Years after taking Stilwater for their own, the Third Street Saints have evolved from street gang to household brand name, with Saints sneakers, Saints energy drinks and Johnny Gat bobblehead dolls all available at a store near you. The Saints are kings of Stilwater, but their celebrity status has not gone unnoticed. The Syndicate, a legendary criminal fraternity with pawns in play all over the globe, has turned its eye on the Saints and demands tribute.
Refusing to kneel to the Syndicate, you take the fight to Steelport, a once-proud metropolis reduced to a struggling city of sin under Syndicate control. Take a tank skydiving, call in a satellite-targeted airstrike on a Mexican wrestling gang, and defend yourself against a highly-trained military force using only a sex toy in the most outlandish gameplay scenarios ever seen, igniting a city-wide war that will set Steelport on fire.
Saints Row: The Third gives you control of the Saints at the height of their power, and you live the life to show for it. Now Steelport is ripe for the taking, and it's up to you to make the city your own. Mold the skyline based on your choices, outfit your crew in classy gangster gear or furry costumes, and make life-or-death decisions that will change Steelport, and the Saints, forever. This is now your city. These are now your rules. Strap it on.
Features:
* Over The Top - Like a lapdance from a porn star, the action is naughty, fun, and better than anything you're getting at home.
* City of Sin - Disrupt and dismantle the Syndicate stranglehold on weapons, cybercrime, and sex trades. Discover the secrets of Steelport, where there is action on every street corner, for better or, more likely, worse.
* Weapons of Crass Destruction - It's one thing to defeat your enemies. It's another to humiliate them. Hover jets, human cannonball cars and sex-toy warfare are all part of the fun.
* Co-op Madness - Give naked skydiving a try, landing in your partner's flaming pickup as you make a suicide run toward a heavily armed Syndicate brothel. Steelport is more fun with a friend.
* Initiation Station - Create, share, and download the most outlandish characters every seen, from washed-up celebrities to naked ninja pirates. Inside every sinner, there is a Saint.
It looks like they used a completely different engine this time, the driving part looks so much better then in GTA... I only played Saints Row 1 which had indeed terrible framerate issues, but judging from the lates video, this one seems to have at least 30fps.
Play games like Just Cause 2, GTA or Morrowind to get a better understanding of what "Open World" or "Sandbox" games are.
Quake is not open world because you can go either left or right and find ammo at place X and shot a guy at place Y if you want to. L.A Noire is not "open world" for the same reasons, there's really nothing to see here for the SR guys.
In a open world you should have lots of different activities and side missions, that's what open world means, not that you can go in whichever direction you want, all games that includes a character has that, including pac-man.
L.A Noire has never been advertised as a open world game, it's just a common misconception because Rockstar published it.
Is there any meaningful exploration though (appart from the current crime scene)? I didn't get that impression from the little i've played, but maybe i'm wrong
"Explore" i can do in many games, including most adventure games, those arent really considered open world games though.
How is the second saints row compared to the first? I loved the first, but i haven't actually tried the second after hearing it's the very same map as the first.
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You have a huge area you can explore at any time = open world 
