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A Saints Row prequel going "back to its roots" might actually happen, as its original director [Chris Stockman, design director at Saints Row OG] works on a pitch "to get the band back together" (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

SR3 was awesome if you weren't already a saints row fan, otherwise it was a sidegrade, sometimes even a straight downgrade. The world itself is a bit flat in comparison, there's no dynamic time of day, npc interactions are worse, and the map design isn't as interesting. Character customization took a hit too. If only SR2 got a proper PC update from it's now-found source code...

[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

There's this patch which I heard has been good, haven't gotten around to it though: https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/threads/saints-row-2-juiced-patch.21627/

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

Good for this community being called "PC Gaming" and that usually means you trade your privacy for access to more games.

Would be even cooler if that "now-found source code" meant people on Linux and Mac could play as well. Even if I could install Windows for ARM on my Mac... Yeah, I think the Xbox is the better route there.

Anyway, meat of the problem is, SR1 and SR2 are kinda a dated type of game. They appeal to a certain sort, but their issues are too big for, as you say, one who wasn't already a SR fan. Those who were, that's something they like about the game, and I wouldn't take it from them. They were there (in the fandom) first and have a right to enjoy the game mostly as they remember it. Like the idea of taking Fallout 1 and 2 and porting them into the 3/New Vegas engine. Noble idea, but the turn-based guys don't want it and I respect that.