A very enjoyable game. No performance issues for me, runs very well and looks pretty nice at max too. The game itself is fun to play, a little distance from the slightly grittier realism of GTA, having it's unrealistic and funny moments that give it some charm. With countless diversions and missions, I can see this game having me hooked for some time, not to mention the customisation, which is a fantastic feature. I also own GTA, and SR2 may not be as polished or have so much attention to detail, but it is more like the old GTA's in that is is pure fun.

It's a game similar to GTA, but I think that it's a better version of GTA. If you want to play, I recommend playing with gamepad. Gameplay give much more fun than GTA and you can personalize your character more than in other games.

Saint's Row 2 is a blast. Sandbox gameplay at its finest from one of the greatest game developers around,Volition (Freespace, Descent, Red Faction, Summoner).

It's over-the-top mayhem that doesn't take itself seriously, it simply aims to offer what any game should offer, addictive and fun gameplay. Somewhere there's a massive list of all the great things that can be done within this game, but in the interest of keeping this review from being long and stale it only needs to be said that Saint's Row 2 does everything that a sandbox game should do.

I should probably mention the poor port of this game to PC, but with the patches and community modifications this really isn't much of an issue, once you've patched it and applied your preferred mods it runs great on most PCs!

If you got saints row 3 you need to know the story saints row 2 brings the awsomenes back on a different level! with an amazing game its realy fun!

Good ideas and good game but all is broken. This version of SR2 isn't updated at last patch (you need to register the key to steam to get the last version, but it is SR2 DE with censured contents) and you have tons of bugs, fps drops and all the shit of this world.

Amazing game! Much like GTA but it focuses more on humor than anything else. The humor can be great, but sometimes childish, the combat is a lot of fun, the story is great, if a bit predictable at times. Overall, a must have game, get it now!

It would be a really good game - lots of option on how to customize your character, lots of things to do and very fun - if wasn´t for the fact that the game it is a horrible console port - trying to drive anything is nearly impossible do keyboard command begin over sensitive, even with mods you still can find mostly missions which require you to drive fast due time or due you need to follow someone impossible since can´t really control the car or moto.

A game full of mayhem and explosions. Not as deep and polished as the GTA series, but more fun. Tons of options how to personalize your character, and a huge open world to explore. What's not to like?

I am a huge Saints Row fan. I played the original on the XBOX 360 when it came out, as GTA IV was still a good year away at that point. I got Saints Row 2 on the XBOX 360 as well, and the game was good. I really liked the characters especially Johnny Gat.

Gamersgate was selling Saints Row 2 for the PC, so I bought a few copies to have and give out to friends. If you've read anything online about Saints Row 2 on the PC, you've probably seen mention of how bad the port was. Poor optimisation for the PC, crashing, glitches and bugs.

I'm afraid they are largely true. The game feels very clunky on PC, which is disapointing as it's one of very few games out there where you can play the whole single player campaign in co-op, which was mainly what I wanted to do while waiting for Saints Row 3 to come along.

Ultimately myself and my friends had to give up on it. The single player mostly works fine, but your mileage may vary. There are also some community fixes out there if you search for them.

If for any reason you wanted this because you enjoyed Saints Row 3 and wanted to see where the franchise came from, this isn't a great example.

The game is ok :) i love it but, so many bug and feel like the developer abandon it i purchase because i play saint row 3 and i want to give a try with this game and the mod .. and it ok for time to time and if don't you don't serious, but purchase it during the discount so not much worry

Saints Row 2 is widely regarded as one of the worst ports of all time. While there is some truth to that, there ARE worse ports (Pacman 2600 for example). With the "Gentleman of the Row" mod, this game is more fun than GTA IV.

P.S:

For best performance, register and download it on Steam.

Huge open world game filled with craziness and explosions. Definitely a game must get for people who loved action games. But beware as this game is a port from console so there are numerous thing that the game does not support, namely wide screen resolution, clunky control, and sensitive driving control. Most of it can be fixed through either having a controller or downloading a 3rd party program.

I like this game, as said before it is a bit like GTA but this takes it to the next level. Everything is more over the top and more humorous. There is a LOT to do in the world, there are loads of sidequests and missions to do. This is a great game to waste time in, shooting everything up doesn't get old that fast :P. It's even more fun to do with a friend in coop mode.

Conclusion: Worth the money if you like these sort of games, but quite heavy on the PC.

This game is a bit like Grand Theft Auto, but with a much better (and much more juvenile) sense of humour. From throwing yourself under traffic in a spot of insurance fraud to driving a flaming quad bike right through cars, there's hours of fun to be had here. The only downside is the quality of the port to PC - it can run quite poorly unless you have a powerful computer.

Whoever ported this game did a serious disservice to Saints Row 2. It felt more like I'm playing the game through a buggy emulator. If it wasn't for the modding community the game would be nearly unplayable. Once you install a few mods, however, the game begins to shine.

The steam forums have a mod list sticky but the one I recommend is Gentlemen of the Row. That one fixes alot of problems and adds a ton of extras as well.

Even with the mods the game is still buggy but playable. Drivings touchy, things vanish sometimes, gama goes wonky and theirs no mouse support for the menus. If your easily frustrated don't bother buying this game.

This game has been a real surprise for me. It's certainly true that the game is "arcade" but it's also a lot fun. First of all I liked a lot all the personalization option the game gives you, of the characters end of the veicles too. Very nice is also the "conquer-the-city" system and the numerous side missons. Concluding this game is a great alternative to GTA-series games, without, by the way, being a mere copy.

Similar to GTA stly on gameplay with less seriousness. The game suffers from a speed bug due to being a port over especially when running on windows 7, the game runs at wierd speeds depending on your computers prossecer speed is above or belows the original consol's, there is though a fan made patch that fixes this speed issue.

Saints Row 2 is a lot like Grand Theft Auto, it has the same style, it's an open world game occurring in a city which you can explore, do missions and activities in and a lot more crazy stuff just for fun.

Unlike GTA, Saints Row tries to be more funny, crazy and unrealistic so that we can also laugh while playing it.

Although it's a pretty bad port from a console the game is really cool.

My biggest problem is that I couldn't play it on Windows 7 32 bit because then the game runs on a x2 speed, as if you are fast forwarding and that is pretty aweful, especially while driving... I had to play it on a different PC.

Very funny game but the the optimization is poor and sometimes is not works good of fast computers. The story isn't important, the most important is fun. It's one of the best sandbox game in 2008.

Mindless fun game in gta style. Some minuses from bad keyboard control.

Would recommend using mod Gentlemen of the Row with it as it adds more content.

Its a wickedly mindless game... very funny at times with all the quirky voice-acting.

The driving in it is a little "sharp" using the keyboard as most mention... if it wasn't for this I would have given it a 5/5.

A GTA like game with many things to do.

I'm not a really fan of open world style games, but this is just awesome.

I love the developers humor <3

Saints Row 2 is comparable to GTA San Andreas, but I would prefer SR2.

Saints row 2 is simply a more fun, less realistic version of GTA, it's not the complete same, but i implores a more global scale of action. such as taking ground and getting to own territory

Saints Row 2 brings the Saints Row series to the PC and manages to both impress and leave a bad taste in one's mouth. As a game it's great, the missions are varied and the gameplay is genuinely fun and unique. The customization tools provided are great and the story is good.

But as a PC version of a game it fails. Saints Row 2 is so poorly optimized that it doesn't run well on high end PC's nor it will in the future. If you can leave the performance problems aside you will find a true gem.

Excellent replayability. Graphics that surpass GTA: SA but not as good as GTA:IV. Sound is on the weak side - some sounds are really tinny and lack variation. Coop is a blast!

Support, however, is non-existent, though there is a large community of modders and enthusiasts who have thankfully resolved many of the issues. Performance is generally good on a decent modern system (quad core, 4gb ram, Geforce GTX260/HD4870) and I experienced stuttering only on rare ocassions.

A great game that is highly recommended.

The game in terms of gameplay is wonderful. You have a lot of freedom to do whatever you like, running about the city and performing acts of 'respect' that strike your fancy. The online cooperative mode is also a blast.

What isn't so great is the game's technicalities. It has a lot of bugs, including the game running very very fast on most Win7 installations, which requires a custom made patch to fix (the company themselves refuse to do anything about it).

Put in the work to make the game function the way it should and you have an enjoyable experience ahead of you. Otherwise you're destined for an uncalled-for ragequit.

Saints Row 2 is best seen as an over-the-top version of GTA with lots of more freedom and ridiculous things to do. While GTA does take itself seriously, Saints Row 2 doesn't. While you can still be the classy maffialeader if you want to, you can also be a pimp running around in a diving suit. The world is open and it's yours to take, how you want it.

While rather buggy on the PC, this is a great game if you want to have a laugh.

If this game were handled with care then this would easily be a 4 star, maybe 5 (4.5 if that were possible) but the game was released by a third-party developer and was just full of bugs. Some PC's will play this fine, some will cry - this is not because of ''Epic graphix!'' but because of poor optimisation and the afore mentioned bugs. This aside, the game is great. This I can confirm from previously owning it on the Xbox 360. Tonnes of stuff to do and if you're into sandbox games a la Grand Theft Auto then this is it's slightly crazy, over the top and incontinent cousin.

Fun gun. Open world play. Tons of character creation screens. Did not have many issues with play, especially after I added the driving mod (made it so much easier to control). If you like GTA games you will like this.

Can't recommend this enough. It's gleefully tasteless, an enjoyable sandbox playground game which has no wish to take itself seriously. It's been a while since I played a game like this - the last was probably Grand Theft Auto Vice City - but I found endless variety. The current version is well patched, although there are tweaks to be found at the steam forum which will tidy things up more. I would recommend a game controller for this, although I'm currently struggling on with keyboard and mouse. driving isn't essential in the game, but it doesn't play well with keyboard and mouse at all (Helicopters, on the other hand, do just fine.). I've stuck with playing it in windowed mode on my laptop, which has worked out fine on medium setting, and mine isn't the most powerful - ati integrated graphics, 4 gig ram and a dualcore. In summary fun, but do make sure you read up on all the various tweaks required at the steam forum before you start playing.

Saints Row 2 is a very fun game, but also very bugged on the PC since they stopped patching it. It doesn't run all that well, if you have windows 7 the game will run at double speed, and most of the cars can do the most insane turns by a small tap on a button. Most of this can be fixed by mods though, and the wacky car controls are actually making driving down a road a challenge, but the lack of control and the lag is just enough to ruin it. Its only fairly decent, 3 stars

This is a cheap Port from Console to Pc..Graphics eat a ton of processing power and deliver not much in quality.On Windows xp new appearing objects are not prefetched,which means while driving the game lags every 2 to 3 seconds.

Add to that the Fact that the car controls are tuned to analog sticks which means cars react very sensitive to even the shortest keypress,which leads to you crashing into lots of objects all the time,especially with faster cars.

The Game Design itself is greatand lots of fun with lots of batshit insane missions,but i can only recommend it to people if:

you have Windows 7 (rumored to counter prefetch issue)

+ a really good cpu/gpu (counters lack of optimization)

and install the fanmade patches for it to get rid of some issues.

you get it really cheap

all else should stick with the console version.

The game is fun, but it has many flaws and after the patch still some bugs. There are issues with controlling the different kind of vehicles and the game has high system requirements in comparison to what it looks. But if you look for some crazy arcade action that takes itself not as serious as a GTA it can be a lot of fun.

Graphically this game aint as up to date as the others that came out the same year but with fully customizable character and free world play (after the first couple of missions) then it becomes engrossing, only downside to this is car handling issues again as always like in the GTA games car handling is awful but thats the only thing that lets it down (or if your a graphic freak then that too)

This game is loads of fun, put its also a terrible console port. If you have a problem with not using your mouse in the menues and get pissed if some of the minigames are impossible with a mouse i cant recommend it, but if you just wanna have some fun with the craziest game,buy this!

So the steam redemption is the heavily censored german language version and the main game is broke without the latest steam patch if you direct download. Horrible PC port, glad i payed os little for it.

This game really delivers what GTA4 lacks. GTA4 went a completely different direction than San Andreas, even taking out the great flying mechanic they had implemented. SR2 picks up the slack, delivering a huge game packed with fun side missions, less realistic driving mechanics, and huge customization options. A great game, worth the small price.

Imagine Grand Theft Auto's freedom to destroy, and mix in a little wackiness. You can complete quests, or you can destroy random civilians in a way that will have you and everyone in the room laughing. A must have. This game is so good, I already own a retail version of it, but I bought it through Gamersgate just because the price was so low. Now I don't have to worry about losing it.

No one seems to point out a simple yet important detail: every non-Steam version of SR2 is horribly broken, as the last patch was never released outside the Steam network. Not a fault of Gamersgate obviously. Besides, the last patch is needed for Gentlemen of the Row mod, which fixes most of the game-breaking bugs.

The key provided for Steam however does unlock the censored and unmoddable German version.

dont redeem this key on steam as you'll get the censored germna version that is locked to the german language.

However the game in your native toungue and not censored is amazing.

BUY IT!!!!

If you want an open-world game, and are frustrated by Grand Theft Auto IV, or even if you enjoyed GTA4, Saints Row 2 is a nice, non-serious change of pace that will constantly put a grin on your face. It’s whacked out, over-the-top, and, most important, reminds you that games should be fun.

If you enjoyed the GTA games before they took a more serious approach you'll love this, the game allows you to customise your character to your hearts content from clothes to voice and even how they walk. The game has a fun CO-OP mode for you and a friend to enjoy. Buy this for a funny sandbox experience. A lot of fun!!

Saints Row 2 is a good sandbox game like GTA series. Nice story, funny missions are worth the price, but you need a good computer to play it because it's not well optimised.

saints row 2 is similar to grand thief auto but its not a serious game. the game could

have been great if it was not for the timed missions, horrible car controls, limited

weapons invatory, and hard invatory controls.

Crazy & insane- it grabs you, shakes you and then leaves you wanting more.

The city itself is fairly large with several miles of urban city to explore. The graphics however aren't as optimized as could be and as such it may chug on some systems. Thing is- they don't even look all that great. It IS a console port of a great game. But it suffers from terrible porting. The controls seem wonky at first until you adjust.

Overall good game, I'd recommend if you're willing to stick with it

Saints Row 2 is a action game similar to Grand Theft Auto but that is a where the Similarities end. This game is a complete waste of time because of the terrible controls, terrible story and bad graphics. Buy Grand Theft Auto and not this game. 1/5 stars.

Saints Row 2 is a stunning game. I've already completed it having bought it on retail. Unfortunately the retail version forces you onto Steam - extremely happy to report that the Gamersgate version lets you play the game normal-style in complete freedom which is how PC games should always be played. Can't praise this game enough - it's been said it's "the game GTA IV should have been" which although I've never played GTA IV was enough, having played this already, to stop me even bothering with GTA IV.

You start off choosing your character - which is an insane affair - you get to choose the looks, right down to colour of eyes, shape of face etc. That's extensive enough, but you ALSO get to pick things like voice, style of taunt, and even the way he or she walks. I even had him dressed in women's underwear in one option screen. I subsequently decided against this in my final decision.

The controls certainly take a bit of getting used to - but once you do, they're almost second nature. I would recommend sticking with the defaults as they've thought them through rather well.

The level of freedom is immense. There are tons of well structured missions to complete, which involve doing missions against 3 rival gangs, until you've wiped them all out. There are special side missions, which count towards your progress through the game as a percentage (and what's interesting to note is that having completed every single gang mission, and had the end credits roll, I'm still not "100%" through the game) or you can just run around causing mass mayhem, which is incredibly stress relieving. You can buy up petrol stations, record shops and such. You can buy up houses for your gang. You can randomly recruit gang members if you see any wandering about the streets, or dismiss them at will (or execute them if you're savage like me). You can take control of just about any vehicle, be it land or air or water based. The 'boss' missions - i.e. the rival gang leaders can be really savage - or you could get lucky on them. Just be prepared for a serious, heart-pumping, adrenylin-filled challenge.

The graphics are beautiful - though you will need a meaty, modern system to run the game at full settings without any judder - though these days it isn't all that expensive to hit the mark (just don't buy a retail PC). There are occasionaly glitches like the soft shadows of the trees turning blocky but that really doesn't detract from the overall look.

The whole island feels alive - there are so many people wandering around, driving around. You end up down the beach and there's people sunbathing on the sand. You go over to a building site and there's people hammering away and lazing about inside. These areas aren't just put there to break up the scenery like in some games. They're actually functioning.

Minute attention to detail, hours and hours of mindless fun and destruction, and truly an adult game for adults, Saints Row 2 is epic, and I for one absolutely cannot wait for the next Saints Row game.

100% totally recommend.

Saints Row 2 is a pretty darn amazing game. Blowing things up, blowing people up, and doing it all in a spectacular fashion that rivals GTA in its aversion to normalcy. Know that you cannot use the GG key on Steam, and GG currently has not updated to the latest version. Still, this game is definitely worth getting, if not from here.

Saints Row 2 ist wie ältere GTAs mit ständig aktivem Rampage-Modus: Menschenverachtend, brutal, explosiv und dabei absolut spaßig, da es sich selbst zu keiner Sekunde ernst nimmt. Wenn man mit Flammenwerfer Flitzer jagt, Nobelgegenden mit Scheiße einsprüht oder mit dem Raketenwerfer die Nachbarschaft demoliert, kommt einfach Freude auf. Danke der etlichen Nebenaktivitäten stört es da auch nicht sonderlich, dass sich die Hauptmissionen fast ausschließlich aufs Ballern und Fahren beschränken. Interessant bleibt der Hauptstory-Strang glücklicherweise durch die witzigen Zwischensequenzen. Die Mankos finden sich hauptsächlich auf technischer Seite: Die Grafik ist wirklich nicht sonderlich gelungen und wartet obendrein mit allerlei Unsauberheiten wie Frameraten-Einbrüchen auf. Auch ist zu vieles bereits aus den Vorgängern bekannt. Zwar wurde die Stadt erweitert und die neuen Missionstypen machen wirklich Spaß, allerdings wirkt der Titel dennoch ein wenig wie ein Saints Row 1.5. Wer Spaß mit dem Vorgänger hatte, den wird dies allerdings eher weniger stören. Wer allerdings bereits beim ersten Teil die Nase rümpfte, wird auch hier nicht glücklich.

+ Arcadiges, adrenalingeladenes Gameplay

+ Wunderbar direkte Steuerung

+ Gelungene Zwischensequenzen

+ Zahllose, teils absurde Nebenbeschäftigungen

+ Meistens faires Checkpoint-System

+ Guter Mehrspieler-Part

- Schwache Grafik

- Wenig Musik im Radio

- Mittelmäßige KI

- Abwechslungs arme Hauptmissionen

Aber 4 von 5 Sternen wert.

Easy to do, some sense of exhilaration. To play without thinking is great. But I'm doing a bit of a slow difficult process.