A
new ESRB listing is now online for
Saints Row: The Third Remastered,
apparently revealing plans for an updated version of Volition's open-world
action/adventure which was originally released in 2011 (thanks
Eurogamer). The rating summary does not indicate when this might be
released, but does justify the M, Mature 17+ rating it will carry when it
is:
This is an open-world action-adventure game in which players assume
the role of a criminal syndicate known as the Saints. As players attempt to take
over a fictional city and exact revenge on a rival gang, they engage in driving
and combat missions to progress the storyline. Players use machine guns,
shotguns, swords, rocket launchers, and grenades to kill rival gang members.
Players can also attack pedestrians, and in one mission, players shoot at police
and civilians to create chaos in a rival gang's territory. One scene prompts
players to run over a certain number of pedestrians within a given time; another
sequence allows players to dispatch enemies by putting grenades in their mouths.
Players can also use chainsaws to hack at enemies, resulting in small chunks of
flesh and large splatters of blood. Damage from certain guns can result in
decapitation. During the course of the game, female characters are sometimes
depicted in outfits that reveal large amounts of their breasts/cleavage or
buttocks; characters are occasionally depicted nude, though their nipples and/or
genitalia are obscured by blurry pixels. In one sequence, players can walk
through an erotic club containing several phallic sex toys and sexual
contraptions. Some game environments and dialogue contain drug paraphernalia or
other references to drugs (e.g., marijuana leaves and water bongs on a table; a
radio DJ telling a caller to try heroin). The words “f**k,” “sh*t,” and “c*ck”
appear in the dialogue.