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Randy Lanzarote
Member
Completed the game yesterday (then the game crashed after the credits, had to do the last mission again). I have to admit to being underwhelmed by the last level in particular
Still, doesn't take away from the fact that the game was a hell of a lot of fun, and I've still got plenty of activities to do, secret areas to find and try to get my head around the crappy physics in the tow truck missions :s
I do hope that there is some proper DLC to come, it still feels like there are a few loose ends to tie up around the city (Troy and Dex say hai)
throughout the whole game you have the imposing Ultor Tower being in view from pretty any point in the city, giving off the impression that it was this impenetrable fortress. And then you sneak in through the top, kill 6 guards, unload into Vogel and that's it....game over man. I was hoping that the game would end with an epic struggle to reach the top of the tower, something memorable (perhaps with an ED-209 to take down in the process 
) but it was all over far too quickly. I wanted something like the second-to-last mission of The Brotherhood, but on a grander scale. Hey ho.... I guess end-levels aren't what they used to be.
) but it was all over far too quickly. I wanted something like the second-to-last mission of The Brotherhood, but on a grander scale. Hey ho.... I guess end-levels aren't what they used to be.Still, doesn't take away from the fact that the game was a hell of a lot of fun, and I've still got plenty of activities to do, secret areas to find and try to get my head around the crappy physics in the tow truck missions :s
I do hope that there is some proper DLC to come, it still feels like there are a few loose ends to tie up around the city (Troy and Dex say hai)
ZombieSupaStar
Member
sionyboy said:Got the game for Christmas, so far I'm enjoying the ride. I played the first Saint's Row and although the script was written by an idiot the game was a lot of fun. I wasn't expecting GOTY stuff from the sequel, just many hours of stupid, unadulterated fun, and so far that is what I've got. Its crashed twice, the physics can be all over the place and bugs that plagued the first game really should have been fixed in the two years its taken to make the sequel..... but I got to spray houses and people with shit. So its all good I guess.
My only complaint, who in the crikey of blimey did the 'Cockney geezer' voice work.... because they shouldn't be allowed to play a similar character again. Its like someone watched Dick Van Dyke for inspiration on how to play an English person.
Oh and the driving controls, RT and LT should be accelerate and brake. Always. There are no excuses for digital driving in an analogue age. I know Scheme B maps them this way but then it maps Primary Attack to LB... why not X? Stupid stupid stupid.
And Michael Dorn.... awww yeah.
i could swear its mr shefield from the tv show the nanny.
whos from england :lol
Randy Lanzarote
Member
ZombieSupaStar said:i could swear its mr shefield from the tv show the nanny.
whos from england :lol
Just booted the game and he is listed in the credits.... :s
Dude should stick to his usual accent, his cockney is god awful!
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
So is anyone picking up the PC version this week?
diffusionx
Gold Member
Wiggum2007 said:
I have been playing it off the hard drive from day one and it seems to run fine. I mean, I can't provide a comparison since I never played it off a disc and Saints Row isn't a very strong game from a technical POV.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
pizzaguysrevenge
Banned
It's much much worse.zon said:
To get SR2 running smoothly, you have to set it so low so that it literally looks like a PS2 game. And even then it still has bumps in framerate here and there.
GTA IV chugged. But at least it looked good while chugging.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Do not buy this game for PC.
A. Performance is horrible on a rig that runs every other game I've tried just fine, including Crysis at 1920x1200.
B. Driving controls are horrendous, even when using a 360 controller.
After perusing the Saints Row community forums I do not expect them to do anything significant about the performance issues. The reps on the forums are blowing people off with "it runs fine on most rigs" when there is only 1-2 posts on the entire forum with people getting acceptable performance and that was with overclocked c2q extremes.
The port is so bad it doesn't even give you tips that match your control scheme. Using a 360 controller? It tells you how to do everything with mouse&keyboard. Talk about a lazy port job.
Real bummer as I am a big fan of the original game and have recommended it many times.
A. Performance is horrible on a rig that runs every other game I've tried just fine, including Crysis at 1920x1200.
B. Driving controls are horrendous, even when using a 360 controller.
After perusing the Saints Row community forums I do not expect them to do anything significant about the performance issues. The reps on the forums are blowing people off with "it runs fine on most rigs" when there is only 1-2 posts on the entire forum with people getting acceptable performance and that was with overclocked c2q extremes.
The port is so bad it doesn't even give you tips that match your control scheme. Using a 360 controller? It tells you how to do everything with mouse&keyboard. Talk about a lazy port job.
Real bummer as I am a big fan of the original game and have recommended it many times.
Sullen said:
go into options/radio and you can make your own playlist with the songs and then listen to them like a station.
Anybody had a HUGE slowdown on the Brotherhood mission of the
guns shipment in a big ship? When the helicopters start coming
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I did the same thing *high five*rareside said:
Except I had two copies of Far Cry 2 and decided to keep one
question to all the saint's row pro's out there
just got the game a couple of days ago and was wondering what's the best activities to do first?
i guess my real question is which activities give you the best bonuses ?
i have done the destruction derby and fight club ones already
just got the game a couple of days ago and was wondering what's the best activities to do first?
i guess my real question is which activities give you the best bonuses ?
i have done the destruction derby and fight club ones already
Fun activities? Fuzz, Insurance Fraud, Mayhem.vhfive said:
Best unlocks?
Heli Assault: Barrio District
5 and 15% bullet damage reduction
more/unlimited sprint
health regen x2/x3 and uzi/unlimited smg ammo
unlock pepper spray/chainsaw
unlocks ability to have cars delivered to you for a fee/free
unlocks shotgun/unlimited shotgun ammo
unlocks pistol/unlimited pistol ammo
unlimited assault rifle ammo
BobJustBob
Member
You forgot skydiving, which unlocks
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no fall damage
I just did a Samedi stronghold where you
. I called Gat to fight with me but
Is
?
blow up the freighter
I jumped from the ship instead of running of and he didn't join me. It says "Johnny Gat has been killed!" and the phone calling says he's not available
gone forever
Not sure if anyone saw (for the person above speaking about the PC version), but a patch was released today for it according to the community website.
You can view the change list here: http://community.saintsrow.com/blogs/?p=452
You can view the change list here: http://community.saintsrow.com/blogs/?p=452
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Supposedly the patch has helped smooth out most of the performance issues a lot of people have been complaining about. Not sure what most of their system specs were though.
AgentOtaku
Member
Anyone here played the PC version post patch? ...I'm really curious about it and may double dip is performance is good ....or at least better than GTAIV
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
A framerate cap of 32 is pretty loltastic.
AgentOtaku
Member
Hazaro said:
ditto
It says the 32 cap was removed so no worries there ....though believe it or not, I actually cap my framerate at 30fps if I can in a PC game ...well if it can't hold a steady 60fps anyway
Scottlarock
Banned
Any new info about the downloadable content? I'm debating on selling this game.
Everdred
Member
This game worth $20? Have they fixed most of the issues?
http://www.gogamer.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=44408755&extid=Feb1709
http://www.gogamer.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=44408755&extid=Feb1709
laceystorm
Member
finished today 31 hours
31 hoursStill playing this game after I had shelved it initially to play through some other games first. It's sooo much fun. I never played the original (just the demo), but I'm completely hooked on this one.
I love how this game doesn't really take itself too seriously. Most of the gameplay is silly, over the top fun, which is completely different from the more serious and realistic tone GTAIV went for.
Many of the side activities are completely hilarious, and reward you with good stuff if you put some quality time in them. As well, I really enjoy playing the missions. There's alot of variety in their scenarios and they all contain checkpoints.
I like how you capture territory by completing missions, how there's so much customization available, how you can completely tune every car in the game and then store them, how you can buy new homes and decorate them, and how you buy shops for more daily income. It's all very addicting.
The game is riddled with bugs though, the framerate is far from smooth, and the game crashed on me about five times already. Also, the Dutch translation is really, really bad. Luckily they only translated the texts and menu's. All in all, the game is so much fun, that it's quite easy to look past it's many technical shortcomings.
I love how this game doesn't really take itself too seriously. Most of the gameplay is silly, over the top fun, which is completely different from the more serious and realistic tone GTAIV went for.
Many of the side activities are completely hilarious, and reward you with good stuff if you put some quality time in them. As well, I really enjoy playing the missions. There's alot of variety in their scenarios and they all contain checkpoints.
I like how you capture territory by completing missions, how there's so much customization available, how you can completely tune every car in the game and then store them, how you can buy new homes and decorate them, and how you buy shops for more daily income. It's all very addicting.
The game is riddled with bugs though, the framerate is far from smooth, and the game crashed on me about five times already. Also, the Dutch translation is really, really bad. Luckily they only translated the texts and menu's. All in all, the game is so much fun, that it's quite easy to look past it's many technical shortcomings.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Just started playing this game again a couple days ago. Put it down when Fable 2 and Fallout 3 came out and dominated my time. I really enjoyed it then though, and I'm really enjoying it now. It has its flaws but it does a lot of stuff right and I'm enjoying it a lot more than I did a certain game in the same genre that came out about a year ago.
I can confirm that co-op , online is more solid that before now after the patch .
they didn't fix the pixel skin yet , anyway if you load a save it will tell you that Saves won't work with DLC unless you have the latest patch , so that DLC for PS3 confirmed too .
they didn't fix the pixel skin yet , anyway if you load a save it will tell you that Saves won't work with DLC unless you have the latest patch , so that DLC for PS3 confirmed too .
http://www.polyanomaly.com/?page_id=59
Just saw this on the official site and thought some fans might find it interesting. Its the making of the cutscene, House Party. There is stuff there about how they build the cinematic, some of the little story details that people might not have picked up on, a movie showing the very early version of the cutscene and part of the motion capture session.
Well worth a look to those interested in these things
Just saw this on the official site and thought some fans might find it interesting. Its the making of the cutscene, House Party. There is stuff there about how they build the cinematic, some of the little story details that people might not have picked up on, a movie showing the very early version of the cutscene and part of the motion capture session.
Well worth a look to those interested in these things
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
I recently started playing this game again. I picked it up at launch for the 360, got a RROD and traded it in while waiting for my 360 to come back. I then picked up the PS3 CE for 30 bucks during an Amazon sale. I have been playing this every night pretty much recently. I have spent over 10 hours doing nothing but activities. It has been a blast. It is like playing mini-games every night. I have done only 4 story missions. I never really understood all the content created for this game until now. I mean, all these activities, diversions, etc. I also like that if you finish up an activity you are rewarded nicely. Unlimited ammo for a gun class, slower police notoriety, clothes, etc. F'n nice.
Jugendstil
Member
I picked this up used over the weekend and am having a blast with it. I really disliked the original because I couldn't get over what a direct copy of GTA it was. For whatever reason, this one is clicking with me. Yeah, it's really juvenile and a completely shameless rip off, but it's built on a really solid foundation and the game play is really fun. I am a sucker for sandbox games and extensive character customization, and SR2 delivers both quite nicely. I also like the fact that completing activities and side missions can be relatively easy and you don't have to wait long to achieve a sense of progression and earn nice rewards. And I'll admit, I'm juvenile and the humor in the game totally appeals to me. Having my fat Oprah-clone main character drive around in a septic trunk, spraying shit on buildings while an angry mime drives the truck is endlessly funny. I like the game because it doesn't attempt to be anything it's not. It's a giant sandbox to act like a jack ass in. It was well worth the $30 investment.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I guess news on the next SR2 DLC is out?
shrinkingviolet
Neo Member
I'm so happy the last patch cleared up the co-op bug. Playing co-op is a lot of fun, especially just the Activities. Some of the Diversions are still weird; Firefighter doesn't give both players something to do, just the main player -- but it still awards both players completion of the diversion if Level 10 is cleared. :-/
This is just one of my favorite games. I threw in GTA IV a couple days ago, and I do think it's a better looking game than SR2, but I have more FUN playing SR2 than GTA IV.
Also, no-lock on targeting, FTW.
This is just one of my favorite games. I threw in GTA IV a couple days ago, and I do think it's a better looking game than SR2, but I have more FUN playing SR2 than GTA IV.
Also, no-lock on targeting, FTW.
okay, just downloaded the DLC. Not impressing me so far. I haven't started the mission yetr, but it is a bit light on content. The new vehicles are nice, some cool cars. No new weapons I could see, most of the stores have 1 or 2 new items, some are good, some not. The mission better be good or I'm going to feel a bit ripped off. Oh well, still fun to fuck around with.