Saint Row Franchise likely done after Reboot bombs

[Gizmo_Duck]

‘Saint’s Row’ reboot misses the mark and flops

When it comes to Saints Row, many remember the first two games of the Saints Row series, which were notoriously called out for being a fun Grand Theft Auto rip-off, while others remember the third and fourth installments for how crazy the series became. Video game developer Volition decided to...

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[Dorian Breh]

Wasn't it nothing at all like previous games in the franchise? I see GTA VI going down this path as well

 

[Lootpack]

 

[Diondon]

Wonderful news. Stop making that bullshyt

 

[RaspberryFitted]

The entire series is a failure that so happened to make two good games, with one being a cult classic.

Put it out of it’s misery

 

[Family Lives Matter]

They put zero money into the new game and handicapped the developers hoping nostalgia would sell

 

[CarltonJunior]

IIRC embracer inherited the project, wasn't there for the infant stages.

If they were though, they'd be dumb not to see what people loudly wanted this SR reboot to be

 

[Slow Moving]

Fukk em

 

[NZA]

i have never played this series but the ads for the new one looked like a bunch of random nonsense

 

[Bubba T]

The game flopped because they didn’t listen to their fans, or listened partially.

The game jumped the shark with 4. The shift from 2 to 3 already segmented the fan base, but 4 was just not necessary. Then with this game (Sanitized Row) was clearly made to appeal to Gen Z but lacks any charm to keep people playing.

The entire series is a failure that so happened to make two good games, with one being a cult classic.

Put it out of it’s misery

This doesn’t even make any sense. If the series was a failure, you wouldn’t have any good games, much less a cult classic.

 

[Brehcepticon]

Take that shyt behind the shed

 

[Legal]

Not surprising.

Not just because it was obvious from the jump that this wasn't what people wanted, but also because now that Embracer is creeping into the AAA space, it looks like their expectations might be too high, possibly because they're not used for having to support those types of budgets.

 

[Lurk Angle]

They should of kept the same formula wit saints row 2

Instead they went with some politically correct bull shyt

but the devs admitted it themselves they were salty that people called the first two gta clones when there are a number of them out there already

 

[RaspberryFitted]

This doesn’t even make any sense. If the series was a failure, you wouldn’t have any good games, much less a cult classic.

failure in the sense the development team never really cared about the lore, story, or longevity of the series

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Not surprising.

Not just because it was obvious from the jump that this wasn't what people wanted, but also because now that Embracer is creeping into the AAA space, it looks like their expectations might be too high, possibly because they're not used for having to support those types of budgets.

It will be interesting to see how they handle the crystal dynamics and eidos games especially compared to square enix.

They seemed pleased with Tiny Tina but Take Two still publishes gearbox’s games despite Embracer owning them. I wouldn’t be surprised if Embracer like Kadokawa expect their devs to find outside publishing