Saints Row 2

Balla

Video Games Moderator

Never before has a videogame so accurately allowed characters to pantomime taking a dump on a slain enemy. Years from now, when every game has a dozen user-selectable taunts built into it, we'll all look back on August 26's Saints Row 2 as the game that started the virtual dumping trend. And as this article was posted, in the comparison between Saints Row 2 and GTA IV, only the former could claim the virtual, pantomimed dump. Your move, GTA IV.

There's more to Saints Row 2, and the rest of it also caters to adolescent boys (or the adolescent boy in us all). You can play co-op with a friend online and just fly helicopters, drive boats, race cars and motorcycles, and otherwise play in the updated Stillwater setting. If you want to follow the story missions--purported to be "darker" than the original by developers--you can both drop in and out of a single-player game in a way that keeps track of each players progress, so you don't miss any content.

But, who are we kidding? THQ had fans of Saints Row at "pantomimed dump."


JOYSTIQ

there you go duke

Duke

i'll take one copy please

Slimdust

i tried this game once and didnt like it.

Gta > Saints Row

Blitzkrieg

I own the first Saints Row and it's not very good. A basic rip of the GTA series and nothing more. I won't be getting this one.

Duke

i will kill you both. i liked the first one.

PeaceSells

Super Moderator

Yeah, it's a simple man's GTA in my opinion.

Suntan Superman

WC's Resident Samoan

Now if GTA were a good game they'd be on to something!

The road I walk is paved in gold
To glorify my platinum soul
I am the closest thing to God
So worship me and never stop.
The selfish blood runs through my veins
I gave up everything for fame
I am the life that you adore
I feed the rich and fuck the poor.
This is entertainment
Lives are entertainment
You are down on your knees
Begging me for more.

KillWill

What I want to know is the first one any good?

Blitzkrieg

Not at all. The graphics are dodgy, the gameplay is a GTA rip, and the storyline is completely awful.

Duke

pretty much all wrong in my opinion. the graphics are better than any GTA game so far anyway(idk about 4). the controls were very good as well with the aiming. i enjoyed the storyline and actually wanted to finish the story unlike any of the GTA's since GTA3. plus it had online play that was very enjoyable.

i enjoyed Saints Row 1 better than prolly any GTA game i have played so far.