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[Rival]

Red Faction was cool back in the day. Never cared for SR whatsoever.

 

[Danknugz]

will always and fondly remember those dope, sick volition logo intros with the fire beats

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Saints Row Devs Not Backing Down After Reboot Backlash

Last week during Gamescom, Deep Silver Volition announced a brand new entry in the Saints Row series and it was a happy time for the studio. Unfortunately, fans of the series have not taken this reboot announcement lightly. You see, if you have played the series in the past you would know it is...

www.glitched.online

This is what happens when you piss of the majority of your fanbase.

Reminds me of the Battlefield devs.

EA on the Battlefield V Backlash: ‘Accept It or Don’t Buy the Game’ | ExtremeTech

Angry about Battlefield 5? EA suggests voting with your wallet. ...

www.extremetech.com

When will these f******* learn?? If you don't deliver what the majority wants people won't buy your games.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Damn. They deserved better.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Before closing Studios, the editors test the possibility of selling it before it closes and disappears??

We have to understand that no one has wanted to buy or even receive Volition as a gift??

A studio comes with cost, it's not free; in the end the studios are not worth as much as the IPs, so they just close the studio and hand off the IP to a different studio they own, or even sell the IP if the situation for the publisher is really dire.

 

[FeralEcho]

Hard to give a fuck when a studio that's had every possible warning of their idea not hitting with the public at all but chose to ignore it at every step and even acting like shit with the fans that got them where they were.Go wokego broke.Thanks to theold team for the memories of SR 1,2,3,4 and a big fuck you to the snowflake losers who buried the studio with their woke garbage.Bye bitch.

 

[StueyDuck]

ignorant question in these situations...

Before closing Studios, the editors test the possibility of selling it before it closes and disappears??

We have to understand that no one has wanted to buy or even receive Volition as a gift??

It's not always the case, a purchase isn't just instant money. The studio will still need to be audited and you'd need to spend money on all sorts of legal actions and alot of mumbo jumbo, sometimes shuttering and just calling it quits is the less expensive option

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

I didn't realize this studio has roots as Parallax in the 90s, making some of the best PC games ever (Descent I/II).

Although I doubt that any of those original devs were still involved in the current company.

 

[Roman Empire]

Not surprising. Volition had their days numbered the moment they ignored the pledges from old fans about the current state of the direction of Saints Row.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

of course, they changed it because the people changed. "Volition" is just a name on the building. It's not magic. You change the people working there you change the studio.

famous last words:

Ooof

They literally got woke and got broke

 

[Thief1987]

Well, they won't be the last, Embracer is very obviously falling apart.

 

[Fake]

famous last words:

 

[Winter John]

I’m pretty sure Red Faction was the first game I played on the PS2. It was an awesome game. I will never understand why they decided to go with them characters for the reboot.

 

[Husky]

God fucking damn it, earlier this month they said in an AMA that the fixed Saints Row 2 PC port was their primary focus. Fuck.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I do feel better about the gaming climate now, though. Just recently we've had:

- Complete laughable failure of a Hogwarts Legacy boycott.

- The SJW implosion of G4. RIP in peace Zipper.

- The complete mockery of Goodbye, Volcano High. A woke game getting zero serious reviews and actually victim to reverse review bombing.

- FFXVI giving no fucks about what the woke West had to say about it's vision.

- Feminist Frequency closing.

- This vestigial zombie studio getting closed for putting out a golden turd that everyone gave them ADVANCED warning about.

It's great.

 

[Sybrix]

After Saints Row, they only have themselves to blame.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Bye bitches.

Don't shit on your own fans next time.

 

[skyfall]

The game industry really doesnt need more progressive activist pretending to be game developers. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[gothmog]

Sad to see them go but they haven't been relevant in over 10 years.

 

[Holammer]

There's a lesson to be learned here for other developers.

 

[Krappadizzle]

I mean... After the 3rd, they hadn't really made a game worth playing in my eyes. Studio felt like it became a pantomime of it's former self. Definitely never reached the highs of Red Faction: Guerilla.

 

[nbkicker]

The worse thing is some of the people pushing certain agendas in the game will now be going into other studios to push there agendas

 

[ZehDon]

Sorry for the folks who lost their jobs. The studios output was lacking, but I hope they all land on their feet.

 

[Reaseru]

A game made for "modern audiences"... the problem is that they forgot it's the "old audience" who actually buys games.

Sucks to be them...

 

[kirby007]

embracer making moves, money moves but hey

 

[El Muerto]

They should of fired their game designer after Saints Row IV. Volition could of made a great Red Faction game for current consoles but instead we got a shit reboot.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Not much to say that hasn't been said already... Ripperino the devs.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

its a shame... saint row games used to be superfun

hope everyone lands safely

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Can't say i'm surprised

This is what happens when you let people write shit based on their politics than what their paying fans wanted

 

[ZiriusOne]

A case of get woke, go broke.


When you completely change what Saints Row is for your new entry, pander to the woke twitter brigade and release a buggy, unfinished piece of shit you shouldn't be shocked when your studio gets closed.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Don't cater to people that do not buy your videogames.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Makes me sad. Not that I liked their most recent games, but I loved some of their past ones.

 

[AtomicStarving]

WTH

 

[skyfall]

 

[rofif]

Shame. I've not played much of new Saints row but the graphics are nice and it is essentially saints row 3 gemeplay wise.
I am yet to really play it.

But it is clear they CAN make real, fully featured games. It's stupid to close a studio like that.

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

They should of fired their game designer after Saints Row IV. Volition could of made a great Red Faction game for current consoles but instead we got a shit reboot.

SR4 should've stayed a DLC/expansion for SR3. It would've been a cool 10 hours experience, instead the gimmick of super powers and the ultra over the top stuff lost it's novelty pretty quickly when spread out to a full game.

 

[Kacho]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Sucks for the devs, but what can you do... last year's Saints Row was a dud.

 

[Hudo]

Oh, for fuck's sake. Please spare Eidos and Crystal Dynamics. I wante the new Soul Reaver and Deus Ex games they teased.

 

[Red5]

Volition died when they stopped making Freespace, Descent and Red Faction. Freespace 2 is still their best game yet.

 

[Hudo]

Volition died when they stopped making Freespace, Descent and Red Faction. Freespace 2 is still their best game yet.

sad but true.

 

[Red5]

Oh, for fuck's sake. Please spare Eidos and Crystal Dynamics. I wante the new Soul Reaver and Deus Ex games they teased.

Hopefully, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex are much higher profile IP's than Saint's Row.

 

[Reallink]

Live images have emerged of Volition staff forming an impromptu unemployment line:

 

[ComputerBlue]

Geewhiz I wonder what happened…

 

[StueyDuck]

It's crazy how much of a colossal disaster saints woke ended up being considering it murdered the company.

Like the game must have reeeeeeaaallly done shit

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Let's be fair, Saints Row reached it's peak with SR2.

Im not saying SR3 etc wasn't fun but the already wacky series had the wackiness jacked up to 11 with 3 and then kept climbing. 4 was just... why even have cars in that game? WTF was that?

As for the new reboot, I get wanting to try a new direction but they also decided to neuter it as well. Get rid of Freckle Bitches? Why?

The series was always taken down the wrong path since 3 and they chose to keep going instead of course correct.

You want a new and good Saints Row? Look to SR2. Do that again.

 

[ComputerBlue]

Fuckers better not shut down Eidos. I need more Deus Ex in my life.

 

[e0n]

Pouring one out for FreeSpace 3.

 

[thismeinteil]

A simple case of go woke, go broke. They would have been better served making a remake of the first one, only improving graphics and gameplay.

 

[LordCBH]

Given the way Volition has trended the past decade, no big loss. I feel bad for the people getting the axe though.