This opening sentence is supposed to be about how Saints Row 2 and every other open world style game is a clone of GTA IV. I am not going to touch on that at all in this review for a couple of reasons. First, you have heard it all before, so what’s the point? Second, I have never actually finished GTA IV so I don’t have the ability to compare and contrast the two games. Saints Row 2 is new to me and for that reason I get to take it for what it is, I consider this an advantage.
Saints Row 2’s storyline picks up where the first one left off. Your character has been blown up and in a coma for the last couple of years. The game begins with your character getting busted out of the hospital while teaching the basic controls and back-story. When your character gets out, he realizes his gang has been shattered and it will have to be rebuilt to take back the city of Stilwater.
Saints Row 2 is always being called a GTA clone, but I guarantee you that GTA did not have a streaking mini-game. Even GTA would not go that low, but looks like Saints Row will.
Watch as you gain respect for walking near people while as naked as the day you born. I take issue with the main character pulling guns out of thin air, curious where she hides her pistols? This is one mini-game that I think really was not necessary in anyway for any game.
Saints Row 2 continues to look up as compared to its first iteration, not only via the expanded gameplay but also now some decent voice acting. They have taken a few characters from the first game and reintroduced them, but also added quite a few more. Of most note is the fact that NPH (Neil Patrick Harris a.k.a. Doogie Howser) is in this one as a drug dealing maniac, dude NPH wouldn’t do that.
Saints Row 2 is getting a cool co-op mode. THQ made a virtual McCain and Obama for the video, too. I’m really liking the marketing campaign for this game. Anyway, you’ll get full drop-in/drop-out support and you can play the full campaign with a buddy. Good stuff.
Screw Point Break, Uncle Gary needs an Oscar or 2 for his role in the Siants Row 2 commercials. No one plays crazy like Gary can or perhaps he isn’t playing? Who cares, in any event it is hilarious to watch and listen to his crazy laugh at the end. Nice timing in the video when he talks about love and it shows someone getting tea-bagged. Classic!
No one believes for a minute that porn starlet Tera Patrick is going to bring anything of consequence to Saints Row 2. Their idea of using her “talents” to promote the game is smart. I am all for unnecessary nudity, but it seems like THQ is trying too hard here. They have a lot to do to make people choose over GTA IV. Its going to take a little more than a PG-13 trailer.
Tera Patrick, better known as an adult film “actress” has joined up with the Saints Row 2 Dev Team. No one knows the exact reason, but we can safely bet that its to add to the game’s marketability. I heard somewhere that gamers like porn, not sure how true that is, but I’ll get some answers. She will be at Comic Con in San Diego to look hot and cocktease all the fanboys staring at her and making memory deposits in their spank banks. The GTA IV craze has somewhat diminished, but I can’t see Saints Row 2 even coming close to matching up with Rockstar’s instant masterpiece.
GTA is the big kid in the sandox and Saints Row is throwing some dirt in their eyes. GTA IV’s unparalled success has made Saints Row 2 seem like an afterthought, so much so that the game was “delayed” for tech reasons. Is this a friendly shot over the bow or a little brother spitting in his older brothers Count Chocula? Frankenberry FTW.
It looks as if you are going to have even more time to enjoy GTA IV. Saints Row 2 has been pushed back from Aug 26 to Oct 14. The reason cited is marketing issues and product quality. I’ll tell you the reason: GTA IV is maybe the best game off all time and Saints Row 2 pales in comparison. I played Saints Row and did not like it all that much. It had its good points, but was and is a GTA clone. If THQ wants to sell this game, they have to make very sure that it does not suck uber balls. If this game is not close to at least a 8.5-9, the franchise is dead.
More street lessons with Uncle Gary for you to shake your head at, what can you say other than he is one funny lunatic, “the police are like the paparazzi you can’t have any fun without them showing up”. This is a pretty random clip, but yet very entertaining, I do have one question why is there a mime getting kicked in the junk?
You have to feel bad for Saints Row 2 living in the shadows of GTA, especially now that GTA IV has launched this game almost seems like a so what moment, aside from these funny commercials.
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