saints row II

this game is so trashy! it's a huge rip off of Grand Theft Auto, but it takes all the serious bits out.

fed up with having to replay entire missions every time you fail? SRII has extremely forgiving checkpoints.

angry that the cops bust you after you nudge an old lady? you can kill pretty much whoever you like in SRII, so long as it's not a cop. and they stop bothering you in a hurry.

wish there was a mission where you could spray shit over buildings in GTA? there is in SRII.

wish you could tell someone to fuck off after you killed them? you can do this.

want to kill someone with a wheelchair? i don't mean someone in a wheelchair, i mean hit someone around the head with a wheelchair. you can do this too.

there is plenty of other little stuff that makes it very easy to play whilst drunk. only problem is that the PC version has massive performance issues when driving.

It is made locally here in C-U. I know a guy who works over there. Glad to hear it has its particular charm.

An advantage it had over GTA IV in my opinion was that you didn't have your fucking cousin/friend/cousin'd friend/barber/dentist/who-the-fuck-ever calling you every 5 fucking minutes to go hang out with them.

I didn't really see that as a problem in GTA. Pressing backspace hangs up the phone before you even answer it.

I've been meaning to pick this up. Yahtzee (Zero Punctuation) liked it as well, for exactly the same reasons.

Also something about being able to jump out of a plane naked...

moofrank wrote:

Yahtzee (Zero Punctuation) liked it as well, for exactly the same reasons.

Also something about being able to jump out of a plane naked...

yeah, that review got me interested.

i look forward to the plane / nudity part.

I played through the entire game co-op on Xbox 360 and we had a blast. Better on-foot controls than GTA by far, better action, more variety in the missions...just a lot more fun.

Been meaning to pick this up.