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In this new weekly article, I review a game every week, using a scale I deem appropriate for the game. This week, I review Saint’s Row 2

Let me say this right now: Saint’s Row 2 is NOT Grand Theft Auto. You may think “Oh, another open world gangster game with a driving portion and an on-foot shooting portion.” While Grand Theft Auto may be commended for it’s excellent story telling, it has become rather gritty in recent years.

Saint’s Row manages to not take itself seriously, but at the same time telling a great story.
You may ask “Snifit, you sexy, sexy man, why are you reviewing this now, it came out 6 months ago!” And I would answer “Primarily because my friends are dicks, who refuse to try new things.” Everyone thinks this is a GTA clone, and I assure you, it is a separate game.

Where GTA involves realistic shooting fights, and lifelike car physics, SR2 prefers to take the more over-the-top route, with extravagant mini games. For exmple, there is a game where you drive a septic truck and spray shit (literally) on people’s houses, or, you can become a body guard for a celebrity, and throw people into fires, treadmills, and rotating helicopter blade.

SR2 picks up where the original left off, the protagonist being blown to bits in a boat explosion. This is an excuse to create your own character. You can customize almost anything: Weight, height, facial features, make up, and you can even pick the protagonists voice. That’s right, there are 6 different possible voices for you to choose from.

All in all, Saint’s Row 2 needs to be played. GO DO IT NOW.

Saint’s Row 2 gets five cockney accents out of five.

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