Saints Row 2
 

The game is set fifteen years after the original, and many areas have changed

Planes and boats will be needed to access some areas
There are now helicopters too

The graphics have been improved, with no more pop-ups as you stroll around

The weather effects are “impressive”, such as heat effects, rain and so on

When it rains, pedestrians get their umbrellas out

Other characters can be used as human shields

If you are being chased, you can shoot your pursuer in the nether-regions.

He will fall to the floor, and other pedestrians will gather round to check on him, thus meaning you can get away that much easier

The “Freak Generator” is the internal name for the new clothing palettes.

Every character in the game can now be customised, so your bros and hoes can be clad out in anything you like

The developers have listened to the wants of fans, and will now include “mini-achievements” for special stunts that occur

You can use limpet mines on cars, walls and even the backs of your enemies
If you decide to car surf this time around, you’ll need to maintain your balance with the analog stick

THQ want to give Volition enough time to finish the game
this time around, so no rushing it out onto store shelves here. With GTA IV on the way, it needs to be damn good

There will now be a co-op mode, by Xbox Live or a local network

The boxout on image four talks of the ability to upgrade and improve the place where you’ll be living

Pics here ... http://www.xboxic.com/news/3810#more-3810

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I'm looking forward to it. I thought Saints Row was surprisingly good. Though with GTA IV coming out I don't know how much I'll be interested in playing this.

The game looks like it will look good. I loved the first one. Even though this games takes place in the SAME city, it appears they are upgrading it a lot...so that is good.

I just bought the original with the TRU sale. Any tips for a newbie. I love sandbox games.

Don't cheat if you want achievements. :(

Also, it took me a while to realize that you can just hit start and save any time you want - you don't have to go to a "safe house" to save, but it'll always load from a safe house.

To get good weapons earlier on, break into the back door of gun shops.

If you want to do the Hitman mini-game, go around to all of the starting points for them and get the list of people needed to kill RIGHT AWAY. Kind of memorize what the people look like. That way when you are cruising around doing other missions, and you see somebody you need to kill, you can just do it and be done (assuming you have the right weapon...which will piss you off to no end if you DON'T have the right weapon and the person is hard to find).

Interesting concept, setting it 15 years after.

Co-op...that sounds incredible.

Get the guide if you can... it's pennied out at Best Buy (meaning it costs 1 penny).

Best advice is to do the hitman missions ASAP (as mentioned above). They're not hard, although finding your victims can be tough.

The reason? Each set of hitman missions completed (there are 3) get you a special weapon that you can pick up for free (unlimited ammo!) at your safehouses. The weapons are more powerful than their standard counterparts, and you'll save a fortune in ammo.

The weapons:
- Gold .44 Pistol (1-hit kill on most enemies) (received after completing all 3 sets of hitman missions)
- Platinum Assault Shotgun
- Platinum SMG
- Platinum rocket launcher (!!)

The Chinatown missions also give you an excellent homie you can call, who has a great car for Pimp missions.

Check this video out, then just let all of the videos in the playlist play and watch them all:

http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/90574...lr_091008.html

:eek:

Wow.

^^ Looks fantastic! It's everything GTA IV wanted to be... let's just hope the controls are tight. I'm LOVING the Lessons w/ Uncle Gary videos.

I just hope that they're not going for so much extra stuff in this game that the gameplay and that sort of thing gets lost in the mix.

I played this a few days ago and it was fun as hell of course :)

The controls were great, but the graphics are a letdown after GTA IV.

Either way, it's still gonna be better than GTA IV!

You mean you played SR1, right? SR2 isn't due out until next month... and I gotta say the graphics look sweet -- much better than GTA IV IMO.

Yeah, in my opinion, the graphics on GTAIV weren't THAT great.

I played Saint's Row 1 a year ago, and I was impressed with the graphics then. I didn't think GTA 4's were much better, so if they improved on them in SR 2 at all, I'll be fine with it. This game has flown under my radar, and I really enjoyed SR 1. Might not get it right away with RB and GH to play, but definitely before Xmas.

I agree. But i can let the graphics slide since its such a big game that took a long time to make.

8.2 from IGN.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/918/918374p1.html

No, I meant I played SR2 last month and it was fun as hell :)

I'll be grabbing my full copy today and playing all weekend!!!

How the hell did you manage to do that?

I started replaying the first one a couple of days ago and will pick up the sequel next week as part of the Toys R Us deal. The only thing I disliked about the original was having to do those minigames to build up your respect meter in order to progress through the missions. Seemed like a tedious way to extend the playing time of the game. I hope part 2 does away with this.

Discostu has the hookup.

8.2? What did GTA IV get a 10? Ridiculous.

The original Saints Row is better than GTA IV.

:lol:

The original Saints Row was alot of fun, but it doesn't hold a candle to GTA IV.

Even with the 8.2 rating, I am still picking it up this Tuesday. That is as long as TRU has it.

True.

I'll be renting Saints Row 2 to see how it plays. If the gameplay is tight, we'll see about a purchase. Too many games I want are coming out soon, so I've got to pick and choose.

= J

Well I just played for 4 hours straight...fun as hell. The graphics are not as good as GTA IV obviously, but its 100x more fun. I spent most of my time just checking out all the cool new stuff, like streaking, shock paddles, and car surfing etc. I'm gonna try a few of the multiplayer modes tonight with a friend and see how that works out.

So far I would rate the games as follows:

Saints Row 1 - 9.0
Saints Row 2 - 9.5
GTA IV - 8

Don't forget TRU Buy 2 get 1 Free sale. You'll need to buy at least one game out by next week to actually keep. It's down to either Pure or this one for me.

checkpoints during missions....THIS GETS MY MONEY!

That UFO that you get from pre-ordering at Gamestop, is that a one time use code you get or is it something anyone can use?

Oh hellz yeah! I am trying to finish SR1 and I hate that I have to start missions from the beginning especially when I have passed what could have been a checkpoint durung the multipart missions.

yeah the checkpoints saved my ass numerous times already. I have died and failed at least 20 times already and I'm only 5 hours in. I beat GTA IV without dying once, and failing like 3 times...too easy and boring.

The UFO code should be generic, as it's a phone number.

Almost forgot to post some impressions of the game!

-Aside from the occasional glitch like a person being stuck inside of a car, or the helicopter freaking out, the game runs great.

-Crazy create-a-character mode. The game seriously has 15 sliders for just the nose!

-It looks better than SR1, but below GTA IV.

-Better soundtrack than GTA IV or SR1 (I pretend I'm Gob Bluth driving over pedestrians while blasting "The Final Countdown!!)

-Amazing amount of diversions and side missions to do. Taxi/Paramedic/Ho-ing/Base jumping...

-Chainsaw kills just like in Gears of War (But it does not cut the body in half)...it even changes the camera angle and the victim screams and shakes :)

-You can pick up and throw/hit someone with just about anything. I spent a good 20 minutes smacking people with garbage, chairs, news stands, and fire hydrants. I even blasted some guy off a roof with some turntables :)

-Finally, the online seems to be about the same as GTA IV. It has a lobby and party system, and you can customize everything like weather, cars, police, guns, area, time, kills etc. The co-op is perfect, as you and a friend do whatever you want, much like Crackdown. It's not garbage like the Mercenaries 2 co-op. My friend and I spent some time as paramedics, then car surfed, then finished it off with mass violence.

Anyone one the fence...BUY IT!!!!

You beat GTA IV without dying once? Come on now....

:up:

Better than the original? That's all you needed to say.

I heard that there are some kind of insurance fraud missions where you can actually throw someone (online friend) under a bus and stuff...I can't wait to play this game.

The insurance fraud missions from the first one were the best side missions in the game, IMO.

The rampage missions were fun, too.

there are actually 2 sets of all the side missions now, so 2 sets of insurance fraud i.e. more fun! :) Oh, and they are way harder now, which kinda sucks.

Sure did, I believe my stats screen would show 2 or 3 deaths, due to my friend going on a rampage under my saved game :( Other than that, never died...GTA IV was boring :(

That's pretty impressive, but the game wasn't boring at all. I had tons of fun just goofing off. The missions were a tad difficult at times. I still have to finish the game, I just completed the bank robbery mission.

As for SR2, I reserved the game tonight. Looking forward to picking it up Tuesday. Glad I have an easy week at work :up:

Without cheating? I seriously doubt it.

= J

Meh, I'm done trying to defend myself about something that means nothing. I beat the stupid game w/o dying, the end.

Back to Saints Row!

How is the juvenile humor in SR2? The over the top stupidness of the first one completely put me off. Those were also my least favorite parts of GTA IV, though it seemed to tone it down from past installments.

Speaking of which, does your character talk more? The first one was funny when he dropped the one liners out of nowhere :lol: