The Saints Row Boss Died!

This is a what if scenario story, a game theory that I thought was pretty fun to explore.

Towards the end of Saints Row (2022) our player character (The Boss), is betrayed by Nahualli, they are shot in the stomach and buried within your own church yard. The ending you know has The Boss rise from the grave, unhurt from the bullet wound and eventually saves his (or her) friends from the bad guy. A happy ending, right? Well, what if The Boss never actually returned to life, but was simply fantasising about getting their revenge and saving the day. When in reality, they were simply dreaming this all up before finally resting in peace and dying in a swallow grave. The board game sequence supports this theory, as The Boss finds themselves within a life sized version of the game they used to play with Eli, Kevin and Neenah. Passed this; we find ourselves walking through The Boss' memories from throughout the game, as we relive key moments and dramatic scenes all over again. The vital piece to this puzzle however, is when The Boss reaches the end of this dream/nightmare sequence, they are presented with a door that opens to a blind light of white energy. Could this be a metaphor for heaven? That The Boss has actually passed on to the afterlife and everything from this point onward, the rescue mission, the final confrontation, is nothing but a fantasy before their untimely death. Another thing to note, is that Zombies are actually part of the Saints Row universe. Even in the first two games (the most realistic) it was possible to get Jin Li and Carlos as zombie companions, that can help you out when in combat with police or other gangs. In Saints Row: The Third, there is a zombie outbreak that the Saints must cure, as part of the main storyline (zombie Johnny Gat is also available as a companion too). With all that in mind, maybe the boss of Saints Row Reboot really did return from the grave, but what we saw was their fantasy. In reality, they may have come back as a blood thirsty Zombie, their last dying thoughts of the happy go lucky ending we saw at the game's finale. Somewhere locked away in that shambling husk, The Boss still lives on, living a fantasy life where the new saints went on to take over Santo Illeso. Where in reality, perhaps you actually ate your old friends and the entire Saints Row gang, including that traitor, Nahualli.

Of course, this is just a bizarre game theory. As the series has seemingly died with the closing of Volition, I thought it would be interesting to analyse the game's ending, which is left open for a sequel. However, I always thought it would be cool to see another Zombie mode explored in the latest Saints Row. The second game had a Zombie Uprising mini game, that you could play in your safe house, by accessing the video game console. As mentioned before; there is a zombie outbreak in the third game. I think a DLC akin to Red Dead's Undead Nightmare, would've been a lot of fun to play in the new Saints Row, with the following story I just wrote as the "what if" plot of the expansion. Let me know if you think a Zombie Saints Row spin off game would be cool, it's important to note; Deep Silver also produced the Dead Island (zombie survival game) series and there is even a Dead Island clothing DLC in Saints Row Reboot itself, so a zombie spin off isn't entirely out of the question.