Saints Row 2 feels like Volition stole the code from a GTA game, dumbed it down by 10%, then let a bunch of 12 year olds decide what kind of stuff you can do in it. Nowhere is this more evident than in the game's cheat codes, which range from "Heaven Bound," which makes enemies and citizens rise up into the sky when killed, to "Super Explosions," which causes booms to be more BOOMish, to "Low Gravity" and "Drunk Pedestrians," which are pretty self-explanatory. The game never takes itself seriously, but within the realm of sandbox games, you probably should.
The online options lack polish and have no shortage of technical issues, but there's more than enough content in the single-player campaign to make you quickly forget these problems. It's goofy, violent, sophomoric, vulgar, and provides plenty of fuel for those who call games "murder simulators." It also happens to be an absolute blast to play, and should be a high priority game for fans of action and immature hilarity during this busy game season.
The 2000s was a great decade for a lot of brilliant video games. Here are the ten best games of the 2000s that you may not have played.
You know usually when someone says "you may have missed" it's games that were lesser known, hidden gems, underrated games. These are all super high profile games that sold extremely well.
What is this list? These are all hugely popular games. I was expecting games like Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, Advent Rising, Arx Fatalis, etc.
I've only played 3 on that list. Part of me feels bad about how little I used all the consoles I've owned as a kid. One bright side is, there's over 30 years of games to experience for the first time.
News Wire - "Today, we’re excited to reveal Games with Gold for July! On Xbox One, command your rally car to victory in extreme conditions in WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship and rule the court with high-flying dunks and confidence-smashing rejections in Dunk Lords."
Dunk Lords has a sort of NBA Jam vibe to it so that might be fun. I like rally racers but much prefer the Sega type (arcade style) over the more realistic ones. So that may be a pass. I already have SR2 on disc so I dont need that one. Juju looks cute in a DKC/Rayman sort of way so that might be worth a try. Overall though... its pretty bland month.
Plenty of games seem guaranteed to get sequels. But sometimes, companies surprise people and give them the additional installments they didn't know they needed.