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I felt like it jumped the shark when 3 came out. I did not enjoy it at all.
Hang it up man, jesus. That last game in 2022 looked so cringe and terrible. Like tryin to mix saints row and fortnite. I haven't played one since SR2 but that's probably for the best.
Was that the reboot?
I stopped playing fairly early, and I also didn't buy that game at full price.
It might have been part of a bundle...
Yeah it was
The driving was kind of janky compared to previous games. I didn't mind the random hangers on that you're saposed to care about, it was the driving that got me.
How do you fuck up driving in a Saints Row game?
If GTA came out more frequently then this game would also. You can’t parody what isn’t there.
Saints Row 2 was one of my favorite games mainly because you had the option of picking people up and throwing them to fight.
I made my character a giant, and I'm pretty sure I played through ~75% of the game without ever needing to use a weapon because I could just pick everybody up and take them out with one or 2 throws. I also remember giving her the derpy face option.
Pretty sure the franchise was cooked when
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They blew up Earth
I mean where TF do you go from there? And the reboot sucked. So yes. Yes it is.
Tbh I thought this too but retconning would actually have been completely accepted i think
Eh. They had options. With something as crazy as the Saints Row franchise they dissolve basically done anything.
For example, have the Saints go back in time to prevent the destruction of Earth, overshoot and end up preventing their own founding. The test of the game consists of them trying to prevent themselves from being erased from existence a la Back to the Future.
Or, if you want to dial back the craziness, declare the plot of IV to be a movie the Saints produced, which flopped and somehow ended up bankrupting Ultor.
They had options.
Alternate realities/timelines. It ain't over until they destroy the whole universe, and even then it's probably still not over.
How would a prequel even work? The first Saints Row was a gritty street-level crime drama and only escalated to its signature ridiculousness after the Boss took over in 2. The original leader of the Saints, Julius, even has your character assassinated at the end of the first game (you get better) because he didn't like how violent the gang was getting.
A game set before the Boss joined where Julius is still calling the shots sounds boring. Unless they mean a prequel to the reboot, but why make one for a game that was poorly received and instantly forgotten upon release?
The first game had a phone number to call, that would bring back dead characters as zombies.
The first Saints Row was a gritty street-level crime drama and only escalated to its signature ridiculousness after the Boss took over in 2.
Statements like this give me always a sensible chuckle. Compared to the rest of the franchise the first one is pretty grounded. Thats true. But it still is such a goofy game with over the top comedy. The very first cutscene is so stupid already. As is everything else. It still is a GTA parody. 'gritty street-level crime drama' lmao
Maybe you can play as Julius in the 70s when it was all wild, and then he chills out by the time of first game
Very sad, I liked that series quite a bit.
The reboot just shat the bed.
Reboot coulda just been a shitty spinoff
The reboot was a perfect example of why you should just let some series have their satisfying ending and leave it at that
I too liked the series but I dont think it's sad that it's over, some things should be left to lie no matter how good they were.