New Saints Row 2 details emerge

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#1 danishkhan
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There have been many GTA clones since the release of GTA III back in Fall 2001. Titles such as The Getaway and True Crimes have all been rewarding in their own way, but it was the title Saints Row that really did the better job of using GTA III elements and adding new ones in, giving innovation to the sandbox shooter genre.

Unsurprisingly, Saints Row was released to critical and commercial success, so it was inevitable that a sequel was only just around the corner. That said, it is now time to bring forth some of the initial details for the game that could possibly set further innovation for Rockstar to consider with a possible GTA V.

The initial list of new features for Saints Row 2 is as follows:
-Game set in a city 45% larger than the original
-New vehicles such as Motorbikes, Jet-skis, speedboats, planes and helicopters
-Use hostages as human shields
-Dual-wield weapons
-Use items from environment as melee weapons
Enhanced character creation that allows you to chose your sex of male, female, or transsexual (Yes, we are not joking here. Rupal is a possibility)
-New Co-op mode that allows gamers to play through the single player story with a buddy.

Looks like one hell of a game. GTA IV will introduce online multiplayer so to stay with the standards, hopefully Saints Row 2 will support online play as well. With that out of the way, do you feel compelled to give Saints Row 2 a go when it arrives on store shelves next year? Talk it over in our forums and let us know.

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#2 TheGTAvaccine
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Ugh, planes? I will be getting Saint's Row 2, but it wont even scathe GTA IV as far as I'm concerned.
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#3 danishkhan
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I am waiting 4 this game more then GTA IV
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#4 EPaul
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Hmm i hope it does'nt release close to GTA IV release date
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#5 Miles0T0Prower
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This is a series that has come out of left feild that has come close to GTA quality game GTAIV has ALOT to worry about
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#6 SirSnapple
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I enjoyed Saints Row more than GTA: Vice City and San Andreas. GTA III was the last good one, im not really excited for GTAIV. I think Saints Row 2 will be better, but because it has the name Grand Theft Auto slapped on the box, everyone is going to review it better and its going to sell better.

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45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!
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Playing through a GTA-like game with Co Op sounds pretty sweet... And the extra vehicles will add alot to the gameplay. I honestly liked this game better than every GTA game (except pt. 3). But I'm almost positive they won't release it until late next year.
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#9 TheDarkDisciple
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nice... I thought the first one was really good and i knew with some improvements it could be great, maybe even better than the GTA games.
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#10 danishkhan
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100% Agree with you :)

I enjoyed Saints Row more than GTA: Vice City and San Andreas. GTA III was the last good one, im not really excited for GTAIV. I think Saints Row 2 will be better, but because it has the name Grand Theft Auto slapped on the box, everyone is going to review it better and its going to sell better.

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#11 PS3_3DO
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Yeah I am playing Saint's Row again.

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#12 Cedmln
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Yeah its something to look forward to and no GTA 4 is going to be better either way.
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#13 jimbob9999
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Loved the original and can't wait to pick this one up.
I'm more excited for this than GTAIV to be honest, but both should be amazing games.
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#14 HAZE-Unit
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Saints Row is one of the best games I've played for the 360, with this kind of info, Im buying it day one, Co-op is double the fun, planes, holding hostages and double wield for guns are all great features and they are definitely are competing with GTA4.

I loved the animations in Saints row also, when you shoot some body or when you ram them then they fly away, it was awesome, Im glad it is multipatform this time, it is a great game and both sides deserves to enjoy it.

If Mafia 2, GTA4 and Saint row 2 comes next year, there will be alot of change for us gamers, enough shooters.

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#15 Riverwolf007
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SR 1 was a great title I'm buying SR 2 on release day. I hope the online works out better next time around the co-op sounds fun.
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#16 PS3_3DO
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Yeah its something to look forward to and no GTA 4 is going to be better either way. Cedmln

Maybe but Saint's Row 2 might be more fun to play!

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#17 club-sandwich
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Loved the original and can't wait to pick this one up.
I'm more excited for this than GTAIV to be honest, but both should be amazing games.
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me too, I just loved Saints Row, loved the single player, the online, co-op, it was all great and fun, and tunning cars and buying them was really fun too, not to mention that the side-missions were overall better and funnier than the GTA SM.
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#18 Bansheesdie
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Saints Row won't be anywere near GTA IV, but it still looks like its going to be one hell of a game.

I just hope Volition re-does the driving.

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#19 -platy-
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i love the first one, the ending was cool too...i just hope they make the cars faster, it seemed so slow on the first 1
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#20 lawlessx
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those are alot of improvements.. if the co-op mode is online i might actually pick this one up
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#21 toxicmog
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sounds just like gta....

the hostages as human shields i bet will get taken out.

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#22 Ninja-Vox
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I enjoyed Saints Row much more than i did San Andreas. I think it's a shame so many people passed it up because of it's gta-rip-off appearance. It was a fantastic game which, if released as GTA4, would probably have been accepted as a great step forward for the series.

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#23 Gnr_Helsing
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Awesome details! hope they fix the terrible lag on online multiplayer.
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45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!thirstychainsaw

Yes, because the original Saints Row was sooooo huge :roll:. It was about 1/6 the size of San Andreas. So 45% bigger than Saints Row is not a big deal at all. Of course DVD9 can handle that. Now, the question is...could DVD9 handle a world the size of San Andreas with high-def graphics, sound, physics. I don't think so. Oblivion barely could, and it had plenty of load times. A huge streaming no-load time game the size of San Andreas is not possible on 360.

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#25 gtawoof
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45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!thirstychainsaw

And if they wanted it to be 90% bigger ...there'd be a problem, but then again that'd probably be the size of San Andreas so make that 200%.

Basically the point is people shouldnt say "its good enough" why WOULDNT you want to strive for more, Blu Ray bashing is retarded, the only thing you can say against it is it costs more to develop on.

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#26 Duckyindiana
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I really enjoyed the first game i have i hopes for the second.
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Yes, because the original Saints Row was sooooo huge :roll:. It was about 1/6 the size of San Andreas. So 45% bigger than Saints Row is not a big deal at all. Of course DVD9 can handle that. Now, the question is...could DVD9 handle a world the size of San Andreas with high-def graphics, sound, physics. I don't think so. Oblivion barely could, and it had plenty of load times. A huge streaming no-load time game the size of San Andreas is not possible on 360. AvIdGaMeR444

Liberty City is larger then the 3 cities in San Andreas put together and GTA IV doesn't have any load times save for the one when you load a save.

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[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!AvIdGaMeR444

Yes, because the original Saints Row was sooooo huge :roll:. It was about 1/6 the size of San Andreas. So 45% bigger than Saints Row is not a big deal at all. Of course DVD9 can handle that. Now, the question is...could DVD9 handle a world the size of San Andreas with high-def graphics, sound, physics. I don't think so. Oblivion barely could, and it had plenty of load times. A huge streaming no-load time game the size of San Andreas is not possible on 360.

Ahem, Crysis = 6.3Gigs uncompressed :|

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[QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"] Yes, because the original Saints Row was sooooo huge :roll:. It was about 1/6 the size of San Andreas. So 45% bigger than Saints Row is not a big deal at all. Of course DVD9 can handle that. Now, the question is...could DVD9 handle a world the size of San Andreas with high-def graphics, sound, physics. I don't think so. Oblivion barely could, and it had plenty of load times. A huge streaming no-load time game the size of San Andreas is not possible on 360. Bansheesdie

Liberty City is larger then the 3 cities in San Andreas put together and GTA IV doesn't have any load times save for the one when you load a save.

GTA4 will not be larger then San Andreas, you read wrong, it'll be roughly the same size if not a bit smaller, the difference is it'll be packed with massive detail.

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#30 gtawoof
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[QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"]

[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!thirstychainsaw

Yes, because the original Saints Row was sooooo huge :roll:. It was about 1/6 the size of San Andreas. So 45% bigger than Saints Row is not a big deal at all. Of course DVD9 can handle that. Now, the question is...could DVD9 handle a world the size of San Andreas with high-def graphics, sound, physics. I don't think so. Oblivion barely could, and it had plenty of load times. A huge streaming no-load time game the size of San Andreas is not possible on 360.

Ahem, Crysis = 6.3Gigs uncompressed :|

Crysis isnt sandbox.

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[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!AvIdGaMeR444

Yes, because the original Saints Row was sooooo huge :roll:. It was about 1/6 the size of San Andreas. So 45% bigger than Saints Row is not a big deal at all. Of course DVD9 can handle that. Now, the question is...could DVD9 handle a world the size of San Andreas with high-def graphics, sound, physics. I don't think so. Oblivion barely could, and it had plenty of load times. A huge streaming no-load time game the size of San Andreas is not possible on 360.

Liberty City was bigger than San Andreas, and alot of San Andreas was filled up with nothing. Crackdown and Saints Row are pretty much both first gen games, and they run just fine, with plenty of room to spare.

Saint's Row still holds up really well actually, why did they can the PS3 release of it again ?

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[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"][QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"]

[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!shadyd1717

Yes, because the original Saints Row was sooooo huge :roll:. It was about 1/6 the size of San Andreas. So 45% bigger than Saints Row is not a big deal at all. Of course DVD9 can handle that. Now, the question is...could DVD9 handle a world the size of San Andreas with high-def graphics, sound, physics. I don't think so. Oblivion barely could, and it had plenty of load times. A huge streaming no-load time game the size of San Andreas is not possible on 360.

Ahem, Crysis = 6.3Gigs uncompressed :|

Crysis isnt sandbox.

actually, yes it is. but its actually 12 gigs :P
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I sure hope "Use items from environment as melee weapons" is kind of like dead rising, that would be cool.
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#34 JohnGerstmann
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[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!shadyd1717

And if they wanted it to be 90% bigger ...there'd be a problem, but then again that'd probably be the size of San Andreas so make that 200%.

Basically the point is people shouldnt say "its good enough" why WOULDNT you want to strive for more, Blu Ray bashing is retarded, the only thing you can say against it is it costs more to develop on.

yes, blu-ray bashing is as retarted as dvd bashing.

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#35 zero9167
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teh first one was decent so SR2 should be a good rent at the least
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#36 HolyHandGrenad3
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Nice! Looking foward to Saints Row 2 even more now. Can't wait for this game, the first one was so much fun.
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#37 Danm_999
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[QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"]

[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!thirstychainsaw

Yes, because the original Saints Row was sooooo huge :roll:. It was about 1/6 the size of San Andreas. So 45% bigger than Saints Row is not a big deal at all. Of course DVD9 can handle that. Now, the question is...could DVD9 handle a world the size of San Andreas with high-def graphics, sound, physics. I don't think so. Oblivion barely could, and it had plenty of load times. A huge streaming no-load time game the size of San Andreas is not possible on 360.

Ahem, Crysis = 6.3Gigs uncompressed :|

PC games are irrelevent to that debate. They can be compressed and installed on HDDs.

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#38 PapaJohn24
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Saints Row was great. I loved the visual style as well. In my opinion, it is graphically superior to GTA, and in almost all elements as well (excluding story).
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#39 Blinblingthing
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45% bigger? But but teh DVD holds back mah games! Unpossible!thirstychainsaw

Yea, DVDs are better than Blu-ray

Matter Fact It would have been 45% smaller if it had been done on Blu-ray