dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
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Saints Row 2 |OT|
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Neuromancer
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Yeah I know. Maybe it's to prime us for a Saints Row 3 announcement or something.dskillzhtown said:
MMaRsu
Member
Neuromancer said:According to Major Nelson some avatar martketplace stuff will be available for this game on the 22nd.
A pimp cane would be great.
Edit: I'm hoping the pimp cane animation from the game comes with this prop.
Too bad I only have 100 MS points otherwise I would buy that pimpcane ( if it has the walking animation )
Neuromancer
Member
If I'm doing my math right, to buy the pimp outfit (hat comes separate) and the cane, it'll cost you $9. That's just crazy. If all that had been a bundle or something for $5 I would have bit, just to be funny.
Diablohead
Member
I think this is the best thread to leave my feedback on the game (watch the title change to |OT| too!) Back last christmas I was given this game as a gift on the 360 by a good friend but never played more then an hour or two of the game, had a little fun then shelved it, biggest reason being that I also just bought GTA4 for £5 on steam at the time and was also trying that game out, I am lttp for both games.
Anyway, last few days I have been back into Saints Row 2 and now that I am nearing 50% complete all I can say is that it's the most fun I have had with this kind of game for a long long time, since gta3 actually back when the experience was fresh. The best thing I love about this game is that it blends in fun with a story which is rather entertaining, plenty of slapstick laughs around but at the same time some main story chapters play the serious card well. I love how if you bail from a flying vehicle you can freefall correctly, do stunts on the way down and if you wish use a parachute which seems to appear out of nowhere, but it works! All the added elements of silly things is what makes this game perfect.
Plenty of the buildings have full interiors too, the hideout and crew editor are great if you want to funk up the game a bit, Ninja homies? :lol
My one complaint is that the vehicles have too much grip and handle like go karts, I would love to see them slip a little more as they are extremely easy to control even at high speeds.
I want to keep playing it more but it's getting in the way of other things like finding a job! I would suggest to people who are thinking about buying this game still, go buy it already.
Anyway, last few days I have been back into Saints Row 2 and now that I am nearing 50% complete all I can say is that it's the most fun I have had with this kind of game for a long long time, since gta3 actually back when the experience was fresh. The best thing I love about this game is that it blends in fun with a story which is rather entertaining, plenty of slapstick laughs around but at the same time some main story chapters play the serious card well. I love how if you bail from a flying vehicle you can freefall correctly, do stunts on the way down and if you wish use a parachute which seems to appear out of nowhere, but it works! All the added elements of silly things is what makes this game perfect.
Plenty of the buildings have full interiors too, the hideout and crew editor are great if you want to funk up the game a bit, Ninja homies? :lol
My one complaint is that the vehicles have too much grip and handle like go karts, I would love to see them slip a little more as they are extremely easy to control even at high speeds.
I want to keep playing it more but it's getting in the way of other things like finding a job! I would suggest to people who are thinking about buying this game still, go buy it already.
This is amazing :lol another great thing about this game, it gives you an achievement too.Neuromancer said:Haha just found this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9BoIEY4xA4&
Someone stitched together all 6 different player characters singing along to Take on Me by A-Ha (something that happens more or less randomly with certain songs/characters when they're driving around).
shrinkingviolet
Neo Member
Yeah, the game is epic and holds up pretty well. A friend and I recently went back to pick up the Confidence Men 'cheev. It was great, but WOW does that take a lot of time to clear all levels of all Activities.
And sadly buggy game is still buggy. The patch cleared up a really big problem with completing missions in co-op and it fails to set the co-op flag in one or the other's mission history. But when we did the Activities, I started a new Save Game specifically so we would be able to see which ones we'd finished and which remained. Unfortunately my friend used an older save of his own, and the game popped the 'cheev for me, but not for him. Probably about 12 hours of gameplay for a 25 point 'cheev. Fortunately it was still plenty of fun.
Two weeks ago I played some good Strong Arm matches, but yesterday it was like a ghost town. Don't know if I'll ever be able to pick up enough Badges.
And sadly buggy game is still buggy. The patch cleared up a really big problem with completing missions in co-op and it fails to set the co-op flag in one or the other's mission history. But when we did the Activities, I started a new Save Game specifically so we would be able to see which ones we'd finished and which remained. Unfortunately my friend used an older save of his own, and the game popped the 'cheev for me, but not for him. Probably about 12 hours of gameplay for a 25 point 'cheev. Fortunately it was still plenty of fun.
Two weeks ago I played some good Strong Arm matches, but yesterday it was like a ghost town. Don't know if I'll ever be able to pick up enough Badges.
AgentOtaku
Member
two things that really make it hard to play/get into sometimes
- Cars handle absolutely terrible ...and not even in an amusing way, just aggrivating
- World is so very very ugly. Tough to look at when you been playing pretty much any other open world game
Still chip away at this from time to time in coop though
- Cars handle absolutely terrible ...and not even in an amusing way, just aggrivating
- World is so very very ugly. Tough to look at when you been playing pretty much any other open world game
Still chip away at this from time to time in coop though
shrinkingviolet
Neo Member
The world is pretty far from ugly, though I don't think it's as atmospheric as GTA IV's Liberty City, or even Volition's other OWG, Red Faction: Guerrilla.
I don't see what you're saying about the cars' handling. If anything the earlier complaint about go-karts is spot-on. Every car seems to be defined by only three variables: weight, acceleration, cornering radius, and top speed. But getting to top speed is always a function of dividing the acceleration by the car's weight, so the game's trucks and vans are always gutless tanks, and the sports cars zip around like they're made of cardboard.
And even at top speed, every car drives like it's on rails, but the arc defined by those rails is defined by a bigger or smaller radius. On the other hand the much-maligned driving physics of GTA IV simulates a number of variables such as weight displacement, number of wheels in contact when accelerating, and I'm pretty sure acceleration is represented in front-, rear-, and all-wheel drive.
When I get used to GTA IV's cars, I prefer their depth, but when I want comic-relief, SR2's world, story, weapons, and driving physics are all at least internally consistent in their craziness.
I don't see what you're saying about the cars' handling. If anything the earlier complaint about go-karts is spot-on. Every car seems to be defined by only three variables: weight, acceleration, cornering radius, and top speed. But getting to top speed is always a function of dividing the acceleration by the car's weight, so the game's trucks and vans are always gutless tanks, and the sports cars zip around like they're made of cardboard.
And even at top speed, every car drives like it's on rails, but the arc defined by those rails is defined by a bigger or smaller radius. On the other hand the much-maligned driving physics of GTA IV simulates a number of variables such as weight displacement, number of wheels in contact when accelerating, and I'm pretty sure acceleration is represented in front-, rear-, and all-wheel drive.
When I get used to GTA IV's cars, I prefer their depth, but when I want comic-relief, SR2's world, story, weapons, and driving physics are all at least internally consistent in their craziness.
MMaRsu
Member
Anybody wanna get together soon and kick up some dust in coop?
You have this on 360?
AgentOtaku said:two things that really make it hard to play/get into sometimes
- Cars handle absolutely terrible ...and not even in an amusing way, just aggrivating
- World is so very very ugly. Tough to look at when you been playing pretty much any other open world game
Still chip away at this from time to time in coop though
You have this on 360?
Alex
Member
Picked this up for the co-op on a whim, played for about two and a half hour or so thus far, does it pick up specifically at any point or is it just safe to say early on that it isn't for me?
I'm just finding mission and world structure to be some of the worst ever and the dialogue seems to want to lay itself more on cringe-worthy seriousness than the goofy levity I expected thus far. For every joke, there's three straight faced cutscenes of badly acted ghetto talk about reforming the gang and things revolving it.
I have to assume it does get better, I'm just meh on it so far. At the moment it just feels like they took GTA4, smashed it with a sledge hammer, then put a pimp hat on it.
I'm just finding mission and world structure to be some of the worst ever and the dialogue seems to want to lay itself more on cringe-worthy seriousness than the goofy levity I expected thus far. For every joke, there's three straight faced cutscenes of badly acted ghetto talk about reforming the gang and things revolving it.
I have to assume it does get better, I'm just meh on it so far. At the moment it just feels like they took GTA4, smashed it with a sledge hammer, then put a pimp hat on it.
Neuromancer
Member
Probably just not for you.Alex said:
shrinkingviolet
Neo Member
If you're not into it in the first 90 minutes, assuming you're actually doing missions and activities, then it's probably not for you.Alex said:
The game involves driving and shooting in an urban setting, but the number of things it does right in excess of GTA is substantial; you might want to try a little longer and see if you can pick up on them, find that it's a diamond in the rough.
Neuromancer
Member
Hey while we have this thread bumped, I wonder what the 3DS Saints Row game is going to be like. All I know is its called Saints Row Drive-by which sounds kind of funny.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I have a 5850 and an i5 750 and it still looked and ran like poo. It's just not a very good port.DennisK4 said:
no fair, you created the thread!
but yeah, ive ignored this game alltogether since it was released pretty much.
guess i cant really go wrong for $15 (especially since i have a couponn for it) :lol ill do it just for you then.
edit: i just randomly picked a page and started reading. found this:
guess i shouldve done that before asking. that pretty much sold me right there. :lol
but yeah, ive ignored this game alltogether since it was released pretty much.
guess i cant really go wrong for $15 (especially since i have a couponn for it) :lol ill do it just for you then.
edit: i just randomly picked a page and started reading. found this:
FF_VIII said:Wow, I didn't know this, but unlike SR1 you no longer need the vehicle for drug trafficking
I just called Vehicle Delivery and did all 12 levels with the bear, lol
guess i shouldve done that before asking. that pretty much sold me right there. :lol
Daigoro said:
Only in co-op! Or wait, I'll rephrase: this is a co-op only game. Pretend the single player doesn't exist, and you'll have more fun than you've ever had with a game.
Alex said:
I assume you're actually playing it in co-op then? If you're not having fun, you might want to check with your doctor
All jokes aside, just do some Insurance Fraud, then steal a plane and do a simultaneous bail out at maximum height, doing some tricks as you hurtle towards the ground watching the plane go down in a blaze of fire. You'll understand.Neuromancer
Member
I'd like to be the voice of dissent here. Yes co-op in this game is better (as it is in most games). However the single player in this game still rocks.
BobJustBob
Member
Daigoro said:
Of course it is. It is the single greatest GTA-style game ever.
Be interested to see what you think of it. I played it again for the first time in months last week. I still love the gameplay and controls, but the graphics have not held up well in light of other recent open world games. They were never awesome, but for the first time they were actually a distraction.Daigoro said:
MMaRsu said:
cool. if we cant hook up today then definitly some time this week. ill send you a friend request.
i think i tried to do that back when we played Bad Co 2 with Relix but your list was full, or something. i forget what the issue was.
Dead Man said:
yeah im not too hung up on graphics. not the games strong suit anyways from what ive read.
im just looking forward to some fun wackiness. it being $10 will help the cause as well.
Don't let my comments stop your from enjoying the game., I think it ranks only a very small bit below RDR for my favourite game this gen. It was just quite a contrast in graphical style going from RDR to SR2. The amount of stuff to do alone is worth the less than perfect graphics.Daigoro said:cool. if we cant hook up today then definitly some time this week. ill send you a friend request.
i think i tried to do that back when we played Bad Co 2 with Relix but your list was full, or something. i forget what the issue was.
yeah im not too hung up on graphics. not the games strong suit anyways from what ive read.
im just looking forward to some fun wackiness. it being $10 will help the cause as well.
Neuromancer
Member
It's a minigame you can play at any TV, also there some arcade games here and there.Raide said:
i absolutely love it. it actually had me laughing out loud often.
i couldnt get out of the character create screen without laughing my ass off and it only got better from there. actually taking that character i created and going forth into the world was a great experience.
it took me over 2 hours to get my first achievement (very unusual). i screwed around and got sidetracked so much before i bother doing any of the story missions. vey much unlike GTA5 where i felt like i was rushing through the story and wasnt overly compelled to go and screw around in the city.
i went to bed about 2 hours late because i didnt want to stop.
definitly looking forward to trying out some co-op. wont be home for about another 9 1/2 hours from now though. lets hook up if youre around.
i cant wait to play some more.
i couldnt get out of the character create screen without laughing my ass off and it only got better from there. actually taking that character i created and going forth into the world was a great experience.
it took me over 2 hours to get my first achievement (very unusual). i screwed around and got sidetracked so much before i bother doing any of the story missions. vey much unlike GTA5 where i felt like i was rushing through the story and wasnt overly compelled to go and screw around in the city.
i went to bed about 2 hours late because i didnt want to stop.
definitly looking forward to trying out some co-op. wont be home for about another 9 1/2 hours from now though. lets hook up if youre around.
i cant wait to play some more.
Just finished it 2 hours ago. What a great game. Took me around 30 hours which is really unusual for me for these types of games. They really took a different direction from the GTA series. It's just so easy to get distracted by all the activities or just messing around with the cars and weapons. And the level of character customization was just insane. Started as a regular male thug, and ended up as a female stripper. One-piece bikini FTW. :lol
I did encountered some bugs though, the worst being my character being stuck in a car's passenger seat. Happened to me 2 times, and had to reload a savegame.
There was also some frustrating moments during the last missions, such as when I would get immediately rammed by a security car as I was getting out of mine, lose 1/2 of my health, and just lay there on the floor as swarms of enemies calmly shoot the remaining 1/2.
I'm taking a break from the game, but I'll definitely get back to it for the coop.
I did encountered some bugs though, the worst being my character being stuck in a car's passenger seat. Happened to me 2 times, and had to reload a savegame.
There was also some frustrating moments during the last missions, such as when I would get immediately rammed by a security car as I was getting out of mine, lose 1/2 of my health, and just lay there on the floor as swarms of enemies calmly shoot the remaining 1/2.
I'm taking a break from the game, but I'll definitely get back to it for the coop.
Neuromancer
Member
It warms my heart to see people enjoying this game, 2 years after it came out.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Neuromancer said:
Me too. Loved the first, loved the second even more. Probably put close to 100 hours in the game because of the co-op, and all the crazy stuff they let you do.
Neuromancer
Member
GAF I've made a startling discovery today.
You can use a racing wheel (specifically the MS Wireless Racing Wheel) to drive around Stilwater in Saints Row 2.
I'll let that sink in for a moment.
You can use a racing wheel (specifically the MS Wireless Racing Wheel) to drive around Stilwater in Saints Row 2.
I'll let that sink in for a moment.
deVIZtator
Member
Wondering if anyone is still playing this game? Just got it a week ago, and am enjoying it way too much.
AliceInJam
Member
Been looking for a good co-op game and this seems to fit the bill! How is the online co-op on the ps3? any issues?
deVIZtator
Member
Haven't played online yet, just fooling around with some activities and diversions.AliceInJam said: