Saint's Row gets a new trailer that is worldly in its appeal

Volition have released a new video for Saint’s Row, the upcoming reboot of the series, that takes a look at the various districts that players will get to explore and eventually take over, in their rise to power, check it out.

When the game was announced, we had a chance to chat with the devs about a variety of things, including the size of the world, you can read the full interview here and the part about the world below.

Maxi-Geek: Open world size can be a curse, as much as a blessing, so how have you balanced the size of the world versus things to do within it?

Jim: I am glad you asked that question, because that is a big deal for us as well. We have the largest world that we have ever created for a Saint’s Row game, but compared to some games out there, it may not be as large, so the reason why we do that, is the density of gameplay that we have in our open world, is beyond anything that I can think of. We truly have a vast amount of content that occurs in the open world, some of it will be things will be that when you wander around, they are discoverables, that you will find and then highlight on the map when you get close to them.

Some of them, like in the gameplay we showed you, is with the criminal empire that you grow, when you have these vacant lots and you get to decide what building you get to put on it and then that building comes with very specific gameplay, that then unlocks through out the city, all over the place, with rewards that come with it as well. Then there are just collectables, that you can find out in the world, so when you think of all the things there are to do in the world, it is the densest open world, we have ever done, the diversity of mechanics and the amount of things that you do, that slowly get unveiled to you along the way – so as not to overwhelm at the beginning, is something that we are really proud of and we can’t wait for people to see it, because there is a tremendous amount of depth to it, then rather to your question, just a big gigantic map that doesn’t have as many things to do.

Rob: One of the things for me, is just how player choice comes into that, you are selecting the criminal venture, you are figuring out how you build your empire, so while there all these things to do, what gets exposed to you, is part of your choice, part of your journey as a player.

Frank: It is also the most varied world that we’ve ever created, so by far we have more unique spaces and interesting layouts and places to explore then we ever had in any Saint’s Row ever.