- Limitless Customization – Play as fully customizable characters that are male, female or something in between. Cribs, vehicles and even gangs all have customization options.
- Multiplayer – Co-op full story campaign has seamless integration (for example one player drives while the other shoots).
- Competitive multiplayer pushes the boundaries of immersion in a living Stillwater environment fully populated with police, innocent bystanders and rival gangs.
- Planes, helicopters, motorcycles, boats and cars can be piloted and used as weapons. On the ground new combat options include melee, fine aim, and human shield.
- Over 40 story missions with additional bonus missions take place in a transformed Stilwater that is over 50% larger than before.
Product Description
The sandbox just got a lot bigger! Featuring a totally transformed and expanded city of Stillwater, Saints Row 2 offers all new locations to explore with new vehicles, including motorcycles, boats, helicopters and planes. The explosive conclusion to Saints Row has left the player wounded, betrayed and thirsty for revenge, and now it’s time to take back the city that has forgotten him. Set years after the original Saints Row, this sequel follow the first open-worl… More >>
Saints Row 2 Collector’s Edition
This game is just fun. Reminds me of old GTA when it was fun to just drive around and explore. The side missions are a lot of fun and the character customizations are diverse. The graphics seem a little dated, but it doesn’t matter because it doesn’t take away from the experience. If you like open world sandbox type games, this one is a must buy!
Rating: 5 / 5
Saints Row 2 is a great game overall. The fun factor is extremely high, but enjoying games of this genre shows how sadistic humans can be.
Of course I’ve read and heard the numerous Saints Row-GTA comparisons, and supporters on both sides have some valid points. From my personal experience however, I can say that GTA wins with the main missions and overall presentation, while Saints Row wins in everything else. Some say the voice acting in Saints Row 2 is cheesy but I disagree. The storyline is a bit underwhelming, but sandbox-style games can get by without that. Saints Row 2 still has its moments.
Where Saints Row 2 shines is in its character customization, the best I’ve seen in any game, and its side missions (or activities), of which there are many. By my estimate, side missions double the amount of time it takes to finish this game completely. Most of these are right on the map too, so you don’t have to go hunting for them. As far as customization, I only spent about 15 minutes on that before diving into the game, but in that short period I was still able to construct a character that bears my resemblance. In fact, my girlfriend once said she doesn’t like watching me play because seeing the virtual ‘me’ get shot or run over is a bit disturbing.
The game isn’t perfect though (hence the 4-star rating). The graphics are not very impressive, which can be forgiven as the gameplay makes up for this shortcoming. However, the frame rate can get pretty low at times. I did not expect this to happen given the cheap graphics. The save game load times are longer than they should be in my opinion. Fortunately once the game is up and running there are no load delays.
One major issue is weapon changing, which for me was extremely problematic in the beginning. You change your weapon by holding circle and pushing the left analog stick in one of the eight possible directions. The problem in this game is that when you hold circle the weapon HUD appears only for a second before vanishing. Obviously in the first mission you’re unarmed, so imagine killing a cop, picking up his gun and then not being able to use it. I had to finish that mission barehanded, and while I was doing so I became discouraged. It may be possible to finish this game barehanded but I am not going to try. I honestly wouldn’t have continued playing if I didn’t find a solution for this. You can either press circle very hard (I don’t like doing this; controllers aren’t cheap) or you can memorize the weapon layout and make the switch before the HUD disappears. Since you can carry only eight weapons at a time, doing that isn’t difficult.
All in all, Saints Row 2 has been a riot. It’s good to see GTA facing some direct competition. The sandbox genre is better for it.
Rating: 4 / 5
This game is absolutely fun to play. One must compare this game to its competition and that is GTA IV. GTA IV has the better story, is more serious, and has the better graphics. Saints Row 2 is more fune to play and has much better online game play. Saints Row 2 offers full co-op which allows your friends to jump into one of your games and leave just as easily (or vise versa) and has specific online modes. In-vehicle controls are also better for Saints Row 2 as one can easily fire out of a moving vehicle without having to hold two buttons like (like GTA IV). Saints Row 2 has many screen tearing issues and the graphics can come off as a little cartoonish when compared to GTA IV. The PS3 version also had muddier graphics (ie darker, less clear) than the Xbox 360 release. I actually think that this is a plus as it takes away from the cartoonish feel making things grittier. Is the game a perfect 10/10 (or 5/5 in this case)? No. Wat GTA IV perfect? Absolutely not.
I think that Saints Row 2 is the perfect compliment to GTA IV as it allows you to explore the competition. Get both games and you wont be disappointed.
Rating: 4 / 5
At first I was skeptical about purchasing SAINTS ROW 2 but since I have it only 1 things is wrong. I can’t turn back time to purchase it earlier this game is the best game in its class much better than any GRAND THEFT AUTO I played, after playing this I basicly forgot about my Grand Theft Auto 4 because this has better guns, better missions, better drive-bys (use any gun not just an automatic weapon), better ways of getting cash , better online gameplay, better storyline, better houses and cars you get the picture. No more are you someone being told what to do you’re the BOSS reclaiming your spot back in your city. Everything is customizable from your car to your house to your clothes to even you, yes your character is customizable male, female whatever you want. And if you no longer like your character you just go to the plastic surgeon and change your character at any given moment. Claim new neighborhoods so you can take your comfy throne as KING or QUEEN of Stilwater. 2 THUMBS WAY UP
Rating: 5 / 5
The Collector’s Edition:
Nice artwork on the tin box. The bullet shaped flash drive was small (but free!) and a money clip were nice additions.
The Game:
Aimed squarely at GTA fans so if you ever enjoyed that series, you’ll like this.
Not as good as the graphics of GTA4, but more importantly, the gameplay is as good or better.
Rating: 4 / 5