Saints Row Prequel in pitching phase (Saints Row '77)

[MegaFreeman]

Chris Stockman, one of the original developers behind Saints Row, has been approached by Deep Silver to create a pitch for a Saints Row prequel.

Keep in mind, nothing is set in stone so far as this is just a pitching phase and the project might fall through at any time.

I've been asked to a create a pitch for a Saints Row prequel!
by u/Chris_BPG in r/SaintsRow

 

[reina3]

I hope he put really customizable characters in that pitch too, being forced to play as a male character in SR1 admittedly made it less unique compared to other game designs at the time. Future games fixing that made it so cool

 

[Krewl Sorrow]

It's good to know that Deep Silver is still exploring some ideas for the franchise. I just hope it would be something that honours the long-established fanbase rather than something off-putting.

 

[Saint_of_the_Barrio]

Hope it happens, the main thing they need is just Keith David and maybe Terry Crews to voice Julius and Mr. King alongside customizable player characters and a reworked Stilwater.
I would love to see the Row when it was brand new in hd but let be real, it's not gonna happen and even if it does it will be just SR'22 again.

 

[rogermorse]

A full-on Blacksploitation Saints Row would be pretty awesome. Pulling from Shaft, Cleopatra Jones, and for fun, some Dolemite!

(edit) The soundtrack! oooh, man you could have so much fun with the soundtrack!

 

[Uzis]

Personally i don't see anything coming of this,

Pitching phase usually doesn't mean all that much, with movies, games, etc
Shit can sound too good to be true and be exactly that, Shit can sound awesome but reasonable and fall through because the execs didn't see any profit in it.

Do not keep your hopes up, if something does come out of it. Cool, at least it's from someone we might be able to trust with the series direction going forward.

 

[-SeaboundSaint-]

Personally i don't see anything coming of this,

Pitching phase usually doesn't mean all that much, with movies, games, etc
Shit can sound too good to be true and be exactly that, Shit can sound awesome but reasonable and fall through because the execs didn't see any profit in it.

Do not keep your hopes up, if something does come out of it. Cool, at least it's from someone we might be able to trust with the series direction going forward.

Even if this doesn't work out, it's worth hyping it up to show that there is still enough interest to make some kind of future Saints Row project worthwhile. People are jaded, and rightly so. But here's someone in the industry experienced with the original games, with both an idea and an opportunity to actually get the series back on track. It's worth getting hopes up to support this, even at the risk of being let down.

 

[Krewl Sorrow]

Even if this doesn't work out, it's worth hyping it up to show that there is still enough interest to make some kind of future Saints Row project worthwhile. People are jaded, and rightly so. But here's someone in the industry experienced with the original games, with both an idea and an opportunity to actually get the series back on track. It's worth getting hopes up to support this, even at the risk of being let down.

Honestly, the pitch from Deep Silver to Chris Stockman amounting to nothing wouldn't be the biggest obstacle. The real concern would be if THQ Nordic is actually willing to greenlight the project; and I am assuming Deep Silver has to run approval through them first. Considering THQ outright rejected Deep Silver's previous pitches involving anything other than a reboot, it'd be a nice breath of fresh air to see them change their tune, now.