Saints Row 2 promises a more lighthearted affair than GTA

I say, give it a go.

I can't wait! I loved the first game. This is going to be a better game than GTA IV. IV had bad graphics, slow running speed, too easy to die, forcing you to always cover. Saints Row 2 FTW!

I'll pass

I'll pass

I just started playing the first one.... Lets just say it hasn't aged so well. After only 2 years and GTA 4, the game looks awful.

you changed the title of this post around 1 AM, why did someone yell at you for saying it was alot like GTA ??

"Farrell also implied that he was relieved GTA4 is going in a more epic direction"

I bet from the start they were worried GTA wouldn't include an interesting storyline or great cast; they must be glad they have a point of difference now.

Hmm.. sounds a bit like GTA3

Who the hell is Alan Tsang?

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theb1rdm4n obviously suffers from DOWN SYNDROME...........one sentence buddy....GREATEST ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE EVER (includes music, games and movies... effin m o v i e s!!!)....if saints row2 outsells gta (which would also mean hitler came out of his grave...and out of the closet) id shove my head inside my ps3 and smile while i smell the aroma of my melting cranium.

I don't really get the hang up on Saints Row being like GTA.
You can't make an open world crime game without being slated for ripping off GTA but every other genre is fair game whether its racing, 3D platform or first person shooters. Copy each others success as much as you like, just don't touch GTA.
Competition will do GTA a lot of good, there are many areas it can be improved so why not give another game a chance and let them copy each others good bits.

I'm fairly excited. GTA IV to me was a mediocre game with a great atmosphere, reviewers got blinded by the atmosphere and forgot all the many, many, many flaws of this game.

The worse part was how they stripped so many of the features from GTA: SA like customizing your car, planes (I know small but still, a tiny prop plane could have worked), customizing your character, less vehicles.

I also hate how less colorful it is, a real sad trend with games now. I mean how many of these developers actually look outside once and awhile. Outside is bright and colorful, not as Zero Punctuation said "Life with a used coffee filter on it".

I mean is this a system limitation or is it a lazy art style? I can sort of stomach it in FPS and war games but it's becoming a pretty lame and ugly trend.