Threatened to withdraw on the PC last autumn Action Saints Row 2 has finally crawled out of their cozy burrows console. Oh, it would be better not crawled. Not because it is bad, no. On the contrary, a good one. Just over a computer version of what has worked in a peculiar breed of lazy programmers. These guys are scattered and not thought to adapt the management of the keyboard, to optimize the engine is hungry for resources and create at least a semblance of fight with numerous technical absurdities.
A glance at the latest creation of the American company Volition enough that stray thought flashed through my head: I do not saboteurs Does Rockstar have worked here? You do not have to twist a finger at his temple. I'm not paranoid, I'm cautious. On the background of frostbitten Saints Row 2, any claims for the fourth Grand Theft Auto seem far-fetched - and suddenly it's no coincidence? Conspiracy theory in the computer games industry, perhaps not so absurd ...
 | Company History |
1996 In a small American town Champaign based company Volition, Inc.
2001 had a release of Red Faction - the first hit from Volition.
2009 edition of Official Xbox Magazine recognizes the console version of Saints Row 2 is better GTA-shaped game of 2008.
 | |  | Scale of credibility will rise if additional missions take place, uchinyat pogroms and perform spectacular stunts. | | Can a modern computer to slow down the game with a view distance of 500 meters? The guys from Volition seems to be saying to us: "Maybe!". |
The benefits of vegetables Series Saints Row - caustic parody of the gangster fashion toys of recent years (GTA, Scarface, The Godfather). The first episode of the saga of the criminal gang "Saints" (officially declared long trilogy) came out in 2005 only in the edges of the console and, judging by the one million sales, was the very real competition to San Andreas. Sequel to Saints Row, in contrast to the fourth part of the GTA, has not gone in the wake of realism.On the contrary, he was much crazier than the original, and visited the same "personalki" three months after the release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Ending the first part put on the fate of an unnamed gangster from Saints Row bold question mark. Several kilograms of TNT under your feet, you know, entail certain (usually sad) consequences. For example, the length of clinical death in two and a half years, and then only with luck. World during this time manages to seriously change, aspiring competitors - get to his feet, and friends - quarrel and delete authority native bands below the plinth. In general, without any problems our bandyugan will not. Scenario Saints Row - the triumph of idiocy. Idiocy very special, relevant, and, most importantly, laugh to tears. Heroes make strange things, killed by packs, bear shaped stuff, but it's logical. It is true, what else do a bunch of losers and slackers of Fleet Street, but to take their own town by storm for the sake of ... fun?
| Wall to wall |
If we close our eyes to the many difficulties of the transition Saints Row 2 consoles to computers, then multpleer in the game objectively got even more interesting than in the same GTA4. Firstly, in Saints Row 2 is a real co-op for two persons. Perform the mission is strictly a pair, though not necessarily: as long as one player moves through the story and Tricks competitors, the second can enthusiastically shred passers chainsaw in the opposite end of town. Second, traditional pogroms from 16 participants please, no less. Especially beautiful deathmatch with the ability to break the enemy garbage bin at his gangster soobrazhalke. Developers have prepared a snack free fantasy on the theme of "capture the flag" and rabotenka for hardened robbers, thieves, pimps, vandals, crooks. Masochists can try their hand at racing - the most cheerful mode Saints Row 2 taking into account the specifics of local government. For the records here are not particularly drive on: winning the one who had enough strength and patience to reach the finish line.
 | |  | Any resemblance to Roman Trakhtenberg purely by accident! | | Initially the "Fortress of Saints" recalls bomzhatnik, but it is only at first ... |
Generator beings In the main menu of the game - small change compared to the console version. An almost empty section "Bonuses" has disappeared, and instead appeared a logical option "advertisement". Newcomers PC-version of Saints Row 2 encounters a powerful editor character, which is not sorry to talk in detail. Sex, color, age, figure, hairdo - are just the basic parameters by which you can build your dream scumbags. For more or less familiar settings hiding the cherished dream of every geek-simsovoda: dozens (if not hundreds) of toddlers who are responsible for the shape of the skull, nose, jaw, ear height, bends his eyebrows, the radii of the dimples on his chin, etc.Yes that's appearance! Developers are allowed to choose the voice, gait, facial expression, gestures and even the Crown to impose future banditosu fun makeup!
Stillwater campus store shelves are full of variety shmotok, which in turn can decorate as you like. For fantasy players called truly limitless. On the official forums right now you can find dozens of images of self-made hitmanov, max Payne, Lar Croft and other Vin Diesel.
 | |  | Boring machine guns and bazookas long time nothing new, but the stool - the original weapon. | | Machine crease, scratch, but to the level of physical engine GTA4 Saints Row 2 stomp and stomp. |
| Not porn, but defiantly |
THQ, pleased with sales of the first part of Saints Row, sequel has provided a powerful advertising campaign. First YouTube flooded with humorous "street lessons Uncle Gary" with veteran fighters Gary Busey (Gary Busey) in the title role. As soon as the actor's antics began to pall, PR people have a win-win progress: drawn to the promotion of Saints Row 2 porn star Tera Patrick (Tera Patrick). Momentary appearance of the charming Mrs. Patrick in the "development diary" was enough to toy buzzed about the whole intelligent Internet.
Loss of capacity Modern Stillwater - a city of enormous potential. For the storyline part I thoroughly took only three days of passage. The fact that Saint Row 2 totally incredible amount of side quests, each of which has several levels of difficulty. In what other game you will be asked for money to pour filth the whole area, besides just a minute and a half? Or put into a fireproof suit on the burning ATV and force pedestrians to press? Laughter - laughter, but this mess drags much more than a pathetic shooting plot important portions of colorful gangsters.
Speaking of colors. So stupid criminal gangs have been the last time, I think, in GTA2. Some people walk in the middle of the city in the yellow kimono and skating, while others paint lowriders in bright green, while others imagine themselves uncompromisingly red bikers. In short, we see the guys from afar. More than one hour it will take to fuss in car. On any car, whether it be a police armored personnel carrier or the local equivalent of the Lamborghini, you can install Nitro Boosts, then pump the engine and chassis. That's not to mention numerous dodger, colorings and beautiful drives. The same applies to seize the property. Shaky shack with proper investing into a palace.Mostly developers even went too far with the diversity - Mobile Communications and plywood for maize in Stillwater is clearly out of place. Phone (not like GTA4) is hardly ever used, and airplanes too hard digging the ground with their beaks.
 | |  | With such an edifice on the number of police stars can not bother - push on the gas so shoot around. | | While Need for Speed Undercover mumbles something about "Pimp My Ride», Saints Row shows a true master-class on tuning. |
Happening on the screen cheers before the first serious pursuit. Then it becomes clear that without a good gamepad to get to the destination insanely difficult. Driving, precisely in the computer version, just horrible - no help to any settings. Adapt himself to ride motorcycles and fly helicopters is still possible, but the behavior of the car - beyond good and evil. Pressing the key "right" or "left", apparently, is equal to half of the traffic steering, so align the car - zadachka not easy. Imagine a hellish mix of The Godfather and the first Driv3r. Presented? Now multiply by two - voila! That turned out Saint Row 2.
| The show continues |
After the story of Saints Row 2 is coming to an end, to play the single becomes tedious. Fortunately, the developers have provided dozens of fun cheats to be entered in the special section of the mobile phone. Here are the most interesting:
# 36 - Immortality
# 11 - Endless Ammo
# 200 - Giant
# 201 - Liliput
# 12 - Everything goes to heaven
# 20 - Rain of pedestrians
# 19 - Unrest in the streets
# 18 - low gravity
# 16 - Madness on the roads
# 15 - Drunk Pedestrians
Brake - the same mechanism? The fact that the second Saints Row called graphics engine is outdated in the days when horseback was the evolution of the processor Pentium 4. Sly guys from Volition simply took an old engine from the first part, twirled physics so hidden defects under the plaster of the bump and shaders.To the consoles mass audience did not notice the flaws, but on the PC could not hide a poultice. One has only to turn off a few filters, such as Saints Row 2 is showing its true low poly grin. It seems as if caught in time: the dark streets go ugly machine, but angled awkwardly depict the life of the people. The closest analogue - GTASan Andreas, if not Vice City. Only the city of Rockstar obtained and can be obtained much more lively and beautiful.
But hardware needs, "Saints" almost in front of GTA4. Not a bad video card GeForce 8800 is barely enough for a comfortable game at high settings at 1280x720 resolution. At the same "iron» GTA4 to "medium" - to fly and looks like an order of magnitude more aesthetically pleasing. Performance problems are exacerbated by small gaps. Mostly go crazy artificial intelligence, sometimes special effects do not appear. Put on a widescreen monitor resolution required is unlikely to succeed without third party tools. On the patch developers until stutter, but he is needed. Very.
 | |  | If the day Airborne celebrated every Friday, from Moscow, would have made a remarkable Stillwater. | | Drive several blocks to his band, alas, almost impossible - carefully prevents crooked management. |
On the ears Sounds and melodies Saints Row 2 - perhaps the most vivid impression of the acoustic in recent months (after GTA4, of course). Curious fans of American TV series can easily recognize star vote. Johnny geta sounded best known for "Lost," Daniel Dae Kim (Daniel Dae Kim). Police chief Troy says to a tee as Michael Rapaport (Michael Rapaport) from last season's "Jailbreak." Role Charming Shandi got Eliza Dushku (Eliza Dushku) from Buffy. Well, Jamie Presley (Jaime Pressly) in between filming of "My Name Is Earl" recited replica girlfriend leader of the Brotherhood.
The repertoire of the 11 stations Stillwater nearly two hundred songs of different genres and directions. Day and night, the city lives under the familiar to every music lover melodies: from "Four Seasons" by Vivaldi to The Final Countdown by Europe and Trick Me by Kelis. And the player at any time can make your own play list of available music. By the way, opening theme Saints Row 2 was reworked song Hands Up! from the 50 Cent. No brainer, that the license for creativity Polubaksa is fabulous denzhisch. It would be better Volition let a bag of dollars to debug engine and inhuman government, but to dream, as they say, is not harmful.
 | |  | Rollers staged on all the Hollywood canon - spectacular, beautiful and insanely funny. | | The good old virtual shooting range in the frenzied Saints Row 2 came in very handy. |
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