References, Callbacks, & Cameos
Speaking of what came before, just because Volition is rebooting the series doesn’t mean that there can’t be plenty of stuff brought over from the original. Sure, you don’t want to have the same crazy Insurance Fraud missions or unrealistic superpower skills, but there are compromises to be made.
That could be anything from references to everyone’s favorite freckled burger joint to even callbacks to events that took place in the other games that would seem far too outlandish in this universe. Think something small like a scene from Gat out of Hell or Nyte Blade playing on a television in the background.
Even cameos or character repurposing should be on the table. Whether it is Gat, Shaundi, Oleg, or one of the many other crew members, there are just so many good people from the first series that it seems like such a waste to not have at least some of them around again.
