Saints Row: The Next Chapter

Author Interjection: My Opinion on the New Saints Row Reboot

Fair warning, this "chapter" is taking a break from the story and is just me sharing my opinions on the new upcoming Saints Row game. If you don't care, then I don't blame you, and feel free to skip this one. That being said, here are my thoughts on the new Saints Row reboot.

I'll be the first to tell you that I was a squealing little bitch when I saw that "Rebooting" picture. So many people got excited for what seemed like a chance for us to go back to the roots of what made Saints Row great, including myself. So now that the reveal trailer is out, what do I think? I'm not even gonna hold you, I have never felt all of my hype for something reach so high, just to come crashing face first almost immediately. My reaction to the whole thing can be basically summed up by the "Oh let's go! That's class!" meme.

What the fuck is this, Volition? This is that whole "Oh, baby. I've changed!" tactic Volition pulled, and my gullible ass ate it up. Now I'm looking stupid cause I'm realizing I've been fed shit. Like seriously, why is this even called "Saints Row", when it looks like everything but Saints Row? The irony is that they keep changing these games to not be a GTA clone (which it never really was to begin with), but now it just feels like it's ripping on everything else. Our "gang" just looks like Dedsec's funky ass little cousin.

Its even got its own shirtless, bargain bin version of Wrench.

It feels like Ubisoft made an amalgamation of Fortnite, Watch Dogs 2, Just Cause, Cyberpunk, and a sprinkle of Agents of Mayhem, and put the setting in fucking Radiator Springs. Like what were they thinking when they thought this up? Did they really think we'd just eat this shit up? First off, our crew doesn't look like intimidating and hardened criminal gangsters. Look at the first two games. Look at Johnny Gat, Lin, Dex, Troy, Julius, Shaundi, and Pierce. They all look like gang members who can fuck you up properly if they wanted to. But now we just have privileged looking hipsters who wanna be criminals. Shit, they can't even wear the Saints' iconic purple color. Also, if Marshall is just another version of Ultor without being Ultor, I'm gonna riot.

First they have Stag in SR3, which literally could've been the Masako, now there's this. Even if the game is fun, I don't care at this point, because there's no excuse for them to advertise a Saints Row game, and not deliver a Saints Row game. There's YEARS worth of fans basically writing out the next Saints Row games for Volition, how hard is it to just give us what we want instead of dangling a bunch of other different shit in our faces that we never wanted nor asked for? The only reason this has Saints Row slapped on the title, is just to get the clout from the franchise. Whatever though, maybe this game will change my mind later on down the line, but as of right now, I've officially given up hope on Saints Row at this point. I've never seen such tone deaf decisions before, and it upsets me because this IP had SO much potential. It could've been up there rivaling GTA itself, and maybe even surpassed it. Oh well, I sure as hell ain't buying this. I'm not really fond of financially supporting the crashing and burning of my hopes and dreams. Over dramatic reactions aside, I do wanna hear your takes on this. Whether you liked it or not, maybe someone can change my opinion on the whole thing or make me hate it even more. Either way, I'm interested in hearing your takes on this new direction. But in the meantime, I'll see you in the next chapter. Peace.

Update: Marshall is just another version of Ultor, without being Ultor.