Saw The VideoGame

Saw (also known as Saw: The Video Game) is an upcoming third-person survival horror video game with action elements. It is currently in development by Zombie Studios and is being published by Konami. The game is set to launch on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, with a downloadable version being made for the Microsoft Windows platform. It is an adaption of the Saw film series, and has a tentative release date of October 6, 2009 in North America, and October in Australia. The Microsoft Windows version will be released on October 31, a few weeks following the initial release for consoles. Saw is set to release around the same time as Saw VI, although they have entirely separate story lines. The development team also brought in James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the creators of the first Saw film, to write a new storyline and design new traps for the game.

In Saw, The Jigsaw Killer has healed Detective David Tapp from his gunshot wound, and places him in an abandoned asylum to teach him a lesson of life appreciation. Tapp traverses the building gathering clues along the way in hopes of finally apprehending Jigsaw. He encounters both friends and foes as he comes closer to escaping the asylum and its inhabitants who have plans contrary to his survival. Along the way, Tapp uncovers the origins of Jigsaw and his motives behind his tests, as well as learning the fates of those from the first Saw film.

The game was originally being published by Brash Entertainment, who later ceased all operations due to financial troubles. This allowed Konami to pick up the publishing rights for the game only a few weeks later. The game, now under control of Konami, is being designed to be a spiritual successor to Konami's other survival horror franchise, Silent Hill. The game has not been drastically changed due to the change of publisher, but Konami has contributed significant input into the development stages of the project. Konami plans to make Saw its next big survival horror franchise, although no plans for a sequel have been discussed.

Gameplay

Saw is primarily a third-person survival horror game with action elements. The player controls David Tapp, a former detective trapped in the Jigsaw Killer's asylum filled with traps. The primary goal of the game is to traverse the asylum and solve traps and defeat hostile prisoners in order to escape alive. Tapp will have several abilities in the game to fulfill his objectives such as searching things like toilets, dead bodies, nurse's carts, and nightstands to find things like weapons, health, clues, or others. There are also various things hidden around the asylum that can be found to provide background on why Tapp is there and other information on Jigsaw and others. Many of these come in the form of "Jigsaw Notes" left behind or cassette tapes found laying around, similar to the "Holotapes" and notes found in Fallout 3.

The player being prompted to control the in-game character. A close-up camera angle is used to aid the player in completing a task.The game's combat system allows the character to block, counter-attack, and perform weak and strong attacks to fend off enemies in the asylum. Tapp will have a variety of weapons and resources available to him such as lead pipes, scalpels, crutches, or just bare fists. Certain weapons may also be used for other purposes such as cutting open a body to search it or breaking down a molding wall to reveal hidden paths. Similar to the Condemned series, weapons in the game deplete over time in real time until they are rendered unusable. Tapp's health bar, once depleted, can only be restored by hypos which can be stored in an inventory.

Dread central reveals that Saw will in fact have an online multiplayer component because, "working together will help you survive The Game." The extent of the multiplayer has yet to be revealed except that it will be online through Xbox Live and Playstation Network. At certain points in the game, the player will be joined by AI teammates that will help Tapp in certain tests or areas. At many points in the story, there are multiple paths that can be taken to avoid certain areas or uncover hidden items. The game can be played at two difficulty settings; normal and hard.

A few minigames have been incorporated into the game. These include a searching minigame in which an X-ray view is given to avoid dangers like razors or syringes and grabbing a key before a "Pain meter" fills and wounds Tapp. There is also a lockpicking minigame in which he must turn the dials of a lock so that they all match to successfully unlock the door. Finally, there are doors rigged with shotguns attached to pulleys littered all around the asylum. As soon as opening such a door, the player must press a randomly assigned button before the pulley falls too far to avoid the gun discharging. There are also puzzles called "environmental traps", in which Tapp must use different elements in the environment, the in-game camera, or go to certain locations to accomplish a task.

Synopsis

Settings

Saw takes place between the first and second Saw films, shortly after Dr. Lawrence Gordon and Adam Faulkner's trap concludes at the end of the first film. David Tapp, a cop who was shot in the chest, was healed and brought to an abandoned insane asylum. The building contains many traps and victims left in place by the Jigsaw Killer to test Tapp and his "survival instinct". The asylum itself has many sections. There is a morgue, cold storage, security wing, washrooms, offices, and other areas. A large part of the asylum are cells that held the criminally insane before it was condemned and abandoned.

Characters

Detective David Tapp (unannounced voice actor):
A veteran policeman, Tapp has been on the Jigsaw case since the beginning. After being shot by Zep Hindle in the first Saw film, Tapp was brought to an asylum by Jigsaw, who got someone to heal his gunshot wound and also place a key inside his chest. When Tapp awakens in the asylum with the Jaw Splitter trap on his head, he quickly escapes and begins to unravel the clues left behind by Jigsaw. It was revealed that Tapp will not be voiced by Danny Glover, the actor who portrayed him in the films.
John Kramer, "Jigsaw" (voiced by Tobin Bell):
The antagonist of Saw, Jigsaw is a serial killer who captures victims and puts them into traps to test their survival and teach them lessons to correct their past errors. Jigsaw has captured Tapp and put him into the abandoned asylum that the game takes place in. A persuasive being, Jigsaw has minions stalking Tapp placed all around the area. It was officially announced on June 4 that Tobin Bell would reprise his role as Jigsaw.
Billy the Puppet (voiced by Tobin Bell):
Jigsaw's puppet that is used to deliver clues and information to his victims. While usually through video messages, Billy also appears in person riding a tricycle to congratulate surviving test subjects. Jigsaw will assist Tapp through Billy to help him navigate the asylum. Billy is described as a "very ominous figure. When you see him, you know you’re screwed." Billy has also been featured prominently in promoting the game.
Amanda Young (unannounced voice actor):
One of Jigsaw's first victims, Amanda survived her first test and was rehabilitated by Jigsaw. Seeing him as a savior, she has become his protege upon his request. She has been posing as a recaptured and trapped victim in the asylum to keep watch over Tapp and his game. For unknown reasons, she is being stalked by the mysterious Pigmask Stalker. Tapp must find and save Amanda and discover what information she has about the asylum and Jigsaw himself. It has beem revealed that Amanda will play a major role in the plot.
Dr. Lawrence Gordon:
The doctor who diagnosed Jigsaw with his inoperable frontal lobe cancer, Lawrence Gordon was placed in the bathroom trap in the first Saw film for adultery and deceit. After realizing his wife and daughter were at risk, Gordon sawed off his leg in a rage. Despite the fact that the creators of Saw wanted to leave his fate a mystery, it has been leaked that the game will explain what happened to him following his escape from the bathroom.
Unnamed ally (unannounced voice actor):
A man who is saved early in the game from a room filled with nail bombs, he assists Tapp in moving through the asylum and fending off enemies. The man soon betrays Tapp as part of his own game. When attempting to go free after completing his test, he is killed by a shotgun trap.
Pigmask Stalker:
Recent trailers for the game detail a person dressed in Jigsaw's robes and his signature Pig Mask stalking people in the asylum. It is unannounced who the person is in the robes.
Screenshots released by Konami also reveal many other unnamed characters present in the game. Among them are a male who is in a large steel box trap covering his entire head. The trap is the first of the unique traps revealed that are not present in the films. Another character is is a dead male who is left wrapped in razor wires after bleeding to death; This is the same trap that held Gus in the first film. In addition to these (and other) characters, there are also several other attackers spread around the asylum with orders to kill Tapp in order to get the key inside him and free themselves. Some of these attackers have the "Reverse Bear Trap" on them, some with the "Venus Fly Trap", and others with no traps on them at all. Recent interviews have confirmed that the game will have elaborate on the fates of characters from the first film.

Plot

The story centers on Detective David Tapp's kidnapping by his alleged suspect, The Jigsaw Killer. During the first Saw film, Tapp witnesses his long-time friend and partner, Detective Steven Sing, fall victim to one of Jigsaw's traps. This left Tapp mentally unstable and he was soon discharged from the police force. Later, Tapp was shot in the chest by Zep Hindle after chasing him in pursuit of Jigsaw.

Jigsaw then gets someone to heal Tapp and put a key in his chest. Later, Tapp is placed in an abandoned asylum. Other victims in the building are instructed to kill Tapp and retrieve the key inside him in order to escape their own tests. Upon awakening in a bathroom with the Reverse Bear Trap on him, Tapp quickly pulls it off and ventures into the rest of the asylum. Tapp saves and then cooperates with another test subject to proceed through the asylum to a medical wing. There, the unnamed man betrays Tapp because it was part of his game, and is quickly killed by a shotgun hanging from atop a door. Next, Tapp moves through the asylum's medical wing to find and save Amanda Young, a survivor of Jigsaw's tests, who has information that could help him escape alive. Unbeknown to Tapp, Amanda has become Jigsaw's protege and is sent into the asylum by him to make sure Tapp follows the rules of the game. From there, he is forced to work through several more of Jigsaw's traps containing people with dark connections to Tapp and fight to escape alive. Recent trailers also show a person dressed in Jigsaw's robes and the signature Pig Mask stalking Tapp and others throughout the asylum.

IGN states that the game will have moral choices to be made that can result in multiple different endings. In an interview, the game's producer David Cohen stated that the game will "combine action, puzzles, mystery, and terror" and that "it has always been a priority to make sure the Saw video game feels like it is as important part of the puzzle as each film".

Preview

Not expecting anything good, I'll try it though.

Me neither Crash Jordan, but just wanna let people know what games are coming and keep the forum up So i will add much more games that are coming this year on the forum.

Saw this at E3... I expect it to be just a mature rated Puzzle Game.

Not expecting good rating either.

Movie games are always garbage. Making a game out of a POS movie like saw is just completely ridiculous.