Saints Row 2 Comments by Rob Fahey

so you';ve played it then captain?

"9/10, fuck that! No I haven't played it, and no I don't like GTA-esque titles, but this title's definitely only worth a 7/10!"

this thread totally delivers :)

also lifted from IGN UK 7.5... being my point.

"First off, calm down mate."

I am calm, love. Just because I called you a tit it doesn't mean I'm sitting here with steam coming out my ears. I'm feeling very relaxed this morning.

"You seem to be defending this game quite alot. Why?"

Because you're 50th moron to come on here whining like a child that EG only gave it a positive review because they were given advertising, purely because you don't agree with the score. In other words, you are a tit.

"Secondly, people, like Pearly, on the internet get so mardy over something which they're not affiliated with in anyway."

Who is mardy? I just (rightfully) pointed out that you were a tit, you tit.

"I bet you don't either work for Eurogamer or THQ so get off your emo horse"

I would like to see an emo horse. Does it have loads of mascara and long hair covering one of its eyes?

And another 8.0 from IGN AU.
What are you trying to say here? That it's shit?
Because I think it's fairly obvious that it's not.

"with its immense scope, fun physics and focus on entertainment over realism or grit, Saints Row is what GTA would have become if Rockstar North had followed Vice City to its pimpin' conclusion"

Which is what Rockstar should have done.

But IGN Lichtenstein gave it 8.00002334322234. So not only is it not as good as LBP, better than Halo3 (which they only only scored at 8.000023343222339) but Eurogamer staff actually spent time writing the code for this game in return for some advertising revenue - and spent their time off hand delivering it to shops.

8.0... 7.5... 8.5... who cares... Saint Row 2 is evidently a good game, particularly if you enjoyed the first game which had its fair share of issues and grievances. It doesn't seem to be getting mediocre reviews which is surely a good thing.

People really should pay more attention to the words of the review not the score as a good review should tell you in a mostly objective way what the good and bad points of a game are such that you can make an informed decision on whether to buy it or not. Pretty obvious really.

wasn't expecting that to happen

@ captainrentboy -

Yeah, I thought that looked a lot like Mel C, too. Only sexier.

they missed out on answering the most important question IMO-

do you, at any point, get a look at Tera Patrick's snarler?

Wow, wasn't expecting that. As someone who bought into Tom's 10/10 GTA IV review and wound up sorely disappointed, I'm not really expecting much from Saint's Row 2, but Rob's so enthusiastic about it that I may have to give it a rent. Of course, with all the great titles coming out soon I may not get around to it, but it's at least on my radar now and I'd like to try it.

Can't believe how much hate GTA4 gets from everybody. One of the highlights of this year's games calender for me.

Will definitely wait for this one to plummet in price before buying. Does the Saint's Row brand carry any weight? I don't think so, but should be a fun game.

At the very least it's another city to explore and blow shit up in - gamer terrorist that I am :)

at the end of the day, I thought the first one was better than GTAIV and I will clearly enjoy this one even more. Job done

Wow I wasn't expecting it to score this highly, might have to check this out

Vanmunt: You promised that the comment from the last page would be your last on Eurogamer. So stick to your word and be gone.

You'd get a 2/10 here. Prolly a 7 on IGN though.

oh dear, someone dropped the n bomb...

I guess I'm one of the few that loved GTA IV too but I most confess that I didn't particularly rate GTA: San Andreas at all, it felt too big and empty and I didn't like the storyline either. Saints Row was a much better game IMO even if the storyline and humour were a bit meh. GTA IV was better though, much more coherent and I loved the story. I certainly had a lot of world of fun playing it. A game doesn't have to be silly or have crazy mini-games to be fun after all.

I've not seen or played this game or its prequel, but I don't like the look of it (it's strange and foreign) so it must be a 7/10. Maybe a 6, but I've not seen it in Currys yet so I can't give the definitive verdict.

Also, it's only an opinion if I disagree with it. Otherwise it's fact.

@SIRO

You would probably rank a high 11/10 on chav.com, as this is still the same thread I guess I wasn't making any false statment... so don't get your hoodie in a twist.

Fantastic. A definate buy for me. The graphics (in comparison to GTA IV) was never an issue for me. I really enjoyed GTA, but I found it boring once I had seen most of what it had to offer. I've been seeking a game I can just mess about one, with both single player and online co-op. Saints Row 2 seems to exceed expectation. I knew it was going to be good, just wasn't sure how good. Cannot wait to get it!

Oh you're right. I'd still bet against you not coming back. I'll let my boyz check on you! Don't have the time to do it myself as I have to run chavcentral.com.

And while we're on the subject of complaints, there are a fair few. Here's a (by no means exhaustive) list: the mildly racist stereotypes; the casual sexism; the lameness of the swearing; getting stuck on bits of scenery; and even the not-so-occasional game-stopping crash.


You can level all those criticisms at GTA 4. Especially the sexism which wasn't very casual at all.

Nice review. Will get it for my PC :D.

this sounds like it could be quite fun, an element i thought GTA4 was severly lacking. Obviously GTA4s city is one of the best realized worlds in any game though, i just thought the game itself was pretty average, and especially the story went to hell after the first 3rd of the game.

Looks good, GTA4 was great but defiantly not as fun as past games in the series.

Still think San Andreas was the best in the GTA Series. Glad to see Saints Row keeping it fun like it should be! at times GTA4 wasn't that much fun.

Wow, look at all that Saints Row advertising on the website. IGN and OXBM gave this 8/10, and they're normally a lot more generous with their scores than EG.

Looking forward to it!

Nice to see in this day of Tom Clancy games and analy attentive realism, we can still get games that are just fun for funs sake.

Fact is the games are so similar (GTA 4 & SR2) that due to the rather exaggerated 10/10 review for GTA IV (which was a solid 8 in my book) there is no way EG could have given SR2 much less than a 9.

More so when SR2 seems to embody the very essence of what made us all want to play from GTA III onwards - 3D sandbox fun.

No doubt if each game had the others title - SR2 would be considered technically better than GTA IV but boring.

Even the "cheats" in GTA IV are boring - where's the flying cars, the jetpack, the ninja and clown theme's, monster truck (invisible cars - which was surely a dig at SR1), and how come nobody owns a BMX all of a sudden?

Rockstar set out to make GTA IV a more serious game and they achieved that admirably - just not sure that that equates to being a better game.

Too many games !!!!!

I am pleased to see that SR2 is getting the love it deserves. I really enjoyed the first one, infact I played in more than any of the GTA games.

Now the only qyestion I have is: Do I get it on PC or PS3...?

So no 10/10 eh?, Mario Galaxy is still better. Dead space was a big old flop, and so is the "other" big 360/PS3 game of 2008. 2008 Year of the 'proper games console'...lol, the game is a flop, it's official.

For all the 360/PS3 fans that will post after this message I say this to you. Better luck in 2009, Wii beat you down and made you cry in 2008. Monster hunter goes to Wii, fatal frame goes to Wii. Dead space and Saints row 2 flop on the only review site that matters. Wii music will show you how to reach the high scores you dream of every night while you stroke your HD graphics and normal controllers,

I'm off to bed, this score is going to keep my smiling all day tomorrow, why?, because Mario Galaxy scored better. Every one of your tears makes me smile PS3/360 owners, so cry , cry like you've never cried over a review score before. Remember all the nights you looked at Saints Row, getting your hopes up for a good game. Well now those hopes and dreams are gone so tell us how it feels.Think of how butt hurt you are right now, let it all out PS3/360 owners,

so much floppage, this will not end well.

Yesssss, this game was always gonna be awesome! Roll on friday

BadBoyBonner: You shouldn't generalize that much, I found GTA4 to be much, much improved over its predecessors.

Vanmunt

You are king of the Chavs

LOL @ the_dudefather!

I rate the_dudefather's comment as "better than halo"!

@ the_dudefather

I *almost* clicked the ignore button until I realised that that rant looked a little familiar. Heh, nice one.

So, what format are people getting it for, what is best?
EG?

360/PS3/PC?

Definitely looking forward to the customisation options. Also half tempted to re-create my character with the "I got blown up and the jail doctor tried his best with his shakey hands to put me back together" look. :D Wonder if there are any scars in those options. :D

@triggerhappytel

You've got to love his cut and paste jobs...ahem. Always goof for a laugh that one :)

How can an obviously mediocre game like Saints Row 2 get 9/10, oh wait a minute what about all these ads plastered all over the website, ah now I understand.

So this is like GTA IV but then actually FUN, with no annoying "friends" who keep on calling you on your cell because they want to go bowling?

Can we please get all the comments about the advertising influencing the score out of the way - this has been done to death. Other posters have proved this to not be the case (other games with similar adverts getting 5's and 7's). For the love of the rest of our sanity, please read the other posts before commenting yourself!

I realise the concept of reading may be hard to you, seeing as you're the ones who just read the score and then moan, but please do us a favour...do one.

Nobody used to argue this much over board games. Computer games are the Devils reproductive liquid.

"our homies follow you around, shoot your enemies and aggro the opposition to give you a bit of room, and they're key to succeeding at the game's tougher moments."

What does aggro mean?

@Altrezia - I'm getting Saints Row 2 for the 360 since that the platform I played the original on. I prefer the controller and there's Achievements, not that I care much for the latter to be honest. Seems apt that I should buy it for the 360 really.

I've seen footage of the PS3 version (the streaking mini-game) and it looked jaggier than the 360 version but that might be because it was footage from an older build. Hopefully that is the case.

The PC version is an unknown quantity... it has the potential to be the best version assuming it's decently optimised, you have a high-spec system and it supports the Xbox 360 (or similar) controller. Well unless you prefer mouse and keyboard controls that is. Sadly, my current PC wouldn't be able to run the game as well as the 360 so it's a bit of a no-no for me.

Brrapp-brrapp...take that daawg.

"What does aggro mean?"

Aggravation. It means you attract the attention of enemies by walking near them or attacking.

"So, what format are people getting it for, what is best?
EG?

360/PS3/PC? "

I want the PC version but there's a complete absence of information about it so far.

I think its unlikely EG were swayed by advertising. I remember some WWII game got a 3 or a 2 a while back, as, with SR2, the site was plastered with adverts for it.