I feel like if Saints Row 2 were released today there's a chance that it would receive the same outcry that Saints Row Reboot received for very much the same reasons. Which is wild to me. You can create a character that isn't just male or female. You can make a buff chick, or a dude with lipstick that runway-walks, and the current woke-hate would go ape over that

Though there are developers who are insincere and guilty of just shoe-horning, pandering, and tokenism stereotypes just to complete some diversity checklist. But I hate how actual genuine sincere creators are getting lumped in with them during the outrage when they legitimately want to tell a gay minority story or something..