If any form of music had the power to harm others, it would be dubstep. In real life, that harm comes in the form of annoyance. Thankfully, we have video games like Saints Row IV to imagine something slightly worse.
Developer Volition released a new video that demonstrates some of the new gameplay aspects of its Saints Row sequel, which is due out for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on Aug. 20. The studio is showing off some new weapons, vehicles, and enemies. That means a dubstep gun that forces people to dance until they die, a monster truck, and illegal aliens … space aliens.
“We decided that Saints Row needed a mech,” Volition producer Jim Boone says in the video before demonstrating a giant robot suit with rockets, miniguns, and jump jets.
Go ahead and watch all six minutes of the gameplay demo in action and try not to imagine a real-world dubstep weapon in the hands of the U.S. military: