Saints Row 2

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!