Yeah, these main characters don't look very gang to me.

I liked 3 a lot. No gameplay so not excited yet. Could be fun or shit like Agents

I don't mind a completely new story and characters. But this just doesn't feel like Saints Row.

The main characters look like some stereotypical types that were made to fill some stupid checklist (like forced diversity), and don't feel like they are really part of a gang that's set to become the leaders of a city.

Goofy action seems almost there, but we'll have to wait and see what gameplay they can show us. I just hope the devs don't pull another bs deal with Epic though, because Saints in a fave series to me.

Also bring back Gat. If gat ain't in the story or is radically changed completely, then it isn't Saints Row.

I have seen this as the go-to action for many companies for years now. It just means said company is creatively bankrupt, that they cannot tailor to who they once crafted for before. Remember Thundercats Roar?, and how the show's creator pissed on all the previous fans of the show?. I wouldn't at all be surprised if there are some folks at Volition that are ready to piss on fans over on Twitter, from critique of these new characters. 

Devs that have been around long enough should already know who their core fanbase is, their lifeblood. They shouldn't go around trying to pick up Fortnite gamers, who are known to drop shit so fast for the new bling. This seems like a totally stubborn decision on their part, but we'll have to wait and see what happens when we see Gameplay and how the story unfolds, but I'm not expecting any of it to be as memorable as the first 3 SR titles. 

Main issue for them though, is that if this is Volition going for a totally new age demographic, then the previous fans are just going to end up resenting them for it and moving onto other games instead, which means Volition has essentially lost part of their core fanbase and likely means of income. Look at what happened to WoW, tons are moving to FF14 because Blizz fucked shit up, so the same could happen to SR if they try to aim for a totally new audience, booting out the previous one. 

let's not

Why even try to talk about the game based on a trailer. I really have no real clue about how the game is going to play or the fun aspect. I have to see and experience the story to see if the characters are the right fit. Right now, nothing really has been shone so forming an opinion is probably premature.

Tone deaf karens making our entertainment fit their agendas with generic versions of themselves; ie grouchy/edgy and unlikable instead of listening to their fans. What can possibly go wrong?

Like what does this even mean -

https://www.pcgamesn.com/saints-row/new-tone

I think they saw Fortnite and the money signs in their eyes clouded their judgement.

So, basically, "we're afraid that if we made an actual Saints Row game, we'd get cancelled by this new generation of whiny little assholes who take offense to literally everything, and turn that offense into an issue of global importance...so instead we're making some generic Ubisoft game."