Saints Row Leaks Show Off Stunning Santo Ileso Desert Environments
Recently, the Saints Row reboot's Senior Environmental Artist prematurely shared screenshots online of the Santo Ileso setting, which showcase a closer look at its stunning arid environments. After a lenghty period of rumors and speculation, developer Volition and publisher Deep Silver unveiled the all-new Saints Row during gamescom 2021, promising an adventure wherein players will help build the 3rd Street Saints from the ground up.
Instead of returning to Stillwater or other previously explored locations in the franchise, the new Saints Row takes place in Santo Ileso, a fictional metropolis in the American Southwest comprised of desert terrain, city vistas, and suburban neighborhoods. A contingent of series faithful expressed their displeasure with the new direction from the start, shunning the art style and characters, in particular. Despite the backlash, the development team at Volition plans to stick to its original vision for the reboot no matter what. And though Saints Row's six-month delay to August 2022 raised some eyebrows, developers will use the extra production time to polish the overall quality of the experience.
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Saints Row's Senior Environmental Artist, Tim Wasson, recently uploaded multiple screenshots of the reboot's open-world areas to his ArtStation page. Evidently, these images were not meant for public consumption just yet. Before these images were removed from the web, however, Reddit user ExcitedTerror (via GamingBolt) managed to download them, each one offering a glimpse at Santo Ileso's various desert-centric locales. Needless to say, Volition's art department captured the beauty of the American Southwest to a T. Check out
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