Saints Row 2 Comments by Rob Fahey
More than a Grand Theft.
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Doctor_What
12/09/08 @ 12:55
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Blimey... I'm shocked at myself for being quite interested in the sound of this. GTA IV was solid at the (few actual gameplay) things that it did, and the writing was superb, but for real fun it was pretty slim going. This might just do the trick.
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PlugMonkey
12/09/08 @ 13:00
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I found the first Saints Row to be an easy technical match for GTA - the shooting and driving were both miles better - but it was just a bit soulless and in the end I just didn't care enough to persist with it.
This souns very interesting though. |
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kangarootoo
12/09/08 @ 13:10
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No doubt this thread will be buried in a shit storm of GTAIV comparison nonsense.
Clearly the two games are not the same, and some people will prefer SR whereas others will prefer GTAIV. That is all. |
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Ronan_Crawford
12/09/08 @ 13:11
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Well I like the sound of the character creation and the fact that it sounds like you can do a lot of fun things. I'll watch out for this one.
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What? So now it's cool to be the guys who like Saints Row?
I have always said I was getting this, even when EG slated it before GTA IV came out. I liked it because it just focuses on the fun instead of the frankly idiotic story in GTA IV. Even though rockstars opus sold millions. I wonder how many of those millions would readily return for a new chapter. My friends list is full of people like me who never bothered finishing the game, simply because after the half way mark, you simply can't be asked to kill yet another thug for some nameless crimeboss. |
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creepylizard
12/09/08 @ 13:24
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gta and saints row are both pretty dull but I know I'm alone in this and that there was no point in me saying it on this thread but there you go....
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the_dudefather
12/09/08 @ 13:38
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@penhalion
yeah I remember 2 years ago when Saints row was for chavs and it only did well because nothing else was out ...which it kinda was (to an extent), but it was a fine game under the fake gold exterior with a decent multiplayer mode (2v2 team matches were great) /wears the 'bought saints row on day 1' trousers |
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kinky_mong
12/09/08 @ 13:40
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Well Insurance Fraud is back, and if that's been made even more over the top than the first one this is a definite purchase for me.
This is out the same day as Dead Space I think. Too many games out at the same time! |
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actionfitz
12/09/08 @ 13:47
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"I'm an aging, saggy, 30-stone Asian guy (with enormous moobs) who minces through the streets with a supermodel's catwalk sashay. To top off the look, I'm also a transvestite - wearing a really dodgy wig, a short denim skirt, and about half a pound of badly applied slap. I speak with a thick cockney accent and when I defeat my foes, I celebrate by squatting over their stupid dead faces and teabagging them."
-> Actionfitz runs to the shop to place a pre-order ^^ |
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DutchDemons
12/09/08 @ 13:54
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i never got the whole ' make a super duper funny character and watch the zany crazinessss!!!!!'.
I'll prolly make a regular guy, maybe a fat bastard for variety but that's about it. i just hope the gfx are up to date and that the side missions entail more than in the first game. insurance fraud was funny. and please no multiplayer thats right, i hereby beg Volition not to include MP...please! (co-op is a good thing tho!) |
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Muddtallica
12/09/08 @ 14:03
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"I'm an aging, saggy, 30-stone Asian guy (with enormous moobs) who minces through the streets with a supermodel's catwalk sashay. To top off the look, I'm also a transvestite - wearing a really dodgy wig, a short denim skirt, and about half a pound of badly applied slap."
Sounds like I won't even need to play with the character creation tools on this one, because EG seems to have designed me already. |
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http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/sa... another good preview here
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the_dudefather
12/09/08 @ 14:17
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The Male-female slider is probably the most innovative and clever concept in gaming this year
I cant tell if I'm serious or not
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I never expected much from this, but this preview actually makes it sound very promising...
Seeing how GTA4 was a game more enamoured by depicting a useless immigrant no-name delivery boy of the real players than being anyone of note or having varied things to do, this one's premise sounds immeadiately much more interesting. |
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andywilkie35
12/09/08 @ 14:28
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I preferred the original Saints Row to GTAIV massively, so this to me sounds like its gonna be even better.
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kangarootoo
12/09/08 @ 14:30
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That built in zombie game (mentioned in the gamespot preview) sounds very cool.
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PlugMonkey
12/09/08 @ 14:40
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Even though rockstars opus sold millions. I wonder how many of those millions would readily return for a new chapter.
Well, I'd want news of some serious gameplay development before I signed up again. And seeing as I apparently can't trust a single review site in the universe on this subject, I'm not sure where I'm going to look for it. |
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LunatikCajun
12/09/08 @ 14:44
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@evilashhris
"Magic words = a bit like Crackdown. Now officially interested." +1 |
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groovychainsaw
12/09/08 @ 15:04
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The big difference between saints row and gta IV was the atmosphere. The original saints row was fun, but ultimately soulless, whereas GTA IV had much better characters and atmosphere, really crafting a world. If saints row 2 can be fun and add some meat to its (narrative) bones it could be very good indeed.
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Saints Row was my first ever experience of 'sandbox' gaming (I skipped a gaming gen or two ...) and I liked it a lot.
Funny thing is, when I started to think about my favourite moments of the game, I realised that some of those moments were, indeed, from Crackdown! This sounds like a fabulous design decision to splice those two games and ramp up the sillyness, it sounds like terrific fun - the fun-fun kind, not the other 'fun' that you get from something like GTA IV. I don't see why this can't get a 10/10 despite being done in a completely different tone to GTA IV. |
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sadakos_fury
12/09/08 @ 16:04
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Wow. So everyone hates gta4 now? Must've missed a meeting. It's one of the only games I've ever stayed with to the end because of the storyline, not the promise of a bigger boss monster. I feel real involvement with the characters and a little bit sad at the end. Then I crashed a helicopter into a load of police cars.
Anyway, this looks good - just different. Doubt if I'll care either way if MC Pimpmaster lives or dies at the end. |
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hiddenranbir
12/09/08 @ 16:04
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Awesome, so actually giving us GTA root game. Wacky fun.
Oh the days of GTA1 and 2! Defo getting this now! |
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