There’s a lot of debate on forums as to whether SAW, the game, is part of the same canon as the increasingly-convoluted film series. Certainly, there are a number of characters in it who have died in the movies – you play as David Tapp, Danny Glover’s character who was cut and shot in the first film, and Jigsaw’s victim/apprentice, Amanda, also makes an appearance, which will leave fans bewildered and in search of an explanation, which is (eventually) delivered.
Considerations of canon aside, the crowning achievement of SAW is that it manages to perfectly replicate the look, feel, and tense atmosphere of the films. Again sharing a similarity with its source material, most would be hard-pressed to describe the game as fun – though that hasn’t stopped the popularity of the movies, and is a common trait in many survival-horror games.
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