That's a bit depressing, but if you explore you'll find the game fofers a couple of variant racial presets and, most winningly, a body mass triangle. When you start up Saints Row: The Third's character creation suite you are, unfortunately, confronted with a "perfect" Caucasian character of either gender. What makes Saints Row: The Third special is its de-emphasis on "perfect" bodies. It's not just the robust facial sliders which, while fairly full-featured, are comparable to BioWare's offering in Mass Effect, or some of the Elder Scrolls games. Demoed as the Initiation Station - you can try it out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 without buying the game - it offers a staggering array of choices.
Saints Row: The Third offers a genuinely open character customisation system.
Apart from the occasional carefully crafted tribute to well-known characters like the Joker, it's nearly wall-to wall scantily clad women with impossible jugs and huge tough guys. It's time to question your quest for the perfect alter ego, says Brenna Hillier.Ī quick glance over the community galleries shows that the vast majority of characters created are idealised. Saints Row: The Third may be one of the most inclusive games on the market today - but everyone wants to be a thin, muscly, and buxom.