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starcraft on 10 October 2008

An absolute blast to play through alone or with a mate, Saints Row 2 is quite simply a must purchase for anybody that is looking for a bloody good time. And isn't that what we're all really looking for?

While it certainly may have its flaws, Saints Row 2 is outright the most entertaining open-world experience available. No game offers this amount of crazy fun, and no rivalling experience could pull it off with the sense of humour and exaggerated style that's on show here. There is still so much more to the game that we could not put in this review, because quite frankly, that would spoil it. There are so many exciting and hilarious discoveries to be made in the city of Stilwater, and with an interesting narrative thrown into the mix for good measure, it's easy to overlook the problems and just enjoy the core gameplay that Volition have put their heart and soul into creating. Consider the fact that the entire experience can be played with your best buddy online, and it's all just the delicious icing on the gangster-filled exploding cake. Open world action fans need not think twice: BUY THIS GAME.

 

Starcraft's Thoughts

They gave it an 8 and a half, but they wanted to give it some more.  Some minor graphical issues prevented it.  Jamie Pressley and Neil Patrick Harris did voice acting that was meant to be superb.  At the end of the day they just didn't have $100 million like Rockstar did to fix all graphical issues.

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konnichiwa on 10 October 2008

So what are the bad things?






kirby007 on 10 October 2008

It is very underhyped for what it is



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starcraft on 10 October 2008
kirby007 said:
It is very underhyped for what it is

I reckon.  I love the first one.

 



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JaggedSac on 10 October 2008

How can it be the most entertaining open-world experience and yet get an 8.5? Seems entertainment value should be what games are all about.



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konnichiwa on 10 October 2008
JaggedSac said:
How can it be the most entertaining open-world experience and yet get an 8.5? Seems entertainment value should be what games are all about.


But the graphics suck!!! In this World they prefer give high scores for games with awesome graphics than games with awesome gameplay X_X.  (GTA, Assasins).

 






starcraft on 10 October 2008
konnichiwa said:
JaggedSac said:
How can it be the most entertaining open-world experience and yet get an 8.5? Seems entertainment value should be what games are all about.

But the graphics suck!!! In this World they prefer give high scores for games with awesome graphics than games with awesome gameplay X_X.  (GTA, Assasins).

If you look at the site's scoring system, you'll see they do allocate some marks based on graphics.

 



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