Engaging the sandbox is the term Volition uses to describe the free-form adventures players can get up to in the developer's Saints Row series of open-world action games. We wouldn't say that the sandboxes in previous Saints Row games were engaged so much as they were tormented. The goal for Saints Row: The Third, according to Volition, is to create "the most ridiculous, over-the-top guilty pleasure ever found in video games." The basic backstory is this: The titular Saints, the gang you've helped build up in the first two games, is now so popular and well known that Hollywood is making a movie about them. Not bad for a gang of petty criminals. Well, civilians and rival gangs. In Saints Row 2, you could literally pick up and throw people into the water, cars, or just a brick wall. Like any open-world action game worth its salt, Saints Row: The Third offers a variety of cars, boats, and aircraft for getting around the city. Manapult.
Yes, Saints Row: The Third is an exceedingly silly game. At this point, Volition seems to be well aware that it can't realistically contend with Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series in terms of best-in-breed sandbox action games.
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