I love Saints Row 2. The first game plays it really safe with the story it tells and the way it presents it. The second game takes it all up a notch. Like any good sequel, the stakes, antics, and scope of the story have risen exponentially.
Likewise, so has the fun I have playing it! Saints Row 2 opens five years after the ending of the last game. Two very important things have been added to the character creator: voice options and gender options. Huge, okay. You can now be a lady AND talk! I love talking ladies!
Not that I ever really play as one. Important reasons! Likeβ¦ the use of British slangβ¦ andβ¦ looking at himβ¦. Anyways, I might not play as a lady, but the option to have a female boss is still one that I hail as a wonderful thing! The ability to skip it is marvelous. Why this order? I hate the Brotherhood the most, so wiping them out first is a must for nothing but spite.
Want to methodically control your slaughter and destruction? I suggest completing all six levels of nine full side missions called diversions to earn enough respect to take you through any storyline missions without pause. So fully complete the fight clubs, the escorting, the trafficking, the insurance fraud, maybe a little septic avenger or mayhem or chop shopping if the mood strikes you. With your respect built up, you can now slaughter your way through all eleven missions, per gang, at once!
You will feel all the feels during this game. You have to stop the truck before it kills him. Even if you could get the chains off, Carlos was dragged behind a truck. He knows it, you know it. So without saying anything, you kneel beside him, take his hand, and then shoot him yourself.
