Every part of the body can be customized, and when it comes to facial features, things don't have to be symmetrical either. If players want, they can make a true-to-life Shrek, or they can create a boss fitted with running blade prosthetics and pearlescent skin.

Customization starts at what has been available in previous games in the franchise - yes, including crotch and breast sliders - and then some. It all starts with the new boss of the Saints, whom players can make into anyone they want. In a lengthy showcase, Saints Row developer Volition detailed the game's deep customization systems. Saints Row gives players even more control over their boss's looks, as well as the final say on how their guns, vehicles, and even gang appear throughout the game. Whereas previous Saints Row games have let players dress up their character however they wanted, the franchise's upcoming reboot title will take that feature a step further. “It was honestly kind of shocking that this was so far along.” “It has some minor player customization - there’s an actual open world here,” says associate video editor Josh Stinson.

Development of the game didn’t get incredibly far before the game was canceled in 2009, but Volition employees still seem surprised by what the studio was able to do on the console with the time it had. In the studio’s own words, it “isn’t a handheld developer,” so work was delegated to a separate studio. Titled Saints Row Undercover, Volition originally planned to port Saints Row 2 to the PSP before deciding to focus on a handheld-exclusive game.

The franchise (and studio) even survived the bankruptcy of former parent company THQ, but there was one game that Volition didn’t make the cut: a Saints Row for the PSP. Inside Volition: Saints Row UndercoverVolition’s Saints Row series may have never become as huge as Grand Theft Auto, but the wacky and sometimes supernatural open-world games have been among the most creative in the industry.

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