The districts themselves should also be pretty distinct. Some gameplay clips I saw showed dirt bikes racing through the desert, and buggies leaping so high off ridges they scaled some nearby hills. Santa Ileso is divided into nine districts and surrounded by desert, and from what I’ve seen, that means off-roading will come into play more than before. You’re in an actual city again and you’ve got vaguely human limitations, so doing a spot of carjacking and then driving away will once again be the order of the day rather than sprinting through the streets at Mach speeds. This series refresh also means it’s at least a touch more grounded than the last couple of games. You’re building a start-up! It’s just that your start-up happens to be a criminal organization. The game’s tagline of “Self Made” brings this to the forefront. In this Saints Row, the Saints aren’t an established organization: it’s one you’ll be creating. There will probably be some Easter eggs and nods to the past, but this is by all accounts a completely separate universe. And while you’re still the Boss, you’re a new Boss. There’s no Johnny Gat, no Pierce, and no Kinzie or Matt Miller. That deserves some reiterating: these are new characters, in a new world.
These are the new Saints, and as much as the series is starting from scratch, so are these characters. Instead, a new group of Saints are starting up in the American Southwest city of Santa Ileso, as a complete reboot of the franchise. At this point, there aren’t many places left for the former Saints to go. While trying to avoid spoilers, let’s bear in mind that Saints Row IV opened with the destruction of Earth and effectively gave us superpowers (in spaaaace!), and then Gat Out of Hell quite literally went to the afterlife.
We probably also shouldn’t be surprised that this is a reboot.
Not only is it one of Volition’s best and most popular franchises (alas, poor Freespace), but Volition made mention last year that the company was hard into development. The fact that we’re getting more Saints Row probably shouldn’t surprise anybody.
0 kommentar(er)
