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Saints Row (Xbox 360)

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Violent, Grand Theft Auto-type game.


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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this is a violent, graphic game intended for mature adults only. Characters are constantly killing each other, blowing things up, and cursing, and they engage in countless illegal activities like prostitution, drug dealing, assaults, and robberies. Players are rewarded for killing others by earning chains, clothing, and other items. Parents should be aware that there is also an online component via XBox Live.

Positive messages: The characters are definitely not good role models.
Violence: Graphic violence and vicious assaults involving "real people."
Sex: Lots of sexual content, partial nudity, and references to prostitution.
Language: Lots of explicit language, practically nonstop swearing, including hate words.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Lots of drug and alcohol use shown, along with drug dealing.

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Talk to your kids
Families can talk about why this game is inappropriate for kids. Since this game offers an open world to explore, families might talk about why such an environment is so appealing. Families can also talk about why so much effort goes into making violent, sexed-up games. Is it because escapism and raunchiness sells? Why or why not? Do you think it's desensitizing people to violence or does it have no effect?

What's the story?

What's the story?
At the start of SAINTS ROW, you get to customize the look of your character, a man of few words who has joined the 3rd Street Saints, one of four local gangs who run the city of Stilwater. The Saints are being pushed back and killed off by the three other rival gangs, the Westside Rollerz, the Vice Kings, and Los Carnales. You take on missions to weaken the other gangs' strengths, ranging from hijacking a big rig to blowing up a recording studio. At any point in the game when you're not on a mission, the entire city is yours to explore.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

At a first glance, Saints Row seems like yet another Grand Theft Auto clone, with nonstop violence, sexual assaults, and other street crime. However, unlike so many games before it, Saints Row succeeds in almost every area, and is a blast to play.

Saints Row has strong appeal to players of this genre because it has both a story mode for traditional gamers, or free-roaming fun for players who like to pick up and play. The many side missions and collectibles will have you playing Saints Row for weeks, which is good because Saints Row makes being bad feel really good.

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Game Details
Available on: Xbox 360
Available online
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: THQ
Released on: October 18, 2006
Price: 59.99
ESRB Rating: M for language, violence, sexual content

This review was written by Bobbi Dempsey
 
 

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julian7398
parent of 12 year old
 
i luv it U ALL ARE A BUNCH OF BABIES LET THEM PLAY

hjkremer
educator
 
Come ON Parents
Are you serious? Not that bad for kids! So you want your kids exposed to PROSTITUTION, drugs, and gangs! You may not have figured out how to access these h=features but your sons will. It is rated for adults for a reason. Use sommon sense, please!

yellowbunny16
kid, 13 years old
 
very fun but bad for teens under 17
this is one of my favorite games of all time. there is alot of swearing, f is practically every word they say. there is barley any blood, but you can shoot cops, gang members, hos, and civilians, the physics are ok not great though, if you hit someone with a car they would go flying in the air its pretty funny, there are alot of drugs and alcohol, you can go into store and get spliff, blunt, pipe, bong, 40 oz, gin and juice, cognac,and bubbly, smoke comes out of your mouth when you smoke and once you get high the screen goes smokey, and when you get drunk you throw up and the screen gets blurry. there is a lot of sexual things, there are strip clubs, where women are wearing thongs and g-strings, and there is a game mode called escort where you take a stripper and pick up a man and they having fun in the car but you have to drive away from the media, you can not see it but you hear them say lovey dovey things to each other and groaning. this game is good for 17 and up.

yesman-1
teen, 18 years old
 
never let anyone under 16 or thinks killing peds and cops is cool play this game
This game is the bomb. Awesome fun, cool cars, cool weapons, cool city. Killing gang-member filth is my favorite thing to do. I dont like the cop killing, and I dont like the ped killing either, but morally, gangs are my target. I especially don't like how this game provides wannabe gangmembers a way to fulfill their sick cop killing ways. This game is NOT FOR KIDS at all. If they want it, tell them they'll understand later in life...Anyways, if you feel like dishing some street justice, get this game.

saint row is fun
parent of 17 year old
 
I love saint row 2 because my 18 sonlike and i played it and it was fun.

babyg87
adult
 
crazy fun
saints row

kwalee
teen, 16 years old
 
so what
i know

 
I Love This Game. Its Better Then GTA!!!!
This Game Is A Must For All Who Love GTA (Grand Theft Auto) Games, Because It Not Only Has Alot Of Action And Really Sweet Side Missions And Graphics. This Is A Must Play Game.

 
WAYOVER THE TOP
THIS GAME DEMOSTRATES "HOW MANY WAYS CAN WE KILL A PERSON". NOT JUST THE EVERYDAY JOE BUT GANG MEMBERS PASSERBYS, INNOCENT PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. IT'S ALL ABOUT TEACHING GANG BANGING 101. IF THATS NOT ENOUGH THE GAME ALSO DEMOS HOW TO COMMIT INSURANCE FRAUD. I CAN'T SEE HOW THIS GAME CAN BE SOLD TO A 17 YEAR OLD. SEX VIOLENCE KILLING 100WAYS THE LIST GOES ON. I NOTICE IT IS COMPARE TO GTA. NICE TRY, THIS GAME IS WAY OVER THE TOP GTA HAS SOME OF THE FEATURES BUT SAINTS ROW IS JUST PURE GANG BANGING 3RD DEGREE...NICE GRAPHICS, NICE MOVEMENT ASHAME IT WAS NOT POLISHED BEFORE RELEASING. PARENTS BETTER TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONSTANT FOUR LETTER WORDS AND WATCH YOUR KID LEARN INSURANCE FRAUD AS HE STARTS WEARING HIS COLORS.

deedeedee
teen, 17 years old
 
this game was ok
this game was prity good i'd give it a 9out of10.really all it is a a GTA[grand theft auto] remake. only ther was more sexual content then GTA but less bad language.

 
STICK RPG REVIEW
Violence: Players get into a bar fight. When they win the other guy dies and his skull breaks open and blood comes out. Players can rob stores with pistols. Language: When you go up to the dug dealer he will say s--t. Store owners use mild curses like hell and sucka. Drugs: You can buy and sell cocaine around the city. You get drunk at bars. You can smoke or give it to a teen. Rated M for Use of Drugs and Alcohol, Violence, Blood and Gore, Language and Gambling.

CSM Screen ...
teen, 17 years old
 
Great game!
Personaly, I liked this game more then GTA.... The game is extremely violant, like you could take somwone hostage and light them on fire and watch them flail around in pain screaming.... I will say that even I thought they could've been a little lighter on the cursing, I mean, sure they needed some cursing ( I mean they're Gangbangers in the hood of course they're going to curse) but LOTS of the cursing was unnessisary. But hay. I love the game and I will never sell it, its got so many things to do ad theings to earn like (My personal favorites) the "Pimp Mobile", "PimpCane Shotgun" (yes i said Pimpcane Shotgun) and the " Pimp Attire". Other things that you can do, you can basically be a drug dealer, Pimp h*'s, be a Hitman, Car Smuggler and I cant think of anymore. Overall a Fantasicaly made game, great controlls, great graphics and easy to get into. 10/10 !!!

MPerfection
parent of 9 , and 12 , 12 year old
 
perfect for....no one. It's a piece of mess.
Totally despise games like these. My husband is playing it as I type. All I heard was some guy saying "there's a nice pair of ti.." & my 10 year old son was walking by. I told my husband to put the headphones on, I don't want my kids hearing that garbage. It disgusts me that he plays junk like this. I hope the game system locks up on him. :)

 
Fun game
I think games that are rated 17+ are a little too strict. By the time you are my age you should know that it is a game and not real life and you will get in trouble if you do what they do. And sexual content, it shouldn't be an enormous issue. Maybe for kids that are 13 and under it may be an issue but it's not like you see people having sex all the time in the game.

sunnyd129
teen, 15 years old
 
ok
Kids are mature

liamrobertdale
kid, 11 years old
 
not violent just shooting
i think this game is intresing for ages 5 to 10 but not good for ages 18 and over

omg-shes-so-we ...
teen, 14 years old
 
Just say no!
Ok, first off, there's so much cussing! Bloody murders, prostitutes, and frequent use of the f-bomb! You shoot people down to gain respect? This game was made toward older kids to adults, not for ANY kids 15-! The only fun part (if there was any) was driving, but its hard to control and you always end up crashing. Sadly your grand theft auto fans and maybe some youngers kids will scream for this game.

Plague
parent
 
Saints Row
One of my son and I's personal favorite games are the Saints Row series. We were into GTA before we found this, but after playing it we decided GTA had nothing on SR. Better graphics, cooler weapons, and more action IMO of course. I would recommend this game for action and violence lovers like myself.

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