Saints Row 2 (Windows)

mh:awesomegames:Saints Row 2 is an action-adventure game developed by Volition and originally published by mh:awesomegames:THQ for the mh:awesomegames:Xbox 360 and mh:awesomegames:PlayStation 3 in October 2008.

In October 2008, THQ and Volition released Saints Row 2 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 to positive reviews and commercial success, with it being widely regarded as the best game in the entire Saints Row series. Three months later, the original Windows version was developed by CD Projekt Localisation Centre (currently known as GOG Poland Sp. z o.o.). It was released to the public with terrible results.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) It's just a lazy port of the mh:awesomegames:Xbox 360 version.
 * 2) The keys used to navigate menus don't make any sense. You used to hit the [ and ] keys in order to change pages, which simulate the bumpers on an Xbox 360 controller. Fortunately, you can also use the A and D keys for easier navigation.
 * 3) Some of the menus simply don't work at all.
 * 4) The game suffers from very poor optimization.
 * 5) Movement and voice clips speed up at random.
 * 6) Keys don't always respond with the actions they are mapped to, making some sections impossible to complete.
 * 7) The game constantly crashes.
 * 8) This game had low quality soundbanks (22,5 khz) compared to the Xbox 360 version, where it ran at 32 - 48 khz stereo.
 * 9) The GOG version of the game is locked to the wrong frame rate, and with the Gentlemen of the Row mod, it gets worse.
 * 10) The port did not include all of the DLCs from the console versions.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Fortunately, there's modifications such as Gentlemen of the Row, High Quality Radio (ported from the Xbox 360 version), and Saints Row 2 Powertools, which fixed most of the problems that the port suffers from. They may not be perfect, but at least they make this disaster of a port more playable and enjoyable.
 * 2) * There's also a ton of graphical improvement mods like FusionH2o's Saints Row 1 HQ Texture Pack, which replaces many of the game's textures with those from Saints Row, giving Stilwater a more vibrant and livelier feel, and Masamaru's Saints Row 2 High Quality Texture Pack, which works the same as the SR1 texture pack, but this time it increases the quality of the textures, and given a brand new time of day, which gives Stilwater a much more livelier feel.
 * 3) *And don't forget that there is also gameplay improvement mods like ImpulseOfSword2007's SR2 Complete Combat Overhaul, which enhances the gunplay and tweaks some NPC behaviors while adding in some realism to the game, by including realistic environment physics and realistic weapon system, and Pile_up's IFS (Improved Firearm Sounds), which replaces the vanilla weapon sounds to make gunfights sound a bit more realistic and "impactful".
 * 4) *More interesting mods incoming as there is MasakoTeam's Ultor Rising, a mod that overhauls the entire gameplay. The story is completely changed, as you play as a Masako soldier, in effort of clearing off citizen and gang problems in Stilwater. Customization in this mod are still present, so you can dress up as an undercover unit with the outfits you wear at the original story. This mod also adds new weapons such as plasma grenades, time bombs, dual nightsticks and much more. It also adds some gameplay improvements such as breakable doors, returning drugs and drinks from Saints Row, helicopter missile trails and new activities such as Dane's Picture Distribution and Prison Uprising. And better, this mod has only two activities, and they give you a whole lot of money and respect, so that means, you can sit back, relax, and beat the game for the fifth time.
 * 5) On October 2019, Volition announced that they found the source code for this port and will be releasing a patch for it in the near future. Changes included replacing GameSpy with mh:awesomegames:Steam (allowing for Workshop mods), various bug fixes, and also including the DLC content for free. However, it has yet to be released as of 2022.

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