This is kindof crazy.
What even to make of this? totally redone assets etc... Seemingly much more "real" and less cartoony.
My first guess would be working on a SR4 version 2. shared assets, and returning to a more realistic tone ala, SR2. (with a joke involving time travel going back and redoing SR4, but this time without aliens, and matrix.) what would be the best joke name for saints row 5, being called saints row 4, because the last sr4 was removed from the timeline?
and yeah, we talked on the issues of SR4 plenty in its own threads. Super powers trivialized the city, travel, cars, pedestrians, etc. 90% of the game, may as well not have existed. it was a huge mistake. travel powers should have been limited to VERY end of the game. with you spending more time in the city in a more normal state.
Also, the minigames were way too repeatative.