| Saints Row 2 (PC DVD) |  | From: THQ
Category: Video Games
List Price: £34.99
Buy New: £3.73
as of 9/9/2010 10:49 CEST details
You Save: £31.26 (89%)
New (8) Used (6) from £2.74
Seller: inetvideo-uk
Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 5,618
Format: Unknown format
Platform: Windows Vista
Genre: crime-action-games
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: CD-ROM and 3.5" disk
Edition: Standard Edition
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 4005209113212
Release Date: January 30, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
| |
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row. Set years after the original, the player finds himself in a Stilwater both familiar and strange and challenged with bringing the Saints back as the rightful kings of Stilwater and bringing vengeance to those who wronged him. - Limitless Customisation - Play as fully customisable characters that are male, female or something in between. Vehicles can be visually customised as well as performance tuned. Cribs and even gangs all have an amazing degree of detailed customisation options.
- Multiplayer - Co-op full story campaign has seamless integration, for example one player drives while the other shoots. Competitive multiplayer pushes the boundaries of immersion in a living Stillwater environment fully populated with police, innocent bystanders and rival gangs.
- Killer Combat and Awesome Vehicles - Planes, helicopters, motorcycles, boats and cars can be piloted and used as weapons. On the ground new combat options include melee, fine aim, and human shield.
- Freedom to Explore - More missions, activities, diversions, races, weapons, vehicles, cribs, city districts, and interiors than ever before. Over 40 story missions with additional bonus missions take place in a transformed Stilwater that is over 50% larger than before.
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 18
 Extremely Poor Port August 5, 2010
Mr. A. Mirza (UK)
This game is incredibly fun to play but is let down by so many issues that I have to give it a 1 star. I won't write paragraphs of detail, I will just say the game is instable, laggy and crashes often on my Windows 7 PC (which is far above the recommended specification). I also have to use a 3rd party program to avoid the game running in fast forward mode. It looks like the developers have dropped support for the PC version of Saints Row 2 which is a shame as the game had so much potential.
Serious issues May 30, 2010
D. Firth (Bath, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game is a very poor port from its original console state. It runs extremely poorly on many people's computers, even at minimum settings when the computer greatly exceeds minimum requirements. The developers are not going to patch this. However, some computers can run this game fine - so do a good Google search and work out whether yours will.
NOTE: This issue alone is enough to completely RUIN the game so if in doubt, DO NOT BUY.
Review for if it works:
This is an amazingly fun game, and amused me from the very first time I hopped in a car and realised it scored me on how dangerously I was driving. This is one of the best non-story parts of the game - Almost everything you do is scored and encouraged, from car surfing, to getting thrown through your windsreen, to getting several headshots in quick succession.
There are also a myriad of "diversion" minigames, such as hijacking a fire truck and going round putting out fires, or holding up stores, or 'ho-ing' (censored by a full-screen brick wall).
I could go on to say the story mission are solid and enjoyable, or that the final missions are several hours of intense awesomeness, but I'm sure you get the idea.
TL;DR: Do not buy on computer, because it's broken and will not be patched. Buy on console instead.
 Bad port... February 17, 2010
1nsane
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Saints Row will always be compared to Grand Theft Auto. Most of us that will review this game will have tried GTA at some point.
There have been a lot of complaints about this game being a poor port from console. It is very true, My PC will run GTA 4 with everyting at highest very well. Not so for Saints Row. Driving at high speeds will result in some sort of stutter lasting a split second, thus hurling my character at 100 mph into fixed objects when the game recovers again. That is my main gripe.
Another small pain is with HDR turned on the screen textures change from outdoor to indoor drastically.
Overall it does look a lot cheaper in comparisson to GTA. Let that not influence playing the game though as the game has plenty to do, much more than GTA in my opinion. The games saving grace.
Being able to choose sex and extensive character customisation gives this game bonus points.
It is not a very difficult game, again chase missions were made difficult by the stutter I suffered.
I wish demo's were still made so people could test how systems cope with newer games before being fustrated by poor peformance. But that would be too sensible and reduce profits, vampires!
Saints Row Reborn? January 30, 2010
Chris (Bath, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First off I suppose I should say; this is a port. From the way that the character won't attack the way the mouse is facing to the fact that you have to access your inventory using a controller, makes this a little obvious. I own a PC not an XBox. Half an hours more programming might have improved this!;)
With that major gripe out of the way, this game is good... customizing cars is fun, not just fun but fun with hilarious results. Customizing wardrobes is fun. Running around in a city that doesn't feel clinically dead is fun and it will make you stop and say 'Wow' once in a while. The gameplay is addictive. I switched the game off in torment when not able to finish a level only to find myself back on it fifteen minutes later...
In summary its good. There's alot of game and enough to keep the gamer entertained for a long time. If you like 3rd person shooters you'll like this. If the coding had been fixed, this game could have been great!
Do my eyes deceive me..... November 8, 2009
L. Burgess (Bristol, Avon UK)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
.... this game was released in 2009 apparently, they must have made a type error or something, surely this is a PS2 game.
What, no, I was wrong, IT IS a 2009 game.
Oh dear oh dear, this is one of the worst looking games I have played since 2002, the graphics are abysmal. Considering that the graphics are that bad it will run really well, right?
Wait, no it doesnt run well, in fact it runs very very very badly.
Ah well, people are saying its fun so I'll have a quick blast.
Hmmm, it plays terrible. the driving mechanics are awful, the physics engine terrible, camera control is dreadful, pop up is the worst I have seen in a looooooong time.
To sum it up, its a terribly produced GTA rip off that runs very badly, looks dreadful and is nasty to play... TOTAL AND UTTER FAIL
Showing reviews 1-5 of 18
|
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON EU S.à.r.l. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. TheWiiGameShop.co.uk
Cheap Nintendo Wii Games. Massive savings and fast dispatch on all Nintendo Wii Games, console bundles and accessories
| |
