THQ impresses with 8 minutes of 'Saint's Row: The Third' gameplay

PS3Vault has posted this video of THQ's upcoming installement to it's 'Saint's Row' series.  Personally, I've never been a fan of the game as it always seemed to lack direction not unlike its spiritual cousin: 'Just Cause.'  While both are credible open-world franchises, they just don't seem to have the staying power of Rockstar's creations. 


That may be about to change.

The gameplay footage demonstrates some very fun game mechanics as well as improving on some existing ones.  It would also seem as though the new 'Saints' is much more story-driven than its predecessors which (hopefully) should provide a solid single-player campaign rather than depending on multiplayer 'lulz' to lure money out of our respective wallets.

Third time lucky?  Wait and see - but the video DID make me smile and that's no small feat considering how old and grumpy I'm getting these days ;)