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Saints Row 2 is Grand Theft Auto without the heart and soul, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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Pros & Cons

    • All the shooting, driving, and general mayhem-making you could want.
    • Online and local co-op play.
    • Multiple difficulty settings.
    • Some mini games are repetitive or frustrating.
    • To pull off good aiming and steering simultaneously, you'd need extra thumbs.

Saints Row 2 Specs

ESRB Rating: M for Mature
Genre: Action Games
Platform: PC
Platform: PlayStation 3
Platform: Xbox 360
All Specs

  • Platform Tested: PS3
  • Genre: Action
  • ESRB: M for Mature

    If Grand Theft Auto IV left you hungry for some more sandbox-style violence and vehicular homicide, Saints Row 2 ($59.99 list) will probably fill that craving nicely. It doesn't have the heavy storyline or character development of a GTA game, but with multiple mini games—ranging from acting as a celebrity bodyguard by throwing overzealous fans into furniture, to faking police brutality for the cameras of a COPS-like TV show, to reducing local property values by riding shotgun in a sewage truck and spraying real estate developments with, er, well, you figure it out—who really needs the human-interest element? Saints Row 2 is pure sociopathic fun, with a host of customization elements to make your criminal avatar look exactly how you want him or her to look. Frustration may set in when you have to repeat some of the mini games in order to gain enough street cred to take on the main missions, or when you're trying to figure out how to steer a car and shoot a gun at the same time, but overall, this game will happily feed your darker side until you're stuffed.

    For more on this game, see 1Up.com's review of Saints Row 2.

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    4.0 Excellent

    Saints Row 2 is Grand Theft Auto without the heart and soul, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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