I will never forget being called a terrorist because I didn't like the Saints Row Reboot.

Volition will always be known to have one of the biggest audience and community backlashes in gaming history, This is what happens when a company completely disregards their actual fans

Volition didn't just shoot themselves in the foot, they aimed straight for their femoral artery.

If there's is an important lesson I learned in my life is to NEVER say something like "It couldn't get any worse than this"

The biggest tragedy of the reboot is orginally the devs pitched the idea of going back to its roots and making a crime game about real gangsters. And it was the higher ups who decided that they should make a game appealing to "modern audiances" and make a game all about friendship! Because thats what everyone wanted obviously.

Saints Row: Gets caught in the crossfire between 2 gangs and gets recruited by the Saints to stop and defeat the other gangs. Saints Row 2: You were betrayed and your gang got disbanded, revive the Saints and get Payback. Saints Row 3: Bank Heist gone wrong, brought to Steelport and getting payback for Gat while taking over Steelport. Saints Row 4: Became the President of USA, aliens kidnap you and gang and blow up Earth, time for payback. Saints Row Reboot: Student Loan..........................

I always thought gat out of hell was dlc 😭😭 never would’ve guessed it a whole separate game

I once mowed lawns all week to buy a copy of saints row 1. I then sold about 7 games back to gamestop to get the copy of saints row 2 because I feel in love with the franchise. I installed the reboot and uninstalled in within the tutorial. The game mange to suck the saints row fan out of me before it came out.

It's such a shame. volition was literally on a gold mine in Saints row franchise, but because they want to separate themselves from grand theft auto, they ended up turning that once gold mine into a coal factory. The only way i can see this franchise returning is doing something similar to the Halloween franchise, which is reckoning saints row 3 and 4 and keeping 1 and 2

Much as I hate to say it, good riddance. I enjoy the first three saints and admittedly was excited for the newest one at first but then after the first trailer dropped they started dumping on fans and I just bowed out and got to watch the train crash

Seems like the biggest hater of saints row was volition themselves.

I actually love the 1st and 2nd games for their story. In the 1st game Julius founded the Third Street Saints. The saint in the name implies they weren't supposed to be an evil gang but rather anti-hero like. Julius hated the drugs, prostitution and overall chaos in the city. He also was not all kill civilians and stuff just gangs and crooked cops. speech he gave at the beginning of the 1st game implied this. He was willing to be a gang leader to get rid of all the gangs in the city. However the Saints and playa themselves became just as bad as the other gangs in the end so, Julius kills playa at the end of the 1st game therefore ridding all gangs from the city. The story carries over to the next game pretty much where we left off with all the characters either dead or doing their own thing, including Julius. Playa wakes up from their coma, everything completely fresh in their mind from the past game and now has to rebuild their gang back up. Taking the city back from new gangs and taking revenge on Julius even, if you beat the 2nd game and got the secret ending. Julius explains why he betrayed playa bc of the reasons I stated above, to rid all gangs, which means you got to get rid of the Third Street Saints as well. I think it's got a good story imo but is overlooked.

"a literal shit stain on the pages of gaming history" you nailed it bro

"If you don't like it, don't play it." Well.. We didn't like it... didn't play it ... And now your company is dead. Who was in the wrong now. 😂

I like playing 3 and 4 i'll die on that hill. But the reboot was so bad, it made gat out of hell look good.

Honestly it's a total shame the series never really went anywhere after SR2, I never enjoyed 3 or 4 so this reboot is just a total laughing stock to an extent even larger than that of Agents of Mayhem.

Well, as you said., Voilition killed themselves. We told them time and time again what kind of game we wanted and they never listened,

as always the own company is what kills their own games, not another studio

I do not exaggerate when I say the say, it keeps me up at night knowing how Saints Row was completely fumbled, mishandled and completely butchered since Saints Row 3 onwards to the Reboot. They had a simple job and that was to tell a gritty, underworld gang story, but instead we have college kids griping about student loans and inclusiveness. You can not make it up, this was what the Saints in Saints Row 1-4 made fun of on the street, and Volition forced us to play as them. I made several videos on this and I can STILL go on and on about this for weeks without fail but I genuinely feel a great distain towards Deep Silver and Volition. I really do. Saints Row is gone for good this time and that's the said truth about this whole reboot.

“Haters gonna hate 🕺”

"Haters gonna Hate" proceeds to Bankrupt, best joke ever

Finally, after 2 weeks my thirst for a WildGold video is over

Saints Row 1&2 were a blend of seriousness and goofy moments. Also, neither of em showed gang violence as just cool and awesome. They showed the brutality of the world. For example, during one of the main missions, Playa uses a female bartender as a human shield without remorse. Saying the games prided themselves on their silly factor is only 50% of what they were. Saints Row 3&4 showed the decay of what made the first games great.

Volition is basically that one meme of the guy riding a bicycle, sticking a stick into his front spokes, falling down, holding his knee and blaming something else

i think they still could have done this style of game justice with normal uni students going gangster to pay off debts- just do it breaking bad style or something lol

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We need more gta clones

Its almost like when you spit on your fans in favor of an audience that was never going to buy your product in the first place it goes horribly wrong

WILDGOLD IS UNDERATTED AS HELL🔥

Love your essay style videos keep up the great work

Honestly, I don't know why people say Battlefield Hardline was bad. I fucking loved that one.

I'd take alien invasions and fighting Lucifer any day over whatever fucknut nonsense 2022 Saint's Row is.

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This video is the best one yet. I wish you the best of luck with this new direction of your channel. 💜⚜

wildgold repping the crips

You deserved that shoutout from onion butter

Dont forget agents of mayhem was supposed to be a saints row game as well until they themselves realized "yeah no theres no convincing them that its still saints row" and took the saints row name off of it. 😂😂

The Reboot makes Saints Row IV look like the greatest finale for the entire franchise. It makes Gat out of Hell look more respectful than what we got.

Bro i respect that guy so much just for the guts he has to do cosplays in his vids while having good quality editing I no bored no more I need to open disctionary

Hey, just wanted to leave a comment on how I really like the effort you put into these interesting documentaries and costumes for roleplay!

This was an excellent video ty so much for a half hour of entertainment. I cant wait to see more.

I grew up playing saints row 1 and 2 loving them, I loved the zombies minigame in it too, it was beyond fun. Then 3 felt ok, just not as good, 4 had a great start but fell flat, then, with SBI's help, the 5th one was beyond awful and Volition deserved to be collapsed. I'll miss saints row, I hope one day, someone will pick it up and go back to 1 and 2.

What Volition did when it came to crapping on the fans is exactly what Disney is doing now when it comes to The Acolyte.

So glad your video was recommended! Rarely do I see a creator exude such style and class as you do! Love your accent as well and looking good in all the various costumes! Saints Row 2 was my introduction, and as someone who played GTA SA before it, in my mind the two games were always very distinct. Perhaps because SR2 has more goofy moments, the morbid scenes shocked me a lot more. I remember enjoying SR3 after it came out, but I honestly struggle to remember if I ever finished it or not. Never played any games after that, the moment I learned there were aliens and such in IV my interest was immediately snuffed out. When it came out, I had no idea the Reboot was even a thing, and I could only shake my head seeing what it was. Recently I played SR2 again, and I had so much fun, just like in the past. Thank you for this quality video! It was interesting to put the development of GTA and SR into perspective. I was not aware of the timeline of the releases.

Loving the new cotent, keep up the good work.

That's wild, saints row 1 came out on my 6th birthday. That's honestly pretty cool to know.

These vids are great 😊

Really enjoying this new editing , it’s quite fun :)

Volition is a good example of something all companies should know, without an audience they are nothing. If you choose to antagonize your customers and disrespect both their hard earned money and their limited time on this world, then you are doing what I like to call a "financial suicide". Keep a healthy communication with the community, Devolver digital and especially Massive Monster is a perfect example of how vital communication with the community is as they made a massive success.

just found your channel and i really love it! you put so much passion in your projects and the videos are entertaining to watch! keep up the good work!!🤙

Good video. And you sir have earned my subscription 🙌

Another amazing video

Yeah they call us Saint Row notzi's & terrorist because we have honest opinions about the Saints Row Reboot. But when the game severely flopped we the ones had the last laugh cuz they wasn't willing to compromise to us SR fans wishlist. So they had to closed shop.... 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Gat out of hell took me barely 7 hours to beat. And that was with me completing everything. It was a dlc that had zero reason for me to replay. Ntm it was both that, and made to get people interested in their multiplayer game that was coming out, agents of chaos.

This is really good content. It's great to see a well-put presentation about the evolution of games, franchises and studios, see how they rise and fall, what was done right, what was done wrong and what could have been done differently. If you have any interest in fighting games, you could try making a video about the evolution of Street Fighter 5: How it went from an absolutely awful release to an actually beloved fighting game... And how that redemption made possible the massive success that is Street Fighter 6. Another possibility is the Fall Out series, which is pretty topical right now due to the release of the live action TV series... Oh, boy... There's a lot to talk about that one! Especially when it comes to the disaster that was Fall Out 76, where seemingly everything even remotely related to the game seemed to fail.

Banger video WG

Saints Row 3 was the beginning of the end. I seriously believe Rockstar payed off The higher ups at Volition to sabotage the franchise. Because they're choices were down right stupid from that game onwards. People ALWAYS like to claim it was the best because it sold the most. When in reality it sold the most because SR2 was AMAZING. Everyone pre-ordered SR3 because of how good SR2 was. That's it!

if you keep this up you will hit one million sub within a year probably. Quality stuff, originally assumed you have at least 100+k subs channel.

Hey man! You deserve more subs, so I gave you mine and look forward for more of your vids! The outfit you picked for the video was perfect!

Love these new videos. The costume design is great!

The characters talk like they just watched an Hasanabi stream and think they're the smartest person in the room Seriously this is what the writers think is relatable then I hope they never write again

Good stuff keep it up

You forgot about Agents of Mayhem. Lucky man.

I admit, you got me when you tried to say the Saints Row reboot wasn't bad, at first. I almost downvoted. I have been there with Saints Row since the first game and it was what convinced me to buy an Xbox 360 after I had been a Nintendo fan my whole life, up to that point. It was my favorite console game series of all time and I was there even for Saints Row the Third's midnight release in purple when I was younger. And despite it being the weakest game in the franchise with plenty of issues, I can still go back and play Saints Row the Third on Steam. That reboot was a disaster from start to finish, and I saw all the ball-lickers in the comments trying to defend the game and claim "you need to buy it first before you can judge it." I desperately wanted Volition to course-correct, but was called a terrorist and hater for it by DeadlySteph the community manager for Deep Silver. So I say I relish in the fact that Volition got shut down, even if some say DeepSilver is the reason the game went woke and has the worst gaming characters of all time in it. For as bad as Bethesda, Naughty Dog, EA, Activision-Blizzard, and now Insomniac Games have been, even none of them deserved their fate more than Volition. I'll always remember them for what they did, but I won't mourn their loss. They deserved this after that Saints Row reboot.

I think one good thing came out of the SR reboot, that being that it made me (and im sure some others) interested in the series. I had never played a SR game in my life, but a couple months after the reboot came out, I saw all the videos being made on it, and it made me curious about the series. I bought SR2 and 3 (I couldn't play 1 because I only had a PC, but i made sure to go back and play it on xbox a couple months ago), and holy sh*t I loved it. I was a massive GTA fan and never even considered SR, I knew very little about it, but SR2 was all my favorite aspects of an open-world crime game in one. The gang-warfare aspect was insanely intriguing. The gameplay was fun and entertaining, and most importantly of all, the characters and story were pure gold! After 100%, completing SR2, I moved on to 3, I played the remastered version on PC and thought the graphics were pretty nice for a remaster, but noticed that it didnt seem to do much else. But i found it to be pretty good. I enjoyed the return of some of my favorite characters (except them killing Johnny literally 10 minutes into the game. That was VERY disappointing.) I enjoyed the gameplay and loved the melee finishers, I also enjoyed all of the side content. The story started out interesting enough, the section where you take the Morningstar mansion and turn it into a Saints HQ while listening to Power was immaculate. I thought the enemy gangs were neat, and the Morningstar seemed formidable... that all changed when I took out the Morningstars HQ ALMOST F*CKING IMMEDIATELY! I was beyond confused, and that feeling only increased as the game continued, but I was having fun. I took out each gang piece by piece and wiped them all off the map. I got to the end and decided to save Shaundi (even tho I like her character way more in SR2), and that mission was pretty nice. But I had reached this point insanely fast. The game had wack pacing. I thought Gangstas in Space was stupid, and it made me question if everything in SR was just a stupid movie! I mean, seriously, what were they thinking with that? After beating SR3 i decided to get SR4 through less than legal methods I cant mention on YT (Argh matey!) I actually enjoyed SR4 a bit, after everything my Playa/boss had been through, and the ending of SR3, I thought it was funny and cool to see him as the President, and I was willing to tolerate the goofiness. I accepted that this wasn't really SR anymore, but i had fun. I also beat Gat out of Hell, but i dont think i need to explain that game, its pm just more of SR4. And AOM, which i played for a few hrs and gave up on. I never considered even playing the reboot. it's not worth thinking about to me. Lastly, as i mentioned earlier, I played SR1 a while ago, and it reminded me of how different it and SR2 are from the future games. If i had to rank them, i would say SR1 and 2 are amazing games, 3 is alright, 4 and gat out of hell are fun but not good at all. Oh, and the reboot, i didn't have to play that game to know it's one of the worst games to ever exist... also, (if you've read this long comment), great video! Liked and subbed!

The worst part is what they did with Mike Wattson's (Idol Ninja) wish for the Saints Row 2 PC patch. That man was literally working on it while he was dying. Now that he is gone, we will probably never get it. I hope I'm wrong.

Finally hair reveal!

I loved BF: Hardline. The cops & robbers idea was pretty fun and fresh at the time.

It's still funny how all they had to do was make a good original Saints Row game.

Man, when I tried that Saints Row reboot, I felt so stupid. The Main character is working for a high paying special ops group but quits because they don't like their boss. Cmon...

My fists time playing the series was sr4 and I loved every bit I played, and then I was what the hell that reboot was and the reviews, then made sure I don’t get the reboot. Best thought process I ever had

Unrelated to the game, but I have to say, you're pretty good at talking with your hands. Most people I see trying to do it just gesture randomly.

This is what we called flying too close to the sun...

The fourth game was really fun on it's own, but I agree that it is horrible when compared to it's origins, we wanted a crime ridden city filled with over the top humor and gang violence but got alien invasions and super powers instead

They should have gone the GTA's way for the reboot.

They had a golden opportunity to go back to the basics of what worked in the first two and they totally squandered it in the worst way possible

After saints row 3 it would have been fun if they had you playing as a new group and your main villains are the original group. The old crew are still hi power government agents but everything around them is played straight but the characters are still themselves. There running around nut punching officials but they're wearing suits doing it kinda vibe.

Looking back, I wish Volition did more with Summoner and Red Faction. I loved all those games (except Red Faction 2). I was disappointed with Saints Row IV and I didn't expect anything more after that. Agents of Mayhem depressed me because I think that game had sunk into my mind that Volition wasn't going to be around much longer and they weren't going to get any better. I didn't even bither with the Reboot Saints Row. I hope you make more videos, WildGold. I like your voice and accent. :)

It's like that meme of the guy putting the metal bar in his bike tire then wondering why he fell

I gladly enjoyed your video, very well edited and documented. This is shame that Volition has taken down after celebrating 30th Anniversary. I'll put Deep Silver to blame for killing Saints Row and Volition by forcing them to change a story entirely for "modern audience" and being a response of "Haters gonna hate" fiasco. Honestly, I played all Saints Row games and best one in my opinion is SR2 of course for story, tone, customization and etc. Saints Row The Third and 4 is beginning of downfall but still enjoyable experience because of gameplay, Saints Row Reboot has nothing at all than cringe. If publisher actually cared about fans than just making money (IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE), we could get a Saints Row 2 PC Patch.

Can we have a nose reveal?

from drug gang war game into alien invasion like what the hell this game about 😂

to amswer the question from the title - quickly and brutally they just needed time to register that fact

Probably I have just rose tinted glasses, but I thought SR3 and 4 were pretty fun. I can imagine people may not like their wackiness, but I thought they were some light-hearted bullcrap you could enjoy with some friends in a nice open world map with quite some funny elements and overall good gameplay. With that out of the way, the reboot, in my opinion, alongside the various technical issues, takes probably the worst of all games and it's really trashy.

I loved 3. Never tried the reboot.

Good video

Nice hat bro!

What is the background music in your video, and why do I keep hearing Mobile game music everywhere and everybody's video?

I loved saints row 3 tbh. It was on the line sure. But damn what followed was trash

It should be ILLEGAL to be this early... but its not so don't sue me

The worst thing is that they had everything to make a banger game. GTA 5 had released eons ago with GTA 6 nowhere close to releasing, people were starved for this type of game, there was no competition pretty much, Saints Row Gat Out of Hell had the perfect ending to reboot the series, there were old fans begging for a return to base, new people begging for an open world crime game, they could have released something amazing and stand on it's own without having to compete with anyone else but they had to pick the corporate brainrot way of releasing "modern relatable" garbage

I hope that they will be in books as an example what NOT to do with game development and PR.

I would love a western themed Saints Row that's you know AN ACTUAL SAINTS ROW GAME

thank you 4 cooking this "game" +1 subscriber 💯

You know I understand why a lot of people didn't like the reboot but I kind of enjoyed it 😊

Alright, I haven’t seen the whole video (and to be honest this comment will probably not be seen by everyone but screw it) but there’s something I just HAVE to mention. Deep Silver were responsible for the way the Reboot was. Volition originally wanted to make a Reboot that was a mix between Saints Row 2 and Saints Row 3, (a Saints Row 2.5 if you will) but Deep Silver turned it down and we got this instead.

Still makes me so mad ppl always refer to it as a GTA clone 😂

There's still potential in the IP if someone competent wants to make an actual reboot that has a more grounded tone. If they play to the fans and advertise it right, they could regain interest as well.

My roommate got it for a discount on PS and has tried 2 separate times to finish it. He has disliked it so much that he ain't even wanting to try again for a 3rd time.

Saints row 3 was absolute gas then it went all downhill starting with 4