Saints Row 2

My first ever adult game as a kid. I have loved it ever since. So many hours played more on console than on here obviously due to weird issues but it is sad to see the company fall apart after this sequel.

Great game, Awful PC port.
The best Saints Row game, gameplay and story wise great, mods are heavily recommended to play this version.

I wanna say this game is amazing and i had a lotta fun playing, but id be lying a bit. not about those things, but about the fact that this port is more broken than my parents marriage. If you really wanna play this, then just look for a copy for ps3 or xbox 360. you need mods to even help this wounded horse limp along and it still occasionally breaks its leg in multiple spots you didnt even know it could break.

but if you dont care about very frequent crashes or having to download the mod GOTR, then go for it and buy the game, its hella fun

Currently going strong on steam deck
proto expirimental setting and GOTR mod
no crashes so far clean game play
It feeling like back in the days on the xbox 360
Idolninja R.I.P. my legend

You will want to install the "lazy mod pack" to play this game properly. Its super easy, drag and drop. Took me about 5 mins and I am a noob. That being said R.I.P. Saints Row. This is a FANTASTIC game. Very dense with content and life in the city. Its the little things, like when you do burnouts and npcs will cheer you on, or the fact that there are little minigames that build Stillwater into a living breathing city, You can do Tow Truck missions, a parody of COPS mission, and so much more. PLAY THIS GAME. STYLE STYLE STYLE. THIS GAME HAS STYLE.

you might wanna fix it if it doesnt work correc-ly, but stick with it. This is my childhood, right here. This game is open world, animations and general game feel is arcady, so don't expect some Grand Theft Auto realism(if youre looking for that, just play GTA).

This game wasn't designed to push graphics, or anything like that. This game has its own style, feel, and it delivers on well, doing its own thing, and that's what you should treat it as, Saints Row 2, it's a sequel, but it's it's own game, with it's own, self-contained story and world.

If you don't click with it, no pressure. It's pretty much digital dollhouse and a soap opera for me, most of the time, I don't engage with the game as much as I fill in my own blanks and roleplay, so, if you're enjoyment doesn't match mine, that's okay. Its something that the main purpose of is to play with and have fun with, so if it's not fun for you, just play what you like or watch some anime, chill with homies, or touch some grass. Don't overthink it, dawg, juss have some fun, now, if you'll excuse me, I have to answer my phone, my cousin wants to go bowling... again. (wrong gmae, but its still funny)

17 years later and the game is still a total banger

Hands down, up, left, right the best Co-op game
in all of existence. It's all fucked up but give it a shot
with the mods that fix it (somewhat) and you're in for a good time.

I loved this game on console, I don't expect this old of a game to run smoothly but I would hope it would at least run. My game continues crashing. Originally it was just when my character would open a door the game would hard crash and to bypass it I'll stand on top of vehicles but NPCs cant do that so anytime an NPC opens a car door it crashes and closes the program. There's certain side quests that require multiple times of an NPC entering and exiting their car which are now impossible to do because of this. I will look into mods for help but I shouldn't have to for a game to just function when $10 can get me a cool indie game that I don't have to worry about crashing.
$10 for a 16 year old game that crashes multiple times doing a basic function in less than an hour is ridiculous. I bought it on sale for less and if it weren't for my stubbornness and heavy nostalgia I would have asked for a refund.

Good story and Good gameplay. Make sure to use juiced mod to fix crashing, I had no crashes using this mod before I was getting crashes randomly.

I cant even get to the intro of the fucking game it always crashes and i just bought it

Its a shame the long awaited "pc patch" will never see the light of day but with a couple of mods that fixes the performance and bugs you can have a pretty good time playing this version. Too bad about the DLCs but oh well. Buy it on sale! (i'm giving this a negative review because as a download and play solution you can't really enjoy this game you'll need community fixes.)

Epic! I heard stories about this game growing up. Too bad the first one isn't on Steam, but still, the second one is a little addicting and fun to play. Even Grand Theft Auto would be impressed.

Saints Row 2 is an incredible game probably one of my favorite open world games of all time, unfortunately it crashes OFTEN which i really don't mind as much as most people would. Just save ALOT

With the Juiced Patch & Gentlemen of the Row installed. The PC Port is fully functional with little to no crashes.
Still remains the best Open World game to date. and is one of my favorite games of all time.

One of my favourite games of all time. From times when devs were allowed to be creative and implement the crazy ideas. In other words, make games fun. Stillwater with the characters, as rough around the edges as it is, still calls me in ways that no other games has.

The PC version needs some work before it'll run more like it should. You'll find updating guides in the steam community pages. It's worth it.

Played it before and for the most part was working, Now, it's just unplayable. Constant stutters and crashes. Can't move at all in game. It's such a shame as this is one of the greats.
Sadly though i advise anyone to avoid this PC port as it's just a waste of money.

awww it's a damn shame.

I loved this game! it's absolutely unplayable now.. Not that anything can be done about it, i guess.

Even though this game visuals is a little out dated,
i believe this to be one of the best one out of this series
If Volition had done a remake of this game instead of that last one they would still be in business
Still a great game.

Without patches the game runs terribly, the Steam version is even worse because the .exe file hasn't been updated like the GoG version. That being said with patches the game runs a lot better and is playable at 60+fps. Download the Juiced patch, Gentleman's of the Row patch, and make sure to get the GoG .exe file and you'll have an absolute blast! The videos linked below have the files and the patches needed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoCWxAdc5gc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c7vg0y8IVw

I absolutely loved this game when it was released on 2008, from all of the story missions, to the overall free roam. Streets Of Still-water! This is a sequel to Saints Row 1 which came out back in 2006 for only the XBOX 360. Also taking place in the same city as SR2, only with different map changes. It was such a shame that SR1 was not released for the Playstation 3 and PC, but if you had an XBOX 360, then it was no big deal for you then lol.

love saints row 2 but this port needs mod to work and developer & publisher that made the game did not forfill a dead man wishes to fix this port.

Doesn't even work under linux, plus didn't recognise my controller >:(

volition i'm glad you fell under skummy ahhhh company

game stops for no reason. multiplayer does not work without an external site connection. some people say that this game looks like gta5, but that is not right.

Don't waste your money on this game. The screen flickers a crap ton as soon as you load into the game and you can't play the game at all

best saints row game of all time
install gentlemen of the row and the GOG exe file and youre good to go to experience this masterpiece

so, i have been playing this gem for the last 2 decades.. id say if you want to burn some time in a incredible sand box.. this is you're game. id recommend some mods though.. to make your experience the best. first would be the gog version of the game, along with GOR (gentlemen_of_the_row, rest in peace) and a decent reshade to get some ray tracing.

games nowadays days feel lackluster.. this one you will have beyond hours of fun.

This game is very buggy and crashes a lot as well. I wish they would just fix it, i used to love this game so much.

Flawed masterpiece, and there's a reason i've beaten this game more than once, this time on PC, and once on my PS3. but prior to that i had an Xbox 360 copy that would freeze if i went to certain parts of the map, so i never truly completed the game back then in 2014.

There's so much to do and so many interiors. This game is very ambitious, even by 2008 standards. You can see that sort of game design led to so many issues with the PC version and how it processed things, leading to unoptimization.

Yeah, the PC port kinda sucks, like Deadly Premonition levels of bad PC ports, but now with the Juiced Patch and Gentlemen of the Row alongside other tweaks i feel like Saints Row 2 is finally playable.

Volition may be gone, but the fans will carry this game forward. Hopefully many other great mods will come, which will make the PC version the definitive way to play SR2.

You need a Patch to play the game or it wont work properly.

This is the best Saint Row in the series & always will be .
VIP Volition !

Favorite saint raw liked everything about it wish they continued this style down the whole game but i like the switch up in the later saint rows the New saint row /2023 is the worst saint row possible tho if i had to rank it 1. Saint row 2 2. saint row 3 3. saint row iv 4. Original saint row 5. New Saint Row(the WORST one)

better then gta 5 (GET SAINTS ROW 2 JUICED TO MAKE THE GAME NOT SHIT)

It's nostalgic and fun tbh

Install the patches from the Late Dev Mike Watson (Rest In Peace), and this runs much better than the original PC port.

Having never played it back in the day, i have to say... This is a solid game, even by today's standard its fun.

This is the best Gangsta Simulator ever! It reminds me of the late 2000s when I was just a kid living in the DC Area. Unfortunately there were no ninja gangs in DC area unlike this game.

this game runs horribly, it may be better to try and play it on a used 360 than with modern hardware

if you can deal with the mods/patches you need to download this is the best saints row in my opinion

The PC port of this game runs questionably, but that doesn't hinder the gameplay much. It is still to this day an amazing open world third person shooter. The dialogue is hilarious, the game is customizable, and it is honestly a blast!

better than gta 4 really good story

game is better then gta imo but it dose often crash i would bring the quailty down to medium and it will crash less often . game is elite

Best saints row game

good ol gaming at its best.... now just a distance memories these days

Fantastically fun, adorable characters, a story that is much better than it has any right to be... It's easy to see why this game is so loved.

Just the PC port is terribly buggy. You NEED mods to play it, and even then it can be pretty janky.
At the least, do not play without "Gentlemen of the Row" or similarly comprehensive mod packs.

This has the best story of all of the Saints Row games, partially due to it not entirely losing its mind like it did in the later titles. Though it goes without saying, this game is especially fun to play with friends, though getting it to run well on modern hardware can be a bit of a hassle.

Don't get me wrong, this is NOT a bad game at all, but this port is awful.
Even with the Gentleman of the Row patch, the game is still full of bugs, crashes, spawning below the map geometry, terrible framerate. You have to be constantly manually saving out of fear of the game freezing on you and losing all your progress.
If you really want to play this game, it is backward compatible in Xbox . If you really have to play it in a PC, then emulate it.
Stay away from this version.

One of my favourite games of all time, and a comfort game that I come back to often. I wish we could have the first game on PC as well, but this is definitely the best game in the series, bare in mind though, that I haven't played 3 and 4 due to me not being able to get into the third game, it just wasn't the same to me. The plot in this game manages to keep a balance between over the top and serious gang drama, with some memorable characters and moments, the highlight of course being Johnny Gat. There's plenty of customisation and lots of side content to do, though no actual side plots, just mini games and activities. You do need the Gentlemen of the Row mod for this game due to it being a somewhat shoddy port, and unfortunately the long anticipated update that was being worked on by one developer, ended with him, after he tragically lost his battle with cancer. There's still plenty to love abut this game and I've played through it's story multiple times, probably will do many more times.

Pretty good.

Even with various stability patches, this game is still prone to crashing, so save often or be prepared to lose progress.

If you’ve never played this before and you’re more accustomed to modern tastes, it might seem a bit dated at first.

But in my opinion this game is still incredible and stands on its own. Every inch of this game was designed with the player’s enjoyment in mind:

- The map isn’t huge, but it’s packed with fun and diverse activities.
- It’s not photorealistic, but the art style is cohesive and full of personality.
- It doesn’t take itself too seriously. Whether it's society, culture, or its own story, the game is all about fun for the sake of fun.

This game oozes charm, especially when you compare it to more modern open-world games that can sometimes feel sterile or overly self-serious.

Saints Row 2 knew exactly what it wanted to be, and it was unapologetically that. It’s chaotic, heartfelt, ridiculous, and surprisingly thoughtful underneath the mayhem.

I'll start of with saying that I bought this game for very cheap (2.00€),
It certainly was worth the price! I'd recommend anyone new to follow this guide; https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2652709959

after using this guide myself the game runs better than ever at a constant framerate.

what in the absolute fuck is even the dlc for this game? complete waste of my fucking time and money on this bullshit. no wonder every game since the 3rd has been a flop