It’s all about making fun of various aspects of its characters’ lives and the modern world, from Pierce selling out so hard he has actual nightmares about Saints-branded merch to Gat’s subconscious apparently being one long level of Streets of Rage. “Who are these imposters who look like someone dragged the Fortnite cast backwards through Sunset Overdrive?”īut here’s something I encourage all skeptical Saints Row fans to keep in mind: Saints Row is a satire. The natural instinct when you roll up to what should be a familiar place and see unfamiliar faces there is to recoil in disgust. The comments complained about the lack of familiar faces and how the youthfulness of the characters made fans feel “old.” And I get it, I really do. The dislike bar under the trailer on YouTube dwarfed the like bar. The initial response to the Saints Row cinematic trailer was… mixed, to say the least. A Different Game for a Different Audience The new game may not look exactly like what we’ve been given so far, but it looks primed to continue the series’s tradition of satirizing modern life and pop culture, even though I hope it’s careful not to slip too far into sincerity.
And fans of the series seem to be torn on whether to be collectively hopeful or disdainful of the new characters and their motives.īut I’m coming down on the side of hopeful, and here’s why: Saints Row is a satire, and a pretty damned good one too.
The trailer shows these new characters in all their fresh-faced glory, getting ready to wreak some havoc on a rival gang. A complete series reboot, the new game - simply titled Saints Row - has a new cast, a new location, and a new story. After years of silence and rumors, Volition and Deep Silver revealed the new Saints Row game.