I recently got hold on Saints Row 2, and must say that I'm really enjoying it. The whole "customize-yourself" aspect of this game is truly impressing and time absorbing.
- Driving is a lot more fun, and the fact that you can come from point A to B without trashing you car before a mission is gold.
- The fact that you can save what seems to be an endless number of cars in your garage is great - AND that you can recall a car you've accidently destroyed is even better. I really couldn't see any reason to pimp out any car in GTA:SA, since I knew I'd probably loose it at some point.
- I find melee fighting more fun. When you hold a gun and do a secondary attack you do a crutch-kick - which is awesome.
- Territory wars are more fun and less intrusive that those found in GTA:SA.
- You don't have to eat, work-out or take people on dates to maintain some sort of favorable bonus.
- You can at any time replay previous missions.
- There seems to be more weapons in SA2 and they are pretty varied.
- Car/people spawning/disappearing is even worse than GTA3. Seriously, a car can drive by you and while you still can hear it's engine, and when you turn around it will be gone. I've numerous times spotted a car I've wanted, drove past it to block with my current car - just to find it has magically disappeared. I just hope at some point these kind of games will feature spawning that far enough away to actually be somewhat believable.
- I find the weapon/food-selection mechanic cumbersome. Especially I find It pretty hectic to find and activate some food in the middle of a firefight - and that's honestly the only time you would need to activate it, since health is regenerating if you've pulled yourself out of the line of fire.
- Man I would love to have a breadcrum-trail in these kind of games. Looking at the GPS while driving is actually kind of annoying... For some reason I was actually under the impression that Saints Row (and thus Saints Row 2) featured such a mechanic. But since I've never owned Saint Row, I probably just remember reviews mentioning the trail on the GPS, since that was a big plus over the GTA-series at the time.
- I guess it would be nice if there were a bit more smaller diversions. Like the ability to play pool, since several of your cribs feature a pool-table.
- With all the customization you are able to do to your person, it would be kind of nice if you were able to save these settings.
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