![]() It's not just a matter of making the whole world enormously over the top - although that helps. Volition's goal here is to let nothing get in the way of fun, and from what we've seen the developer's succeeding. And if you're thinking this all sounds a bit like Crackdown, then yeah, we were too. Your character is a criminal superman, with a recharging health bar and tons of stamina you're far from being immortal, but there's no question that you're a videogame anti-hero, rather than a small-time thief. Physics is tweaked to be fun, rather than realistic - cars and motorbikes (yes, it has motorbikes) travel at impressive speeds, blow up in very satisfying ways and are an arcade-style joy to handle. You certainly won't be running out of new vehicles to try out in a hurry. This simply involves going to a target location and performing the most impressive pratfall you can (throwing yourself off a building repeatedly is good) to rack up the insurance cash. You start with the s***-spraying one we mentioned earlier, but move on to flying assault helicopters to take out enemy vehicles, an assortment of races, drive-by shootings and stunt jumps, and, perhaps my favourite so far, Insurance Fraud. ![]() Dozens of "activities", which earn you Respect and cash, are available early on in the game. Saints Row 2 isn't mean in how it doles out fun an entire toybox is emptied at your feet. Your gang hangs out in cribs, and as you progress you gain the ability to order them to come along with you as AI backup on your missions (or hell-raising sessions).Īlmost from the outset, the whole city is your oyster. Much extended in this game is the concept of cribs, properties which you can buy and redecorate right from the start (money permitting), with plenty of other properties up for grabs to add to your regular income. You're a gang boss - and okay, your gang might need to be whipped back into shape, but you used to rule this city, and that's your objective once again.Īs before, the game focuses on the idea of taking over territory from rival gangs - depicted on the map as a grid of neighbourhoods, each of which is coloured in the style of the dominant gang. Right from the outset, there's no question of being anyone's minion. Within minutes, you're back in Stilwater, starting bar brawls, stealing cars and gate-crashing the court-room, where one of your faithful lieutenants is standing trial.
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