Saints Row 2 review - ColourShed 

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If you only have a 2 door, the homies will follow you in other cars! I thought that was the coolest feature, as GTA didn't do that.

Superb review! Thank you for not jumping on the, "GTA clone" bandwagon and fairly presenting the older SR titles for what they are.

SR2 is one of the best games of the 2000s, and to this day. The mayhem, unexpected funny glitches, and more ontop of a amazing plot with a wonderful SOUNDTRACK is what makes it golden.

Best game in the franchise. It's an absolute shame that none of the later games came close. It had just the right amount of humor and seriousness.

This is where saints row peaked

I really like this game, even more than the first. Which says a lot, since I loved the first game. What I like about it is the more robust customization, overabundance of side activities, interesting soundtrack (this game got me into Paramore), and having a dark storyline while keeping the gameplay fast-paced and action packed.

You mentioned ammo being tedious to acquire, needing trip after trip to gun stores to restock, but if you finish some activities, you're rewarded with infinite ammo as well as unique weapons that can't be purchased in stores. It's a common speedrun strat to do 6 levels of FUZZ in the Projects in order to get the dual kobras as well as infinite pistol ammo so you can cut out shop visits entirely.

Even speaking as a GTA fan, I admit that I had so much fun with this game.

Saints Row 2 IS the best in the series! It went downhill after that.

Best reviewer on RU-vid. Keep up the great work

I can't even begin to tell u how many hours I spent playing this game even after I completed it. Like I literally lived life of my own in the game. I had different spots I would stay at, certain clubs I would go thru where the pimps hung og to fight the pimps, go to the prison, go to the mall & shop, etc. I had soooo many clothes & shoes

Finally, a proper review of Saints Row 2

Its crazy how old this game is getting, I remember when everyone played this series and the graphics looked amazing. This game is a piece of its time.

i used to get home from school and play this till 1am everyday. you really gotta experience the cheats and co-op for the full experience. nothing like milkbones and playing a game of pimpslap with your friend to see who's getting launched across the map

@ 5:56, that was one of many things I loved about Saints Row 2. I loved seeing the boss (who I customized to look like me) being so mean and intimidating. I love the whole anti-hero vs anti-hero premise that it used - as opposed to that overused good vs evil premise which I've grown bored of. At the time when I played it, I had been feeling very disgruntled and stressed out, so seeing myself push people around and be so malicious was very satisfying and therapeutic. I can't say that about most of today's games. BTW, I now subbed to your channel. Keep up the good work.

My favorite Saints Row game of the series.

Saints Row 2 is honestly a marvel in terms of just how much was improved upon going from its predecessor to this. There is just so much to see and do in the game from customizing yourself to the weapons you can grab, the side-activities, the fun you can have when you just don't care like the cheats and as someone who was introduced to the series through this after the initial disappointment I felt for GTA IV? Honestly this is the kind of game I pictured in my head when I thought of a next-gen sandbox/GTA game and honestly? I quite dig the set-up with taking on three gangs because each story feels like it has a beginning, middle and end. However, I do feel that the game has aged quite a bit from the visuals to some of its frustrating side-activities (Crowd Control in particular can go fuck itself.), aggravating missions that crank the difficulty up to the point of absurdity and it starts Volition's trend of making a really fun game while also removing features from the previous that did function well like the ability to gain super punches by getting really drunk and taking less damage from getting really high but other than that? It's a fun experience and I think honestly if the amount of content here was present in The Third and IV with only the most necessary streamlining needed to make the game more fun? I'd adore those two more than this game.

GTA IV was great, I can't deny that. However, I personally have alot more memories of having fun with SR2 and friends. Great reviews, keep up the fantastic work sir.

Sr2 is the best mix between a great storyline and goofy fun. Sr3 focused too much on the latter and the story of that game feels lacklustre. Sr4 brought back some good writings and I throughly enjoyed it but sr2 will remain the best in the series.

Who else remembers “gangsta bitch” lmao

Easily one of my favorite open world video games. I love everything about it.

When I play this game, I never have a game crash, never in my life, have I ever get a game crash in this game... Both GTA IV and SR2 are good games...

This game got the most satisfying boss fight cutscene imo

I love this game. Yeah, it has framerate issues from time to time, but I can overlook some of that given the amount of stuff to do and more open ended customization.

When carlos died i got rly sad and i thought about zombie carlos and how he was basically still alive to make me happier lmao

They have cruise control which allows you to choose your speed. Once you turn this one, its super easy to do drive-bys.

I love this game. While the first game was similar to San Andreas, SR2 basically reminded me of the cathartic power fantasies of Vice City, as rampage through city streets with an attack chopper blaring 80's metal and power ballads on the radio and taking over businesses by killing rival gangsters with a revolver and a katana.

I absolutely love your reviews man, they are very in-depth and obviously you do a lot of research and editing for your videos, definitely you are very underrated!

Been waiting for this review for the longest. I subscribed back when I saw your Scarface review and it's awesome to see you finally cover Saints Row 2. The story for Saints Row 2 was definitely top notch and I wish others would try out the game without comparing it to GTA.

I remember getting it for Christmas in 2008, and man I can't get enough of it after all these years, what a classic sandbox game.

I was just binging your videos! I still can't believe you only have 40k subs, you're seriously one of the best!

This is my all time favorite game. It's such a classic and after this one the series went down hill.

The last good Saints Row. I really enjoyed it when I played it like 6 years after release. I then played SR3 and... well it was mildly entertaining. Oh right I almost forgot I also played SR4 in a weekend when it was free, completed it on Saturday, and then uninstalled it. Was underwhelmed by even SR3 standards.

I really loved this one, really deserves a remaster. My favourite one out of the series

Underrated channel i love your videos and review men so detailed and everything

Such a high point of the series that there was no recovering from the fall that followed.

One of the best review channels ive seen. +Content +voice keep it up dud

saints row 2 was the best one before they went off the deep end with the others.

The activities are worth doing not just for respect, but because the rewards you get from completing them are generally very useful (even if you don't care for Insurance Fraud, which is much better in SR2 because you can get some hilarious airtime in Adrenaline Mode, the reward for completing one of the instances is infinite sprint, and you can also unlock infinite ammo and reduced damage from vehicle impacts from other activities). Plus, when you complete a few activities to level 8 or 10 or whatever the max level is to get the rewards, you end up earning so much respect you can pretty much mainline the story missions from there on. I've reached infinite respect on multiple playthroughs without even touching some activities!

A new video! Love your content man, so enjoyable to watch.

Ah, just what I needed on a Monday! Thanks, Colour Shed!

The first one and second one will always be in my heart.

I played this game so much, it was definitely one of my absolute favorites back in the day. Good review.

It's great to finally see you review Saints Row 2!

SR2 has been installed on my PC for YEARS, and will never be uninstalled - purely because even though I've finished the game multiple times, I love starting up the game and just driving around the city and doing shit. I can spend an hour or two just listening to the music on the radio, causing mayhem, or just driving and enjoying the city. I genuinely love this game.

The thing that I really like about SR2 is the mechanics of being able to smash post boxes (in SR4 you can...sort of do the same when you equip the laser katana) and best of all pick anything to use as a weapon, something I wish the later games had as well. Well executed review.

Bought this game and never regretted it. This is one of those games where you can turn you brain off and just have fun... Even in 2020. Far more replay able than GTA 4

I'm really hyped for your review of the third

One of the best reviews I have seen. SERIOUSLY

fantastic choice for a subject to review. loved this game back in the day

Great video. This is my favorite open world game ever made, and in my opinion, one of the best. I've been playing it for over 10 years, and I still have a blast every time I load it up again. It never gets old, and there's never a shortage of stuff to do

I just came back from an echocardiogram, during so I was thinking “I should play some saints row when I get home”. And here you are, reviewing another saints row. My second favourite in the series.

Channels exploding! Won't be long now! Love your work bud keep it up.

Fantastic reviews man, keep this up. 👍

Normally, I would say that the first game in a story-driven franchise is the best. I mean come on, you can never (or most of the time at least) beat the originals in terms of their stories. However, Saints Row 2 is just one of those rare sequels that did. Not to mention the additions that Volition made to their already-established formula from the first game and I have to say, Saints Row 2 is one of the best sequels ever made, one of the best open-world games of all time (Top 50 at least), and the best in the series. Saints Row: The Third and IV ain't got shit on this game. This game was as close to perfection as Saints Row could possibly get.

Amazing! I've been waiting since the SR1 review.

Saints Row 2 was like the second coming of Christ when it came out. EVERYONE had to have it.

Cant believe its been 14 years. Its also mind-blowing that a game this beautiful fun and enormous came out only a year after bully.

I haven't been this excited for an episode in a long time

Saints Row 2 is my favorite freeroaming game of all time, it’s so good, the only complaint I have is the frame rate but that’s it, I love Saints Row 2!

Is that Jacksepticeye in the thumbnail lol

In some ways Saints row is so much better than GTA in my opinion.

I wanna see ya review all the saints row games man !! You rock

One small bit about this game that always stuck with me was how the boss would eventually sing along with the radio and when everybody wants to rule the world came on while I was flying a jet around it hit me just right as a kid.

Saints Row 2 was the best game in the series. It went completely down hill when they added super powers and made it less about gang control...

"honey why do we owe 5 million dollars the plastic surgeon?" "I went to the plastic surgeon to change my hair and walking style!"

Brother, I'm so glad that you enjoyed this game. You trashed the first one which was revolutionary and great in its day. SR2 was one of my fondest games from memory, I played it Co-Op online with my mate via Xbox Live in 2008 Imagine all of the activities with a friend and a mic and playing through the super great storyline! Very happy you got to appreciate this fantastic game that seems to be forgotten. Thanks again and I'll continue to sub :) Cheers

Your roundup of the review is the exact reason why a lot of Saints Row (2) fans hope to see Volition returning features that were available in the first 2 games in the franchise. They have been silent for quite some time now and after Agents of Mayhem even the fanbase has gone pretty silent... I hope they’re going to announce the next game this year and i hope that of they do it this year that we will get what we have been asking for since the release of Saints Row 4. Also, a bit of advice for when you start playing Saints Row 4: don’t look at it too much as a Saints Row game as the differences are enormous! The core gameplay of it is pretty good and the game itself is very enjoyable but it’s nothing like Saints Row 3 and that’s truly saying something.

Love this channel. Where have you been man..... Oh yeah playing saints row 2

Looking back,no open world game has matched this games level of character customization.

Thank you for reviewing this As a suggestion, after you're done with Saints row, could you do some of the assassin's creed games or Dragon age?

Oh man the memories I have playing this back in 2009 high as a kite, good times

I loved if you finish a branch of side activities, you'd get permanent bonuses like more health or more melee damage

Saints row 2 is one of the best open world games of all time

Great review! Saints Row 2 is my favorite game of all time I have hundreds of hours played. With the customization you could be literally anyone I would start the game over and role play as a cop, homeless person, prison guard, firefighter, paramedic the possibilities were endless. I loved how each district had certain people like the college had goths and cheerleaders while downtown had people in suits so much attention to detail. I would pay any amount of money for a remake!

ive been waiting so long thank you!!!!

I like watching reviews of games I own, sometimes they notice things I never noticed while playing.

The PC version has mods that fix most issues specially Gentleman of the Row in which you can even personalize the features of the mod

Great game review. This game (and the Saints Row series) is always going on sale for less than $2-3. The first two games are always the hardest to find quality video reviews for compared to The Third and IV. I'll grab this game when it's $1.75 again for the fourth time this year :)

My favorite video game of all time.

There's a cruise control button for drive bys. basically keeps the car moving consistently so you only need to worry about steering and aiming. Also, you can unlock buffs to your stats, discounts and exclusive items with activities. Also if you max out your respect you unlock Infinite respect. I recommend looking on a wiki for what activies unlock the buffs and infinite ammo weapons and doing all them, and then looking toward what else you want to unlock and getting that to max out your respect. lastly i've never really noticed the issue with the empty streets... maybe cause i'm playing the xbox 360 version? I noticed the frame-rate in this footage seems a bit worse too (although it's still bad on the 360)

GTA IV is way more polished. Saints Row was really fun though. But hearing that they started making Saints Row 2 before Saints Row 1 was released explains a lot about the lack of graphical detail. The creativeness of Saints Row outweighs GTA IV though. Being able to customise almost everything is great and also being able to use real world objects to beat up your enemies with.

Never had it crash on anything besides PC. Which needs the Gentlemen Of The Row mod to make it even somewhat stable consistently.

10:30 there’s actually a 3rd way i discovered: simply start an activity, and exit the activity

Im early haha! Also i like vids, been binge watching them lately

This game introduced me to some wicked underground funk music, all from Illinois I believe. Amnesty, Ebony Rhythem Band, whoever decided to include such underground music deserves some credit.

Getting the dual kobras are a must for every play through

My favourite in the series. Just love everything about it

My favourite Saint's row is the third. Nice review, man!

Hey man, just recently found your channel and I've been binging ever since, this is great content keep it up. Also, I would love it if you would review Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, imo the most underrated Star Wars game, it's on PS2 and GameCube, I recommend the GameCube version because it's more stable and looks better.

I had no problem playing Saints Row 2 on PC a few years ago. Got it on GOG and applied a community-created fix patch and it was not a bugfest.

Great review. This is one of my favorite games, and certainly my favorite Saints Row. I loved 3, but wasn't big on the exaggerated character designs. 4 went way over the top and stopped being Saints Row to me. I loved having multiple gangs to fend off in a turf war. And I never wanted to be a superhero or the president. I just wanted to be a badass gangster building my own little empire.

Love your stuff dude

Great vid, with its issues, it’s still one of my favorite games of all time

You can gain infinite ammo by doing certain activities enough

I love your channel. I have a recommendation for a possible series to try: the Prince of Persia trilogy (Sands of Time-The Two Thrones)!

That intro tho🔥 pure nostalgia 💯

during development of SR2 they were working on creating Geo-Mod 2.0 (Red Faction Guerilla) and at one point tried to implement all the destruction we came to know in RF:G. But was dropped for obvious reasons. Imagine being able to destroy the whole city piece by piece like the old Crackdown 3 showcase

The biggest problem with the PC port is that the game's speed is tied to your processor clock speed. Most of the issues seem to spiral out from that decision. It was also a problem with Red Faction Guerilla.