■ 16/04/09 - Saints Row 2 Quelques semaines après le Grand Theft Auto IV de Rockstar, voici que son concurrent le plus direct arrive à son tour sur nos PC. Saints Row 2 vient effectivement de sortir dans une adaptation qui n'aura finalement pas été trop longue à venir puisque les versions Playstation 3 et Xbox 360 du jeu de Volition ont débarqué le 17 octobre dernier. Cela dit, l'essentiel des joueurs PC se moquera bien de savoir si les développeurs ont pris deux ou six mois pour réaliser la conversion. Ce qui importe dans ce genre de cas, c'est bien de savoir s'il s'agit ou non d'un nid à bugs, d'une horreur qui plante toutes les quinze secondes et qui n'arrive pas à dépasser les 15 images par seconde même sur un ordinateur de la NASA... Alors Volition / Rockstar même combat ? That is the question ! Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez ClubIC.
■ 01/03/09 - Saints Row 2 Like a lengthy game of tennis or "The Mummy and Daddy Dance", gang warfare is something that's a lot more fun when you do it with someone else. To be honest, if you try to do it by yourself then it's not really gang warfare at all; it's just some crazy Billy No Mates, running around the streets shooting innocent civilians. And Fonzie says that's the kind of murder that's just not cool. Preview de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez VideoGamer.com.
■ 01/03/09 - Saints Row 2 Lately, everyone keeps saying that I look different. Maybe it's that new jacket I bought, or the fact that I've started taking regular exercise. Or perhaps it's all those trips I keep making to the plastic surgeon. Two hours ago I was an ultra-thin old Asian man with long white hair; now I'm a pudgy white guy with a green combover, a high-pitched woman's voice and badly-applied lipstick. Welcome to user customisation, Saints Row 2 style. Preview de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez VideoGamer.com.
■ 01/03/09 - Saints Row 2 We really hope Volition and THQ are fully aware of the game they've created. Saints Row 2 is a game that excels at being bad. Whereas Rockstar's GTA 4 did its very best to be the most accomplished, cinematic video game of all time, Saints Row 2 often goes in completely the other direction. You could play Saints Row 2 straight down the line, po-faced to the extreme, but doing so wouldn't do the game justice. Volition's game is at its best when played for laughs, ideally as a gender ambiguous main character, walking like an ape in a hotdog costume. If you're still unsure if Saints Row 2 will be too similar to GTA 4, ask yourself this. Could you pretend to defecate into someone's dead, motionless mouth in GTA 4? You can in Saints Row 2 and we're probably going to Hell because of it. Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez VideoGamer.com.
■ 04/02/09 - Saints Row 2 Quelques semaines après le Grand Theft Auto IV de Rockstar, voici que son concurrent le plus direct arrive à son tour sur nos PC. Saints Row 2 vient effectivement de sortir dans une adaptation qui n'aura finalement pas été trop longue à venir puisque les versions Playstation 3 et Xbox 360 du jeu de Volition ont débarqué le 17 octobre dernier. Cela dit, l'essentiel des joueurs PC se moquera bien de savoir si les développeurs ont pris deux ou six mois pour réaliser la conversion. Ce qui importe dans ce genre de cas, c'est bien de savoir s'il s'agit ou non d'un nid à bugs, d'une horreur qui plante toutes les quinze secondes et qui n'arrive pas à dépasser les 15 images par seconde même sur un ordinateur de la NASA... Alors Volition / Rockstar même combat ? That is the question !
Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez JeuxVidéo.fr.
■ 30/01/09 - Saints Row 2 Should reviews try to discern between quality and amusement? I'm trying to understand the gulf in review scores between GTAIV and Saints Row 2, back when both games screeched onto consoles. GTAIV is an important game, and an ambitious one, and we reviewers do so love that sort of thing. It deserved its accolades, even if they did feel as inevitable as the rather tiresome backlash that followed.
Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez EuroGamer.
■ 26/01/09 - Saints Row 2 Les Saints sont de retour. Plus de deux ans après avoir réussi le pari Saints Row, le duo THQ-Volition ressuscite une ville entière via le second round, le premier sur PC, d'une guerre des gangs d'une rare sauvagerie. Règlements de compte, exécutions de sang-froid et fusillades interminables vont se succéder. Attention, violence gratuite.
Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez JeuxVidéo.com.
■ 22/01/09 - Saints Row 2 In 2008, my favorite sandbox-style game wasn't Grand Theft Auto IV. It was Saints Row 2. And no matter how many weird looks my coworkers gave me, I was adamant about my stance on the matter. Saints Row 2's superior driving mechanics and shooting systems won me over, as did the game's irreverent sense Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez GameSpy.
■ 19/01/09 - Saints Row 2 When the original Saints Row came out two years ago, it served to placate fans until Grand Theft Auto made its next-generation debut. Saints Row's deviant destruction didn't push the boundaries of what to expect from a free-roaming urban assault game, but it did provide an enjoyable outlet for consequence-free chaos while never taking itself too seriously. Since then, Grand Theft Auto IV has injected a dose of maturity into its typical sandbox fare, removing many of its outlandish behaviors to create a more grounded portrayal of the gangster lifestyle. Saints Row 2 is Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez Gamespot US.
■ 15/01/09 - Saints Row 2 US, January 6, 2009 - When people see Saints Row 2 they'll instantly think of Grand Theft Auto IV. It's inevitable. It moves similarly, the scenes have the same saturated lighting and there are several parallels that can be drawn between the gameplay of the two. Heck, the text is even Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez uk.pc.ign.com.
■ 12/01/09 - Saints Row 2 From the setting to the gameplay, Saints Row 2 borrows quite a bit from Grand Theft Auto - but it’s not “just another” clone. In fact, on the Xbox, the Saints Row series is probably the best-received of the many open-world carjacking crime-spree games attempting to copy GTA’s successful formula, and Saints Row 2 maintains that reputation with its fast action and goofy humor. Too bad its rough-around-the-edges quality - thanks in part to a slipshod console port - make it a distant second place.
Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez Games Radar.
■ 25/11/08 - Saints Row 2 Dès que les joueurs aperçoivent Saints Row 2, la plupart pensent immédiatement à Grand Theft Auto IV. C’est inévitable. Les mouvements sont similaires, les scènes ont la même lumière saturée, et il est possible de trouver de nombreux parallèles entre ces deux titres au niveau du gameplay. Mais que ceux qui veulent prolonger l’expérience de GTA IV soient prévenus, la comparaison s’arrête là car Saints Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez MaXoEGames.
■ 03/11/08 - Saints Row 2 One of the more shameless Grand Theft Auto clones ever released, the original Saints Row was a largely by-the-numbers take on Rockstar's blockbuster sandbox game. Yet the over-the-top title also improved on some areas, namely by offering online multiplayer action, GPS navigation, and detailed customization features. Now Saints Row 2 expands the size and scope of the original's city, offering interior locales and plenty of things to see and do. It’s not unlike watching an episode of Cops: it's crude, you know exactly what to expect, and yet you still can't tear yourself away.
Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez G4 TV.
■ 24/10/08 - Saints Row 2 D’abord considéré comme une pâle copie de GTA, Saints Row a su d’abord se démarquer grâce à l’absence de la série phare de Rockstar Game et surtout du fait qu’il s’agissait du premier jeu du genre sur console haute définition. Et qui dit succès commercial, dit irrémédiablement suite. THQ s’est donc attelé à nous sortir un second opus qui ne laissera personne sur le bord de la route puisque disponible aussi bien sur Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 et PC. Mais depuis le mois d’avril, le roi des jeux d’action openworld a repris ses droits. Alors où se situe ce Saints Row 2 en cette fin d’année ?
Test de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez JeuxActu.com.
■ 16/09/08 - Saints Row 2 Everyone wants a piece of me. Mind you, in the last couple of hours I've been doing my utmost to piss everyone off. I started the day with a daring one-man raid on a courtroom, which ended when I shot a Judge Judy-style harpy in the face with a shotgun. By mid-morning, I was spraying an entire neighbourhood with human excrement from a Preview de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez EuroGamer.
■ 16/09/08 - Saints Row 2 THQ's Saints Row 2 will offer vastly expanded customization options, a totally transformed and expanded city of Stilwater, all new vehicles, sandbox tools and toys as well as both online co-op and competitive multiplayer.
Preview de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez WorthPlaying.
■ 13/08/08 - Saints Row 2 Saints Row was undeniably a big hit when it released two years ago. It satisfied the thirst for an open-world experience that GTA4 wouldn't be able to deliver upon for at least another 18 months. TakingPreview de Saints Row 2 sur PC, chez GameSpy.
