How about this... a reboot that isn't about movies or shows! This morning, I went searching to find out what's taking so long for Saint's Row 5. I read articles from several "web" magazines, a couple from reputable pc/game sources that started out as real paper magazines, and one from... Forbes. Okay, how do I do this without spoilers for those who didn't finish
4? Here goes...
It all started with an article saying Volition (company behind Saint's) has requested the hiring process for 100 new team members from their parent company, Deep Silver. This could be a move to make one or possibly two new games. Volition's biggest property, and biggest seller, is the Saint's series. Deep Silver heard their proposal and gave a big thumbs up to hiring AND expanding their studio size. This is where is gets retarded.
Most of the big articles (and Forbes), gave the ol' "After the events of
4, where can they possibly go with a sequel?" Well, we already know that, they can go to Hell, and shoot Satan in the face! They bitched about that too. The problem? A game that started as a cheap ripoff of the Grand Theft Auto series, but with gang warfare, decided to make a name for itself as an action comedy in Saint's Row: the Third. Which they figure was okay, cuz it made Saint's NOT be a GTA clone.
#4 took the zany too far, bringing in aliens and having a gang leader become the president. In order for the series to not become an all out parody, it needs a reboot! The gent from Forbes said reboot was a bad word in the game industry, so he prefers rewind. Instead of being about gangs taking over territories against aliens, they need to get back to their roots of gang warfare, with gangs fighting over territory in real cities on Earth, with real violence and more seriousness. The same gent from Forbes, knowing how
4 ended, went on to explain how he would write the sequel plotline to make it all make sense to take it back to the original formula.
I SERIOUSLY hope Volition tells these naysayers to suck a big purple dildo baseball bat! So, it's good that they branched out and made the series something different from GTA, but dammit, they really need to get back to the GTA formula? What the fuck? Do these people read their own shit before they click 'publish'? What Volition did to the Saint's in 3 and
4 is what made me love those games! Okay, my opinion. BUT, sales tell me it's the same opinion shared by millions. Once you start rebooting game series, there won't be an end to it, and there goes the industry, which is one of the few with semi-original ideas still flowing.
They rebooted Thief, remade the main character, remade the entire world and it's peoples... and though the game was quite good, and kept the atmosphere and gameplay consistent, it really sucked not getting caught up in the plots of the various factions. Now imagine the same people screwing up movies taking shots at OUR games! Let's see... just for Sooth... Michael Bay reboots the Metal Gear Solid series! WOOT! I mean... BOOM! Stealth? What's that? People behind Twilight reboot Castlevania! My graphics card couldn't handle all that sparkly! Kevin Costner reboots Fallout! Over 1,000 hours of gameplay, walking and talking gameplay, with 10 minutes of shooting!
Sorry...started typing and the rant came out. Don't reboot my Saints...please?
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