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post #1 of 192
4/5/08 at 1:07pm
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I think the original thread I made was lost to the ravages of the update. Anyways the game has now been given a release date of sometime in August.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=130217

Whilst I can't wait for Grand Theft Auto 4 I'm also really excited about this sequel because I honestly think the original game was a great, great, game which got unfairly savaged for its similarites to GTA.

The prospect of playing the entire campaign in co-op is kinda cool too.
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post #2 of 192
9/14/08 at 10:54pm
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Some gameplay videos, a few choice previews, and that leaked list of achievements has bumped this up to a launch day purchase for me (which essentially gives me a week to finish the fucker before Fable 2 hits). Being able to fully customise your dude and then give him a cockney accent whilst he needs Katanas is probably what tipped me over the edge.

So anyone up for some Co-Op mayhem come mid October?
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post #3 of 192
9/14/08 at 11:07pm
I'm down. I'm one who fully enjoyed the first one.
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post #4 of 192
9/15/08 at 10:56am
I am so excited for this game. If it is half as fun as the first one, it'll be worth $60. And the co-op makes it that much sweeter.
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post #5 of 192
9/15/08 at 11:36am
I really enjoyed the first game so I'll be picking this one up but with like 3 other games coming out the same month I'm not sure when that'll be.
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post #6 of 192
9/15/08 at 11:33pm
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Originally Posted by thecallahan View Post
I really enjoyed the first game so I'll be picking this one up but with like 3 other games coming out the same month I'm not sure when that'll be.


Likewise, I have to pick this up but it is 3rd on the list after Fable 2 and fallout 3.
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post #7 of 192
10/10/08 at 12:09pm
I was (oh god, please don't say late to the party) "late to the party" with the original, and I'm just finishing it off now. Love, love, love this game, even with all of its many and glaring flaws. It's like a GTA that just wants to be fun. IGN's review of the sequel sounds promising.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/918/918404p1.html
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post #8 of 192
10/10/08 at 1:46pm
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Originally Posted by Minsky View Post
It's like a GTA that just wants to be fun.[/URL]
Completely agree.

Want the game, but it couldn't be coming out at a worse time. Anything that I'm not drooling over (Fallout 3) or multiplayer centric (Far Cry 2/GeOW 2) is simply going to have to wait.
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post #9 of 192
10/10/08 at 1:56pm
It's this or Dead Space next Tuesday, and that will depend upon the Dead Space reviews.
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post #10 of 192
10/10/08 at 1:59pm
I'll probably wait till the Christmas deals to kick in before picking this up.

Something Awful still has the best take on the game.
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post #11 of 192
10/10/08 at 3:16pm
I got a promo of this last week, and it's absolutely awesome.
It's packed to the brim with stuff to do, I really love the depth to the customization on your main character. Mine's a gangly, really unsympathetic looking bastard with a british accent.
You get to choose the way you walk ,and everything. In GTA4 I was reluctant to go nuts with Nicco, but here it's a free-for-all, I'm throwing old ladies down stairs with glee.

There's an insane variety in what pedestrians and cops can do, I've seen cops use tazers, pepper-spray and flashbangs. One even ran back to his squad car to get his shotgun. The sidewalks are packed with people, hobos and winos sleep in the alleys. Barbershop quartets and cheerleader squads, you name it. Create enough carnage and nosy pedestrians will take pictures with their mobile phones.

You can wield a katana on your motorcycle while the radio is pumping The Final Countdown.
This game loves you.
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post #12 of 192
10/10/08 at 3:27pm
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Originally Posted by Mr.Crowley View Post
You can wield a katana on your motorcycle while the radio is pumping The Final Countdown.
This game loves you.
Holy. Shit.


That is..... the COOLEST thing I have ever heard in my entire life.
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post #13 of 192
10/10/08 at 3:32pm
Question vaguely pointed at Overlord- what's the deal with money in the original Saint's Row? I've got around 20 money-generating conquest regions, but every time I go to my "crib" (ugh), I can only take out $2,000 max per day. Is this by design, or am I missing something?
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post #14 of 192
10/10/08 at 3:33pm
Saint's Row 2 is like a violent puppy dog eager to please you.
Every mission has sensible checkpoints, if you fail you can choose to restart from the last checkpoint or from the start.
It has 3 difficulties, and is over all, very user friendly.
Say you have two henchmen with you, and you jack a two seater car, the remaining henchman will jack a car on his own and follow you.
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post #15 of 192
10/10/08 at 4:20pm
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Originally Posted by Minsky View Post
Question vaguely pointed at Overlord- what's the deal with money in the original Saint's Row? I've got around 20 money-generating conquest regions, but every time I go to my "crib" (ugh), I can only take out $2,000 max per day. Is this by design, or am I missing something?
There's a max to what you can earn per day per crib. Meaning you have to run around from crib to crib (IIRC). I wasn't really focused on money, so I'm not really sure.
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post #16 of 192
10/10/08 at 6:19pm
Australian review. Sloppy but fun. I hope there's a demo; I suck at aiming on consoles and I want to try it before I buy it.
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post #17 of 192
10/10/08 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by Overlord View Post
There's a max to what you can earn per day per crib. Meaning you have to run around from crib to crib (IIRC). I wasn't really focused on money, so I'm not really sure.
Yeah, It worked somewhat like that, I think some of the bigger cribs could hold more money.
It works a bit differently in SR2, the most I've picked up was $14 000, and that was in my most modest flat.
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post #18 of 192
10/10/08 at 6:27pm
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Originally Posted by Minsky View Post
Question vaguely pointed at Overlord- what's the deal with money in the original Saint's Row? I've got around 20 money-generating conquest regions, but every time I go to my "crib" (ugh), I can only take out $2,000 max per day. Is this by design, or am I missing something?
I seem to remember the amount of money each crib stops at being proportional to the size of the crib (the bigger the crib, the more money it holds).
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post #19 of 192
10/11/08 at 3:34am
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Originally Posted by Mr.Crowley View Post
You can wield a katana on your motorcycle while the radio is pumping The Final Countdown.
This game loves you.
I recommend listening to the 80s station as much as possible.
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post #20 of 192
10/11/08 at 4:26am
I'm not a big fan of the first one, but the reviews make this sound like a game that follows up on the silliness of GTA 1 and 2(more than GTA itself did), and I don't mean that in a bad way at all.
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post #21 of 192
10/12/08 at 6:41am
Damn, this game is stingy with the achievements. I noticed last night that after a total of 15 hours of playing, I've only got 25 points.
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post #22 of 192
10/12/08 at 9:33pm
So how is the soundtrack to this? I couldn't stand the radio on the first game.
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post #23 of 192
10/12/08 at 9:37pm
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So how is the soundtrack to this? I couldn't stand the radio on the first game.
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Krunch 106.66
Anthem - Trivium
Bat Country - Avenged Sevenfold
Colony of Birchmen - Mastodon
Milk Lizard - Dillinger Escape Plan
Nothing Left - As I Lay Dying
Ghosts of Perdition - Opeth
Stars - Hum
Resurrection - Chimaira
Unsung - Helmet
What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse - The Black Dahlia Murder
Redneck - Lamb Of God
Deadly Sinners - 3 Inches of Blood
Barnburner - The Agony Scene
Woman - Wolfmother

K12
We Are Rockstars - Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Death Of A Moralist - Daniel Mansury
Don and Sherri - Matthew Dear
Give Me Every Little Thing - Juan Maclean
North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem
Sexy Results - Death From Above
Special Effect - TRS-80
Street Justice - MSTRKRFT
Over and Over - Hot Chip
Through The Hosiery - Crystal Castles
Crossover Appeal - Guns N Bombs

Funk 98.4
Love Fades - Amnesty
Trespasser - Bad Medicine
Gotta Get Your Love - Chocolate Star
Keep Running - Cliff Nyren
Drugs Ain't Cool - Ebony Rhythm Band
Street Scene - Leon Mitchison
You Can Be A Star - Luther Davis Group
Wake Up Pt. 1 & 2 - Pure Essence
Look What You've Done To Me - Sheila Skipworth
Funky In Here - Dayton Sidewinders
Put A Smile On Time - The Rhythm Machine
The Cissy's Thang - The Soul Seven
Don't Get Discouraged - UPC Allstars

99 Underground
And She Would Darken… - The Twilight Sad
Cheer It On - Tokyo Police Club
Dead Friends - The Saps
Don't Call It A Ghetto… - Architects
Every Single Line Means Something - Marnie Stern
For Real - Okkervil River
Hazel Street - Deerhunter
Here's Your Future - The Thermals
Shoot The Runner - Kasabian
Western Biographic - Bound Stems
Call In The Debts - South Street
Terror - The Rakes
House Of Cards - Shipwreck
Third Gear Scratch - Shiner

89 GenX
All That I've Got - The Used
Lying Is the Most Fun… - Panic At The Disco
Rock And Roll Queen - The Subways
Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
Hate ( I Really Like You) - Plain White T's
Hole In the Earth - Deftones
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - Jet
Knights - Minus The Bear
Let Me In - Hot Hot Heat
Makedamnsure - Taking Back Sunday
Face Down - Red Jump Suit Apparatus
Coat of Arms - The Life and Times
What You Need - Galactic
Misery Business - Paramore

Krhyme 95.4
Trick Me - Kelis
One Thing aka 1 Thing - Amerie Featuring Eve
Tell Me Bout It - Joss Stone
Fandango - DJ Quik Feat. B-Real
So Sick - Ne Yo
Me & You - Cassie
Hands Up - Lloyd Banks
New York State of Mind - Nas
Gangsta Bitch - Apache
Sucker MCs - Run DMC
Ridin In That - Wale
Twinz - Big Pun Feat. Fat Joe
What A Thug About - Beanie Sigel
Good Girl - Chrisette Michelle
I Luv It - Young Jeezy

The Mix 107.77
Down Under - Men At Work
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs
Take On Me - A-Ha
The Reflex - Duran Duran
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
Out of Touch - Hall & Oates
Sister Christian - Night Ranger
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Everybody's Working For The Weekend - Loverboy
The Final Countdown - Europe

Four20
Hey Boy - Buju Banton
Stop the Fussing and Fighting - Dennis Brown
Boom ShakA Tak - Born Jamaicans
Who Am I? - Beenie Man
Ganja Smuggling - Eek-A-Mouse
Guns Out - Ninjaman
Heads High - Mr. Vegas
Here I Come - Barrington Levy
Krazy - Elephant Man
Picture This-Vybz Cartel
Murder She - Chaka Demus & Pliers

World 195.0
Over The Moor To Maggie - Greg Knowles and Mike Taylor
El Viento En La Isla - Liza Carbe and Jean Pierre Durand
Bangara Dance - Ravi Shani
Zahrat El Sahra - Roger Abaji
The Drunkard's Song - Viktor Mastoridis
Schenkt's Ma Mal Was Boarisch - Karl Barthel
Mountain Hut Landler - Martin Beeler
Mandilatos - Robin Jeffrey
Mambo De Fito - Liza Carbe and Jean Pierre Durand
Hungarian Sundance - Friedrich Sehl
Humours of Glen Dart - Greg Knowles and Mike Taylor
Hot Nights - John Leach
Gypsy Dance - Laszlo Borteri
Good Morning Polka - Jan Schneeberg
Friss A Rozsa - Niko Radic
Emerald Jig - Ian Clarke and Simon Painter
Drumjig - Greg Knowles and Mike Taylor
Connaught Chase - Greg Knowles and Mike Taylor
Cigany - Niko Radic
Barasilian Fiesta - Claudia Figueroa, Forbes Henderson, Tony Hinnigan, and Martin Taylor
Baidoushka - Robin Jeffrey

102.4 Klassic
Coppelia Ballet Suite, Act 1, No. 1 - Leo Delibes
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major - Handel
Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky
Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Brahms
Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba - Handel
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - Bach
Concerto No. 4 in A - Bach
Eine Cleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Four Seasons No. 1 - The Spring - Vivaldi
Four Seasons No. 2 - The Summer - Vivaldi
Haffner Serenade No. 7 in D Major - Mozart
Moonlight Sonata (First Movement) - Beethoven
Music for the Royal Fireworks - Handel
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Anitra's Dance - Grieg
Ride of the Valkyries - Wagner
String Quartet in G Major - 2nd Movement - Mozart
Symphony no. 40 - 1st Movement - Mozart
Symphony no. 5 in C Minor - Allegro Con Brio - Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C Minor – Allegro - Beethoven
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Bach
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major – Overture - Handel
Marriage of Figaro – Overture - Mozart
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - In The Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg

Ezzzy 105
Naughty But Nice - Walt Rockman
Marvellous Singers Remix - Marc Durst and Laurent Lombard
Love For Life - Sammy Burdson and John Charles Fiddy
Kalamazoo Style - Olivier Andres and Christian Seguret
Just Strolling Along - Sammy Burdson and John Charles Fiddy
Coconuts - Gerhard Narholz
Dancing On The Avenue - John Cacavas
Dolce Vita - Bruno Bertoli
Face To Face - Sammy Burdson
A Girl Like You - Norman Candler
Jarabe Tapatio - Carlos Periguez
Tooba Boogie - Otto Sieben
Walkie Talkie - Gerhard Narholz
Whistle Happy - Colin Baldry and Tom Kane
Tchoupa Twist - Nicolas Folmer
A Sunny Day In Heidelberb - Horst Jankowski
Swing Paname - Angel Debarre
Stereo Cha Cha - Umberto Pagnini
Colonie Celeste - Jean-Jacques Perrey
A Cielito Lindo - Carlos Periguez
Chanson Pour Toi - Alfred Jack
Bossa Cubana - Gerhard Narholz
Berg Und Tal - Gerhard Narholz
Bachelor Samba - Marc Durst
The bolded tracks are ones that I'm really glad have been included in the game. Should be really fun to drive around to most of this stuff.
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post #24 of 192
10/12/08 at 9:41pm
Thanks Spike, that 80's station is looking real good.
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post #25 of 192
10/12/08 at 9:45pm
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I am kind of amused by Stars and Opeth being on the same station, unless it's a completely different Stars than the Canadian rockers I'm thinking of.
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post #26 of 192
10/12/08 at 10:11pm
That's "Stars" by a band called Hum.

Man, am I looking forward to this. It sounds like this game will have all of the fun that GTA4 missed out on (great game, don't get me wrong, but I miss the sheer absurdity of the earlier Autos titles).
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post #27 of 192
10/12/08 at 10:52pm
Soundtrack looks better and much more eclectic. The classical stuff couldn't be any more boring and obvious, but I guess most people don't like classical and just want to blow shit up to Apocalypse Now.
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post #28 of 192
10/13/08 at 12:39am
The soundtrack looks good but...."Woman"!?!?!!? Does that have to be in EVERY game now?
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post #29 of 192
10/13/08 at 1:05am
Jeez, I'm out of touch. I know all the 80s songs and classical music, but I don't know any of the other songs. Hell, I only recognize maybe five bands/performers.
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post #30 of 192
10/13/08 at 1:16am
Can you still create a custom soundtrack from MP3s on your computer or your hard drive?
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post #31 of 192
10/13/08 at 2:02am
That's required Xbox360 functionality. There's no in-game UI for it, but then, how many games actually have that in the first place? And you can still buy songs from the music stores and create a custom soundtrack out of those, but those songs don't get stored to your hard drive or anything.

And "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and "Sister Christian" don't get bolded? For shame, Spike.
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post #32 of 192
10/13/08 at 2:14am
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Originally Posted by nekkerbee View Post
Jeez, I'm out of touch. I know all the 80s songs and classical music, but I don't know any of the other songs. Hell, I only recognize maybe five bands/performers.
Don't feel bad, I was thinking the same thing when I was looking at the list.
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post #33 of 192
10/13/08 at 3:19am
God damn. C'moooon Tuesday!
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post #34 of 192
10/13/08 at 4:37am
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Originally Posted by Fafhrd View Post
That's required Xbox360 functionality. There's no in-game UI for it, but then, how many games actually have that in the first place? And you can still buy songs from the music stores and create a custom soundtrack out of those, but those songs don't get stored to your hard drive or anything.

And "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and "Sister Christian" don't get bolded? For shame, Spike.
Well there was an in-game UI for it in the first one. That's why I ask.
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post #35 of 192
10/13/08 at 12:25pm
Gangsta Bitch might be the pinnacle of western civilization.
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post #36 of 192
10/14/08 at 10:38am
Tescos in the UK was selling this by accident for £15 and is now "sold out" and back to the original price.

That's as much a bargain as if it was launched at $15 in the states.

Apparently it's favouring well in metacritic?
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post #37 of 192
10/14/08 at 12:18pm
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Originally Posted by Bees?! View Post
Tescos in the UK was selling this by accident for £15 and is now "sold out" and back to the original price.

That's as much a bargain as if it was launched at $15 in the states.

Apparently it's favouring well in metacritic?

Holy Shit, Eurogamer love the game completely

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=259566

The wait until Friday just got BRUTAL
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post #38 of 192
10/14/08 at 12:35pm
The last week has been horrible, and I've really been on the fence about getting this until I hear word of mouth. I'm starting to think it might be the pick-me-up I need though. Maybe I'll grab it on the way home.
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post #39 of 192
10/14/08 at 6:00pm
Crowley, or anyone else who has played this- Is the map identical to the first one?
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post #40 of 192
10/14/08 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by Minsky View Post
Crowley, or anyone else who has played this- Is the map identical to the first one?
I've heard that the majority is identical, but there's an island or a large pier in the south which is a new development.
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post #41 of 192
10/14/08 at 7:05pm
Eurogamer's opinion on it is exactly how I feel about Mercenaries, which will certainly, for me, overshadow this. I'm glad to see that reviewers are happy to overlook the flaws in a property and see it for what it really is though - fun.

Also, It's nearly time for F3 and LBP.
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post #42 of 192
10/14/08 at 10:50pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
I've heard that the majority is identical, but there's an island or a large pier in the south which is a new development.
The west side of the map has been expanded quite a bit (where the mountains that marked the edge of the map in Saints 1 were, there is now a University district, an expansion to the Suburbs, and a Trailer Park), as well as the Museum district, there's a new Marina district directly to the north of Downtown and the High End Retail districts, the Saints Row district itself has been completely redone from the first game, and there are a bunch of underground sections that weren't in the original. There are also two islands that house the Nuclear Power Plant and the prison. It's enough the same that you can use most of the old shortcuts from the first game, but there's enough different that occasionally you'll cut down an alley and find something that wasn't there before.
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post #43 of 192
10/14/08 at 11:49pm
Anyone know the PC system requirements?
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post #44 of 192
10/18/08 at 1:07pm
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Busting out of Jail, jumping into a car and Karma Chameleon coming onto the radio as you splat a bunch of SWAT guys is probably the best introduction the game could have. I love this game so much and I'm only on the 2nd mission, just spent like an hour ripping things out of the ground to use as melee weapons. Had an awesome fight against two pimps who were wielding wheelie bins, I ended up beating them both to death with a bench. I'm also playing a burly Cockney who performs a jig to taunt people.
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post #45 of 192
10/18/08 at 6:48pm
Ha ha, I'm using the same guy Spike. Only I gave mine a Terry Thomas Moustache so he seems like a Gentleman thug.

I'm enjoying it quite a bit though. I spent ages just doing the little mini-games before finding a sword and cutting mother fuckers up while I rode around on my motorbike.

Sure there are flaws in this thing, and it's hardly a pretty game. But there's something appealing about a game that just wants you to have a lot of fun. And though it seems frustrating at times, it's never malicious in that regard.
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post #46 of 192
10/18/08 at 7:03pm
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Throwing a Barbershop Quartet through a succesion of windows, whilst Karma Chameleon plays in the background and I'm dressed like a pirate is perhaps one of the most uncomfortably hip and yet hilarious things I've ever done in a videogame. Saints Row seems to have found a sense of humour.
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post #47 of 192
10/18/08 at 7:42pm
I've heard a gripe about the game is the soundtrack playing tunes repeatedly unusually often. Karma Chameleon cropping up twice at great moments is normal is it? I heard the same about Final Countdown.
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post #48 of 192
10/18/08 at 7:56pm
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It seems like certain songs are scripted for certain missions. Plus there's only about 10-12 songs per station.
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post #49 of 192
10/18/08 at 10:21pm
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Also the game has the worst Helicopter controls since those RC things from San Andreas. Utterly hateful, the animations when you execute motherfuckers with the Katana makes up for it though
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post #50 of 192
10/18/08 at 11:02pm
Hows the online with this?
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