Back when SW2 came out the boomer shooter genre was just kicking off again so shooter fans wanted the next game to be more traditional and did not like the looter shooter mechanics.

Looking back at it now, I believe that SW3 would have been a full continuation of SW2 in terms of going full on single player looter shooter, especially given the genre has very little offline single player options outside of the Borderlands series. Its would have stood out among the plethora of boomer shooters that has came out since, including huge games like DOOM Eternal.

I loved SW2 when it released because it had TONS of unique guns/weapons each that could be build around using the socketing system, the gunplay feedback was amazing, the visuals are still great,....etc.

Man what SW3 could have been if it just build on the foundation of SW2 rather then ending up the least liked of the 3 in the reboot series.