Comparing the New Saints Row Characters to the Classics
Volition's new Saints Row reboot has been out for about a month now, leaving both fans and critics with mixed feelings. Various interviews with developers and the official Saints Row social media presence prior to release caused much excitement for the return of this beloved franchise. Yet, for a game promised to return to feelings evoked by the renowned second and third entries of the franchise, many Saints Row players were disappointed to find little to write home about in Santo Ileso.
One of the main qualms with this new entry in the Saints Row series is its main cast of characters. Many have said the characters are one dimensional, or leave little emotional attachment on fans. The script itself has left some players groaning at the dialogue and overall tone, and it seems audiences met this more grounded approach hoping for more than they received. This makes sense when one considers how well earlier entries endeared players to their cast of Saints.
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When the first Saints Row game released in 2006, it was met with critical and commercial success, offering a worthy rival to the Grand Theft Auto series it took inspiration from. Saints Row 2introduced a more comedic tone to stand apart from Grand Theft Auto, and Saints Row: The Third increased the emphasis on comedy while featured numerous pop culture homages, parodies, and self-referential humor. The subsequent entries, Saints Row 4 and its standalone expansionGat out of Hell, continued to up the ludicrous nature of their predecessors.
Throughout each of these iterations, fans grew more attached to the cast of characters. Each character had their own unique personality that came together to make the Saints feel like a
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