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>Saints Row reboot was going to be Saints Row 5 >they were going to retcon 4 and parts of 3 >tone was going to be like 2 but with over-the-top bits like 3 >most of the old Saints were set to return and at least one of them had voice lines recorded >executives made them change everything >also made them take out the ability to take human shields because it was "too violent" >"too violent" >in a GTA-like

fabdante

anyway i think about the fact johnny gat is now also ozai like every day (this has been sitting in my drafts since 2024)

miyku

Originally called “Saints Row Cinco”, Would’ve been a sequel to Saints Row The Third

The Original Saints members were all going to return as major characters

SR4 would’ve been retconned as well as Johnny Gat’s death in SR3, continuing from there, The Boss and crew would leave Steelport to take over Santo Ileso

There would’ve been a secret mission where you confront and kill Dex

Designed to appease old fans and check off all their requests

The tone was going to follow a 20/80 rule, 20% SR3, 80% SR2 style

Pierce’s voice actor even recorded lines for the original version of this game

After THQ Nordic acquired Deep Silver, They outright rejected the story and FORCED Volition to re-write the story

THQ Nordic and Deep Silver put heavy restrictions on what the characters can say including swear words (in an M rated game fyi)

Another version of the story got written that was a full reboot but kept all the original saints, no student loans storyline. This was also rejected by THQ Nordic

Ultor would’ve returned instead of the Marshals

Skill Tree was split into Wealth/Fame/Muscle

Body Shields were going to return but removed due to Deep Silver calling it “too violent.”

Criminal Ventures originally were going to allow you to customize the city itself, with choosing businesses to place into the open world rather than being an activities screen like in the final game

“Proclamation” system allowed you to put laws into your controlled districts, such as forcing a dress code or inacting stand-offs as a way to resolve arguments

Full Cribs and customization to them all returned and got cut

You could customize all cribs and the church that lets you place items anywhere you want

Buying furniture from furniture stores would’ve been a feature

NG+ was cut

Cheats would’ve been an endgame feature unlocked by discovering and unlocking a secret massive genki pyramid and then useable in NG+, Final game shipped without cheats at launch.

The larping mission originally was just one mission where you’d use real guns against them, the dev team was somehow convinced that the game could popularize larping and shipped the terrible larping missions in the final game

All info comes from MrSaintGodzilla21 who was invited to Volition to see all of this in 2020

[Synth Potato tweet] [mrsaintsgodzilla21 video]

victusinveritas

There's more:

pancakeke

I don't know if any of you had the same experience as me, but I tried therapy when I was a teenager living in an abusive household and thought it was a waste of time. Ultimately my biggest problems (dad) were beyond my control and no amount of coping would make them better. Now that I'm an adult with actual control over my life and don't live with my dad anymore therapy is MUCH more helpful.

If any of you had bad experiences with therapy when you were younger it may be worth it to try again now.

pancakeke

THE SAME GOES FOR MEDICATION!! I tried meds as a teenager and they were powerless to help much due to my living situation being horrible. I thought that meant medication didn't work for me. Now that I'm out of that situation and trying agajn I can really see a difference.

crayongator

🔼 It lifts its eyes up once it spots a foe

you understand 🔼

Your friend’s unpublished fic idea is kind of a dead wife

dazzling-galaxy

i also want to read this guy’s dead wife

thememedaddy

whosurisold

No,,,,,,, we are not!

novelconcepts

Hey, man, c'mere. Listen. Get in real close, this is important.

You're gonna make stuff again. You're gonna make stuff you're proud of. You're gonna make stuff you're excited to share. You're going to feel that overwhelming drive to create, not just the frantic I want to want to you're stuck in now. You're going to have awesome ideas, and you're going to make them into reality. You're going to create again. You're still an artist. You're still a writer. You're still home to the same passion you had before. You'll find it again. It's not gone. It's just resting. Let it rest. You're going to make stuff again. I promise.