangstas in Space DLC, the premise of the film the character is playing in revolves around mind control.

The Apocalypse Genki DLC provides a bazooka that mind controls enemies.

Murder

The player can kill nearly anyone the desire, including civilians.

A friend is killed early in the game.

A woman is murdered in front of her sibling.

In the Gangstas In Space DLC, the player learns the director of the film they’re acting in is having them murder real people.

Nudity

Players may run around nude, but breasts and genitals are blurred out.

Offensive Language

General swearing is common in the game. See "Bigoted Language" for more detail.

Psychological Trauma

Shaundi seems to be traumatized by Johnny Gat’s death.

Self Harm

Insurance Fraud activities involve deliberately throwing oneself in front of oncoming traffic.

Sex

Sex workers commonly appear in the game. During the ‘escort’ activities, you are required to drive around while a prostitute and their client presumably have sex in the back seat. They sometimes make explicit comments.

There are brothels in-game, and some missions involve visiting a BDSM club.

Sex Shaming

The Boss calls Viola a slut at one point. Pierce also makes assumptions about her sex life, but she shuts him down immediately.

Sexual Assault

Sexual assault is common in brothels and any other areas with prostitutes, especially because some of the prostitutes are implied to have been coerced into becoming sex workers.

Sexualization/Objectification

The Bloody Canoness and female Morningstar outfits are sexually revealing.

Women’s breasts, no matter how small, will always jiggle slightly when turning suddenly.

Sex Slavery

One mission includes Zimos pretending to auction your character off as a sex slave, although this is never seen on-screen.

Prostitution is common, and at least some prostitutes are implied to have been coerced.

Zimos was kept as a sex slave for years.

Substance Abuse

The player can purchase drug operations.

Undead/Zombies

Early in act three, the player will encounter zombies.

Vehicular Trauma

Vehicular trauma is very common; the driving mechanics are designed in such a way as to encourage crashing into other vehicles or pedestrians. Even if the player avoids using vehicles, it is not uncommon to see driving Non-player Characters get into accidents or run over pedestrians.

Verbal Abuse

Verbal abuse is extremely common. Nearly everyone in the game is verbally abusive to everyone else.

Weapons

Using weapons is a core part of the game. They will be used by most characters and are unavoidable.

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