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Title: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: ParticleReality on June 26, 2008, 08:40:19 PM
IGN has an interview up with lead designer, James Tsai about the story in Saints Row 2. I wont post the entire thing, but I will post the basic summary of Saints Row 2.

Warning Spoilers:

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A lot has changed in Stilwater since the original Saints Row, and the Saints gang has seen the city slip from its grasp over the course of a few years. Johnny Gat, one of the top Saints lieutenants, has been in prison awaiting trial for murder. Troy Bradshaw, the undercover officer who had penetrated the innermost circle of the gang, has gotten out of detective work and is the presiding chief of police. Julius has tried to wash his hands of gang activity altogether, while the player character has been recovering in a coma, battling the after effects of being caught in a huge boat explosion. Suffice to say, the Saints' leadership has been fractured and scattered.

If you're interested, you can read the rest here:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/884/884621p1.html (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/884/884621p1.html)

Along with the interview IGN also has some new screens and a video up.

(http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/884/884654/saints-row-2-20080626114906271_640w.jpg)
(http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/884/884654/saints-row-2-20080626114903989_640w.jpg)
(http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/884/884654/saints-row-2-20080626114915130_640w.jpg)
(http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/884/884621/saints-row-2-20080626114714958-000.jpg)

Warning Spoiler:

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/882586/saints-row-2/videos/saintsrow2_trl_stsgang_062608.html (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/882586/saints-row-2/videos/saintsrow2_trl_stsgang_062608.html)

Personally, this looks alot better then Grand Theft Auto 4. Some of the stuff shown in the video looks absolutely insane. I'm also glad my guy can talk this time around, I can still make my own guy right?
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: AdmiralViscen on June 26, 2008, 08:42:44 PM
Yup, you can upload your old guy or just make a new one (game uses a car accident as an excuse for plastic surgery or some shit) iirc
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: AdmiralViscen on June 26, 2008, 08:52:53 PM
The latter, or you can just load your guy up.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: cool breeze on June 26, 2008, 09:05:20 PM
First mission is a prison break?! FUCK YEAH.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 26, 2008, 09:09:30 PM
(http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/884/884654/saints-row-2-20080626114903989_640w.jpg)

WTF @ that painting in the background.  :lol
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 26, 2008, 09:35:02 PM
Ugh. Hopefully it isn't as horrible as the first games story, although I would be lieing if I said I wasn't going to play this.

Also, not being able to play the game anymore after the last mission in the first game is quite possibly one of the worst design choices in the history of gaming.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: bork on June 26, 2008, 10:55:41 PM
Can't you go crazy with the character creation in SR2?  I thought you could make your own pimps, hookers, and other crazies to play as.

Also, that interview is false.  Here is the real version:

Quote
A lot has changed in Stilwater since the original Saints Row, and the Saints gang has seen the city slip from its grasp over the course of a few years. Johnny Gat, one of the top Saints lieutenants, has been in prison awaiting trial for aw, who gives a fuck?  You get to run around and do all kinds of crazy shit, this is going to be the ultimate gangsta-wannabe sandbox game, get it and go nuts!  Story?  Who cares about a fucking story?  Go watch TV in-game or some shit, get the fuck out of my face, ratbag.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Brehvolution on June 26, 2008, 10:59:12 PM
Prove me wrong SR2!!!

spoiler (click to show/hide)
lol SR2 has a story?
[close]
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Raban on June 26, 2008, 11:00:11 PM
Can't you go crazy with the character creation in SR2?  I thought you could make your own pimps, hookers, and other crazies to play as.

Also, that interview is false.  Here is the real version:

Quote
A lot has changed in Stilwater since the original Saints Row, and the Saints gang has seen the city slip from its grasp over the course of a few years. Johnny Gat, one of the top Saints lieutenants, has been in prison awaiting trial for aw, who gives a fuck?  You get to run around and do all kinds of crazy shit, this is going to be the ultimate gangsta-wannabe sandbox game, get it and go nuts!  Story?  Who cares about a fucking story?  Go watch TV in-game or some shit, get the fuck out of my face, ratbag.

I didn't know David Jaffe was involved with this game.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: CHOW CHOW on June 26, 2008, 11:06:11 PM
Should I play SR1 before I get this or just jump right into SR2?  I thought the demo was decent
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Raban on June 26, 2008, 11:09:57 PM
Should I play SR1 before I get this or just jump right into SR2?  I thought the demo was decent

Not necessary, especially since SR1 is a buggy mess bordering on unplayable. Add horrific voice-overs (that you can skip, thankfully) as well as a pretty bland soundtrack (not as bad as GTA4 tho) and SR1 becomes wholly skippable.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: GilloD on June 26, 2008, 11:26:27 PM
BITCH, THAT"S THE SPRING COLLECTION
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: GilloD on June 26, 2008, 11:27:26 PM
Should I play SR1 before I get this or just jump right into SR2?  I thought the demo was decent

Not necessary, especially since SR1 is a buggy mess bordering on unplayable. Add horrific voice-overs (that you can skip, thankfully) as well as a pretty bland soundtrack (not as bad as GTA4 tho) and SR1 becomes wholly skippable.


 :piss2 :piss2 :piss2
smh
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: demi on June 26, 2008, 11:29:38 PM
Should I play SR1 before I get this or just jump right into SR2?  I thought the demo was decent

Not necessary, especially since SR1 is a buggy mess bordering on unplayable. Add horrific voice-overs (that you can skip, thankfully) as well as a pretty bland soundtrack (not as bad as GTA4 tho) and SR1 becomes wholly skippable.

Ignore this post, Saints Row is better than GTA4, Chow Chow
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: cool breeze on June 26, 2008, 11:34:22 PM
Should I play SR1 before I get this or just jump right into SR2?  I thought the demo was decent

Don't bother.  Wait for SR2 since it is close anyway.

I mean, SR1 is great, but you might get over saturated with it all by the time SR2 comes out.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 26, 2008, 11:46:57 PM
SR1 is cheap and a lot of fun, especially rampages with the RPG.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: AdmiralViscen on June 27, 2008, 12:27:41 AM
Just get the first one, what is it $12? You might get burnt out but w/e

Glitches aren't game breaking at all and the frame rate and tearing isn't as bad as I remembered it
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Himu on June 27, 2008, 12:35:57 AM
These graphics look soooo much better than Saints Row 1's

I took over the King's turf today.

OMG MY CHARACTER SPOKE!!!!!!
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Himu on June 27, 2008, 12:37:04 AM
JOHNNY GAT :bow :bow :bow 8 INCH DICK :bow2 :bow2 :bow2
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Himu on June 27, 2008, 12:41:04 AM
i am going to make a hot black chick in SR2
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Raban on June 27, 2008, 01:19:32 AM
Just get the first one, what is it $12? You might get burnt out but w/e

Glitches aren't game breaking at all and the frame rate and tearing isn't as bad as I remembered it

Are you kidding me? Having more than two police squad cars on the screen makes the framerate drop under 10fps. The pop-in is fucking insane, and I can't drive for longer than 3 minutes straight without falling into the great abyss.

If you really want to try the first one, go for it, but SR2 isn't that far away. If you played the demo, you've had your fill of SR1, just wait until the sequel.

Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: demi on June 27, 2008, 01:21:19 AM
SR2 isnt out until October, anyone can enjoy SR1 from now to then - a 4 month wait
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: AdmiralViscen on June 27, 2008, 01:36:26 AM
Just get the first one, what is it $12? You might get burnt out but w/e

Glitches aren't game breaking at all and the frame rate and tearing isn't as bad as I remembered it

Are you kidding me? Having more than two police squad cars on the screen makes the framerate drop under 10fps. The pop-in is fucking insane, and I can't drive for longer than 3 minutes straight without falling into the great abyss.

If you really want to try the first one, go for it, but SR2 isn't that far away. If you played the demo, you've had your fill of SR1, just wait until the sequel.

Get out of here clown, I was doin the drug seller missions just a few days ago. Frame rate was acceptable, pop in is no worse than gta4, and id idn't fall into an abyss once.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Himu on June 27, 2008, 01:48:24 AM
today i saw pop in for the first time in sr1 and i've played maybe 10-12 hours
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: cool breeze on June 27, 2008, 01:54:27 AM
SR2 isnt out until October, anyone can enjoy SR1 from now to then - a 4 month wait

Oh yeah, I forgot it was delayed.  I thought August.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Raban on June 27, 2008, 02:51:27 AM
Just get the first one, what is it $12? You might get burnt out but w/e

Glitches aren't game breaking at all and the frame rate and tearing isn't as bad as I remembered it

Are you kidding me? Having more than two police squad cars on the screen makes the framerate drop under 10fps. The pop-in is fucking insane, and I can't drive for longer than 3 minutes straight without falling into the great abyss.

If you really want to try the first one, go for it, but SR2 isn't that far away. If you played the demo, you've had your fill of SR1, just wait until the sequel.

Get out of here clown, I was doin the drug seller missions just a few days ago. Frame rate was acceptable, pop in is no worse than gta4, and id idn't fall into an abyss once.

The fucking hilarious thing about you is that you're fighting yourself. I never mentioned that GTA4 is superior in any way compared to SR1. I'm simply saying SR1 is pretty mediocre, and GTA4 is easily worse than that.

SR2 is a paltry four months away, which is just enough time to burn yourself out on sandbox games if you bought SR1 and played it to death. The story isn't relevant in the second game and neither are the characters, really, so that leaves gameplay the only reason to buy SR1, which is, like I've stated, terribly fucked up and broken considering all the glitches.

Regardless of your so obviously biased anecdotal evidence of SR1's quality, I'll let this video speak for me:
[youtube=425,350]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9l_YN-yRCVY&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9l_YN-yRCVY&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/youtube]

Saint's Row is a great game, it's just filled with glitches that break the game, imo. You'll just have to evaluate yourself and your tolerance for performance.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Himu on June 27, 2008, 02:58:44 AM
what are these glitches people keep talking about like disappearing cars and drivers and shit? that has not happened to me once.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Raban on June 27, 2008, 02:59:51 AM
Watch the video, Himhomo
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Himu on June 27, 2008, 03:03:11 AM
I've already seen it. That guy fails for making such a shitty taco looking character anyways
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Raban on June 27, 2008, 03:06:36 AM
I've already seen it. That guy fails for making such a shitty taco looking character anyways

smh
kill yourself
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: demi on June 27, 2008, 03:16:42 AM
what are these glitches people keep talking about like disappearing cars and drivers and shit? that has not happened to me once.

Just a weak last resort troll, none of that ever happened to me either
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Raban on June 27, 2008, 03:22:53 AM
what are these glitches people keep talking about like disappearing cars and drivers and shit? that has not happened to me once.

Just a weak last resort troll, none of that ever happened to me either

I'M NOT TROLLING.

How the fuck stupid do you have to be to think I'm trolling? Apparently as stupid as Demi.

I like Saint's Row. Do I have to pull my dick out and rub it on the disc until I nut to gain approval from you dumb bastards? It was a fun game, but not without a laundry list of faults, albeit a shorter one than GTA4. Crackdown is superior to both, if anybody was wondering what margin I was comparing the two games to.

Christ this forum is filled with distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 27, 2008, 03:57:42 AM
.[youtube=425,350]gv5Vxgo0D54[/youtube]
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Beezy on June 27, 2008, 11:23:25 AM
...

His name is Raban, not Rman.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Beezy on June 27, 2008, 11:26:25 AM
smh
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: AdmiralViscen on June 27, 2008, 11:36:01 AM
Wow a video edited to show only glitches is filled with glitches!

That sitting in the car thing happened to me maybe 4 times in 35 hours of play. I don't think I ever fell into in abyss, maybe it happened once or twice and I forgot.

And you have at least 4-5 cars on you at all times in the higher level drug running missions and the frame rate was certainly not 10.

edit: whoa, meltdown. Maybe instead of blaming us for being imbeciles you should blame yourself for throwing out exaggerated gaf-style troll bait
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Pharmacy on June 27, 2008, 11:36:56 AM
ok this looks fucking sweet

its gonna be better than gta4 easily
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 27, 2008, 11:41:58 AM
what are these glitches people keep talking about like disappearing cars and drivers and shit? that has not happened to me once.

I've played it for about twenty hours or so and I don't remember anything like that happening to me either. I also got into a huge shootout with several cop cars [some of which exploded] and a helicopter and the frame drop wasn't really that bad.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Himu on June 27, 2008, 12:01:39 PM
there are frame rate drops?

it's not any worse than gta4
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Raban on June 27, 2008, 03:44:22 PM
Jesus Raban, you are just too good for this forum. Perhaps your time would be better spent at a forum of a higher caliber such as NeoGAF or PS3forums. Really, I have no idea why you grace us, the lowest of the low, with your presence.

I feel God put me here on earth for a reason, and it is to spend countless hours of my life explaining my superiority to the members of EvilBore.
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: demi on June 27, 2008, 04:34:18 PM
Jesus Raban, you are just too good for this forum. Perhaps your time would be better spent at a forum of a higher caliber such as NeoGAF or PS3forums. Really, I have no idea why you grace us, the lowest of the low, with your presence.

I feel God put me here on earth for a reason, and it is to spend countless hours of my life explaining my superiority to the members of EvilBore.

Go run on a treadmill, titties
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Ganhyun on June 27, 2008, 04:52:24 PM
Saints Row 2 !!!!

*Looks and sees the way the threads going with Raban and others.*

This gif describes it perfectly:

(http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/ganhyun/ohyeah.gif)
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Himu on June 27, 2008, 05:24:27 PM
you really like kool-aid, ganhyun!!
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: Himu on June 27, 2008, 05:24:53 PM
maybe more than me! :heartbeat
Title: Re: Volition talks about Saints Row 2's story
Post by: pilonv1 on June 27, 2008, 11:28:15 PM
fucking hell ninjas? THIS GAME WILL RULE