Saints Row 2 (2008) (VG)

Director:

Douglas Carrigan

Writers:

Steve Jaros (lead writer) and
Drew Holmes (writer)

Release Date:

14 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime

Tagline:

West Side. East Side. Your Side.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Beheading | Crotch Shot | Buried Alive | Dragged By Truck | Gang Warfare

Cast

Daniel Dae Kim	...	Johnny Gat (voice)
Eliza Dushku	...	Shaundi (voice)
Joe Camareno	...	Carlos Mendoza (voice)
Arif S. Kinchen	...	Pierce (voice)
Michael Dorn	...	Maero (voice)
Jaime Pressly	...	Jessica (voice)
Andrew Kishino	...	Donnie / DJ Kish / DJ Ziggy / Ronin 3 / Son Of Samedi / Ultor Goon (voice)
Anthony Pulcini	...	Matt (voice)
Greg Eagles	...	The General (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Mr. Sunshine (voice)
J.A.Q.	...	Dex (voice)
Jay Mohr	...	Dane Vogel (voice)
Neil Patrick Harris	...	DJ Veteran Child (voice)
Keith David	...	Julius Little (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maggie Baird	...	Various
Adam Bobrow	...	White Punk / Raver Punk / Cholo (voice)
G.K. Bowes	...	Main Character Black Female (voice)
Miguel Angel Caballero	...	Factory Worker / Gangster / Various
Sonya Eddy	...	Various (voice)
S. Zev Esquenazi	...	Hispanic Male Trucker (voice)
Kathryn Feller	...	White Female Jogger / White Female Ronin 1 / Young White Female
Alex Fernandez	...	Hispanic Male Buisness Man, Hispanic Male Patient, Hispanic Male Pimp, Third Street Saint #2
Carlos Ferro	...	Phil, Mascot - Construction Worker
Asante Jones	...	Black FBI Agent / Black Razzi / Son of Samdei 3
Giselle Jones	...	Business woman, Stripper, Ex-Con
Brandon Keener
Ka'ramuu Kush	...	SWAT Team Guy / Voodoo Gang Leader / Hobo
Yuri Lowenthal	...	Shogo Akuji (voice)
Alex Mendoza	...	Main Character Hispanic Male (voice)
Kenn Michael	...	Main Character Black Male (voice)
Laura Miro	...	Various
Masasa Moyo	...	Female Cop / Ho #2 / Sorority Girl #2 (voice)
Michael Rapaport	...	Troy Bradshaw (voice)
Rebecca Sanabria	...	Main Character Hispanic Female (voice)
Katie Semine	...	Main Character White Female (voice)
Laura Simms	...	Anna, White Female Poor, White Female Goth
Sy Smith	...	Aisha (voice)
Lisa Tamashiro	...	Young Asian Female
Courtenay Taylor	...	DJ CB DeCaro / FUNK DJ / Ronin / Additional Voices
Brian Tee	...	Jyunichi
Adrienne Wilkinson	...	Sorority Girl / Stewardess / Hippy / Stripper (voice)
Andrea Zafra	...	Luz Avalos
Jason Zumwalt	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA | UK:18 | Singapore:M18 | Germany:18 (heavily censored) | USA:M

Company:

THQ

Trivia:

A series of videos called "Street Lessons with Uncle Gary" starred actor Gary Busey giving helpful tips to the players of Saints Row 2. Gary Busey attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, a town that shares the same name as seen in Saints Row as well as its sequel. He's also done a video in which he speaks about motorcycle safety. Busey was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident during the 80's.

Quotes:

Shogo Akuji: Nobility is sadly overrated.

Movie Connections:

References The Crow (1994)

Soundtrack:

The Final Countdown

Fantastic Fun!

I'm a huge GTA fan and have not played the previous Saints Row game, but it was recommended that I try this one. And I'm so glad I did :) I really didn't know what to expect, but straight away it was clear it's in the same vein as GTA, but it has SO much more to offer. From the start you get to choose how your character looks, so you can base it fairly close to yourself. Everything from skin colour, to age, weight, facial features and voice. Great fun :) From there on, you get to begin free roaming, and this is where GTA 4 loses out. Whereas the graphics in GTA 4 are unrivalled, the game-play was fixed and VERY short lived. But S R 2 is the opposite - there's SO much to do and everywhere to go! On top of which you can customise your look, your cars, your cribs and your crew and partake of loads of missions, side activities and diversions (like ambulance driver, taxi, police woman/man, insurance fraud (so much fun), races, hit-man and more!). It's a truly great game and very underrated and under appreciated. If these guys were to combine this game (or their next one) with more advanced graphics (which are already very good) then they would sure as heck give Rockstar a run for their money. Go get it and have yourself some fun!