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Publisher Konami, in collaboration with Zombie Studios, brings the world of the Saw movies to the PS3 with “Saw” the video game. Played in third-person perspective, "Saw" falls under the horror survival genre for video games. Gamers play as Detective Tapp, the injured detective who survives Jigsaw’s puzzles in the first movie. The timeline falls between the first and second "Saw" movies with the video game providing its own storyline independent from the movie, but also using bits and pieces from the first "Saw." Tapp awakens in an insane asylum rigged with Jigsaw’s puzzles and traps, including rigged doors and minions that want to kill Tapp to remove the key hidden in his chest and free themselves from the torture Jigsaw puts them through in the game. Detective Tapp must search the asylum in an effort to find and rescue other Jigsaw victims while, at the same time, use combat techniques to fight off attackers who have orders to kill Tapp. Soon, Tapp learns that the victims he’s saving are people who have a past or current connection with him. Will Tapp save these victims or is the connection one of hatred that leads Tapp to abandon the victims? Some are fighting to free themselves from Jigsaw’s traps, while others actually sought out Jigsaw in an effort to attempt his torturous puzzle game. The game provides a variety of weapons that Tapp uses to kill Jigsaw’s minions including pipes, electrified puddles, and mop handles. Players must solve the provided puzzle before advancing in the game, which is made apparent when Jigsaw seals the door behind Tapp to prevent him from leaving the room before he finishes the puzzle. Combat is a part of the game, but it’s not the main focus. "Saw" focuses on the puzzles and victim traps rather than fighting, causing players to use mental strategies rather than physical combat strategies. Included throughout the game are mini games designed to help Tapp move through the video game by providing a means for improved health and game advancement. "Saw" for Playstation 3 makes the player’s choices an important part of the game. Characters live or die based on the choices the player makes during gameplay, and answers needed to help move through the game or to search for weapons are based largely on choices made by the player. "Saw" ends when the player must choose between freedom or truth. Freedom lets Jigsaw and Tapp escape, with the haunting memories of the asylum leading Tapp to eventually kill himself. Truth leads the player on a final search for Jigsaw and ends with Tapp as a patient in an actual asylum where he believes he is still trying to find and kill Jigsaw. "Saw" attempts to answer questions players may have about characters from the first movie and reveal why Jigsaw is a serial killer who forces people to complete puzzles for survival. Gamers who have always wanted Jigsaw to ask them, “Would you like to play a game?” will find that "Saw" for PS3 opens to the door to experiencing the Saw movies as the main protagonist.