Saints Row Reboot's dialogue is something else...

[@antoinega03]

Writers can't actually be this out of touch with reality to think a majority of people consider this to be good and funny writing

[@krajicsek13]

This is basically a "How do you do fellow kids" game

[@charliekeyte5612]

It’s so bad it’s not even hilariously bad, just bad

[@moisesfreire6408]

Did you saw the dialogues of bandits in this new coop Batman game? Yes, I say they're REALLY out of touch.

[@ESPirits87]

I actually laughed because it's so bad it becomes good.

[@PrinceFloof]

@@ESPirits87 I can only play so much so bad it's good game's, this ain't one of them

[@benjad92]

Finally, after 9 years Ride to Hell Retribution has finally found his worthy successor

[@Ezio999Auditore]

Crap of to the right a explode!

[@Rise65487]

let's not go that far, "Ride to Hell" is at least fun in some-ways "saints row" is just above and beyond mediocrity, it's not even bad-enough to be funny or make you angry in a matter of one-year, everyone will have forgotten it, if not even before

[@mikedawolf95]

At least SR was open world, that’s the only saving grace. I think RTHR was supposed to be open world but something happened and was forced to be linear.

[@devdev11999]

​@@Rise65487now volition dead because of it

[@lolmetaknight]

Saints Row: Tourette Edition

[@ThatGuySarabia]

I just imagine the tourettes guy in the game 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Dooddood2731]

The balls part was kinda funny but everything the "boss" talks it's just cringe

[@vagblaster7000]

My cringeometer broke

[@ultimatecontagion]

@@Dooddood2731 yeah same here. I'm glad I'm not the only one who broke down laughing.

[@Buugzy]

Durrrrrr

[@johnnyzero8853]

“You were a f*cking clown. Selling energy drinks and lunch boxes. You didn’t care about the crowd, just a paycheck.” - Killbane

[@domovoi2861]

lmao they predicted their own future through Killbane, that's amazing in a way

[@johnnyzero8853]

@@domovoi2861 As kids, we loved heroes. As adults, we understand the villain.

[@NOTHiNG2CBRA]

@@johnnyzero8853 this.

[@zonesquestiloveunderworld]

Whaddaya mean I'm a clown - I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to f*ckin' amuse you?

[@GenkiTheGod]

Funny how he predicted future Volition. But he was very wrong about the old Saints. At their worst, it still beats this.

[@Selfbaptized]

“Cursing is funny! The teens and college aged people think cursing is extremely funny!”

[@StarlightLancer01]

My cringe is immeasurable and my remaining brain cell is ruined.

[@sirfazbear4993]

When I watched a let's play of this $60 shit fest I wanted to put a gun to my head sooooo bad and I was like wow this is a Saints Rows game

[@Joker-no1fz]

this shit was way to cringe.

[@DonCrowseppe]

Lol 🤣

[@charliekeyte5612]

It’s not even hilariously bad it’s just bad, like it angers me

[@kadnaz]

What a great start to a rebooted series, really sets a great impression.

[@saint-]

And people said you can’t judge characters based off trailers...

[@nikolasferreira3247]

@@saint- saints row reddit is in flames. Everyone is having a buyers remorse there.

[@empathetic4100]

This clearly shows how much volition care about the fans.... I swear they made this game blindfolded

[@ermanbumaguin8063]

@@nikolasferreira3247 saints row reddit blocked me a few days ago after calling them out on how they are lying to people saying how "good" this abomination is😂😂

[@Amazingfilms148]

@@nikolasferreira3247 🥴🤣

[@chibi_jojo9000]

I feel like even the old cast voice actors would cringe if they heard this dialogue.

[@TheNewWaveTimes]

The third boss is pierces cousin 😂

[@MisterUnknown707]

@@TheNewWaveTimes What does that have to do with anything?

[@crash4267]

@@MisterUnknown707 because Pierce was annoying

[@penteller7636]

Johnny Gat himself would give the new cast a wedgie. Drinking mimosas, eating souffle, paying student loans, listening to self-help. This cast of characters doesn't deserve to bear the Saints name.

[@TheNewWaveTimes]

@@MisterUnknown707 pierce didn’t want nothing to do with this trash so they had to get his cousin lol

[@M4V3R1CK_13]

Two quotes that describes this reboot: "I had no idea how far my shame could extend." - AKUJI, Kazuo. "The Saints legacy ends here - not with a bang, but with a whimper." - PRYOR, Eddie "Killbane".

[@InternetMouse]

And id say, those two guys were correct. This is actually embarrasing.

[@zidana.p4242]

"This is why i blow the earth" - Zinyak

[@YZY_Fox21]

"The saints are finished,I hope they leave you here to rot!" sr2 enemies insulting your dead body

[@Freshina]

"You were a clown, selling energy drinks and lunch boxes. You didn't care about the crowd, just the paycheck" -Killbane

[@InternetMouse]

@@Freshina so true girl

[@TheGhostOfRave]

"I had no idea how far my shame could extend" - Kazuo Akuji

[@chibi_jojo9000]

“Don’t worry father, I’ll fix this” -Shogo

[@notcoolden]

@@chibi_jojo9000 “No you won’t Shogo, you’ll continue to disappoint me” - Kazuo

[@StillND]

@@notcoolden “Facts.” - Wakka Flocka

[@MiguelAngel-xr3kq]

"welcome to hell" -Dane Vogel

[@Ryder-R]

"Let's get them"-Johnny GAT

[@yan3066]

When a game is rated for mature but it has 8 years old humor in it. 🤦‍♂

[@ultimatecontagion]

Literally every game now that's rated M doesn't feel mature.

[@artistanthony1007]

​@@ultimatecontagion Think Scorn is and that's as mature as you can get.

[@Demonslayer-s7g]

​@@artistanthony1007scorn is for crazy people

[@livrk8005]

How Devs thought we'd react: "Haha they said balls. ✨ＣＯＭＥＤＹ✨"

[@terribleterri2738]

Family Guy can do it, they probably thought they could.

[@SageBlues]

i cannot believe people on twitter tried to say that the series dialogue was always like this

[@saint-]

It’s so easy to tell they’ve clearly never played the series

[@orgenriggen4568]

Yeah, I wouldn't hear my character cussing up a fucking storm every 5 seconds

[@artistanthony1007]

@@saint- Or they seen it and are making up lies.

[@skyuru]

"Lets remove offensive and sexual mature dialogues, lets show them that someone can be badass and funny iwthout them!" We saw, we heard and we feel sad for these devs...

[@johnnyzero8853]

Hypocrites is what Volition is filled with

[@MikeTheEnforcer]

Don't feel sad when they talk crap about their own customers.

[@Dreamcatcher_2001]

I mean thats somewhat true but they went in the wrong direction here.

[@Dreamcatcher_2001]

@@MikeTheEnforcer where and who?

[@LookMaNoHands-e6d]

@@brandonphan5143 where honor is a distant memory isn’t that right?

[@THENemesisXX99]

This is what old heads think GTA, Saints Row and insert crime genre video game is actually like.

[@ADL21]

the Boss in SR2 said it best "I learned it's better to be in charge than to be a bitch that shuts up and does what she's told" And thus these Saints were born because Gwen was a prick that screwed us out of our bonus.

[@viridigreen8714]

Saints Row went from a gangster game and counter-culture to.. this sad thing.

[@OfficialRyanFouracre]

Woke and offensive to Gen Z

[@marcustraan3935]

Julius wasn’t that bad after all…

[@Err_Not_Found]

I swear to god the writers had to be drunk while making the game lol

[@fabiendegroot1264]

And high on every drug in existence

[@Sashashka]

more like horse tranquilizer

[@MinktheStorykeeper]

And had never made it past 4th grade

[@Err_Not_Found]

@@Sashashka lol

[@shawklan27]

most likely

[@mikisew]

voice 3 talks about his sweaty ass during this part… this game, man. it hurts.

[@RiccoVR]

💀💀

[@KingShibe]

Voice 3 is Pierce's cousin irl

[@ultimatecontagion]

I had a migraine just listening to that. 😫😒

[@ThatGuySarabia]

We appreciate your sacrifice you're making for us so we don't have to play it. Press F in the chat boys

[@anon26-d2w]

F

[@JohnDonovanYT]

*F*

[@Jaedyn.Sanders]

F

[@prakharmishra5187]

F

[@thefloatingpigeon]

F

[@CarParts08382]

Just imagine... that these were script lines that had gone thru brainstorms, drafts, redrafts, proofreads, final drafts, scheduling/planning, multiple voice actor recording sessions, edits, re-edits, synchronizations, testings, QA checks (if any), and ultimately a final sign off from various chain of commands with their stamp of approval for the finished product. The dialogue bar wasn't even set low here. To be frank, it was never put in place at any point.

[@JohnDonovanYT]

How does it feel to live long enough to see your favorite franchises go down in flames?

[@trippinfo]

Pain...

[@jakeastside]

It’s not over yet. Can’t wait to see GTA woke edition! All your games belong to the rainbow corps!

[@IamaPERSON]

It hurts, ngl.

[@Kat1kafka]

Julius Little: You owe me playa, if it weren't for me you woulda died on that street corner. Playa: If it weren't for you I wouldn't have been in a goddamn coma...

[@dragonforks93]

"I guess that makes us even..."

[@shawnsmith4191]

"Not Really..."

[@KingShibe]

"BANG!"

[@SilverNinja76]

This and the entire first mission were a TERRIBLE introduction to The Boss' Character. They come across as a Whiny Brat. The Section after they get fired from Marshall also doesn't help

[@SuperZombiepimp]

Well play something else if it bugs you so much

[@Im.Smaher]

@@SuperZombiepimp Go read another comment, if it bugs you that much, smartass.

[@SilverNinja76]

@@SuperZombiepimp My bad bro. I didn't know I'm not allowed to Criticize a Videogame

[@TattleDelta]

@@SilverNinja76 I'm just gonna day that both you and the Boss sound alike.

[@guilhermehank4938]

@@Leon_SKennnedy nah, it ain't

[@baka785]

I’d rather just have the fucking musical number from Gat Out of Hell again

[@yep133]

I've never cringed so hard. I feel bad for those voice actors

[@aurumthebrave3427]

I genuinly want to see a behind-the-scenes with the writer's room for this game.

[@lesliescofield8763]

Truly they are the voice of a generation…

[@Toast248]

I could've easily shat out a script that's 10x better than this... then again, who in this community COULDNT do that?

[@RickettsJr]

Saints Row (Reboot) shills.

[@krajicsek13]

The answer to your question: Probably the 12 year olds who never played the previous games and actually liked this game

[@supereldinho]

These characters and this dialogue are exactly the kind of crap the original Saints would mock and ridicule....and there are people out there unironically defending this crap. Imagine when both your game and its audience end up becoming the very joke your previous games would satirize. None of the people that brought us the previous Saints Row games worked on this thing -- and you can tell!

[@orgenriggen4568]

Man, this reboot and b4b were disappointments

[@HFHoofHammer]

There are FanFiction writers, or people with no experience to writing out there who can create a better intro dialogue than this. Like……what is this?! Lol

[@adlibbed2138]

yeah, I made a shitty fanfiction when I was a middle schooler that has better dialogue than whatever th is this

[@MrGiHunt]

I can easily tell you what this is.. a hot garbage, created by short-rainbowhair women, who never actually touched a "controller".. oh wait they are gamers, because they played amongus for 5 minutes..

[@cashwat210]

If you look at the photos of the dev team in the end credits of the game, it starts to make sense why the characters and dialogue were written so badly.

[@Dreamcatcher_2001]

@@cashwat210 I don't think looks determine how good a game is, it's not like they were wearing MAGA hats.

[@MrGiHunt]

@@Dreamcatcher_2001 it does, absolutelly does

[@PakkeuZ]

When you have to write funny dialogue, that could offend literally noone...

[@saint-]

Literally the perfect way to describe it

[@kyoufuwooshieteyarou7206]

except it’s not funny

[@TheProfessor66]

This game makes saints row 4 look like the greatest gangster game of all time.

[@Storm59-59]

Saints Row 4 is a masterpiece

[@TheProfessor66]

@@Storm59-59 compared to this game yeah

[@ultimatecontagion]

@@Storm59-59 not really. I still think both this game and 4 are extremely mediocre.

[@NostalgicRemedy]

@@ultimatecontagion 4 is amazing, ya normies ask for too much.

[@orgenriggen4568]

I liked saints row 3 and 4 because of the gameplay. The only stories I care for are 1 and 2

[@redspider3513]

To quote some random comment from a while ago: "the new Saints look like people that the Original Saints members would bully"

[@saint-]

The new Saints look like people the entire cast of SR1-GooH would bully.

[@redspider3513]

@@saint- Yup, who the fuck would start a CRIMINAL EMPIRE just to pay their fucking student loans? It’s ridiculous

[@saint-]

@@redspider3513 And paying rent if you missed it although i’m not sure you could, rent is literally mentioned every mission

[@redspider3513]

@@saint- That's an even more dumb reason to start a criminal empire, what were Volition thinking? Couldn't the boss could oh I don't know, GET ANOTHER JOB LIKE MOST PEOPLE WOULD? It's so cringe, and stupid, If the OG cast met the new cast, they would bully the ever loving shit out of them (and Johnny would demolish them as well)

[@hsthatzo8063]

Seeing the community react so harshly to this garbage makes my heart feel warmer. The OG Saints row fans will never die. More of us than volition think!

[@jamesonbarkley9975]

So Rim Jobs is offensive but "massive sweaty horse balls" isn't? The devs for this game have gotta be the most socially inept dweebs you'll ever meet

[@nikolasferreira3247]

After seeign this game, i realized that sr4 dialogue is not so bad...i mean it's bad but not this bad. Not even kenn michaels could save this dialogue

[@kai-ryanmccall6254]

Kenn Michael is the og and been in every single saints row game and even voiced the playa in sr1. He’s earned his stripes.

[@t.t6294]

SR4 had corny dialogue but they were still funny. also the voice acting was much better. there were great options both for male and female boss

[@guilhermehank4938]

SR 4 was stupid but very self aware about it. This is unironically stupid

[@CDRW24]

SR4 was actually self aware though. This is meant to be serious.

[@shawklan27]

preach

[@simemx2313]

Saints Row: Vivziepop Edition

[@HBSDU54]

The horse balls thing is just an hommage to Red Dead Redemption 2.

[@domovoi2861]

they shrink in cold weather bro, epic gaming moment

[@riceball52]

And people thought KDJ from GTA Online was bad (I actually liked him)… this is a whole new level of cringe

[@reesevendetta9641]

Nah kdj be talking like he having sex to that black chick and keep saying motherfucker alot

[@SYXX-II]

Honestly, KDJ wasn't bad it was just the phone sex that constantly happened

[@wyntertheicewyvern6226]

This is just terrible. I was already saying this was going to be awful by the trailer alone. Lo and behold, I was right. All the other SR games had cussing and crude humor, but it was done in a way that was tasteful, funny, and charming. These dialogues sound like a bunch of middle schoolers. This isn't Saints Row. Volition failed

[@AsheCraftingCorner]

Remember,just using swears none stop..Is the best way to prove,you can't write dialog

[@flamingmonkey7712]

The writer: "Giant sweaty horse balls" Other dev members: "Oh my god that line is soooo coooool maan. It's so coool and sooo funny maaan. Let's keep extend this line maaan" That's how I imagined they wrote this game.

[@Aristocles22]

This reboot will do as well as the 2016 version of Ghostbusters or Terminator Dark Fate. Volition should just shut down at this point. God knows they're not the people who gave us Freespace anymore.

[@NebLleb]

*they aren't* The moment I saw that cursed reveal trailer, I knew the Volition behind Descent, Descent: Freespace, Red Faction and the original Saints Row trilogy were gone and replaced with woke lunatics. Not only that, but one of their staff, back in 2014, came out and praised known activist schweinhund Anita Sarkeesian, something that the original members would've never done considering they wrote great female characters in their games. Basically, we need to stop looking at developers as the same they were back then. Things in Development Studios change, and not for the best.

[@lethallawnmower5301]

Boy do I got news for you, they just shut down

[@Aristocles22]

@@lethallawnmower5301 Yeah, I saw. Get woke, go broke.

[@SYXX-II]

​@Nonamearisto tbh it wasn't because it was "woke" it was mainly because it was super out of touch even if it came out like decades before, the devs clearly didn't know what saints row it's thing and if anything felt like they only used the saints row name to sell it

[@Aristocles22]

@@SYXX-II It was woke. That's at the crux of almost all of the complaints against it.

[@GoldInk-ds5up]

This is pretty much dialogue coming from your average modern adult cartoons. Abyssmal at its finest.

[@mettawatkutaninwat5411]

My favorite cutscene in Saints Row (2022) is that one where Josh Birk appears out of nowhere and said “It’s Nyte Bladin’ time” then proceeds to Nyte Bladed every singe rival gangs in the room, truly Saints Row (2022) is one of game ever made.

[@ThompsonExpress]

man i remember Nyte Blade and though to myself "well if that ain't the stupidest shit they ever added in Saints Row" Josh Birk is 100 time more a Saint then the new cast.

[@CrackHardy]

Johnny's first dialogue in SR2 keeps my sanity intact because of this game

[@callumbell2576]

They went from the intriguing cliff-hanger of SR1. To the building up of the lore in SR2, and the interesting character dynamics that culminated in realising the daggers that were arrayed against the Player. They went from all of that...To this. A joke of a game, if we can call it that, that is a parody of itself.

[@aslightlystablefootsoldier9838]

So this is the Feared Saints Boss As in the words of Pierce *“You gotta be fucking kidding”*

[@domovoi2861]

the original Boss would be so dissapointed in their alternative self lol

[@ultimatecontagion]

@@domovoi2861 if that was SR3-4 Boss, if this was SR2, given the context of this scene, bro or gal would just put a mf hole in the nigga's head.

[@domovoi2861]

@@ultimatecontagion true

[@Rae-Rudi2357]

The "canon" gat out of hell ending was the wrong choice 💀

[@arturoperezify]

Hazbin Hotel writing

[@princesilenceteddy3114]

It looks like wrote by someone who is afraid of losing Twitter's social credits.

[@OfficialRyanFouracre]

Nah, my negro. It's probably written by someone who hates Gen Z.

[@orianultimer]

Words cannot describe how straight my face was watching this. Funnier than the dialogue is the thought of spending $60 on whats supposed to be a reboot of a beloved franchise only to encounter this

[@JonnyHorseman]

0:15 - 0:31 Didn't know Vaush was a writer for this game

[@ZoomieDeer]

The lore is that the player is a vaushite

[@tamarindo709]

Saint Row is not a gang anymore, is a school club.

[@Mrmasterranter]

volition "am i that out of touch? no it's the fans who are wrong"

[@SHOVELBONES]

as a guy who swears way too fuckin much: this is way too fuckin much. and nobody says "crap."

[@dragxnzlol]

The best part of the intro was the combat while hanging off the VTOL, just felt like SR3's prologue

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

I had no idea how far my shame could extend.

[@woobharb]

The dialogue is literally the writer constantly reminding you that you’re still playing an M rated game and not a playable B tier 90s sitcom.

[@WastedGoatFR]

This literally sounds like something a 10 year old would write, absolutely embarrassing...

[@monty_coolmccool]

Had high hopes for this game, the second I saw the mediocre - average reviews from Critics I knew this game would be a 4/10 at best

[@antoinelk00]

They must’ve gotten this when SpongeBob cussed out Mr Krabs but translated it to English lol

[@MrDark086]

Its good to see even 14yr olds can get a decent job in these hard times

[@killndbay]

Don’t forget. Volition fired anyone who suggested to make changes to this game

[@saint-]

I wouldn’t be surprised if that were true

[@ultimatecontagion]

@@saint- they deserve to go under. When playing SR1 and 2, I just love to think that this was made by a different company. 3 and onwards, I definitely know that this is made by Volition.

[@SYXX-II]

And also the community manager attacked and called people terrorists for disliking the game

[@wade1593]

Kenn Micheal , laura bailey & Troy baker was lucky

[@JasonMaloneStan]

I think we can all agree that this is a game that came out.

[@XR_TheOneAndOnly]

vivziepop tier writing

[@Jamushu]

*Saint's Row 2:* *_"Did You Do Something With Your Hair?"_* *(Is witty Meta Wall Break to explain away why your Character can look so different between 5 Years (Lore) and 2 Games.)* *SAINT'S ROW (2022): "BALLS!"* I want you to remember, or know, if you missed out- *SAINT'S ROW 2 WAS MADE IN **_200-FUCKING-8._*

[@Khanviction92]

People who write dialogue like this think they’re being funny…it’s not, it’s just cringe. It like they hired writers from Ubisoft, they also write cringey dialogue like this in their games.

[@Kadett-rr7ry]

no voice actor IN THE WORLD could make these lines bearable. Except Bruce Campbell.

[@saint-]

True.

[@NOTHiNG2CBRA]

Ashy-Slashy would do a great job

[@killshotz6747]

Remember there’s only one Trever Philip

[@HOTD108_]

*cut to footage of Julius getting shot in the face

[@saint-]

*Cuts to footage of Shogo getting clobbered by Johnny Gat

[@Jdogg4089]

Might get it on sale for 5 bucks like I did SR3. I would've been willing to pay more than 5 for SR3 though.

[@Jdogg4089]

It was the remastered version of SR3 on Playstation, to clarify.

[@nightmare_godlike]

Cant believe hazbin hotel made saints row do this 💀

[@nekosaints]

This is the Devs right now seeing all the reviews

[@sdp640]

0:14 Rdr2 intensifies 🥶🥶

[@MediaGuy-2005]

This dialogue here honestly reminds me of the Tourette’s episode from South Park where Cartman randomly blurts out obscenities, only nowhere near the humor of that episode.

[@Gotronk]

And people say this is better than 4

[@reesevendetta9641]

Kinda is cause there ain't no aliens or superpowers

[@ultimatecontagion]

SR4 is still garbage just like how the reboot is. Only thing they both do good is gameplay but that's about it.

[@alphavader951]

They sound like preteens who just learned to swear and think thier so cool

[@Shadoboy]

Even Matt Miller would beat up these Nu-Saints and steal their lunch money.

[@WickedParanoid]

Rogue Warrior: "Finally, a worthy opponent! Our awkward swearing contest will be legendary!"

[@seamonkeydood4932]

The saints row writers and the borderlands writers should team up

[@TehReasoning]

Is this from same people who did ride to hell retribution because that's Hollywood worthy script/dialogue writing there.

[@fuzzyapplepie6940]

Saints row 2 dialogue. Julius: You owe me, Playa, If it weren't for me you would've died on that street corner. Boss: If it weren't for you I wouldn't have been in a goddamn coma! Saints row (2022) dialogue:

[@DeadX2]

you cant tell me a bunch of 5 year olds wrote these lines with them cussing like that

[@Naocomibiscoito]

The characters weren't gangsters but for real when the end was coming they started to change

[@alibicimsikistapeeneschine9498]

lmao i remember 8 year old me saying shit like this when i was home alone

[@charliekeyte5612]

In all seriousness, there are actually no words to describe how I feel about this, especially compared to the older games, even saints row 4 wasn’t this bad like WTFFF

[@AidenYSaunders]

Glad I picked a voice where my character said none of this thing

[@Bart851]

Who let Vivziepop into the writing room?

[@mystic_miser_1]

Bravo Volition, the writing for this game is a masterpiece

[@saint-]

Vince Gilligan would be proud

[@ultimatecontagion]

Top notch writing.

[@OfficialRyanFouracre]

In words of Borat...............NAUGHT!

[@GeteMachine]

Thats exactly how I'd describe the game's writing. "Crap, Crap, Piss, Crap."

[@alternativ116]

Ever felt like games were evolving, but backwards? That’s just one of many, but ooooh boy…

[@nekovanguard9553]

The empty and boring open world coupled with subpar graphics and dialogue that makes MCU script sounds like Godfather in comparison are just perfection.

[@LeviTheHyperLegendSpeed04]

Smokey: What kind of s*** is that?!

[@boot_912]

That's the type of shit 13 year old me would say in anger.

[@GenkiTheGod]

Been there, done that, especially when playing games.

[@horizo5979]

I’m not a voice actor but if they told me to say that I would walk out the door

[@TheDevilHydraProdsXXII]

"The Saints legacy ends here; not with a bang, but with a whimper." -Eddie "Killbane" Pryor

[@thesorrow7499]

These dev's are out of touch. Instead of bitching about Toxic fans all day, the should've hired a professional scrip writers

[@justanaveragegamer6590]

I really see no point of Volition trying to resurrect this series. It's best that they would either make a new IP or another Red Faction title.