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Saints Row includes customizable body options and a pansexual character in the core crew, but these choices stay incidental to the central story of friends building a criminal empire. The result is a moderate 4/10 woke score with no activist framing or identity-driven plots.
The 2022 Saints Row reboot features a diverse core cast of original characters—Eli (voiced by Eugene Byrd), Kevin (Greg Chun), and Neenah (Jeannie Tirado)—alongside a fully customizable Boss, with marketing prominently featuring a young Black woman as the default.
Kevin is explicitly pansexual, with dialogue referencing both male and female exes. Character creation replaces binary gender with body sliders for figure, chest size, and groin size, allowing mixed anatomy, while the narrative uses they/them pronouns for the Boss for technical reasons.
Developers cited intent to broaden appeal and emphasize self-expression through inclusive options, including renaming the crude “Rim Jobs” garage to “Jim Rob’s.” These elements remain incidental to the core premise of four friends building a criminal empire amid gangs and corporations, with no systemic oppression narratives, lectures, or identity-focused plotlines. The story centers on friendship, student debt struggles, and over-the-top action without activist framing.
Reception shows a clear critic-audience gap (Metacritic critics ~61-67 vs. users 3.3/10), with player complaints focusing on annoying characters and tone rather than overt messaging.
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