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Saints Row 2 |OT|
- Thread starter MMaRsu
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Wow Crowd Control lvl 5 and 6 were really tough, but I finally did it alone.
Could not disagree more. I think the character models - both stylistically and technically - look quite a bit better, and the car models are probably par... but GTAIV frequently has better textures.
Mr. Durden said:
Could not disagree more. I think the character models - both stylistically and technically - look quite a bit better, and the car models are probably par... but GTAIV frequently has better textures.
No, it was simple. The problem was I am a fucking idiot. I prefer using the dpad in menus. Just habit. All the other menus in SR seem to work fine with the dpad, but not the playlist one. Using the left stick works fine. Stupid me and stupid devs!Nozdeuce said:
Edit: Also, when does the
easy listing station disappear to be replaced by world music?
Edit2: I really am stupid. I just founds a clothes store I missed. I didn't go up. It's got the one piece suits and the rest of the stuff I was looking for.
Red Blaster
Member
Goddamn it, I entered in the mini-bike code and now I've got cheats enabled for my only save. Oh well, PS3 trophies probably wont be retroactive if they ever include them.
Xater said:
Good point!
Also, I think the physics in GTA4 are generally just so much more fun to fuck around with than Saint's Row. That was my favorite thing about GTA4, just fucking around the city with the nuts-o physics. In Saint's Row 2, it's not nearly as fun in that regard.
Anyway, regardless, GTA4 can still learn many things from SR2 and I hope it does re-introduce many activities in GTA5.
Red Blaster
Member
Nino said:
Well apparently you can't get achievements if you've got cheats enabled. Go to your save games and see if there's an asterisk that says "Cheats Enabled" on them. I've got it on mine.
Apparently the UFO doesnt count, I just tried another cheat and I got a warning about achievements.Red Blaster said:
I'm fucked, after a cutscene I spawned on the inside of a building without interior and there's no way to get out of it. And I have no explosives to blow myself up.
edit; thank god for autosave.
I am loving this game. Havent even started a mission yet (other than the first 2 or 3 which you pretty much have to do).
Going through doing all the activities. I have a question though, I was doing the tow truck diversion, and made it to level 5 or 6, a car blew up right beside me and that was pretty much the end of me. If I start it again, do I have to start from level 1, or from where I left off?
I also had to turn down the difficulty to novice on the level 6 drug trafficking mission. It just got way too frustrating for me. Kept dying in really annoying ways. The damn driver kept hitting a pole half the time, backing up - driving forward - backing up - etc.
The satchel charges are fucking awesome though, I blew up 3 of the enemies laying one down on the road and set them off while they were driving over it. Badass.
I really dont know why everyone is saying that the graphics are bad. I find them pretty awesome, especially with everything going on.
Going through doing all the activities. I have a question though, I was doing the tow truck diversion, and made it to level 5 or 6, a car blew up right beside me and that was pretty much the end of me. If I start it again, do I have to start from level 1, or from where I left off?
I also had to turn down the difficulty to novice on the level 6 drug trafficking mission. It just got way too frustrating for me. Kept dying in really annoying ways. The damn driver kept hitting a pole half the time, backing up - driving forward - backing up - etc.
The satchel charges are fucking awesome though, I blew up 3 of the enemies laying one down on the road and set them off while they were driving over it. Badass.
I really dont know why everyone is saying that the graphics are bad. I find them pretty awesome, especially with everything going on.
burnfout said:
Anybody else who is stuck on this, go behind houses with your RPG. There should be a ton of tables, chairs, fences, etc. I got a ton of points from those, got up to like a 90+ combo.
EDIT: Didn't even think about the satchel charges. setting them all of at one time is probably better.
eXistor
Member
Alright, I've played a bit more and the game, while no classic in any way imo, is very fun to play. The controls have grown on me, they are fine. The missions are so much more fun than in GTAIV. You just do crazy shit all the time and there are almost no minor annoyances that were so abundant in GTAIV. Tazering people never gets old and I love the way screams sound in the game, almost Tom & Jerry-like . Still hate the way the game looks though, so drab.
. Still hate the way the game looks though, so drab.Red Blaster
Member
Nino said:Apparently the UFO doesnt count, I just tried another cheat and I got a warning about achievements.
I'm fucked, after a cutscene I spawned on the inside of a building without interior and there's no way to get out of it. And I have no explosives to blow myself up.
edit; thank god for autosave.
Oh so there's a warning about cheats? I didn't get that when I did the code for the minibike, but I still have that damned asterisk by my save. Maybe it's because the PS3 doesn't have trophies.
You just do crazy shit all the time and there are almost no minor annoyances that were so abundant in GTAIV. Tazering people never gets old and I love the way screams sound in the game, almost Tom & Jerry-like
More credit needs to be given to Volition for just how tight the gunplay/on-foot mechanics are in SR2, it absolutely stomps GTA4 there.
It looks incredible if you space them evenly down a street and then denoate them. Cascading explosions.
It's the same as it was in the first. Just with new additions like fine aim, dual wielding and human shield. Anyway, yeah, we've been saying the same thing for years.Red Blaster said:
Actual good manual aim > shitty lock-on, no matter the game/genre. Melee combat and general controls are also light years ahead of what they are in GTAIV (as they also were in SR1). The only real toss up are the vehicle controls which are too loose in IV and too tight here. Though as far as gameplay goes, these are less detrimental.
edit:
Oh, and a tip for anyone having difficulty with the higher level Crowd Control missions: Skip the bonus zones and throwing people completely and grab a bat from a fan as soon as you can. It'll take a bit longer (1000 in bonus zone vs 250 for a bat to the skull) but it's far easier and WAY more fun.
I think my favorite addition to the game so far has to be Satchel Charges. I keep starting the mayhem activity and before i can get to the starting point, i'll have wandered off for 10 minutes creating havoc with the charges
I can already tell i'm going to play this for more than the 40 hours i put into the first game, there's just so many things to do! I've already played it for over 8 hours and i've hardly done anything ^^
I can already tell i'm going to play this for more than the 40 hours i put into the first game, there's just so many things to do! I've already played it for over 8 hours and i've hardly done anything ^^
Red Blaster said:It looks incredible if you space them evenly down a street and then denoate them. Cascading explosions.
Which, by the way, leads me to another slam against the visual package. Now most of the time, the framerate is pretty good for a game of this type.
But while laying satchel charges, and this happens each time, I had the framerate dip to LITERALLY less than 10fps... making it nearly impossible to accurately aim the charges at that point.
Poor MMaRsu is going to have an aneurysm
Played around with a few cheats earlier finally. Low gravity, ped war and super explosions make for a fun combo. While having a giant Don Johnson is awesome, it isn't all that interesting, can't throw people, mostly can't melee people. Giant mode is really underwhelming
Played around with a few cheats earlier finally. Low gravity, ped war and super explosions make for a fun combo. While having a giant Don Johnson is awesome, it isn't all that interesting, can't throw people, mostly can't melee people. Giant mode is really underwhelming
ZombieSupaStar
Member
eh the graphics are passable, id rather have actual gameplay and shit to do in a sandbox if it means they spend less time on looking pretty, and more on what actually brought them to the dance in the first place.
Id say the activites in sr1 and 2 are much more polished than gtas ever were.
Id say the activites in sr1 and 2 are much more polished than gtas ever were.
raYne said:
True Crime sorry :lol
Edit: Did you guys see this vid?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55znyNngqRQ
You'll be fine driving in SR, though some of the faster sports/supercars might give you a bit of trouble initially. You ever going to get your copy? :lolLoudninja said:
Nah, it's not that tight. As I said before, it's just on the arcade-ish side of the spectrum.Loudninja said:
I know, right? :lolNozdeuce said:
The Faceless Master
Member
only if you fail...Mr. Durden said:
Mr. Durden
Banned
Seriously, boot up GTA IV again, and just look at the character models and cutscenes, they look pretty bad.painey said:
Yeah well, I'll do it againThe Faceless Master said:
Early in the thread, someone said you could recruit a homie (or two) with you and have him drive back the car you're suposed to tow. You could try that way..Hootie said:
You could also just take advantage of the perks you get from activities (gang/police notoriety drops faster) or wait until you take over the area. Then you'll have 50 Saints helping you on the mission. :lol
Yeah, they should. It'd work just like any other time you recruit someone. If you jump in the tow truck and try to leave them, they'd would jump in the nearest vehicle (in this vehicle to be towed) and follow you wherever you're going.Hootie said:
In this specific case, you might have to sit in the other vehicle first before you head to the tow truck though. I personally haven't tried, but that's what was said before.
So I was just on level 9 of ambulance and all I need to do is heal 2 more people and with a tonne of bodies scattered around I think no problem. As I'm re sussing the next guy I'm suddenly blown backwards by what I assume to be a pipe bomb I turn around extremely pissed since all the victims are dead and see a flock of pimps dressed in all the colours of the rainbow heading towards me. I make a break for it and thankfully discover that I'm not there target but one of my gang members is.
While 4 of them beat the crap out of him the rest make a circle and start cheering them on. While this is happening 2 more members of my gang show up in a car and try and deal with them but before they can throw so much as a punch pimp reinforcements arrive and soon it turns out to be a full scale riot.
Enough is enough I think. Killing my patients is one thing but taking on my boys is just something else. While they are fighting I throw down a satchel to each group of brawlers, stand back and watch the skittles fly. After that I pop out the pimp cain and stroll away knowing I made a difference.
While 4 of them beat the crap out of him the rest make a circle and start cheering them on. While this is happening 2 more members of my gang show up in a car and try and deal with them but before they can throw so much as a punch pimp reinforcements arrive and soon it turns out to be a full scale riot.
Enough is enough I think. Killing my patients is one thing but taking on my boys is just something else. While they are fighting I throw down a satchel to each group of brawlers, stand back and watch the skittles fly. After that I pop out the pimp cain and stroll away knowing I made a difference.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
:lol some of the old "real" SR1 phone numbers work zombie!!!
zombie!!!
MrTroubleMaker
Member
noperaYne said:
, but another zombie though, some one from SR2 ...
MrTroubleMaker
Member
What tipped me off about the old numbers was a news report on the radio saying something about a zombie, so I thought the same thing. Who knows, they have so much stuff packed in this game, she might be there somewhereraYne said: