Saint’s Row 2
So firstly, i must be very honest. I never played the first Saint’s Row. I know, I know but the thug life never appealed to me. Recently though I was looking for my latest review and thought that in the interest of gamers it would not really serve to only review games I like. So here goes…
The character creation is really good, alot of options for getting you virtual gangster on. I have to say I liked this feature a ton. Not to say anything negative about the GTA series, I could but I won’t, I never really liked the characters they came up with. Not in design or anything, just there were parts I couldn’t identify with, and hence kept me from really caring about my character.
The gameplay is actually very fun, and I have to say that the feature that makes this game shine in comparison to the other sandbox games…. the tutorial was short easy and to the point. It does what a tutorial is suposed to do. Here’s the freaking controls… now go play.
And play you really get to do. I liked the story arcs, even the over the tops parts. In fact I think i liked it for the campy bits. It definately did not try to take itself too seriously like it was a recruitment ad for gangbangers or anything, or some marketing blitz for 50 Cent. It is a game of getting your gang to the top and having a little fun with septic trucks along the way. (Seriously fun. try it. Really.)
The only thing I can say bad about the game really is the AI cheese sometimes and the abillty to toss satchel charges at you from a zooming helicopter and nail you right in your teeth. Bastards.
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