![]() ![]() The players are also free to cause as much mayhem as they like in-between missions. As the game continues, more crimes are committed as the player strives to accomplish his missions, such as high speed pursuits, assassinations, and drug deals, among others. Saints Row 2, like it's predecessor, is a free-roaming third person action game where the main method of transportation throughout the city is to steal a vehicle. After his escape he finds out that the Saints aren't as prominent as they used to be and vows to reclaim what the rival gangs took from them and to also restore the Saints back to their former glory in the process. The events start to unfold as soon as the player's character gets busted out of jail. Saints Row 2 takes place a number of years after the events of the first game. ![]() Saints Row 2 seems to exceed GTA IV as far as quantity of features, and we'll take a closer look at many of these features as this preview progresses.īoth Saints Row games follow the actions of the 3rd Street Saints gang in the fictional city of Stilwater, which is a virtual recreation of real-life Chicago. However, with the release of GTA IV, the bar for free-roaming games was set pretty high. No firm word yet on when the fixes will be ready but I'm delighted to hear this.The first Saints Row was a step ahead of the Grand Theft Auto series and other free-roaming games at the time it was released with online play and other features. It's being worked on by Volition's Mike Watson and contractor Thomas Jepp, who were both notable Saints Row modders too. ![]() Volition are currently focused on making a new Saints Row, a game which is an enigma for now, so this just a wee side-project for a two-man team. The two DLC packs we didn't see on PC are Ultor Exposed and Corporate Warfare, which together added new story missions, new co-op shenanigans, and more character customisation bits. Senior community developer Mike Watson explained, "The four main things that we're working on are: performance stability, fixing a lot of the crashing and issues integrating Steam networking, so co-op will work again and multiplayer and then also adding the DLC, which was console-only and now we're putting the DLC for PC as well." Now, hooray, Volition have given the go-ahead to fix it up. They've been trying to get the source back for years and have now finally got in touch with someone who worked on the port way back when and was able to get ahold of it in some mysterious way. Volition explained on last night's stream that the PC source code had been out of their hands because the port was made by another studio. It's a right mess at the moment, mind, needing fan-made fixes and mods to run even half-decently. ![]() 2008's game is probably my favourite Saints Row, a wacky take on GTA coming just as GTA IV went all tediously self-serious, though of course I recognise Saints Row 4 is the best superhero game. Developers Volition announced last night that they've found the source code to their cheery open-world murder simulator after years of wanting, so they can give it much-needed love. After years of being a crashy pain in the arse, Saints Row 2 is finally getting fixed up to play nicely on modern PCs. ![]()
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