It maybe speaks to the talent they've built over the years at Volition that the series has barely evolved in the decade they've been given to improve this series.
I mean does that shooting model look much improved over Saints Row 2?
This must be the same basic tech from that era that they've been dragging forward in every game. When you think that this developer used to push technical boundaries with their games like Red Faction 1, Guerilla, Saints Row 1 etc. and now are reduced to this its just sad.