Saints Row 2 (Platinum) reviews

Kicking ninjas in the balls. Let that statement roll around in your mind for a bit. Sounds pretty cool right- Now what if I was to tell you that isn't even close to the most awesome thing you can do in this game-

Rolling down a hill shooting at cops with the final countdown playing- Check. Re-enacting your favorite Fight Club scenes in an underground… Well, fight club- Check. SPRAYING CIVILIANS AND VEHICLES WITH FECAL MATTER AS YOU DRIVE PAST-! Oh you best believe that is check!

This is without a doubt one of the most insane and hilarious games I have ever played! Combine the absolute balls-to-the-wall insanity with an actually coherent story and you have something quite special.

I will say the lack of trophies was kind of a let down, but that would just be spoiling us further. If you want a genuinely fun sandbox game, be sure to pick up Saints Row 2!

This is a game thats along the lines of GTA but you can do alot more in terms of side missions. I loving that you can just run free doing the missions in any order you like and you can mug people to.
Very great game and plenty of different things to keep you interested.

This is a very entertaining game that picks up where GTA left off but with better graphics. Good sandbox game that kept my teeager (and myself) entertained many an afternoon. Got this platinum game for $25 on special. Its his favourite game now. Good customisation options too if you like to get your character just right. Heaps of cars to customise, heaps of weapons to blow stuff up with. Annoying gangstes to satisfyingly blam. Take over the streets and be the big dog. Recommended!!!

This game is as good. With any enjoyable story,a range of weapons and plenty of cottateral damage along the way. If going down the story path doesnt interest you then you can put together a pretty impressive killing spree. Easy to sit down and kill hours of time on this game. Well worth the price!

This game is worth every penny that I paid for.

This is my favourite ps3 game so far. It's awesome, so much to do, this is the game that grand theft auto 4 should of been. It's much like san andreas gta. Awesome game definitely reccomend to anybody!!

Man I believe I loves this games to the end, no way I cant get off this games I love it......

I am really enjoying this game. I love games where you can customize your characters, and with Saints Row 2 there is SO much customization! A truly fun and hilarious game, where there are endless activities, missions and stores to visit.

If you are a GTA fan, I believe it is a must-own game!

Perfect game to play if you love the GTA series and need a fix until the next GTA arrives. Great story play and side missions

This is a great game if you like doing things at your own speed. With the ability to go and do side missions or just cause damage.
Along the same lines as GTA.

A GTA like game that bests it in terms of sheer fun and carnage. Saints row is for those who love to run amock in a makeshift town. No rules this game is great!

The only way to really describe this game is insane. But in a good way. Insanely entertaining would be putting it lightly. I bought this game thinking that it would be a GTA clone, and in many ways it is. However when compared to GTA 4, Saints Row 2 gives gamers more of what they want in a sandbox shooter, and that is huge amounts of raw, over the top violence. Where GTA 4 goes for realism, Saints Row 2 goes for the unbelievable. I enjoyed this game so much that I was disappointed that the original was Xbox exclusive, because I wanted to play that too.

I love this game and can't say that enough. I have recommended it to all of my friends and even some random people on the street.

It may not be as pretty as GTA IV and not have the Euphoria physics, but who cares when everything else is so well done!

I can't really decide what I like best, from the insane customizability of your character (you HAVE to pick the Michael Caine voice), the fun OPTIONAL mini games that actually give great rewards (with not a hint of “Niko! My Cousin!” to artifically lengthen the game), the over the top movie mayhem you can create (and the fact that the game doesn't suck the fun out of it or repremand you for doing so), or the fun main storyline.

I could keep going and this would end up the length of a thesis so I will stop now and just say that if you just want some pure fun, you would do yourself a great injustice if you didn't buy this game.

This game is really good, its definately the closest thing to GTA but falls short in areas. The fighting is one area, it just isnt the same as what people are used to in GTA. The missions are a lot more basic and easy to pass. Definately great to play as a back up game while you wait for The next instalment of gta

When people see Saints Row 2 they'll instantly think of Grand Theft Auto IV. It's inevitable. It moves similarly, the scenes have the same saturated lighting and there are several parallels that can be drawn between the gameplay of the two. Heck, the text is even color coded in a similar way for mission objectives. But, be warned, Saints Row 2 is most certainly not GTA.

Thankfully this is one imitator that turns out to be much more than a straight carbon copy. In fact, Saints Row 2 takes GTA's gameplay, turns it on its side and sends it rolling down a mountain filled with land mines, roving monster trucks and ninjas. Lots and lots of ninjas.

What does that translate to in terms of quality? A crazy good time. Saints Row 2 may not be as pretty or have the production values of Rockstar's rock star, but it does offer hours of zany entertainment that will please fans of open world gangster gaming.

Saints Row 2 has got to be undoubtedly one of the funnest games released in 2008. It has it all, funny characters, outrageous physics, fun weapons, awesome… AWESOME activities to do which are creative and depending on what genre of gaming you prefer they'll be a activity in Saints Row for you.

The story is quite nicely put together, it has some great moments and the missions that you have to do are also varied and creative. The weapons are fun to shoot, the pedestrians fun to kill xD and cops not too hard but challenging if on a higher difficulty level.

There are three different gangs and each own their own territories. They wander the streets and if you ‘accidentally’ shoot one, then more will come after you and your gang metre thing will fill up like on GTA with the police notoriety, which is also featured in this game. As you go through the story, you'll conquer more and more territories which gives you money and access to stores which you can buy for your own and gain addition money.

You have cribs (houses etc) which act as kind of safe zones where you can just mill around, replay old missions, change clothes, weapons, gang style (ninja anyone?), gang cars (the cars your gangsters drive round in), gang symbol (like how they insult people) and gang tag. You can also get a few homies to follow you (up to three by the end of the game) which is always fun to do.

The multiplayer isn't that great, just because it took far too long to get into a match. Co-op is great fun but the only downfall is it's online only. Cheats are fun too, so don't worry bout having a ‘cheat free’ game cause it's just worth using cheats! =P

Overall a brilliant overthetop game which harkens back to the good old GTA San Andreas days before they decided to go realistic. If you prefer to just have pure awesomelicious fun then get this game. It has so much content, such overthetop action and a great cast of characters that ACTUALLY have damn decent voice acting!