The whole thing I like most about SR is that it's not PC! There's a terrible epidemic of political correctness in this country (USA, at least), and I don't want any of that when I play Saints Row! I want it to me MORE of all those things you mentioned. The more offensive, the better!
PC = boring
EDIT: I actually have a fear that it's becoming more PC and juvenile, starting with SR4 and then GOOH. I don't like that trend at all.
I was just being sarcastic, because nobody seems to agree on anything. Although I'd still LIKE a game maker like that, I would really miss Volition's clever story lines.
I would lose interest in Saints Row if they catered to the overly sensitive community. The whole appeal is that it's mature and it doesn't treat me like a child.
Spiderman? Ughhhh! That would be terrible! That's actually why I didn't like SR4 as much as the previous ones. It was already too Spidermanish for me. If I wanted Spiderman I would play Spiderman. But I don't. I want Saints Row.
Reduced. I don't like games that are too difficult. I almost gave up on Saints Row 1 because it was too difficult for me. If it's too hard, it's much less enjoyable for me. They become monotonous if I have to keep failing over and over. I don't want to have to learn a game. I just want to play it.
I don't care about achievements/trophies. I'd rather have a longer campaign. I'm always sad when the campaign is over. And I really love Volition's campaigns, even when they don't make any sense!
In regards to story length I really hope Volition brings in their A-game for SR5. Because in SR3 at least half the missions were activities and in SR4 it was mostly "head here and disable this object while killing a small group of Zin". Personally it may sound weird but Volition should look to the Payday Series for mission inspiration.
If you don't know what I'm talking about some of the missions in the Payday Series included:
boarding a moving train and massacring the FBI SWAT and Gangsters on board
blowing up a bridge to rescue a prisoner
raiding the FBI HQ in a glorious shootout
burning down a mid-sized bank belonging to a cartel
raiding a corporate dinner party while fending off a swat team
shooting up an apartment complex and using a magnetic crane connected to a helicopter to tear out a panic room filled with money
forcing you're way into an underground research facility to steal several prototype weapons
destroying an entire shopping mall
storming a suburbs that was turned into a fortress to kill a dirty government agent
breaching a highly guarded compound to steal nuclear weapons from a corrupt PMC.
As for being PC? Nope I want the next SR to be something similar to say Hobo with a Shotgun, Crank, John Wick, Death Wish, Kill Bill, Hardcore Henry, The Warriors, Heat etc. AKA an outlandish crime-themed open world game that can be considered a form of competition for GTA while angering as many 4Chan and Tumblr users as possible like GTA.
