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(More customer reviews)Saints Row 2 is the sequel to an xbox 360 only open world crime game.It is impossible to not compare this game to Grand Theft Auto 4 but if you give both of them an impartial look, they play very differently.Perhaps the best way to describe Saints Row is the "anti-GTA 4".
GTA 4 was one of the most massive games ever created.The expansiveness of Liberty City can be a bit daunting.The whole game just oozes polish from every polygon.The amount of resources that Rockstar must have poured into the making of the game must have been staggering.If this is the case, why are so many people's copies gathering dust?I can only speak for myself, but the game was lacking one very important thing.The game was just not fun.Despite all the polish, the voice acting, the story, I just didn't enjoy it.
The reason why I say all of this is because Saints Row 2 is almost the complete opposite.It is one of the most fun games I have played in recent memory.Then when you bring a friend along in co-op it just gets insane.Playing with another person over PSN is a blast as you cover each other's back blasting gangmembers, cops, and the Ultor corporation.It's hard not to crack a smile when your partner is speeding down the wrong side of a highway weaving through traffic while your blowing away your motorcycle riding pursuers with a grenade launcher.Not to mention the heaploads of customization options you can make to your protagonist, your cars, your houses, and your gangs.You can invite someone over just to show them your super tricked out rides.
Not that the game is perfect.The graphics are good, but not necessarily great.The colors in certain areas can seem a little washed out.The shooting mechanics could use a cover system a la gta 4, but you can grab anyone nearby and use them as a human shield which works out pretty good as well.Also the game has a plethora of adult situations and very coarse language.I'm not very squeamish when it comes to exposing responsible kids to a some PG-13 or even light rated R kind of stuff, but the thought of playing this game around an impressionable child makes me uneasy and probably shouldn't be done.So if you have young ones, definitely have them occupy themselves in another room or wait until after bedtime to bust this baby out.
All in all, if you even a casual fan of open world crime games, you owe it to yourself to at least give Saints Row 2 a try.Heck, you can even hit me up and I'll play with ya!!!PSN ID RellPhoenix
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