Video Games : Saints Row 2 (Xbox 360)

Rating: - Great game!
I paid full price for this on pre-order as I was a huge fan of the first game, so a little annoyed at how low it is now :-( Been playing for some time now, and wow! It has all the great points of the first game, and seems to have ironed out a lot of the bad points like having to replay a whole mission with no checkpoints. Other improvements are autosave and much improved graphics and character customization. If you have never played the first, it's basically GTA with attitude! You return as your 'hero' from the first game, busting out of jail to find a world that has changed massively whilst you have been away. One small problem, it has frozen on me a couple of times, but not sure if that's my 360 or the game. 5 stars at this price!

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Rating: - Will appeal to sadistic hedonistic gamers
Even more sadistic than GTA. Same freedom to roam and side missions. Ability to recruit gang members to assist you. Steal cars, mug people, take hostages, rob shops, go on a killing spree etc. Highly customisable character, gang and 'cribs'. Lots of variety in weapons, vehicles.

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Rating: - Outstanding game
If you, like me, felt let down by the over hyped, drastically under-delivering GTA IV then I seriously recommend this to you as a similar themed but much more fun game to get your teeth into.

Right from the start I knew that I was in for a good ride, the first mission is fun and cool, without being too hard or tricky. You also get a good feel for the game during the first mission, unlike GTA IV where your just driving a car around in the dark (what fun!)

From here on in you shouldn't be getting bored or stuck for things to do. Theres alot to buy with the money you earn and a whole world of side missions and escapades to be getting stuck into. One of the coolest things about this game is the ability to buy and customize cribs; can even choose what type of bed and TV you will have in your pad!

Cut scenes are entertaining to say the least. These are actually worth watching due to the fast paced action/gunfight scenes that frequent them. They're not just some boring string of conversations between 2 Russian mobsters *no names mentioned*.

Gangs are interesting and unique looking, and fun to mow down or blow up! The graphics are neat and a big step up from the first outing, as is the car dynamics and character movement. Flashy, eye catching HUDs and on screen commands. I could go on about how sweet this game is.

If you even semi liked Saints Row...then it would be a sin not to play this.A+

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Rating: - Saints Row 2 360
Saints Row 2 is so much better than gta 4 the goal of the game is to take back what is yours get rid of all the gangs in the city it's a great game better than most gta games overall i give this a 10!

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Rating: - A dumbed down GTA copy for chavs.
Probably one of the worst 360 games I have ever played. It feels like a beta version of an unfinished game. It's just a really chavvy version of GTA with all it's stupid ghetto lingo and stupid glitches.
The driving physics feel like something out of PS1's ridge racer. The graphics are so unpolished and unfinished with very little texture on the cars.
I played this game for just under an hour, then immediately wrote an advert on ebay for this game - I feel sorry for the poor sucker that brought it.
If you want a game like GTA, do yourself a favour and just buy GTA.