#anyway my answer is sr1 but through lin or troy’s POV. but y’all know that already.

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ok. genuine question and i wanna hear your responses. imagine a hypothetical, standalone saints row game. it can be as connected or disconnected from the canon as you want. the only catch is that you must play as a canon character that is not the boss. think along the lines GooH, but instead of that it’s just. whatever your dream character-specific game is.

who would you want to play as? what would you want the plot of the game to be? specific mechanics? and even though we already have GooH, johnny and kinzie are still acceptable answers for this. you just gotta tell me what you would want the game to be about then.

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ok i wanna elaborate some on one of my answers for that question i asked like a week ago. the troy DLC that exists in my head. the story being framed as him recounting the events of sr1 during confession to a priest.

it opens on him getting in the confessional, admitting that he hasn’t been to church in a long time, but feeling as if he has no where else to turn to. he worries that this is a sin that cannot be forgiven, that he betrayed people he cares about, even letting one die in his arms. caught between his duties in his career or doing what is morally right; in other words, his faith is being tested. he tells the priest what happened, and it fades into him at his house being woken up by a call from chief monroe, telling him he needs an update by the end of the week. the story begins on the day that julius and troy will save playa. the game starts with troy at his house reviewing his files and reports he’s made thus far, until eventually jules calls him and tells him to be ready for their plan tonight—the plan that led members of the three gangs to take each other out…the same plan that playa got caught in the middle of.

gameplay would be largely the same as sr1, just playing as troy and seeing/doing things from his POV. but i think there’d be a bit of a typical mystery game element to it as well, with having to look over things like reports he’s made. each character has one, and things get added to them as the story progresses. i’ve always appreciated the original sr1 game manual, so i think his writings have the same tone. similarly i think he has a small notepad with him as well. he’s a detective after all, he’s gotta be taking notes somewhere.

anyway y’all know the plot of sr1. it goes through the major beats (namely the defeat of the three gangs, with a bit more emphasis on the carnales and rollerz since he was actively involved in those + he has some Thoughts when it comes to lin’s situation). it ends with him being the one to pull playa out of the water. fades back to him in the confessional. he’s not sure how he feels anymore. it’s the first time he’s really talked about what happened. maybe he hoped talking about it would help him process this grief. maybe god would hear him and perform a miracle. but the one thing he knows is that he’s sick of churches.