I love all the Saints' Row games, but I'm in the minority in that I'm partial to 3 and 4 (4 being my favorite). I loved the complete absurdity and how OP you could become. I think you can always go more and more crazy if you're creative enough. That being said, I'm still not too disappointed in this b/c in the end I'm getting more Saints' Row.
Why not leave the franchise in the past five it a new name try and tell their fresh story without banking in the success of the franchise.
Sure 4 ended in a impossible way to continyeithout retconning the 4th game but still most fans would of accepted that.
It's clear that violation think the game isn't strong enough to stand in its own that it can't just be a new IP they need to tie it to a moneymaker like saints even if the series was "from another era" as they describe it.
To me this wasn't a saints game it's another ip it had a right to succeed on its own but volition took that chance wrapped it up in a known and loved IP that drastically differs from what we see here and managed to disappoint and leave fans saying WTF kind of after school special was that.
This new "gang" look like they just need Scooby doo and they are all set to go out solving mysteries.
I would have started Saints 5 after part 2 and you pull out from the ending of 4 to see that they are playing a Saints video game in the actual story that was made by one of the members. They would have commented that it was good but it got a little too wacky and then we start the actual Saints 5: Undercover. Going back to a bit more serious tone and doing something like a The Departed story where you start undercover and make choices choosing ultimately to side with the police or the Saints.
They wrote themselves into a corner. How do you get more absurd than superpowers in a simulation that you're using to hack an entire alien race that blew up Earth and enslaved your gang turned US Presidental team? They already tried going to Hell, and all that got was a lukewarm response in general. Fighting demons and the devil already was just too par for the course for the series. It wasn't a good sign.
They just couldn't get more absurd without alienating original and newer fans alike, so it was reboot or let the IP die. One is distinctly more profitable than the other, so the direction to go in is obvious.
What I hear is "Today's audience wants politically correct cast members, like a tri-sexual gender fluid unicorn and someone who identifies as a Japanese cat, and we really want to suck up to that crowd. That's why we stuffed our demo with all this hip shit and a funny helmet"
I didn't like Saints Row 4. Having super speed made getting and using vehicles obsolete. I was disappointed with that because I like having to go around finding vehicles to keep and upgrade.
I love all the Saints' Row games, but I'm in the minority in that I'm partial to 3 and 4 (4 being my favorite). I loved the complete absurdity and how OP you could become. I think you can always go more and more crazy if you're creative enough. That being said, I'm still not too disappointed in this b/c in the end I'm getting more Saints' Row.
I loved 1&2, 3 was just okay and 4 ruined the series for me. I hope this is in between
Why not leave the franchise in the past five it a new name try and tell their fresh story without banking in the success of the franchise.
Sure 4 ended in a impossible way to continyeithout retconning the 4th game but still most fans would of accepted that.
It's clear that violation think the game isn't strong enough to stand in its own that it can't just be a new IP they need to tie it to a moneymaker like saints even if the series was "from another era" as they describe it.
To me this wasn't a saints game it's another ip it had a right to succeed on its own but volition took that chance wrapped it up in a known and loved IP that drastically differs from what we see here and managed to disappoint and leave fans saying WTF kind of after school special was that.
This new "gang" look like they just need Scooby doo and they are all set to go out solving mysteries.
I would prefer Saints Row 5 based on time travel
I would have started Saints 5 after part 2 and you pull out from the ending of 4 to see that they are playing a Saints video game in the actual story that was made by one of the members. They would have commented that it was good but it got a little too wacky and then we start the actual Saints 5: Undercover. Going back to a bit more serious tone and doing something like a The Departed story where you start undercover and make choices choosing ultimately to side with the police or the Saints.