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Jigsaw has killed your partner and destroyed your life. Now he has trapped you in an abandoned insane asylum that he alone controls. If you can defeat his brutal traps and survive, you may just discover the truth behind what drives this twisted serial killer. SAW is a third-person perspective, survival horror game based on the SAW film franchise, which has grossed more than $665M worldwide and sold more than 28 million DVDs. The game features many of the deadly mechanical traps seen in the film, as well as terrifying new ones. Players will pit their wits against Jigsaw as they navigate his world in an attempt to evade and escape his gruesome traps, while also struggling against his minions in brutal combat by using weapons found within the environment. SAW, the video game, is based on a treatment from Zombie Studios and the creators of the SAW franchise, Leigh Whannell and James Wan. The timeline for the game takes place between the movies: SAW and SAW II, giving the game its own story, yet fitting within the narratives of the movies. 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 and others. But each victim has a dark connection to Tapp. Will Tapp save them? Can he survive his obsession to find the Jigsaw killer?

User Reviews about SAW

This game suprised me. When it first came out, "Crap" is what came to mind. But long story short, its awesome!! Get it!! -- A unique movie-based game

SAW: The game is not perfect, but for fans of the films it's an enjoyable game. Taking place between Saw 1 & 2 (I believe) you play the role of Det. Tapp who's become trapped in an old Insane Asylum.

Traps and weapons are plentiful and can be enjoyable. Some of the traps do get a bit repetative (Shotgun trip wires) and cause you to travel slower through the game which gave me the impression that it was only trying to prolong the game experience rather than add to it. The story of the game is enjoyable and there are new clips and other documents littered throughout the game which are fun to read and at times a bit humorous.

The biggest flaw in the game is the inconsistency of the combat. Weapons don't nessesarily do any more damage than your fists and hitting an enemy almost entirely depends on when you time you button press and how far away from the enemy you are. For example, you have to "anticipate" contact with the enemy and press the attack button before the enemy actually reaches you if they were a distance away. You get used to it, but it's not as much fun to fight in this game as it is in others.

The end level large traps and fun to solve and add well to the story of the game. Work is progressing on Saw 2: The Game, so hopefully these issues will be addressed in the new game. So I'd give it 3 stars for non-fans of the films and 4 stars for fans. -- Enjoyable game for fans of the films, but not without flaws.

My greatest disappointment with this title is that Konami has delivered an experience that's just atrocious when compared to the horror franchise that is Silent Hill. And being a movie-license game doesn't help it out at all either. I have a full review on a separate site if you are interested------> [...] -- A Little Misguiding...

The Saw franchise and I have a long history dating back to before the first Saw film was released. I had seen the trailers for it on Bloody-Disgusting and thought it looked awesome, so opening night I was in line, 16 years old, for the movie that redefined torture movies for many.
Now Saw is far from original, of course. If you look at the big picture, the story was already done many years before (and done better) with David Fincher's dark, gritty, and amazing film, Se7en. But Saw was welcomed into the world with open arms and for what it was, it was good. In fact, I walked out of the theater almost blown away by what I had just seen.
Come six years and five (almost six) sequels later, the Saw series is now looked upon as a joke by many. For instance, in an episode of Two And A Half Men there is a sequence with one of the characters dreaming of the future out front of a movie theater and there is a poster for Saw 27. Hilarious. But the films have been getting gradually gorier and gorier, so the fact that a game was made and ultimately released was really no surprise.
What was a surprise, however, is that it's actually a DECENT game.
Now of course this game has it's huge flaws. The biggest one would have to be the combat. It's absolutely terrible. The buttons are unresponsive and for controlling an ex police officer, you would think that he'd be better at using a firearm. Heavy weapons are pretty much useless to even attempt, because by the time you swing you're already half dead from attacks from your enemy. If they needed to improve on at least one aspect of the game, it's this one.
The second bad part would have to be the irritation that the game will induce. The puzzles are often on a timer, but the solutions are often very, very difficult and nearly impossible at times to do in the time limit, which will cause many deaths and many retries and only mount the frustration the player feels at the game. There have been several times that I have shut the console off due to irritation, and it makes it really hard to really want to keep playing the game when you can't get anywhere.
The voice acting is also pretty bad, minus of course Tobin Bell as Jigsaw. None of the other actors returned to reprise their roles, and it shows. It's not a pretty voice soundtrack at all.
The graphics aren't terrible, but they're not wonderful either, but they are passable. I rather enjoy them.
Now with all the bad, there is some good. The story is captivating and regardless of the irritation that the puzzles offer, it still makes you want to keep going just to see what happens next. It's worth it in the long run if you're a fan of the films as I am, but if you're not, it's not worth your time. -- Good but not great...

This game is great overall. The graphics are good, the voice acting is good, etc.

I've seen and played video games that are based off hit movies such as The Grudge for the Wii, and they are all poorly made.

But this game is a definite welcome to the Saw franchise. It's a very good game. But it's not great.

The combat system in this game is bad, however. You can kill your enemies with a few simple punches, which is rather boring.

Overall, this game is good. -- Good game, but flawed combat system.