

Players now have motivations we can better express and an authority we can project rather than always relegating them to the role of submissive mutes who do what they're told without question. What has this allowed you to do with the story that wasn't possible in the first game? JT: From a storytelling standpoint, it's been very liberating. IGN: We know that the player's character will speak this time around. When we were designing this gang we also wanted to give them some links to Los Carnales from the original Saints Row, and our artists worked hard to incorporate this into their visual elements. Money laundering and securities fraud isn't their thing, pulling up in a monster truck and beating someone's skull in with a baseball bat while robbing them is. They prefer strength over subtlety and have little use for the finer, more coordinated aspects of organized crime. IGN: Who is this Brotherhood that we keep hearing about? What's their story? JT: The Brotherhood is the most physically imposing of the new gangs. As the Saints deteriorated, several new gangs swept in to fill the void: the Ronin, the Sons of Samedi, and the Brotherhood. Julius still had ties both to his old neighborhood and to the Kings, Troy was working for the police, Lin was dead, and Gat and Dex were destined to butt heads forever. IGN: What about the Saints as a whole? Why aren't they ruling the streets? JT: The events surrounding the player's apparent death brought the conflicting interests of the Saints' leaders to light, making the collapse of the gang became somewhat inevitable. Suffice to say, the Saints' leadership has been fractured and scattered. Julius has tried to wash his hands of gang activity altogether, while the player character has been recovering in a coma, battling the after effects of being caught in a huge boat explosion. Troy Bradshaw, the undercover officer who had penetrated the innermost circle of the gang, has gotten out of detective work and is the presiding chief of police.
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Johnny Gat, one of the top Saints lieutenants, has been in prison awaiting trial for murder. James Tsai: A lot has changed in Stilwater since the original Saints Row, and the Saints gang has seen the city slip from its grasp over the course of a few years.

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