Saints Row: The Third

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Saints Row: The Third.

Early Development2008-2009. The slow, choppy road to a new look. Later Development2010-early 2011. Scaling back stuff and dialling up craziness!

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Story Changes#

It is notorious that Saints Row: The Third went through myriad story rewrites due to meddling with THQ, which proved to be controversial among fans. Below is a list of what got changed, some of them being from the Prima Guide;

• Saints Row: Money Shot (which would be cancelled as late as Summer/Fall 2011) was supposed to take place between Saints Row 2 and Saints Row: The Third, where according to the design document, would have provided an explanation of why the Saints moved from Stilwater to Steelport. The reasoning was completely changed in the final game, where the Saints stayed in Steelport for most of the time to take over the city and regain their fortune.
• Johnny Gat wasn't originally going to die, but instead getting captured and the player needed to save him. The reasoning for his death was that there needed to be more "emotional weight" to the storyline.

Resources#

• The Art of Saints Row 3 (video)
• GDC 2012 - Designing Over the Top - Saints Row: The Third Postmortem 2
• Chris Ottinger's portfolio
• 10th Anniversary: Saints Row The Third
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• Saints Row Mods stuff
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