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[SIP YEK NOD]

I don't understand why they are so anal about it. It's promotion for their game.

i am sure the ninja pics sold a few copies.

 

[Loudninja]

So anyone who played both, does the game look the same as SR or better?

 

[SIP YEK NOD]

So anyone who played both, does the game look the same as SR or better?

Looks a little better. you really have to put em side by side to notice though.

 

[Loudninja]

Looks a little better. you really have to put em side by side to notice though.

OK cool SR looked pretty good to me, so I am fine with that.

 

[raYne]

I don't understand why they are so anal about it. It's promotion for their game.

i am sure the ninja pics sold a few copies.

Same nonsense with Rockstar shutting down all the early youtube/live streams when stores broke the street date.

You'd think they'd accept the promotion, but noooo.

 

[MMaRsu]

Same nonsense with Rockstar shutting down all the early youtube/live streams when stores broke the street date.

You'd think they'd accept the promotion, but noooo.

Yeah they need to learn about marketing a little better, this is basic stuff I'm getting in my study now :lol

 

[Hooterville]

Here a couple of pictures of the Saints Row 2 Collectors Edition incase anyone gives a crap.

Cardboard sleeve with thick metal embossed 3D like box (pretty nice), game in regular 360 case, nice art book (a little thin), fold out map, pimpin gold money clip, plastic silver bullet shaped USB drive with the SR2 logo and a piece of foam rubber.

Not that bad of a collectors edition but the back of the metal box had some pretty good size dents in it after sliding it out of the sleeve.
I was able to push these out from the inside.

Here are a couple of pictures:
The two little strippers are just hanging out on the pictures and did not come with the collectors edition. :lol

 

[TheGreatDave]

Haha, so awesomely tacky.

 

[MMaRsu]

Could have gone in the official thread but w/e, nice looking CE .

Too bad the strippers didn't come with it :lol

 

[mikeGFG]

No strippers, no sale.

 

[MWS Natural]

Isn't it supposed to come with a gun??

 

[kuYuri]

Damn, that stuff looks good. I wasn't thinking of getting a CE, but seeing this has me tempted.

 

[raYne]

Isn't it supposed to come with a gun??

Different CE. Euro version, if I recall.

..and it's not a gun either, just the cover of the case.

 

[dejay]

I wasn't going to get the CE but I must have that piece of foam rubber.

 

[Wark]

I'm gonna have to live with getting the standard edition. I don't think it is anything special anyway. Besides, in a couple of days, I'm buying an $130 alarm clock and lunch box that comes with some free game called Fallout 3.

 

[Esperado]

Did you seriously photoshop two cartoon strippers on your pictures?

 

[PowderedToast]

:lol at the strippers

 

[bishoptl]

bewbs nom nom

 

[dejay]

Fuckit - I was going to get LBP and Fable 2 only this month, but I'm gonna get SR2 instead of Fable 2. Sorry Peter - double betrayalarama-age from me and ex Lionhead employees

 

[Hooterville]

I'm gonna have to live with getting the standard edition. I don't think it is anything special anyway. Besides, in a couple of days, I'm buying an $130 alarm clock and lunch box that comes with some free game called Fallout 3.

Jeez, I'm purchasing that same $130 alarm clock and lunch box from Amazon, Must be out of my mind.

 

[Nozdeuce]

Wow, doing coop Mayhem is so fun, my friend runs around and blows up as many fences and parking meters as he can while I stand around on a busy street RPGing cars. So awesome

 

[Brashnir]

just to expand on that, they leave it so it can go either way. the story concludes, but no bridges are burned.

But what about boats? =P

 

[MMaRsu]

IGN AU wrote:
phone format 'borrowed' from GTA IV.

Wtf..are they even serious? :lol :lol :lol

Another review btw :

http://gamingtrend.com/Reviews/review/review.php?ReviewID=1105

 

[burnfout]

Just preordered the LE I could use a USB stick,along with Dead Space, Fable 2, LBP, Fallout 3.

Expensive!

 

[ChrisD84]

Wow, doing coop Mayhem is so fun, my friend runs around and blows up as many fences and parking meters as he can while I stand around on a busy street RPGing cars. So awesome

A quick question, do the targets you have to reach in activities, such as mayhem, also scale for coop? It just occured to me that it would be pretty easy to complete them if it doesn't.

Can't wait for my copy to arrive, just under a week to go

 

[Ramenman]

And if you're thinking this all sounds a bit like Crackdown, then yeah, we were too.

Oh no you filthy Eurogamer, you can do that to meee ;-;

 

[MMaRsu]

Games Radar : Why Saints Row 2 is the antidote to GTAIV

 

[Ramenman]

Ninjas + THAT = SOLD.

Can you dress yourself as a ninja too or is it just only your gang ? I know it's dumb, but why would the guy in those ninja-screens not dress as a ninja if he had the option to dress as a ninja. Srsly. It makes no sense.

 

[raYne]

Wtf..are they even serious? :lol :lol :lol

Another review btw :

http://gamingtrend.com/Reviews/review/review.php?ReviewID=1105

That's what the industry needs. More people, with no idea what they're talking about, doing professional game reviews.

At least the GamesRadar article has the phone stuff right. On a side note, that same article is full of win.

 

[MMaRsu]

Pretty good article on why SR2 is the anti-GTAIV.

I disagree with the first paragraph though:



Isn't this subjective? I mean, I found SR1's combat better than GTAIV's because the aiming was better.

And isn't hate a little too harsh a word?

Yeah I disagreed with that as well, and yes it IS subjective.. GTAIV's combat was worse than SR1 imo as well.

On a fun note, I borrowed SR1 from a friend to replay it before the next one comes out .

 

[raYne]

Yeah I disagreed with that as well, and yes it IS subjective.. GTAIV's combat was worse than SR1 imo as well.

On a fun note, I borrowed SR1 from a friend to replay it before the next one comes out .

'Cept it isn't subjective when it's factually better. No shitty lock-on aiming at people you don't intend to. No clunky cover system to annoy you at every turn and better free aim gunplay, melee options, combos, finishers, weapon variety, human shields, cruise control for drivebys, faster main character movement (which is HUGE), you can actually control vehicles (attack chopper says "Hi") etc. Then you have the control issues related to the combat, like not being to do simple stuff like climbing a ladder 100% of the time.

It's only subjective if you don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, by the way..
Someone should have a review roundup in the OP. And by someone, I mean you. :lol

 

[CurlySaysX]

Hello.
This game looks fun, GTA4 sucked balls and this game has piqued my interest.
Does anyone know if this game runs above 30fps on the PS3?
GTA4 got on my nerves with the substandard frame rate and I couldn't be stuffed with it.

 

[MMaRsu]

'Cept it isn't subjective when it's factually better. No shitty lock-on aiming at people you don't intend to. No clunky cover system to annoy you at every turn and better free aim gunplay, melee options, combos, finishers, weapon variety, human shields, cruise control for drivebys, faster main character movement (which is HUGE), you can actually control vehicles (attack chopper says "Hi") etc. Then you have the control issues related to the combat, like not being to do simple stuff like climbing a ladder 100% of the time.

It's only subjective if you don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, by the way..
Someone should have a review roundup in the OP. And by someone, I mean you. :lol

Hmm yes you're right.

I should do a review roundup, depends if I have time tonight or tomorrow... I will do it this weekend anyway.

 

[raYne]

"It's the Carnales. Shit. Not The Los Carnales. Los means...fuck it."

:lol

:lol It'd be a shame if he's really not in this. Hell, even a "walk on" scene with the same joke would be hilarious.

 

[Hootie]

Wait...so is the UFO and the Peewee only available if you preorder through GameStop? Or am I just hearing things?

 

[raYne]

Wait...so is the UFO and the Peewee only available if you preorder through GameStop? Or am I just hearing things?

Don't worry guys, the exclusive Gamestop pre-order vehicles can be accessed by anyone.

Dial these codes on your phone:

#4976 - Gyro-Daddy
#728237 - UFO
#7266837 - PeeWee Bike

here is a video of them in action

^

Saints Row's character interaction is way better than in past GTA's. In GTA they just say some stupid snarky thing that has no relevance to the story and give you your mission, but in SR the character development is all tied to the mission objective subplots themselves. Like Lin being undercover for the Riders, or Dex trying to do his thing, or JOHNNY GAT!!!!

Indeed. It's a lot better than people give it credit for.

Also, Johnny Gat > *

 

[Hootie]

^

Phew...thank you.

One other question...I looked through the OP and I may have missed it, but for Coop, can you and a friend just screw around in the city? No missions, no activities? I'd love to wreak some havoc and not have any restrictions.

Plus, putting on the "Pedestrian War" code while in Coop would be amazing.

 

[raYne]

Phew...thank you.

One other question...I looked through the OP and I may have missed it, but for Coop, can you and a friend just screw around in the city? No missions, no activities? I'd love to wreak some havoc and not have any restrictions.

Plus, putting on the "Pedestrian War" code while in Coop would be amazing.

Yea, you can do whatever you want. Even wreak havoc on totally opposite sides of the city since there's no player tether. Then, if you get bored, head into a story mission, side mission, minigame, whatever.

 

[Hootie]

Yea, you can do whatever you want. Even wreak havoc on totally opposite sides of the city since there's no player tether. Then, if you get bored, head into a story mission, side mission, minigame, whatever.

Ho-lee crap. Better than GTA IV confirmed. I mean, if GTA had some of the cheats SR2 has, I'd enjoy it, but it was just too bare bones. Ped Wars, Raining Peds, Low Gravity, Super Explosions, Airplanes, UFOs.

sogood.gif

 

[Brashnir]

Yea, you can do whatever you want. Even wreak havoc on totally opposite sides of the city since there's no player tether. Then, if you get bored, head into a story mission, side mission, minigame, whatever.

also, if you finish a mission in co-op then go back to your single player game, it is flagged as completed, so when you get to it in your game, you'll have the option to skip it if you want.

 

[raYne]

also, if you finish a mission in co-op then go back to your single player game, it is flagged as completed, so when you get to it in your game, you'll have the option to skip it if you want.

Yep. I mentioned that a few times in the thread.

Seems like something that should be in the OP, right MMaRsu?

Hmm yes you're right.

I should do a review roundup, depends if I have time tonight or tomorrow... I will do it this weekend anyway.

Throw in the cheats list while you're at it.

 

[MMaRsu]

Damn I've been playing Mayhem this entire time haven't done one mission yet! I know this isn't the SR1 thread ( :lol ) but Mayhem is still so damn satisfying.

 

[raYne]

So the other day I popped in GTAIV and I was waiting for Niko's health to recharge for like 5 minutes. I was like,"WTF!!! RECHARGE!!!!" and then I realized I wasn't playing SR. Likewise, I kept pressing RB to run and I was diving under cover and crap. So today I pop in SR and for some reason now I think the game has a cover system. FUCKKKK.

I did the exact same thing when I booted up GTAIV for the first time. Cops shooting at me and I'm pressing RB to run and nothing's happening. :lol Only to later find out that Niko's still slow as balls even when you're actually hitting the right button. :/

Damn I've been playing Mayhem this entire time haven't done one mission yet! I know this isn't the SR1 thread ( :lol ) but Mayhem is still so damn satisfying.

Eh, it may as well be a SR1 thread. It's not like there will be any real SR2 talk until the game's in the hands of the masses.

 

[MMaRsu]

God that talk show on SR1 is so damn funny, love what they say about the government and immigration.

"you want to wear a burka or whatever, you gotta have the american flags on it"
:lol

 

[Az987]

I dunno if this has been posted but I saw in my Best Buy weekly ad this morning, that if u buy Saints row 2 or the CE you get a free boyz in the hood dvd. :lol

 

[Hootie]

Can anyone who has the game explain how the Pedestrian War cheat works? Do they all get guns? Do they only attack each other or you too?

 

[SapientWolf]

I dunno if this has been posted but I saw in my Best Buy weekly ad this morning, that if u buy Saints row 2 or the CE you get a free boyz in the hood dvd. :lol

Should have been Don't be a Menace to Society While Drinking your Juice in the Hood.

 

[Nozdeuce]

A quick question, do the targets you have to reach in activities, such as mayhem, also scale for coop? It just occured to me that it would be pretty easy to complete them if it doesn't.

Can't wait for my copy to arrive, just under a week to go

They do seem to scale for coop, but it usually isn't a huge difference. Fight Club is the easiest example, in coop level six had 8 enemies, solo it had 6.

 

[Loudninja]

Hey how does the cars handle?

Edit: It would be cool if you can customize they way you hold a gun.

 

[raYne]

Hey how does the cars handle?

Similar to the first. Tight and bordering on the arcade side, but of course it varies by vehicle.