New Saints Row reboot video has actual gameplay footage

Publishers love to release CG videos for forthcoming games that fail to show what the game will actually look like. That was the case last week when the public got its first glimpse of the new Saints Row game, but the video above is sprinkled with some helpful in-engine gameplay footage.

It’s not a generous chunk of footage, though, as the 7 minute video mostly focuses on Volition developers talking about the reboot. Topics covered include the new American southwest setting of Santo Ileso, which is a city surrounded by large swathes of southwestern wilderness, all the better for vehicular chaos. We also get a breakdown of who the Saints actually are in this instalment, as well as brief profiles of some of the enemy syndicates they’ll be fighting.