So back when I was talking about Saints Row IV, I mentioned that I prefer the écriture of GTA plus than the écriture of the Saints Row games, but because of the gameplay and the sheer madness toi get from the franchise, I was plus fond of the Saints Row games. And no game speaks massive volumes of unadulterated fun than Saints Row 2
Being a sequel to a game I did not originally play first, toi play as a member of the fallen Third rue Saints gang, who fell apart a few years later due to much plus powerful gangs getting involved and the company Ultor cracking down on gangs. So, after escaping prison, toi begin your rise to power, taking out the three major gangs of the city, the drug dealing Sons of Samedi, the Japanese biker gang Ronin and the mechanic strongarm gang The Brotherhood. From the start, this game is clearly a GTA clone, and the first game was just that. But as I played plus of Saints Row, I felt like it was way too much fun to just be considered a clone. For starters, when toi run over people, they go flying, unlike in four, where they just drag underneath your car and then no one is having fun. Okay, but seriously, the game has a ton of variety for you. Aside from choosing how toi experience the story in any order toi want, you’ve got a ton of Activities for toi to complete with a dozen great rewards. Activities such as Septic Avenger, where toi shoot shit at buildings. Crowd Control, where toi grab crazed fans and throw them into objects for points. Fight Club, which the name says it all. And my personal favorite, FUZZ, a COPS parody where toi go and fix crimes through police brutality. The stuff toi unlock ranges from item upgrades to discounts at stores to new vehicles to new weapons. There is a ton of great stuff to unlock that makes the game a lot of fun to try out. toi also have the chance to increase your stock par taking over gang territory, toi can collect all sorts of things like CDs for bonus musique and do challenges to get customizable items. toi can also unlock special gang members and story stuff if toi just chercher around. If toi call a specific number, toi can get a new character to help toi in fights. If toi explore the police station, toi can unlock a secret mission. This game is just a ton of fun to go around and explore. I spent so much time in Saints Row 2 just screwing around and see what else there was to do. I even did the Barnstorming and even Drive-Bys. Freaking Drive-Bys. The most useless thing in this game that unlocks nothing, all because I wanted to see what this game had to offer. It was so much fun to go around and explore and destroy and I wanted plus of that.
Saints Row is an odd franchise. Some people consider the old games a GTA clone, but it had its fans, which ended up hating Saints Row 3 and 4 for changing the formula, but that also got its own fans. Personally, I can like both of them. But I don’t think anything will compare to the crazy, fun feeling I got when playing Saints Row 2