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Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $36.89
You Save: $23.10 (39%)
New (42) Used (9) from $35.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 280
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: XXX
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 99029
Model: 752919990292
UPC: 752919990292
EAN: 0752919990292
ASIN: B0016PZYLS
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW - FACTORY SEALED - ORIGINAL PRODUCT
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| Customer Reviews:
 believer!!! November 10, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
well i had been hearing about this game from one of my co-workers for about a month. he said it was sooo much better than GTAIV, so finaly one day while playing that classic Rockstar title & almost dozing off during I said heck with it and went out to buy this. my buddy was right, this game is loads of fun. if you liked GTA San Andreas, then you'll love this game cause it's basically the same thing except that you create your own player. this game's similarities to GTA San Andreas almost makes me believe that maybe some ex-Rockstar employee's help make it. you run a crew, you drive ho's around, you own real estate all over town, man it's great. when you customize a car and it gets blown up, when you get back to your crib, it's back in your garage, oh and you can store alot of vehicles in your garage. i love that there's semi trucks & tow trucks, & huge tractors & all of that that you can own. controls were a little difficult at first but once you got the hang of it, alls good. one thing this game really doe's better is car handling which is a major problem on the GTA games where you flip upside down at the most simple contact. the races on GTA are almost impossible to win for that reason. and no disrespect but what if i didn't wanna be a russian guy. the game of GTAIV doe's have it's positives but it's not better than Saints Row 2, get this one instead...
 Glitch heavy, poor quality. November 10, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
This game feels and looks like it was thrown together by a bunch of people with horrible attention to detail. There are repeated glitches throughout the game. The graphics look last-gen. The combat system is difficult to manage. Your teammates are bullet-sponges that are ineffective at returning fire. Missions are ill-designed and not explained to the user, causing unexpected twists that immediately result in mission failure. Interiors of buildings are confusingly and maddeningly designed.
After missions, you are transported to the place where you started. Only your vehicle has disappeared. Since the city in Saint's Row 2 have as many cars as a hick town with dirt roads, you have to sprint around hoping a car spawns. When you see one, don't look behind you to see if one spawned there. The one you saw originally in front of you will probably disappear. And what is up with the mission that, once completed, spawns you inside of a building without visible walls?
This game will help you waste time on a weekend, but it will frustrate you at the same time. It is more entertaining than Mercs 2, but the glitches and quirks may make you wish you could just blow stuff up instead of playing missions.
 Stupid but fun experience...... October 30, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I must say, before this game came out I was really getting sick of these "serious" game titles like GTA4 and MGS4. I thought both had great gameplay machanics but I felt like they were trying to beat me over the head with the "moral choices" and trying to make you feel bad for doing immoral things.
Thanks to Saints Row 2 we finally have a title that doesn't take ANYTHING seriously (least of all itself ;) ). The humor is VERY juvenile and the story requires no thought what so ever. But I think this is a good thing. You don't HAVE to feel bad about mowing over civilians and casualties in gunfights. You can just jump right in and have FUN. The customization is awesome as well.
The only other thing I can say about this game is that it can be taken as VERY offensive in it's portrayal of different ethnic groups. I realize that it's making fun of EVERYTHING it possibly can but be warned if you're easily offended by stereotypes.
IN any case it's a game that gives players of sandbox titles exactly what they want: Fun without consiquences :)
This... Is... AWESOME!!!! October 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yes, it's that good. I got this game this morning and I noticed a few tweaks to the whole thing, some good, some bad. One of the good points of this game is that they have included air play. You know, planes, army helicopters and such. That's pretty cool. Oh and the large number of random things to do is also heavily great. You can play a game called trail blazing which is a game where you're set on fire and have to ride on a quad and hit as many people and cars as you can. Also a game called crowd control is pretty cool, you're a body guard for a famous celebrity and have to get rid of the crazy fans. How do you do this? Pick them up and throw them over a cliff.
So the story is set a few years in the future (I'm not sure exactly how many, I haven't gotten that far) and you are in a prison hospital and have just woken out of a coma. This is where you enter into the character customisation which is quite dense. I chose a terrible cockney accent for the voice and haven't gotten around to changing it. Word to the wise, don't choose this voice, I think it was voice number 3. You should check.
Being a few years later, you find that the Saints are no more and Stillwater has been taken over by a new law known as Ultor who have given it a completely new skyline. Now you and Jonny Gat must re-unite and get the Saints back in the ruling position they once had.
Well I guess the only game comparison that can be made is to GTA 4, but honestly this game has so much over GTA. GTA has the reality factor whereas Saints Row 2 has the fun factor and that in my eyes places it above GTA. There is simply so much to do, not just in the leisure activities but there are a lot of things you can find and do that isn't even labelled on the map. That in my eyes makes this game that much more fun. Not only to find the hidden games and general secrets, but just giving you something to do aside from the initial missions. I've also hears there are a ton of easter eggs to be discovered at your leisure including a Merman and a mysterious "Cabbit"
I have yet to try the co-op plays and stuff like that so can't really touch on it. I will update my review once I have experienced these different things.
The graphics are a bit crummy, but in all honesty I would trade graphics for a dense game with a hell of a lot to do any day. Buy it, you won't be disappointed.
Comes as a surprise October 20, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I wasn't planning on picking this up, but I'm glad I did.
It's like the developers were watching the GTA series and noted everything that's been wrong with it. The only thing that GTA4 does better is graphics. Everything else, I have to give to SR2.
This game reminded me that games used to be fun, as opposed to either a realistic simulation or an interactive drama. For the first time in the sandbox game I feel that side mission are actually interesting and are fun to do, rather then just "worth doing". Second is your character customization. Can't relate to an Italian Gangster in Florida or an L.A. Gang member? No problem - character creation is flexible enough to create anything you can imagine. Brilliant move on the part of game designers and will probably become standard in these type of games.
The game is just plain fun and at no point tries to take itself seriously, similar to early GTAs. Do yourself a favor and pick this up, just don't let your 9 year old play it. From the first time I saw the loading screen, I realized that this is an "after-the-kids-are-asleep" type of game.
P.S. The side misiion "Septic Avenger" deserves to be it's own game.
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