It's kind of heartbreaking to see what has become of Volition. Like I sorta got the impression they were reaching back for the security blanket of Saints Row after Agents of Mayhem was so poorly received, and years of trying could never get Red Faction to take off which is a shame because it has some of the best physics ever created for a video game. I mean obviously them discarding the original cast was the first big warning signs, and when the previews started coming out we mostly knew what was coming, but this is so much worse than just the unbearably shitty writing. Even if the writing was on par with the hilarity of the real Saints Row games, everything I've seen from reviews says that not only is this basically a last gen game, but a half-assed last gen game at that.
Honestly, this is looking to be even worse than Mass Effect Andromeda when it comes to murdering a franchise. And yeah Saints Row was never as big and hyped as Mass Effect was, but even for all the shit Andromeda fucked up they still seem to have been putting genuine effort. This is an absolute embarrassment to the legacy of the studio.
