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Saints Row 2 (PS3)
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RRP: £49.99
Amazon Price: £39.98
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Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Publisher: THQ
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Editorial: Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row. Set years after the original, the player finds himself in a Stilwater both familiar and strange and challenged with bringing the Saints back as the rightful kings of Stilwater and bringing vengeance to those who wronged him. |
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"Much better than I expected" - 20 October 2008
Unflatteringly referred to as GTA's idiot brother; Saints Row 2 has improved massively on its predecessor.
This time around, players burned by the seriousness and lack of options in GTAIV may find refuge in SR2. For pure fun, Saints is an excellent game.
However, technical issues and a little over familiarity hold it back from being a classic.
The plot picks up directly after the first. Following the boat explosion, you wake in prison, the opening mission being to escape. The rest of the game is spent expanding the 3rd St Saints and taking over rival gangs' territory. Mission structure is almost identical to GTA; markers indicate the next mission on the map. Except with Saints, reputation points also have to meet the required criteria. Reputation points are earned almost everywhere. When driving, near misses and stunts convert into points. The scoring system is reminiscent of Burnout, which is no bad thing.
There's a staggering amount of mini-games to increase reputation points. The standard vehicle missions return, with the taxi / ambulance fares. The tow truck is a fun vehicle mission. An import export garage has a wish list of cars to steal. There are gang tags to spray. Property management also plays a part; businesses can be purchased to get a cut from the takings. Veterans of San Andreas will indeed find a lot of deja vu.
But SR2 also has fresh ideas; diversions give it the sheer fun that was sometimes missing from GTAIV. Trail blazing is a favourite, riding a cross bike on fire and causing arson whilst completing checkpoint races. Heli Assault gives you the keys to an attack chopper, and tasks you with protecting members of the Saints while they conduct shady drug deals.
Fuzz sees you impersonating a cop for reality TV. The cameraman needs enough footage of apprehending streakers, breaking up disputes, or even unleashing a flamethrower onto a womens protest rally.
SR2s hidden packages are music CDs. Once found, these are added to the radio stations track lists. This helps ensure the music selection is kept fresh as the game progresses. Whilst the stations never match the humour or variety of GTA IV, they are certainly entertaining. Most bases are covered; Hip Hop (Rhyme FM), Electronica (97.6 K12 FM), and Reggae (103.6 420 FM), join Rock, Funk, Classical and Easy Listening. The ability to create your own radio station is a brilliant feature, especially for eclectic tastes.
Customisation is perhaps SR2s best feature, the levels of which are insane. Every aspect of your character can be tinkered with. Not just the sex; but voices, insults, even eyebrow width. Plastic surgeons are also conveniently located throughout Stilwater, so they are never permenant. Clothing and bling are fully customisable. So too are cribs. An overall look is available with further, individual options (e.g. TV, bed etc). Of slight frustration is the fact that a pool table can be purchased for your crib, though you can't actually play pool.
In terms of negativity, the graphics are poor, although Saints does have a more cartoony style. But it really doesn't benefit from HD, in fact its difficult to spot any major differences when running in 1080p. Textures aren't always rendered smoothly, resulting in annoying 'pop up', particularly in cars. Glitches are also everywhere, but hardly ever ruin the game. Some checkpoints had to be reloaded as an essential object got caught on the scenery but on the whole they are more entertaining than frustrating. Bouncing corpses are one point in particular.
Recommended.
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"Blew me away" - 21 October 2008
I recently bought the game, and I've played it for some time now and it is simply amazing! It is definitely a game to buy for any one!
The graphics are the weakest part of the game, although the cinema scenes contain good graphics, the actual graphics are a tad too bad.
The storyline is a strong part of the game, with you being the leader of the Saints etc. There are so many things to do which gives this game a flare of enjoyment.
The gameplay is also a strong part of the game; such things as activities to increase your respect to continue missions and customizing your own crib and car. Saints Row lets you make every detail of the game to your own preference.
So, if you're looking to buy a game, don't get anything else than Saints Row 2. It definitely will surpass GTA and other hit games.
Overall Rating: 5*
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"a buggy mess" - 25 October 2008
this is riddled with issues, you only have to move the right analog stick and the picture tears and jumps, cars will randomly dissapear, pedestrians walk on air, jump into the sea and your greeted with silence and then a few seconds of wierd noise and then more silence, you'll hear cars driving by when the streets are empty, its a shame as this game could have been really good, but its just a poor mans gta
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"Fun, Fun, Fun....." - 20 October 2008
First off this game is not as pretty as GTA or as realistic, the latter for me is a good thing. I loved GTA 4 and believe it to be one of the finest games of this generation of consoles however did anyone else think that it took itself maybe a little to seriously, games are meant to be fun after all...arnt they!
In order to re-address the fun balance is Saints Row 2
Crazy, mad, but most of all major fun do everything GTA wouldnt let you in this huge totally open (from the start) gaming sand pit.
Create your own player, customise your crib, cars and gang hide outs. Take part in some mad side missions such as toxic avenger as you build your gang empire.
This game is all about having a good laugh and the online co-op mode allows you and a friend to double the fun.
Highly recommended.
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"the new gta" - 18 October 2008
After having to endure completing gta4 which turned out to be like painting by numbers.that mission done,next,easy,boring,next....i was hoping to get some of that good old gta magic back with saints row 2 and thank god,the magic is back!!
the best compliment i can give the game is that it's loads of fun with tonnes of crazy stuff to do in a massive varied city that feels alive with all sorts of madness going on,it's like san andreas on steroids!! thank you god!!!!
the missions are varied and fun,the way you have to earn gangster points to progress to the next mission is great as it makes you act like a lunatic.
after you spend ages creating your character and their voice which is a mini game in itself,you then bust your gang boss out of jail.after that i had the whole city to explore and spent 3 hours causing mayhem,what a laugh!! my friends came round and the ones that still have gta4 are trading it in!! what took them so long?
the list of things you can do are endless,pick up a computer monitor and smash it in that annoying secretary's face,throw that moron on their mobile phone into that oncoming bus,steal that plane and smack a wing off and attempt to fly it with the wing on fire and bail out at the last second.pimp your pad,pimp your ride,pimp your gangster.there are so many things you can do that you should have been able to do in a certain other game,use people as human shields during shoot outs,dual wield weapons,pick up stuff like posts,fire hydrants,chairs and use them as weapons,use knives,clubs,swords,throw people at people or through windows.the list goes on,the game just doesn't take itself too seriously although you can play it that way if you want to and still love it.i better mention the graphics and sound while i'm at it.well i love both.i prefer the graphics to gta4's there is more detail and little touches like the heat haze from exhaust pipes,the moving cloud formations and lightning strikes during storms.the huge variety of npc's also far exceeds gta4's any gta for that matter,i still see new ones all the time,everything from goths to punks to japanese style gangs with swords,fat hookers,dope fiends,a guy dressed as a hot dog was crossing the street for goodness sake!! it's mad.the sound effects are great and things that were added to gta like hearing the radio playing in a car when you get out are all here and there are tonnes of radio stations playing great music and filled with daft adverts to make you laugh.i recommend you set the difficulty to the hardest setting,it makes the cops and all the crooks and gangs much tougher and the game more satisfying.this time you have loads of things to spend your cash on,you can even have plastic surgery,also now you can recruit gang members and you take over other gangs turf just like you did in san andreas although this time there are a lot more gangs.you can tag walls also but it's more realistic here,you even shake the spray can in between,it all adds to the experience.
i could go on for ages but i dont want to spoil it,bottom line if you are getting jaded with overhyped games that get reviewed by people on the take then do yourself a favour and get this game and get some friends round and have a good laugh!!!! after all isnt that what games were invented for?
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"Alternate reality GTA ... without the graphics" - 24 October 2008
GTA IV grew a concience and drew the player into questions of morality, justice, retribution and revenge etc. At the same time Rockstar crafted a very realistic world which probably took away a lot of the mindless fun that used to be a GTA trademark, i.e. destroying everything in your path and seeing how long it took the cops to take you down. Saints Row 2 decided on a different route and has retained the moral immunity enjoyed in GTA 3 & VC, which serves to free up the gameplay and provide more fun, thrills and laughs than GTA4.
The similarities between GTA and Saints Row are obvious; almost every element of the game has been lifted in some way from the GTA franchise. However, it is all blended together in a way that gives it a sense of originality.
The only let down to the game is the graphics; when I first started playing I thought I was on a PS2, but after a while my eyes adjusted and it didn't bother me so much.
All in all Saints Row 2 is a great game that offers a lot of fun, action and laughs. If it sorted some glitches out and improved the graphics then it could possibly take the crown currently worn by GTA4.
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"Brilliant! Funner than GTA 4 by a mile!!!!" - 19 October 2008
This is one hell of an addictive game. Firstly the map is huge, secondly, the amount of weapons are so new e.g. pepper spray and a tazzer gun. Thirdly, the missions have a great plot and are fairly simple to complete but never seems to get reptitive, also the side missions like playing as a Bouncer for a celebrity and killing Zombies, endless fun!!!
Also, there is a huge choice of vehicles from cars, to bikes, to boats, to helicopters, to planes and so on, I flying saucer also makes an appearance!!! Finally, the customisable character feature is the best, playing all the GTA's I have never been able to experience this (The godfather was great with this feature!!!) but you change their sex, colouring, weight, face etc, you can dress your character up with any type of clothing along with changing the colouring, tatoos are also available, diamond shops, garages, food shops, liqour stores and so much more.
Negative sides are that the driving is not very realistic compared to GTA 4 and vehicles suddenly dissapear but none of these cons can affect the amount of fun the game contains!!! You can also mug people, and use them as a human shield etc!!! A must buy!!!
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"gr8 game" - 18 October 2008
i recieved my copy yesterday and i just loved it..didnt drop the controller down once (except wen it was me dinner n had to go toilot lol)there a few gliches & that but thq will prob sort that problem out by patches
had the orignal on the 360 and i loved it then too. thou was abit difficult usin the ps3 controller as im use to it on the 360 & the only negetive thing i hav about it is the cruise control mode as it abit diffult movin the cars (including bikes) and shootin at the same time
but dispite that saints row 2 is a really good and fun game..prob not as good as gta but its getting there slowly
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"game made by a porn star" - 30 July 2008
people who have seen or played the last game will know
this will be great fun game
plus its being made with help of a porn star
tera patrick what more do you need to know
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"A whole lot of fun on one disc - Saints Row 2" - 24 October 2008
I have to say that this game really surprised me. I was one of those who looked at the graphics and thought mmm it's not as good as GTA4, it is just a rip off, it'll probably not be that good... but I urge anyone who has those thoughts to think again and pick this game up. It's BRILLIANT!
This game is always going to be compared to GTA because it's just so similar in structure but if GTA was an actual genre of gaming rather than a franchise then Saints Row 2 is like another version of that same genre. It does so many great things that GTA hasn't done yet and that is what surprised me the most.
Customization in this game is really what seperates the two games. Even though you're playing out a general story mode with the same character, you can make that character your own in so mnay ways and boy does it make a difference to how much you enjoy the game. If it's making your character a guy or a girl, selecting their gang taunts and which vehicles thye drive it's just so immersive and really makes you feel like you're a part of the game.
The gangs work so well in Saints Row 2. Play a few missions and earn the right to have some of your buddies come along with you to help you sort out some of the harder missions where you're being hammered by herds of other gangs. Your gang will follow you, jump in your car beside you, attack anyone who attacks you, they'll even steal another car to follow you if you don't have room for them in your two seater. And together you and your gang just look and feel great. I notice that gang system seems to run really smoothly and I've experienced hardly any issues.
The voice acting, missions, cutscenes, characters in this game are all top notch. They offer you a totally absorbing movie-like experience that brings you the action, suspense and comedy that makes these open world games so much fun to get stuck into.
Yes, the graphics aren't as good as GTA4 and some may say they aren't that impressive but what it may lack in polish and quality it certainly makes up for with it's many many fun and entertaining features that can keep you occupied for hours. I have had so much fun with this game. I highly reccomend it to people who love this sort of game, you will have a load of fun and find yourself never short of anything to do because this game offers so many things it is crazy.
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