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Saints Row 2 [Xbox 360]

Saints Row 2 (2008)

Sandbox

Developer	Volition
Publisher	THQ
Series	Saints Row

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Description

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.

Limitless Customization—Play as fully customizable characters that are male, female or something in between.

Vehicles can be visually customized as well as performance tuned.

Cribs and even gangs all have an amazing degree of detailed customization options.

Multiplayer—full co-op campaign has seamless integration—competitive multiplayer pushes the boundaries of open world gaming.

Killer Combat and Awesome Vehicles—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.

Freedom to Explore—More missions, activities, diversions, races, weapons, vehicles, cribs, city districts, and interiors than ever before. Over 40 story missions with additional bonus missions take place.

Reviews on Saints Row 2 [Xbox 360]

Rowdy on Saints Row 2 [Xbox 360], 24-10-2008

"Let me first confess that I was a bit disappointed when I first saw Saint Row 2's ingame graphics. Lately most of my quality time got spent on playing the brilliant Grand Theft Auto IV, so without even wanting to, I started comparing both games with each other. Lucky for me I quickly came to my senses and started looking at Saint Row 2 how it's meant to be: a great sandbox type of game in which the many possilities are endless.

Saints Row 2 isn't really great in the visual department, it feels like not much has changed when compared to the first game. It reminded me of The Godfather to be honest, and that game is nearly three years old! But that's really the only flaw I can think of.

Before you get started you have to design your character and that whole designing stuff took me almost an hour to complete: it's just so much fun! There are so many options to wade through. And if you're not satisfied with your finished character you can always visit the plastic surgeon ingame. I created and played with a psychotic looking overweight Santa Clause-looking dude for instance, but soon switched to a near perfect looking Joker look-a-like. Great stuff!

The storyline isn't particularly original, but it's the fast and frantic side missions that really stand out. On a whole it's difficult to get bored actually, because if you don't want to do missions you can always just cruise the enormous city by train, plain or automobile and cause mayhem. The possibilities are endless: jump basing, grabbing people and throwing them where ever you wanna throw them, setting people on fire, throwing sticky bombs on people, watching them run away in panic and detonate them whenever you want to. You know, the fun stuff!

There are also many ways to earn money. You can rob stores, participate in insurance fraud and let prostitutes do the work for you. The list goes on and on. And if you manage to get bored you can always check out the various multiplayer modes. They don't differ that much when compared to the first game but offer more than enough mindless Deathmatch-, and Team-based fun.

Conclusion? Saints Row 2 is a great game. It doesn't take itself serious and it has an enormous amount of gameplay to offer you. Highly recommend!"