History VideoGame / SaintsRowTheThird

** A cheat code allows you to make zombies spawn instead of regular pedestrians everywhere. They're hostile to police and gang members, so HilarityEnsues.

''VideoGame/SaintsRow: The Third'' is a WideOpenSandbox video game released in late 2011 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360, and PC, and again in 2019 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

** The presence of too many Deckers specialists can crash a game, potentially preventing completionist players from finishing Snatch missions in their neighborhoods and effectively preventing them from controlling all of Steelport, unless they buy the neighborhoods. The only solution is to run the game with UsefulNotes/DirectX 9 and setting all the graphics settings to low.

** The AR-55 assault rifle is unlocked in gunshops after [[spoiler: Phillipe Loren's death]], but you can pick up a free one a lot earlier, from Grigor's corpse, the target of one of the assassination missions available after you get the first crib. Alternatively, you can get one from the Steelport military base off one of the guards, though you will most likely perish from their firepower (don't worry; so long as you at least pick it up, it will stick to you when you return from death).

* LighterAndSofter: The Boss is this. They're still a sociopathic criminal for the most part, but in ''2'', they were capable of some truly bone-chillingly cruel acts (such as burying a man alive, trapping a woman in the trunk of a car set to be crushed by monster trucks, killing his old boss who was sickened by his cruelty in cold blood, etc etc. The Boss is much more affable and doesn't commit any truly cruel acts in ''The Third'', which could make you forget that they really aren't a good person. Subverted in the last choice however, where the Boss can give up the one standard they had in the previous game (loyalty to the crew) and [[spoiler:take over Steelport,making it clear the city is no longer under the government's authority but the crew's instead]], which is even worse than the final action in ''Saints Row 2''.

* DropTheHammer: The Deckers' specialist weapon, Shock Hammer, is one part this, one part SinisterScythe and two parts ShockAndAwe.

-->'''Kiki:''' Calm down, Eddie.\\
* DarkerAndEdgier: The original canonical ending is infinitely darker than everything else that has happened or would happen in the Saints' universe, save for maybe Carlos' MercyKill and Zinyak's destruction of the Earth. The Boss knowingly and willfully let two loyal Saints die, all other remaining Saints stick with him simply because they fear [[TheDreaded him]] more than anyone else, a member of the U.S. government successfully stages a FalseFlagOperation which leads the government to try to outright bomb its own city to oblivion, and at the end, the Saints takes over the government of Steelport through sheer force of fear and becomes a full-fledged insurgent separatist [[DividedStatesOfAmerica force]]. Just what kind of response do they think that would [[CivilWar incite]]?

** Once he joins the Saints, Oleg dons a white suit and purple turtleneck, which just happen to be the signature attire of [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse The Kingpin]].

** One of the trophies /achievements in the Genkibowl VII DLC is called [[Franchise/FantasticFour Flame On]]. Another one which you can get from the same activity is "Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof".

** When Zimos asks the Boss's real name during a mission, Female Voice 1 will respond with "[[Comicbook/GiveMeLiberty Martha Fucking Washington]]".

* PandaingToTheAudience: This game really has a thing about pandas.
** In Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax. Shooting mascots is the whole point of the game, and shooting tiger targets gets you extra points. But don't shoot the panda targets. [[SelectiveCondemnation It's unethical!]]
** In an in-game radio ad, Mayor Reynolds says Steelport is "the number one exporter of panda meat in the continental U.S." This would be a subversion... unless you happen to like panda meat. Apparently, the Boss might...
--->'''Female Voice 2''': Hot dogs are so last century. Panda dogs are the future.\\
'''Female Voice 3''': Turns out panda meat makes a damn good pizza.

** Female Gimps look exactly like the Mistress unit from ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper2''.

* BoobsOfSteel: The female protagonist if you decide to ramp up the sex appeal slider.

** One of the Sonic Boom based Whored Mode challenges is called [[VideoGame/StreetFighter BeGuiled.]]

* OffModel: Promotional artwork of Johnny Gat. No widow's peak, no cleft chin, and even the shades are wrong.

* ItsUpToYou: During the mission "Three Way", the player must choose between [[spoiler: saving Shaundi and killing Killbane]]. Apparently, none of the other Saints are competent enough to do one of those while you accomplish the other.

* LighterAndSofter: The Boss is this. They're still a sociopathic criminal for the most part, but in ''2'', they were capable of some truly bone-chillingly cruel acts (such as burying a man alive, trapping a woman in the trunk of a car set to be crushed by monster trucks, killing his old boss who was sickened by his cruelty in cold blood, etc etc. The Boss is much more affable and doesn't commit any truly cruel acts in ''The Third', which could make you forget that they really aren't a good person. Subverted in the last choice however, where the Boss can give up the one standard they had in the previous game (loyalty to the crew) and [[spoiler:take over Steelport,making it clear the city is no longer under the government's authority but the crew's instead]], which is even worse than the final action in ''Saint Row 2''.
* {{Lockdown}}: Later in the game, after the Saints destroy the Thermopylae, STAG places the city under lockdown. The bridges into downtown are risen, roadblocks are placed throughout the city, STAG patrols are increased, and the player automatically gains a single notoriety level whenever you are in Loren Square or Sunset Park. In addition, civilians may randomly attack the player.