Saw
The story centers on Detective David Tapp who awakens in a decrepit, abandoned asylum. He has been captured by his longtime nemesis, Jigsaw. Obsessed with catching this serial killer, Tapp’s mission has…
Saw is a puzzle developed by Zombie Studios, released 6 October 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Saw is
Saw is a puzzle game developed by Zombie Studios and released in 2009. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story centers on Detective David Tapp who awakens in a decrepit, abandoned asylum. He has been captured by his longtime nemesis, Jigsaw. Obsessed with catching this serial killer, Tapp’s mission has consumed him and ruined his family, resulting in divorce, mental imbalance, and abandonment. Worse yet, this frantic hunt destroyed Tapp’s career while he watched his long-time friend and partner get killed by one of Jigsaw's traps. Now Jigsaw has the upper hand and has captured the detective. Tapp must play a deadly game—the likes of which he has been investigating for years—to escape, and in order to do so he must survive the lethal traps and puzzles that Jigsaw has put in place for him…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Saw series
Saw is the first of 3 entries we hold in the Saw series. The next entry was Saw II: Flesh & Blood in 2010.
How it was received
Saw holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 27 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Saw launched on 6 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and League of Legends. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, League of Legends.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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