Players new to the series will find a rich world to explore, while those who played through the original will appreciate the small nods to the backstory. Worthy of note are all the small plot details that have been threaded throughout Saints Row 2. The story is written in such a way that it unfolds in a compartmentalized fashion, so a player who starts out by fighting the Sons of Samedi will see the same missions as one who starts with the Ronin, they'll just see them at different points in the game. Much like the first game, each of the three story missions can be approached however you choose. Your featured opponents this time around are the Brotherhood, the Sons of Samedi and the Ronin. The first few missions bring the player up-to-speed with the story, but after that how you attack each of the three main gangs is up to you. From the moment you set foot in Stilwater, you have the choice of following the mission tree or simply running around and raising havoc. After that, the city is more or less an open book. In fact, your first mission is escaping from prison amidst a hail of bullets. Even the tutorial is done "on the fly," so you never feel as if the action is lagging. Once you've settled on a character, the game immediately kicks into gear. It all makes sense once you complete Saints Row and view the ending cliffhanger. Later in the game, you gain the ability to customize your clothes, crib, gang style and cars.įor those of you wondering how it's possible to play as a female when the character originated as a male in the first game, never fear. In short, the sky's the limit here as you can tweak just about every major body aspect.
Want to lumber around the city as Fat Bastard? It's possible. Feel like re-creating the Joker? You can do it. Want to play as a rail-thin, heroin junkie grandma? Go ahead. From there you can customize to your heart's content. It starts you out with four basic body frames, black, white, Asian and Latino and your choice of gender, male or female. The first improvement that players will note is the revamped character creation system. Thankfully Saints Row 2 builds on what we saw in the first, giving players a game that not only offers more content, but also feels more developed, both in general gameplay and overall polish. As the first open world game to hit the next-generation systems, Saints Row was an ambitious title that, while a lot of fun, wasn't quite as polished as it could have been. It's been a little over two years since Saints Row debuted on the Xbox 360.
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