We tried Saints Row: Character editor Boss Factory

There are still a few weeks left until the launch of Saints Row, which is scheduled for August 23, but Volition wanted to keep working and offer one of the game’s most interesting features to all users for free. demo: editor. for character creation.

We’ve got I tried the Saints Row Boss Factory and quickly discovered that it was more than just a set of tools. The amount of pack options and the ability to save and share your creations and then recall them when Saints Row is finally available is actually a small but worthwhile prospect of the reboot’s promised experience.

How does it work?

Let’s start by saying that the version of Boss Factory available to us is on PC. quite problematic: the client crashed at the slightest sign of changing the settings, and even when full-screen display was activated, which forced us to use the editor at 1080p and with the default settings, among various stunts, fortunately in our case they used the best quality presets.

But after overcoming this hurdle, the user experience extremely urgent. We start with the standard model of Saints Row’s main character, the Boss, and we’ll have to navigate a winding growth path in the game’s campaign that will make him the leader of the 3rd Street Saints. You should already know, as his appearance is depicted on the game’s cover and in the visuals released so far.

The first item of the Boss Factory options lets you control and manage pre-built characters, while the last item is to share andimport Bosses In the middle we find various categories that can change in the editor: suit, body, skin, hair, head, face, tattoos and personality, the latter being expressed only by the tone of voice we want to assign to our hero.

The “Complete” item allows you to change the Boss’ outfits, add hats, helmets or accessories for the face, change the t-shirt, shirt or jacket the character wears, skirt or pants, shoes or unique outfits for the whole body, like overalls, work or absurd pajamas . we continue later body sizecan be thin or muscular of different sexes, more or less defined, with any prosthesis and special modifications for the intimate parts: big or small breasts? Are the nipples visible or not? Embossed or discreet package? The genitals are closed, but how?

Skin, hair and head related options allow you to profoundly change the look of our Boss. Variants are actually numerous, and so it is possible not only to navigate between different entities, for example, to make the character’s nose more or less large, more or less prominent, but also to intervene subtly to adjust individual anatomical features. . In short, too much freedom of movementalthough at the moment the yield of beards leaves much to be desired.

related changes one hundred actually these are the ones that allow you to assign to your hero a more or less approachable aspect of one genre and not another, but from that point of view, the setting definitely looks “fluid”. Finally, the inevitable tattoos will also be applied to various parts of the body for a final touch before saving the model and various options here.

From the editor to the game

As interesting as it is, Boss Factory tells us little or nothing about what Saints Row’s experience will be, so those who expect the game to be truly tried-and-true after previewing missions and secondary activities will inevitably be disappointed: We’ll probably have to wait for its launch to discover the goodness of Volition-developed mechanics for this reboot.

However, it represents the ability to style your Boss with quite a number of tools and settings, give it a really weird look, and then save the character and share it with other users. An extra not to be underestimated.This will inevitably enrich the game’s already promising offering in terms of customizations. For everything else, as stated, the appointment is set for August 23 for PC, PlayStation and Xbox.