Author Topic: IGN Saints Row 2 Review (Read 74227 times)

demi · « **Reply #480 on:** December 23, 2008, 11:35:09 AM »

Yes it works in Saints 1 - just jack a FBI van or Cop Car

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #481 on:** December 23, 2008, 02:15:24 PM »

This game fucking rules. Holy shit. I played until 6am last night and I only think I did like 3 missions. Throw button alone is more fun than GTA4.

demi · « **Reply #482 on:** December 23, 2008, 02:15:54 PM »

lol. i did every sidemission and i havent even finished one gang.

littlemathletics · « **Reply #483 on:** December 23, 2008, 05:01:47 PM »

Finished the main story last night. Can't think of too many missions that I downright fucking hated, which is pretty rare for a sandbox game.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #484 on:** December 24, 2008, 12:59:23 AM »

Picked this up a few days back and got it in the console today. It's fucking awesome.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #485 on:** December 26, 2008, 01:04:22 PM »

Just bought the game. It better not suck, evilbore.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #486 on:** December 26, 2008, 03:53:13 PM »

this game is still fuckin' great. just popped it in the morning to cap some nukkaz.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #487 on:** January 02, 2009, 01:50:47 PM »

If I wipe out all the gangs will it be impossible for me to complete the drive-by diversion? Should I do it before I finish off the brotherhood? I got to the last level and the last drive-by, and blew up. :'(

Jansen · « **Reply #488 on:** January 03, 2009, 03:28:43 AM »

what in the hell is with the pixelation? it's really noticeable during cutscenes and rather distracting

chronovore · « **Reply #489 on:** January 04, 2009, 12:14:59 AM »

Quote from: demi on December 23, 2008, 02:15:54 PM

lol. i did every sidemission and i havent even finished one gang.

That's pretty much the way I've played the GTA 3-era games. I do all the side stuff first, and only do a story mission when I get too frustrated trying to clear the last level of an R3 Mission/Diversion/mini-game.

Who is still playing this, and needs a co-op partner? I'm in GMT+9 timezone.

chronovore · « **Reply #490 on:** January 11, 2009, 09:22:20 AM »

OK, srsly, I'm enjoying this game immensely, but don't think I can play through ALL the story missions a second time just to get the "Partners in Crime" Achievement (all missions in co-op, 100G). If I can get a co-op partner for the first mission, the jailbreak, I can probably mop up the rest over time. That first mission, though, apparently requires that you have a co-op partner from the get-go, where others allow for replay.

Or does anybody know if they patched it so it finally works on regular re-play through the University crib?

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #491 on:** January 12, 2009, 09:28:55 PM »

So yesterday I went out and picked up Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Movie Box. I haven't really gone too far into it but I've fucked around with the capture part of suite and recorded a few games just to get a feel for the program. I definitely want to start making some Saints Row videos once I figure out how to bump up the quality and output to HD. Anyway, thought you guys might want to check out my dude in low res.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #492 on:** January 12, 2009, 09:39:04 PM »

Incredible

The Sceneman · « **Reply #493 on:** January 13, 2009, 12:54:28 AM »

awesome, Hitler really did a good job on the character

chronovore · « **Reply #494 on:** January 13, 2009, 05:51:29 AM »

This game is SO MUCH FUN. Pretty much all the stuff they did right in SR1 is kept:
Restart missions from checkpoints, including "the car you rode in on"? Check.
Easy means of modifying and keeping cars? Check. - In SR1, did visiting Rim Jobs automatically add the car to your garage? I think it was a separate step, but in SR2 it just saves it to your garage automatically.
Fixed racing so it's more balanced.
Added dual-wielding.
Didn't add "bullet time."
Win, all around.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #495 on:** January 13, 2009, 07:34:08 AM »

AWWWWWWWW YEAH

I went to rotosushi tonight and ate a huge amount of salmon and tuna

then I was like "I'ma stop by the used game store and see if they have anything good"

THEN I SEE SAINTS ROW 2 FOR 2980 YEN

INSTALLIN NOW MOTHAFUCKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZ

chronovore · « **Reply #496 on:** January 14, 2009, 12:46:54 AM »

Thanks for the co-op, Sho Nuff. That was hella fun, even if neither of us can drive to save our lives. You did look pretty good doing the unintentional "bike stoppie jump" off the top of that onramp though.

chronovore · « **Reply #497 on:** January 14, 2009, 01:19:56 AM »

Oh, a few other things:
Thanks to playing through the opening sequence with you, I remembered the human shield/ammunition sponge LB trick. And also being able to throw people into flaming trashcans.

If a player with active-cheats joins your game, it will apply the cheats to your current game and disable saving. Unfortunately it only warns you that their cheats are active AFTER you give the player permission to join your game. I've adopted more frequent saves after losing a couple hours of mission, Diversion, and Chop Shop progress.

Get the BASE Jumping Diversion bulls-eye as soon as you can, and you won't have to deal with falling damage. Falling damage is pretty heinous in SR2.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #498 on:** January 14, 2009, 01:35:38 AM »

BASE jumping!? And no falling damage perk!?!? This is truly the best game ever

FatalT · « **Reply #499 on:** January 14, 2009, 01:48:11 AM »

This is $40 at Best Buy this week and I'm thinking about picking it up. How many of you guys would play with me?

Andowsky · « **Reply #500 on:** January 14, 2009, 01:51:46 AM »

This game was awesome. I didn't even touch the multiplayer aside from co-op. Beats the shit out of GTA4.

Is the actual multiplayer any good? GTA4 made me want to avoid all multiplayer in games like this.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #501 on:** January 15, 2009, 03:08:47 AM »

I wasn't going to post this since it was just me fucking around with the video editor but it is Saints Row so, you know. Here it is. A test.

cool breeze · « **Reply #502 on:** January 15, 2009, 03:12:45 AM »

Quote from: Andowsky on January 14, 2009, 01:51:46 AM

This game was awesome. I didn't even touch the multiplayer aside from co-op. Beats the shit out of GTA4.

Is the actual multiplayer any good? GTA4 made me want to avoid all multiplayer in games like this.

I only played a few matches, but yeah, it was actually pretty fun. More fun than GTA4 or Saints Row 1 online, imo. They basically put you in a small segment of the city (traffic and all) and cycle through various objectives (the one where you hurt yourself, deathmatch, assassinations, vandalizing, etc) and tally up the score at the end.

chronovore · « **Reply #503 on:** January 15, 2009, 08:28:48 PM »

Quote from: swaggaz on January 15, 2009, 03:12:45 AM

I only played a few matches, but yeah, it was actually pretty fun. More fun than GTA4 or Saints Row 1 online, imo. They basically put you in a small segment of the city (traffic and all) and cycle through various objectives (the one where you hurt yourself, deathmatch, assassinations, vandalizing, etc) and tally up the score at the end.

Oh yeah, the "emo minigame."

muckhole · « **Reply #504 on:** January 15, 2009, 09:12:24 PM »

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We need a video capture with some of this shit. Still pics don't do it justice.

How the hell did I miss this. Holy shit.

That fourth pic had me in hysterics.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #505 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:25:19 PM »

I played - and enjoyed- the game up until the Brotherhood boat mission where it was running sub 5 FPS and was full of bullshit so I traded it away. Too bad.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #506 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:13:35 AM »

fair enough, we all respect your decision

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #507 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:16:09 AM »

Ctrl > F "you are a idiot"

Did someone actually not flame my SR 2 opinion for once?!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #508 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:17:20 AM »

nah, but that mission was ass, and the game does have some framerate issuess

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #509 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:05:44 AM »

THat mission fucking sucks. I kept getting glitches where some of the opponents would be stuck under the ship, so I couldn't kill them to complete the mission.

chronovore · « **Reply #510 on:** January 29, 2009, 08:10:32 AM »

Quote from: MyNameIsMud on January 29, 2009, 01:16:09 AM

Ctrl > F "you are a idiot"

Did someone actually not flame my SR 2 opinion for once?!

That's the correct assessment, but it's "you are an idiot" for which you'd want to search.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #511 on:** January 29, 2009, 11:03:19 AM »

Ordered this last night for the PC after Volition put out a patch supposedly drastically increasing performance on the PC version of the game. I'll post screens/impressions when it gets here of my character, who I plan to kit out as a wee bit less revolting than Hitler's character above.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #512 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:28:21 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on January 29, 2009, 08:10:32 AM

Quote from: MyNameIsMud on January 29, 2009, 01:16:09 AM
Ctrl > F "you are a idiot"

Did someone actually not flame my SR 2 opinion for once?!

That's the correct assessment, but it's "you are an idiot" for which you'd want to search.

No one on EB can spell anyways.

Plus it's not my fault Volition can't program a mission that runs more than 5 FPS.

chronovore · « **Reply #513 on:** January 30, 2009, 08:55:30 AM »

I have to agree that things pretty much turn to crap whenever I'm on water.

chronovore · « **Reply #514 on:** February 02, 2009, 05:06:20 AM »

Just FYI, Sho Nuff, I tried that Brotherhood mission with Donnie blowing up trucks again this morning before coming to work. Considering it took us 20 minutes or so to get to the late-stage failures we had last night, I thought certain I would not be able to finish it in the 15 minutes I had left. As it turns out, I finished it in 5 minutes. FIVE. Pretty sure there is some weird co-op "make it harder" math going on in that mission.

There is one other possibility: It said "stay close to Donnie" - I wonder if it didn't have some formula going on computing his work rate based on distance, and maybe it used the sum of our distance rather than the greater or lesser one. That would be dumb, but it would explain the glacial speed at which the mission proceeded.

That, or Donnie was using Elmers' glue, and he had to wait for it to tack up.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #515 on:** February 03, 2009, 05:33:29 PM »

Anyone wanna do some coop?

Don't care if you want to do missions or just fucking about..

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #516 on:** February 03, 2009, 05:43:40 PM »

This came out on P.C and apparently it's as much of a shitty port as GTAIV was, even worse maybe.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #517 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:01:28 PM »

Quote from: WrikaWrek on February 03, 2009, 05:43:40 PM

This came out on P.C and apparently it's as much of a shitty port as GTAIV was, even worse maybe.

Yeah I heard it was shit, I haven't heard any post patch impressions tho.

chronovore · « **Reply #518 on:** February 26, 2009, 09:12:27 PM »

I've been going through the activities and diversions, but finally decided to play more story missions. After completing "Red Asphalt" and "Bank Error in Your Favor," I'm enjoying the writing more than GTA IV's. Well, except anything in GTA IV with Brucie in it.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Carlos getting kacked on the heels of the main character telling him "I'll make a banger out of you, even if it kills me" was really unexpected. And then getting revenge against Maero... pretty damned cool. It's unclear why Maero's GF doesn't recognize Shaundi though. Didn't she mention Shaundi in one of the earlier cutscenes?

[close]

I think I'ma strip my character's clothes off, then replay the Bank Error end cutscene one more time... see where he pulls the car keys out of.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #519 on:** March 02, 2009, 07:29:37 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on February 26, 2009, 09:12:27 PM

I've been going through the activities and diversions, but finally decided to play more story missions. After completing "Red Asphalt" and "Bank Error in Your Favor," I'm enjoying the writing more than GTA IV's. Well, except anything in GTA IV with Brucie in it.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Carlos getting kacked on the heels of the main character telling him "I'll make a banger out of you, even if it kills me" was really unexpected. And then getting revenge against Maero... pretty damned cool. It's unclear why Maero's GF doesn't recognize Shaundi though. Didn't she mention Shaundi in one of the earlier cutscenes?
[close]

I finally got around to beating the campaign this weekend, and I have to agree with you. The brotherhood storyline was great. I also loved the extra mission at the end and how they tied everything together with the previous game.

chronovore · « **Reply #520 on:** March 04, 2009, 06:28:01 AM »

I did that Vengeance mission just recently, but had to restore to a previous point afterward. The machinegun you get in the drive to the amphitheater overwrites whatever you previously had, and it removed my unlocked "infinite machinegun ammo" ability. S'Okay, I got the Achievement, and can play it again whenever I want.

I'm enjoying the Brotherhood missions; Michael Dorn has a great voice for Maero. Not as thrilled with the fake-y Japanese Ronin stuff. Man. I know they're color-coordinated gangs and all but, man, seriously? Is that the best their writers could do? And why not trot out a conglomerate Triad instead, as long as cliches are the main goal?

MMaRsu · « **Reply #521 on:** March 04, 2009, 08:05:13 AM »

Just go to your crib, Ammo point and select that machine gun and it will give you infinite ammo.

chronovore · « **Reply #522 on:** March 05, 2009, 03:09:19 AM »

Really? Cool. I'll try that first, the next time the infinity symbol chooses to go AWOL.

That mission was pretty damned neat.

In other news, I played some GTA4 the other night. Everything feels crazy sluggish in comparison to SR2.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #523 on:** March 05, 2009, 03:20:48 AM »

Im really hoping for a Saints Row 3. Had so much fun with 1 & 2

I'd like to 1000 Saints 2 but the online achievements are fucking ridiculous

MMaRsu · « **Reply #524 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:43:18 AM »

Quote from: Scenester on March 05, 2009, 03:20:48 AM

Im really hoping for a Saints Row 3. Had so much fun with 1 & 2

I'd like to 1000 Saints 2 but the online achievements are fucking ridiculous

I'd bet that you will see a SR3. They will probably build a new engine for it though, since the current one is pretty shit.
I think SR2 was one of the most profitable games for THQ.

chronovore · « **Reply #525 on:** March 06, 2009, 04:31:12 AM »

And it was launched against the godstorm of all retail as well. Everything which was good didn't sell as well as it should have, and anything merely decent died on the vine. Gamesindustry.biz says the layoffs at Volition were from their QA department, and that the dev team is intact:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/volition-loses-qa-staff-in-thq-cull

Hopefully whatever QA staff check out SR3 before launch will manage to catch whatever that fooking nasty Co-Op non-completion bug is.

demi · « **Reply #526 on:** March 27, 2009, 04:31:47 AM »

New patch that addresses the "fooking nasty co-op non completion bug"

General:

•Correcting the co-op mission completion and Achievement issues.
•Implemented protection against disc read errors. May reduce or eliminate crashes experienced by some users.
•Players will no longer be able to change the “Friendly Fire” setting during the Cat & Mouse diversion.
•Players will no longer be able to access the weapon radial menu during the Demolition Derby activity, including all Special Derbies.
•Correcting an issue with scripted attack helicopters not firing missiles during missions.
•Added in code support for upcoming DLC. (Players will not notice anything different for this)
Multiplayer:

•Pipe Bombs will be removed from the default MP weapon loadout when a game begins.
•The default time / score limit for Team Gangsta Brawl will change from “5 min / 25 kills” to “10 min / 50 kills”.
•A 5 second period of invincibility will be applied to respawning players. Once an invulnerable player performs an attack, the effect will be removed. Invulnerability will be displayed by a special health bar indicator.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #527 on:** March 27, 2009, 04:57:00 AM »

upcoming DLC

chronovore · « **Reply #528 on:** March 27, 2009, 07:15:58 AM »

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New patch that addresses the "fooking nasty co-op non completion bug"

I just got wood.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #529 on:** March 27, 2009, 01:11:27 PM »

jesus this game out what, four months ago? what could have taken so long?

also: DLC

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #530 on:** March 27, 2009, 02:12:42 PM »

Oh man, DLC

The Sceneman · « **Reply #531 on:** March 28, 2009, 07:37:10 AM »

not more fucking DLC :'( *pre-emptively forks out 800 points*

I'd better hassle Polari into picking this game up, now the co-op bug is fixed. I still think the multiplayer versus achievements are the pinnacle of grinding hard to get tacked on ass but whatever

Cheebs · « **Reply #532 on:** March 28, 2009, 09:54:40 AM »

Wait, what's the DLC going to be? Whatever it is I can't wait. SR 2 is the best open-world game since San Andreas.

chronovore · « **Reply #533 on:** April 09, 2009, 10:40:56 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on March 28, 2009, 09:54:40 AM

Wait, what's the DLC going to be? Whatever it is I can't wait. SR 2 is the best open-world game since San Andreas.

It's better than San Andreas - there are no weird open prairies with zero gameplay in Stilwater, no need to keep managing your weight to keep whatever character appearance you desire, and no girlfriends who are after some unexplained and potentially mutually incompatible set of attributes before they're willing to go out with you.

...

In that sense San Andreas is the more realistic game, but I have more fun in Stilwater, radio stations excepted.

Hollywood · « **Reply #534 on:** April 10, 2009, 10:55:37 PM »

I'm going through this game right now. Cool stuff, reminds me a lot of San Andreas without the stupid task keeping. People reattack your hoods but I think they only do it once, unlike San Andreas where you're constantly having to go back to protect the area.

chronovore · « **Reply #535 on:** April 11, 2009, 04:05:36 AM »

I think the pattern is that one of your 'hoods will get attacked after any story mission where you gain a new one. I spend a lot of time just tooling around and doing the side-missions, and my 'hoods are never attacked during that, only after a story mission. Usually within a couple minutes, it feels like.

Hollywood · « **Reply #536 on:** April 11, 2009, 05:47:37 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on April 11, 2009, 04:05:36 AM

I think the pattern is that one of your 'hoods will get attacked after any story mission where you gain a new one. I spend a lot of time just tooling around and doing the side-missions, and my 'hoods are never attacked during that, only after a story mission. Usually within a couple minutes, it feels like.

I've been doing side misions like non stop lately, and there have been like 3-4 hood attacks, so I think they may be timed. I knocked out all the driving and chop shop side missions yesterday, and a couple of other things. Is there any rule for how cars disappear from your grage when using them? I unlocked the Basier race car and now its gone. I have no idea if I exploded it, died after using it or whatever, but its not in there. I know I traded in the socialite and Taxi for chop shop lists so they're not in there now. I made a tricked out Superiore I bought and I'm afraid to drive it around because I don't want to lose it.

chronovore · « **Reply #537 on:** April 11, 2009, 11:21:11 PM »

I've not confirmed this in SR2, but in SR1 the cars stay in your garage unless you sell them. If you wreck them, you pay $500 and bring them back, that's all. They are there until you delete them or sell them. If you have no space in the garage, you can't check in a new car.

Not sure what happens if you have a "full" garage and then unlock (rather than save) a new car.

Hollywood · « **Reply #538 on:** April 14, 2009, 08:54:04 PM »

Just spent about an hour and a half beating hitman missions, only has one more person to beat. And then it freezes. Great shit quality control. Now you wonder why your piss ant compant THQ is almos bankrupt. Fucking moron programmers.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #539 on:** April 14, 2009, 09:52:54 PM »

Quote from: Hollywood on April 14, 2009, 08:54:04 PM

Just spent about an hour and a half beating hitman missions, only has one more person to beat. And then it freezes. Great shit quality control. Now you wonder why your piss ant compant THQ is almos bankrupt. Fucking moron programmers.

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Author Topic: IGN Saints Row 2 Review (Read 74227 times)