Feeding your ID in Saint's Row 2 - Kotaku Comments

Feeding your ID in Saint's Row 2

Chocolatedio — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:41:09 MDT

they are just missing one thing. they should add the feature of taking a picture of your body with the xbox live vision camera just like in Rainbow Six Vegas and have a version of your body in the game

Chocolatedio

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Sevius — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:17:07 MDT

Is there a market for Ali G simulators that I don't know about?

Sevius

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joelface — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:14:38 MDT

i'll rent it.

joelface

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Kamizzle — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:37:29 MDT

meh, I read a couple of months back that you were out to take revenge on the Saints by creating your own gang, which would have it's own color and own name.

You'd be able to make the name's graphics in a sort of Jet Set Radio graffiti mini program. and the name would show on clothing and cars. (and even as tags)

After which you were to recruit your own gangmembers, with some of the old posse taking your side (I was guessing Johnny and Dex)

But I guess they scrapped that, bums me out, that was one feature I was really psyched about :(

I mean purple1@?!?! they had the chance to take it out, and they left it in!

I will still buy it, but from time to time I will look at my homies (cuz I'm not wearing that shit myself) and cry on the inside.

Kamizzle

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Witzbold — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:21:43 MDT

Im totally gonna get Saints Row 2 since I had a hell of a good time with the first one.

Even more so because I could make all sorts of idiotic looking characters. ;D

Witzbold

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Soldrak — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:10:45 MDT

Way too many GTA fantards. Seriously dudes, GTA is an overrated game with horrible unresponsive controls and repetitive gameplay.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing GTA because I somehow am in love with Volition, this game may suck too but because wanton violence = great game = $$$ is a formula that works it will do reasonably well. There are way too many gamer tards nowadays willing to settle for the formulaic craptarding games.

Soldrak

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slice156 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:01:31 MDT

the long arms on the woman are being displayed on a wide screen tv,thats why she's stretched out,thats why eveything in the pic is stretched out. probably not a formated version they are playing.

slice156

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JohnnyLA — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:38:15 MDT

Now that V has gotten through the growing pains of a new genre for them (open world) and the tech/art process transition to "next gen" it looks like this game is going
to be as good or better than anything else out there that they compete with.

I especially like the "diversions" aspect of the game.

JohnnyLA

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kftgr — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:29:53 MDT

"...open world AI and animation at its finest."

Alright, there's gonna be great AI.

"So he opts to throw a satchel charge onto a jogger instead of the next trailer. It seems like a normal enough decision as it sticks to the side of her head like a lopsided cubic afro. Then he throws another and another. Now the jogger is having a tough time jogging."

What kind of great AI lets someone throw a ton of explosives on it and keep trying to jog?

kftgr

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BaronVonCrogs — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:53:46 MDT

Hmmm, I'm so getting both! Why choose?!

BaronVonCrogs

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Livid — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:46:02 MDT

If it's sandbox-style goofing off, then consider it copped. Along with GTA4.

Livid

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AeroZeppelin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:43:39 MDT

@InsidiousTuna: You are spewing BS. There is no lock-on system in Saints Row 1.

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InsidiousTuna — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:27:54 MDT

@Vecha: GTA4 does have a lock-on sytem. Hold the left trigger all the way down, and it locks on, like in Crackdown. Hold it halfway, and you can move the reticule around, like in Saint's Row 1. At least, that's the impression I've gotten from reading about it.

InsidiousTuna

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InsidiousTuna — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:25:46 MDT

Sounds sweet. I'm more interested in GTA4's realism, but this is sounding awesome, too.

InsidiousTuna

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Vecha — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:56:53 MDT

@octoSink:

The first didn't have one...and GTA 4 isn't having one...I doubt this one will.

Vecha

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Vecha — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:51:30 MDT

@Adzz:

Saint's Row is DEFIANTLY better than any other crime game* out there...why you ask? It's fun.

*Besides GTA...

Vecha

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subterfunk — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:27:56 MDT

@Adzz: definitely lacking a better word there...

subterfunk

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Dioxen — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:46:10 MDT

@Guizzy: She didn't get killed, she just got temporarily inconvenienced.

You can get her as a zombie henchman later on. She rolls in a custom hearse and uses her arm as a club.

Dioxen

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Adzz — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:45:54 MDT

I dont mind SR, tho as you can see from my ava im a huge GTA fan. I just dont like how they try and make a crime game when its more saturated and uhhh for lack of a better word gay as SEGA game.

Adzz

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octoSink — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:26:08 MDT

I talk sh!† about this game, but i'll buy it. I hope they have a target lock-on system, though.

octoSink

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Skitzoap — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:11:52 MDT

This and GTA are going to be amazing!

Skitzoap

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peAr nectAr — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:54:27 MDT

If they wait for a few months after GTA IV is released, once people start getting sick of it, then they'll do fine business.

Personally, I could play a GTA game for at least two years on-and-off before it starts to get old. I was playing San Andreas from its release date until about a year ago, when my disc stopped working. So I have no need for Saint's Row 2. Although, if there is full co-op, then it will definitely be worth a rental.

peAr nectAr

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SadSadSamus — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:44:54 MDT

This game souns like it'll be a good time.

A different beast then GTA4, no doubt.
There is, already no point in comparing them.

"Whats the point of a trailer park full of AI going about their business if even satchel charges just sort of make them fly away. For all I know she'll land a few blocks away and just keep on jogging."

That would be hilarious. This being a videogame, and all, I would kind of like something like that. Especially if you could stick a camera to them and film it all.
And having the person end up 9 miles away, and resume jogging, would be way more entertaining then a corpse.

Comeon, the point is to have fun. You cant spell Funny without fun.

Besides, that kind of dark comedy is what Postal III is comming out for.

SadSadSamus

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qhue — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:39:12 MDT

Gotta give props to my hommies in Champaign! Volition rulez!

(Actually it really a matter of pride that Volition's HQ rests on the site of what used to be an eyesore in my hometown of Champaign Urbana Illinois. Sure the U of Illinois cranks out a staggering number of top notch CS geeks, but to a gamer like me its nice to see a AAA dev house sprout less than a mile from the house I grew up in)

qhue

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RubyMars — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:33:25 MDT

Is it just me, or does that developer guy look like Alan Thicke?

RubyMars

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Guizzy — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:28:56 MDT

There already was a girl with a "positive" role in the first Saints Row. She got killed, though. Still.

I don't know about making the game less serious and the character decidedly criminal; I liked the tone of the first Saints Row. I somewhat liked the message it gave. I guess in a way they're trying to follow the path of the real-life crips, where a group that started out as a response to increasing gang violence in their neighborhood ended up just as bad as what they were at first trying to prevent.

Guizzy

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meltyman — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:07:19 MDT

@Moonshadow101:
ah yes, stereotypes ftw, because the same way hiphop culture degrades women, gamers all drink mountain dew and curse like there's no tomorrow whilst playing halo on live .....

meltyman

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nxp3 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:50:11 MDT

@exo: Dude, you are disturbed...don't be surprise when the feds come knocking on your door.

nxp3

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lionkitten — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:49:43 MDT

That last quote in the article our-rockstars Rockstar by a mile. I'm starting to get tempted byt the GTA hype, though I've never really gotten into one of them. But I liked Saints quite a bit. Maybe I'll wait and get that, cuz I don't need both.

Plus then I won't get sucked into $$$$$$ of GTA DLC on 360.

lionkitten

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goddessakasha — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:49:31 MDT

@Moonshadow101: If you were to actually read the article, you'd find that they mentioned how they were giving up "any pretense of being authentically hip hop".... which I assume means that now you can be a female and not be treated like garbage.

What a concept in games, huh?

goddessakasha

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KeyBoa — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:20:47 MDT

@Moonshadow101: Are you aware of the fact that the female character that you are creating is just a "de-manned" version of your character from the first game?

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Woylez — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:55:25 MDT

I shall be purchasing both.

Woylez

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WalnutSoap — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:49:48 MDT

Is it me, or is Tsai wearing a Gizmondo shirt? That alone gives me a sinking feeling...

WalnutSoap

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Sunjammer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:40:54 MDT

So i'm assuming SR1 was worth getting? Because it's a seriously old game now and it still retails for full price over here.

Sunjammer

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DevCo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:38:29 MDT

I liked SR1 a lot, I will get this for sure. And GTA4, but then again I was a fan of Contra, and now I have a disposable income. I hate being a Market Segment.

DevCo

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huginn — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:35:50 MDT

This might actually give GTA4 a run for it's money if it lives up to all that this says it will be. Why? Because it is looking more and more like it will be a step up from GTA4 before GTA4 has even been released. Something it has to be to simply survive.

Even if it is just 'on par' with GTA4, it will be a failure. The Hype of GTA is simply too great. It's already labeled as a 'clone' and a bad product of a clone is a death sentence.

huginn

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exo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:26:40 MDT

When i stick a satchel charge to a jogger and blow it, I dont want

a: her to fly 50 feet in the air - I want her body parts to fly 50 feet in every direction. The fact the body just sort of ragdolls and flies off sucks.

b: the other charges to blow at the same time giving me a chance to create a mega bomb... not a bunch of tiny little bombs.

Whats the point of a trailer park full of AI going about their business if even satchel charges just sort of make them fly away. For all I know she'll land a few blocks away and just keep on jogging.

First game to give me a truck full of empty boxes (with fast food logos on them) which I can then place decaptitated heads into and deliver to unsuspecting people wins the decade.

exo

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Collapse The Control — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:23:54 MDT

Sandbox open world games are my 2nd favorite style of games, 1st being FPS.

Add Co-op to it and i'm sold no matter what!

Saints Row was and still is real fun, I can't wait for the #2!

Collapse The Control

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ShaggE — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:11:05 MDT

Just give me the Insurance Fraud cheat again, and I'll be happy. Ragdoll Parkour FTW.

ShaggE

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Gray665 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:07:36 MDT

I never played the first Saints Row outside of the demo but its hard to pass up co-op. If it plays well count me in.

Gray665

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DoggySpew — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:07:02 MDT

Meh,

I'll get both.

DoggySpew

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GorbyGipper — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:55:06 MDT

Co-op sandbox game? Sold.

Crackdown was amazing as a co-op sandbox and Saint's Row was a fun, albeit cheesey game. If they keep the world just as open for two as Crackdown, include all that customization, keep the same old driving, shooting, and physics....it should be a blast to play.

GorbyGipper

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ban_hammer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:54:59 MDT

so... I wonder how it will control, some GTA clones were cool like Scarface The World is Yours, but for some reason, Saints Row was kinda off, maybe the sequel might fix that

ban_hammer

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Moonshadow101 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:50:22 MDT

I can't really fit it into my head that they're allowing female characters. Either they have no grasp of the culture they're glorifying whatsoever, or the principle function of the female characters will be missions where you find all sorts of new and interesting places to have sex (voluntarily or otherwise. Probably otherwise.)

Moonshadow101

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Spartan1308™ — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:48:50 MDT

@Kum0: I disagree b/c from what I understand GTA IV only has 1 mission for co-op gameplay. This game has full co-op. That's what I want for multiplayer from this type of game. Those other modes that GTA stacked on are things I'd rather do in COD4 or H3. This is one thing that SR2 got right and GTA IV didn't.

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KaneRobot — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:47:46 MDT

Yes, Saint's Row was a ripoff, but it was a AAA-quality ripoff. I'm looking forward to this just as much as GTA4, especially after reading this.

KaneRobot

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:47:19 MDT

@Parabolee: I like how they seem to be trying to draw more similarities to Crackdown than GTA this time around.

Brian Crecente

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JerrD74: RIP George Carlin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:46:16 MDT

@JerrD74: hates the media: Gah, someone keeps switching my keys..should be "it" out there, obviously

JerrD74: RIP George Carlin

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MisterSleep — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:45:14 MDT

I still think the characters (in the poster in the first pic and the screenshot) look like faux thugs from a 90s MTV made for TV movie.

MisterSleep

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JerrD74: RIP George Carlin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:45:09 MDT

@nxp3: Looks like something you'll be able to do in the create-a-character..

I highly doubt the models are going to be anatomically incorrect..unless of course you make them that way when customizing..

...might want to not just nitpick to find a reason to rag on it..just throwing in out there..

JerrD74: RIP George Carlin

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tljent — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:44:38 MDT

Definitely gonna pick this up (along with GTA). SR may be in the same genre as GTA but it's a completely different game. I found elements I liked and disliked in both titles.

tljent

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Parabolee — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:44:20 MDT

We have to thank Saints Row for pushing GTA IV to be a better game. We all benefit from compitition.

And as great as SR2 is going to be (and the co-op alone will make it awesome). GTA IV will own it's world!

But when GTA IV is finally getting old, SR2 will be ready to roll.

I hope for their sake they polish this until at least x-mas.

Parabolee

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Cactuar — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:44:15 MDT

Looking forward to this game as much as GTA 4, but what the HELL is wrong with the arms of that woman in the first pic?

Cactuar

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Tingle — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:42:42 MDT

Never really been a huge fan of sandbox games, and the only one that ever caught my interest was Crackdown.

Tingle

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DaPress — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:40:22 MDT

I think the two will have very different vibes, and the Hefner-Flynt analogy loosely fits. You're getting a semi-serious crime drama in GTA IV and you're getting a merry-go-lucky derivative in SR2.

Saint's Row was one of the most shameless rip offs in recent video game history, but it did a good job of what it aimed to do and I'd say it even had an engaging story line. I'm sure SR2 will deliver, but just in a different way than GTA IV.

That said, I'm getting both.

DaPress

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Zhabin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:39:28 MDT

I didn't really catch onto Saints Row 1 (call it just a lack of time and other games to play, it just really didn't grab me), but from what I'm hearing so far (not much, I know) of Saints Row 2, this could be a pretty damn good game.

I'll have GTAIV to keep me company for a long while, but as long as this game comes out at least half-way decent, I'll probably bite and go ahead and buy it. Make it good Volition, and you've got yourselves a day-one sale! =D

Zhabin

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SeedyROM — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:39:19 MDT

I love me some GTA and I'll be right there in front getting IV when it comes out but I still love playing Saint's Row for simply goofing off.

Some knock the gameplay and the glitches but there is no finer Rocket Launcher mechanic/explosion out there today. Insanely fun for "fucking around" as Tsai echoed in the new version and I have no doubt that I'll do plenty of that in SR2.

SeedyROM

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nxp3 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:37:54 MDT

Hmm...that dude looks like a kid stuck in the 80's. Oh and that girl's arm there, is longer than her legs probably...geez. I don't know...don't think I'll be picking this up...another gta ripoff.

nxp3

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Cchrist — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:37:48 MDT

Will your character actually be talking in this one or will it be just another mute?

Only Gordon canull that one off in my book.

Cchrist

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Kum0 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:37:14 MDT

Just hope there is less slow down and a MP mode that is worth playing.

GTA IV has hit SR out the park with its MP features, hope SR will pack some form of punch :D

Kum0

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HurricaneDave — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:31:48 MDT

I can't wait to play this game. I have to take issue with your GTA analogy though. I don't think Rockstar has ever tried to be artistic or pretentious about what GTA is, the fans have but Rockstar themselves have not. IMHO.

HurricaneDave

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njhardcoreguy — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:30:34 MDT

I dig the colorful, cartoon vibe. Feels more like a videogame than GTA4.

njhardcoreguy

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Foxstar Sixtail — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:30:08 MDT

Bravo. To me, this is going to be the game I get. GTA will have to stay on the shelf.

In before loads of haters and GTA taint suckers. Lots of em.

Foxstar Sixtail

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Vau — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:29:11 MDT

This game looks like it's going to be great. But this close to GTA4? Let's hope stuff like its Co-op will be a feature that sells it for those still hungry for a sandbox fix after we're all done with Nico.

Vau