Recent reviews by Mr. Yolkless (Zzz)

+Good when it works
+Expansive amount of content
+Decent modding support

---You have to jump through multiple different hoops if you want to get it working (bethesda seriously please patch or re-release for modern machines :c)

Overall: If you're able to get it running, it's a pretty decent experience with hours of FPS RPG gameplay in a sci-fi post-apocalypse. Don't buy if you have Windows 10 or up and are not willing to sit there for multiple hours trying to troubleshoot it, though.

tl;dr would be good if not for technical issues

Saints Row 2 is a sandbox game that some people consider a 'GTA clone.' I wouldn't be able to blame them, though I don't follow such a belief. The gameplay itself is rather fun, with a variety of different activities, diversions, missions, and strongholds, all of which are replayable-- You can even replay individual cutscenes.

That is, if you can get the game to run properly for you.

I have lost count of how many times the game has either locked up at an unplayable framerate (1-5 FPS), failed to load certain chunks of the map, or straight-up crashed, usually with no clear cause. Even after I (most likely correctly) installed Gentlemen of the Row, which is apparently supposed to fix most of the technical issues, I'm lucky if I can get the usual several-hour session in. I guess I should consider myself to be more fortunate than others, seeing as some people have reported things like, say, NPCs going through walls, performing improper animations, or their player character walking in circles without them being able to do anything about it. None of that happened to me-- If it did, I didn't notice.

What killed the whole experience for me was a certain mission, 'Assault on Precinct 31,' refusing to carry on past its ending cutscene three times in a row. I tried letting it play out on its own, I tried skipping it the moment it started. Both methods resulted in the game crashing the moment it was supposed to go to the results screen. I tried asking for help on the discussions page, and I tried googling a solution, but I didn't get the answers I was looking for. So, I'm not picking this poorly-optimized piece of garbage up again unless someone can help me the way I require. Hell, even then, I'll probably just look up how the rest of the game goes on YouTube or something just to spare myself the frustration.

Way to alienate the players, Volition.

PS: The races can go screw themselves.

I haven't played this game for too long, but I have seen the filthy business practices made by OVERKILL. Before now, I thought they were fine-- Everyone needs money, right?

What ISN'T fine is this new update. Just look at all the backlash from the community! And the devs lied about their 'no microtransactions' promise. They flat-out LIED.

I won't stand for this. Neither should you. As a post on some other site said, 'we overloaded Crime.net, we can do the opposite.'

Do. NOT. Play. The game. Until OVERKILL gives a direct response or fixes their ♥♥♥♥. Don't even start it up for an offline match.

Let the word of the community be heard!