I just played a tiny bit of Saints Row 2. I played it for about thirty minutes and turned it off. I really felt depressed, as if something in my mind went "I shouldn't be playing this. I'm better than this." But then somewhere else in my mind went "Dude, it's just a game." All and all, I wasn't having any fun, and to be honest the story is really stupid to me and I think the gameplay got old fast. I don't know if that opinion was influenced by my conscience but I just wasn't having any fun. Has anyone else had this feeling about a game? I want to like Saints Row 2 but I'm just not enjoying it. The game works...everything about it is fine.

I just played a tiny bit of Saints Row 2. I played it for about thirty minutes and turned it off. I really felt depressed, as if something in my mind went "I shouldn't be playing this. I'm better than this." But then somewhere else in my mind went "Dude, it's just a game." All and all, I wasn't having any fun, and to be honest the story is really stupid to me and I think the gameplay got old fast. I don't know if that opinion was influenced by my conscience but I just wasn't having any fun. Has anyone else had this feeling about a game? I want to like Saints Row 2 but I'm just not enjoying it. The game works...everything about it is fine.

I don't get depressed, I just hated the way the game controlled, and I felt it got really repetitive quite early on. 
 
I didn't want to like the game: in fact, I thought that its insanity was one of the few things it had going for it.

Is it just that game?  Sometimes I'll feel that way no matter what game I play.  I usually take like a week off from games.  
 
Haven't played Saints Row 2 though, maybe it just sucks that bad...

" Is it just that game?  Sometimes I'll feel that way no matter what game I play.  I usually take like a week off from games.  
 
Haven't played Saints Row 2 though, maybe it just sucks that bad... "

fuck you saint's row 2 is a great game

I felt that way while playing Fallout 3. I think it's because the first two Fallout games inflated my expectations.
 
I tried the demo of SR1 and knew from that point on that the series was not for me. Give me San Andreas on Redemption any day.
 
I think I take issue with new developers trying to improve upon others' work but having them fail and simply not getting what made the originals so great.

It was the opposite for me, I was happy when I played that game. No more niko bellic melodrama, no more restarting missions with no checkpoints, side quest actually matters, less of a conscience and morals. I don't know I had alot of fun playing that game.

nope. i love saints row 2.. or any game i've purchased 

This is how I felt about Super Mario Sunshine.

Listen to music you like while playing the game.

" Listen to music you like while playing the game. "

I think Saint's Row 2 is the logical progression of the GTA games of old. It's moderately cartoon-y, completely over the top in every way possible, and about as unserious as it gets. I loved every moment of it, to be honest. That's not to say I didn't love GTA IV, but I loved it for way, way different reasons. To me, those series aren't even comparable at this point.

" I just playing a tiny bit of Saints Row 2. I played it for about thirty minutes and turned it off. I really felt depressed, as if something in my mind went "I shouldn't be playing this. I'm better than this." But then somewhere else in my mind went "Dude, it's just a game." All and all, I wasn't having any fun, and to be honest the story is really stupid to me and I think the gameplay got old fast. I don't know if that opinion was influenced by my conscience but I just wasn't having any fun. Has anyone else had this feeling about a game? I want to like Saints Row 2 but I'm just not enjoying it. The game works...everything about it is fine. "

Wait did you feel that way because you felt like the actions you were doing in the game caused you to feel depressed? Or was it moreso because you weren't enjoying the game or finding it appealing in any way?

I felt the same way about GTA4. I tried to like that game, but man, I couldn't understand how to like it. 
 
Saints Row 2 is awesome though. It puts me in a better mood actually, heh. So kinda the opposite.

that's how I felt when trying to play WoW after quiting for awhile, just had a bad feeling inside as I tried to enjoy it but couldn't

" fuck you saint's row 2 is a great game "

No games have made me depressed. I've been frustrated, angry, bored, or even confused, but not sad in any way.

This is a phenomenal game, you should be ashamed of yourself.

" This is a phenomenal game, you should be ashamed of yourself. "

" @jadeskye said:

" This is a phenomenal game, you should be ashamed of yourself. "

omg someone else on the internet has a different opinion than me man I am so ashamed "

" @Metal_Gear_Sunny said:

" @jadeskye said:

" This is a phenomenal game, you should be ashamed of yourself. "

omg someone else on the internet has a different opinion than me man I am so ashamed "

Mission complete! But seriously, This game is perhaps my game of the year for it's respective year. Don't be too down on yourself! it's stupid fun. "

I loved saints row 2. Throwing hobos into their own shanties so I can build my gang hideout, stabbing old ladies in the face with katanas, putting nuclear waste in tattoo ink, now that's good wholesome entertainment right there. I don't see a moral dilemma here.

I stopped playing GTA 4 for a similar reason, I liked it as a game but I HATED the story, I just hate those kind of characters. That's why now I only play it online, which is really fun.

Depressed...?

Allllll riiggghty.

The game is awesome. I mean, no matter what, you are the most asshole asshole who ever was an asshole, but it's a good game. I had a blast while playing it, and I still do whenever I pop in the disc.

You probably don't get it, maybe it's a little over your head.

" This is a phenomenal game, you should be ashamed of yourself. "

Yeah I get that when I'm playing certain game stoo.

Find somebody to play through it co-op with you.  I played the whole thing like that and it was awesome.
 
I don't know what you would find 'depressing' about it really.  It's all very tongue in cheek - I found that refreshing after GTA 4's "Everything sucks!  Woe is me!  Boo hoo hoo!" attitude.

"This is a phenomenal game, you should be ashamed of yourself. "

It depressed me because my character's life was so much cooler than mine.
 
And now that I think about Saints Row 2 again, isn't it weird how both Mass Effect 2 and SR2 use the same excuse for reconstruction of the character's physique?

I loved the first one, but I havent played the sequel. 
 
But I know how you feel. I felt that way with Just Cause 2. I felt like it had a nice trick to it, but man the cutscenes just made me feel like shit. I couldn't keep playing it after my 5 day rental.

Hahahahahahahaha :D :D Getting depressed ... because of a game?... Bwa.. bwahahahahahahaahaah

I've only played the horrible pc port of Saint's Row 2 and I loved it.

 "I shouldn't be playing this. I'm better than this."
 
I can honestly say I have never had that thought.  I don't place my personal sense of morality or sense of taste above a game.  If I don't like it, I don't like it.  There is no reason to analyze it, it just is as it is.  I'm not "better" than a game regardless of the subject matter or its execution because it's just an object.  Saying that is like saying I am better than this kitchen table.  Certainly, there are people you've met in your life who you just didn't take to.  Did you sit around thinking, "Jeez, everyone else seems to like Marvin, why don't I?  He seems like a nice guy, but I don't like being around him."?  Don't work yourself into a dark place over this.  If you don't like the game, don't play it.  Do something else.  Maybe go to a movie and stop obsessing over these things.  In the end, the game will never like you back.

Maybe you should play games for longer than 30 minutes before you judge them. Sorry, but turning a game off after such a short time is just stupid, especially since SR2 is far from being a bad game.  You´re probably one of those guys who never listen to any song for longer than a minute and keep skipping through their entire library of songs for hours on end. You should stop that. It´s bad for your mental health.

" fuck you saint's row 2 is a great game "

" @trophyhunter said:

" fuck you saint's row 2 is a great game "

" story was actually decent "

I loved the game as well.
I personally found the whole world so cartoonishly over the top that the morality of the situation never really came into play.