The 360 thread!

[Rod_S]

IDGI.

[Jimaroid]

Saints Row 2. Looks shit, plays better.

[Rod_S]

Oh come on.

[VNVObit]

I'm still working very slowly through the main campian of GTA4
The trouble with GTA and other sandbox type games is there's too much fun to be had dicking around.

in the same boat but have too many games to work my way through so will get back to the main GTA4 before looking at this addon

Prefer bikes in GTA4 - always found them more forgiving than cars

[Rod_S]

Celtic Frost in the soundtrack. Hardcore.

[GeeZa]

Celtic Frost in the soundtrack. Hardcore.

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And Bathory? WTF.

[HGFB]

Oh come on.

Have you tried it? It really is the far superior game. Especially if you can manage to look beyond the graphics engine for five minutes.

[Mat]

Yup, I'll agree with that.
Much more fun than GTAIV.

[Tarjei]

Is there a chance that someone who wasn't thrilled by GTA 4 will fall in love with this expansion? Are there a demo? I found GTA 4 all too repetitive and I didn't like Nico, or any of the other characters for that matter, much.

[Flabio]

One thing I will say is that I'd forgotten how clunky the run and gun controls in GTA4 were compared to something like Gears or Uncharted.

Really liking the atmos in Lost and Damned though, extremely well acted it is.

If you didn't like GTA4, then I doubt you'll get on with it though. The game itself isn't really any different. But Rod is right, it really does have a very different vibe.

As for the Saints v GTA thing, it comes down to what you want out of them. Saints favours the 'pissing about' side of the game style whereas GTA favours the 'story stuff'. Which swings it towards GTA for me, but I can see why people would prefer Saints.

[HGFB]

The Saint's Row 2 story is surprisingly good and *very* well voice acted.

Probably the best way to explain the attraction is with a Zero Punctuation review

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... ints-Row-2

[HGFB]

IDGI.

Everything works better in a hotdog suit.

[RiK]

Everything works better in a hotdog suit.

Hellers actually has one of those in his wardrobe.

TRUFACT!

[The Captain]

Saints Row 2 is really fun, but GTAIV is utterly different - I can understand the 'more fun'/'more po-faced' arguments, but trying to argue that the story in SR2 is good or of comparable quality is madness. SR2 feels cheap, whatever its plus points, and everything is pretty two dimensional in every other regard than the engine.

They are both trying to do different things, and to not give GTAIV props for its ambition and realisation because SR2 lets you wear a hotdog suit instead is beyond shallow. SR2 doesn't have a 'vibe' or a 'feel' its just a hugely fun but juvenile playground. To call it a 'better game' is of course a matter of personal preference, but it's not even as if SR2 is polished in terms of gameplay - it does a lot of fun things pretty poorly for a laugh.

[Rod_S]

Lost and Damned is the best GTA since Vice City. Believe.