Saints Row 2 vs Grand Theft Auto IV

Alot of people these days say, Don't compare Saints Row 2 And GTA IV as they are completely different games, I beg to differ.

Missions & Story - Comparison

Saints Row 2 has no ideological story it is to original and in between the missions you must kill aimlessly to complete another one while in the process losing money. What is the point of this? How does this work. Well it does if your a nerd who can spend 5 hours on killing aimlessly.

Grand Theft Auto IV has a movie like story which portrays a Russian Illegal Immigrant in the USA after the collapse of the Soviet Communist Union named Niko Bellic I would describe him as a cold blooded tank of whom Kills to survive and at the same time improve his financial state. Throughout the story he improves his reputation but I won't elaborate more as it may give away the game to some of whom Have not played it. The Phone aspect in the game really made it easier and also catching taxis of which SR2 failed to do. The missions keep coming and if you explore you can find the Gangsters instead of constantly being attacked.

Open Gameplay Fun - Comparison

The graphics in SR2 really ruined the game but the variety of weapons & vechiles is much larger than GTA IV and activities as in SR2 you can completely design your charachter not just his clothes. The driving in GTA IV Is much more realistic and so is the cause of death, overall GTA IV gets the brownie points on realisim. Killing is much the same but it is much easier to aim on GTA IV and SR2 Aiming is incredibly awful.

Grand Theft AUto IV's graphics were Amazing better than I had seen on any other game, it is the main reason it got such a high rating from Gamespot and the New York Times. It has a weapon variet unfortunately not as great as Saints Row 2's. GTA IV's Aiming is realistic and so is the range of bullets. The vechiles look better in GTA IV and there are quite a variety but Aircraft & helicopters are better in SR2 and as a matter of fact they don't have Aircraft for us to fly in GTA IV. Both games are fun to rome arround in.

Online - Comparison (Semi)

I have not used SR2 Online.

GTA IV Online is fun to play but overtime is repetitvely boring. The variety of game modes is good but the setting up of games is not and should be fixed by rockstar. Hopefully they do so in the future. Unfortunately lag defines the winner in alot of the cases.

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Now my question to you is, What is your opinion? I would like to know I have an open mind to all your opinions on this interesting topic.

Thanks Zxx

i liked GTA 3, and San Andreas....Loved GTA Vice City.....liked Saints Row.... I think GTAIV and Saints Row 2 are complete **** and great examples of lazy developers and rushed games

GTA4 had story, while SR2 had just, overall fun with itself.. it never took itself seriously and felt much more like GTA3 (imo, the best GTA title to date in terms of fun/story/fun main character). So SR2 wins out. It had a cartoon violence feel which let it get away with more (like the hired muscle side missions where you could toss guys into airplane engines for example).

Anyway, GTA4 has the story down.. but they did so much junk to bog it down (your cousin calling every 10 friggin seconds) that it felt more like a chore then fun, more realism yes, but it's GTA.. non of the GTAs before it were "realistic" so idk why they went that route... so I give it to SR2.

GTA4 sucked, saints row 2 was ehh, it looks to sim-ish. Which i hate sims, so saints rows suck as well in my book.Javieralijandro

Hmm.. So what your saying is you have no interest in either? So if thats the case.. Maybe you have not played GTA IV enough as I personally disagree with its 10.0 rating I think it deserves 9.5, But honestly, do you think GTA IV has no +'s to it. By instinct, I would think OG games arent your type, You tell me?

I've never played SR2 but I've read a number of reviews on it, all of which were more fun than actually playing GTAIV.

Grand Theft Auto IV was great, never played Saints Row 2.

Funny, me and my brother were just discussing this and I said that I'd pick saints row 2 over GTAIV ANYDAY... fun gameplay, customizable character and pretty cool story... The whole "gang vs gang" and territory vs territory actually makes for some fun/intense gameplay.

I own both GTAIV and Saints Row 2 and in GTAIV i just feel like an immigrant, in saints row 2 i feel like more of a bad @$$ G lol as corny as that sounds. to each their own I guess but to me Saints Row 2>GTAIV

Funny, me and my brother were just discussing this and I said that I'd pick saints row 2 over GTAIV ANYDAY... fun gameplay, customizable character and pretty cool story... The whole "gang vs gang" and territory vs territory actually makes for some fun/intense gameplay.

I own both GTAIV and Saints Row 2 and in GTAIV i just feel like an immigrant, in saints row 2 i feel like more of a bad @$$ G lol as corny as that sounds. to each their own I guess but to me Saints Row 2>GTAIV

Grand Theft Auto 4 is better than Saints Row 2 in every single possible way, simple.

SR2 is one of my favourite games this gen. I didn't even care of buying GTA4.

The BIG difference for me is the spirit/humor and lack of. In GTA4 when you kill soemone, be it a thug, crime boss, or innocent people it's the same, cold blood kill, you do it and your soul is no more stained by it as it's part of your normal life, you just don't care about if it's bad or anything. For someone who is mature and can easily differentiate right and wrong, you can distantitate and decide if what you do is bad and if the character is a role model or not. But if you're 14-18 you just kill people and think it's a normal thing, even exciting, and sometimes great to kill plenty, even if it's old people or innocent bystanders. I find it a horrible way to draw yougsters to violence and make it feel like it's not important.

In SR2 vioelnce is so over the top and dialogues are just plain stupid (the lyrics of the rap songs are just so dumb they're funny) and the activities the character does makes you think about comedy movies rather than thug or dark movies. I enjoy SR2 as it's just dumb fun and kids will not one second mistake it for real life and take the violence as serious and stealing cars or doing things punished by the law as being "good" things you need to do to have your character improve his life and get satisfied with.

For gameplay, it's accessible enough to everyone, graphics are real nice, sound effects are solid, and choice of music is very varied.

To sum up GTA4 has been sooo ovehyped for a game that brings nothing to gameplay or cinematic experience and will make violence and crime things you don't have to care about and without consequences, while SR2 is very funny for people of all ages and felt like a game and distraction.

i bought my good old 40g ps3 with the gta IV bundle , it was my only game for a month til the nextmonth , was a good game enjoyed it into the half of the story but then i bought sr2 and enjoyed much more despite its worse (still good for my standards) grafics , couldnt stop play sr2 until i finished it , meanwhile i got several other games also and didnt play GTAIV ever again yet for a year and something , imo SR2 is the overall better game although if you could combine the good aspects of each into 1 game it would be the perfect gta style game

SR2 is one of my favourite games this gen. I didn't even care of buying GTA4.

The BIG difference for me is the spirit/humor and lack of. In GTA4 when you kill soemone, be it a thug, crime boss, or innocent people it's the same, cold blood kill, you do it and your soul is no more stained by it as it's part of your normal life, you just don't care about if it's bad or anything. For someone who is mature and can easily differentiate right and wrong, you can distantitate and decide if what you do is bad and if the character is a role model or not. But if you're 14-18 you just kill people and think it's a normal thing, even exciting, and sometimes great to kill plenty, even if it's old people or innocent bystanders. I find it a horrible way to draw yougsters to violence and make it feel like it's not important.

In SR2 vioelnce is so over the top and dialogues are just plain stupid (the lyrics of the rap songs are just so dumb they're funny) and the activities the character does makes you think about comedy movies rather than thug or dark movies. I enjoy SR2 as it's just dumb fun and kids will not one second mistake it for real life and take the violence as serious and stealing cars or doing things punished by the law as being "good" things you need to do to have your character improve his life and get satisfied with.

For gameplay, it's accessible enough to everyone, graphics are real nice, sound effects are solid, and choice of music is very varied.

To sum up GTA4 has been sooo ovehyped for a game that brings nothing to gameplay or cinematic experience and will make violence and crime things you don't have to care about and without consequences, while SR2 is very funny for people of all ages and felt like a game and distraction.

TheTenth10

Ooooooooooook Jack Thompson, Games dont kill people ignorant morons with too much time on their hands and kids just as stupid kill ppl. This shouldnt be a "realistic games desensitizes children" topic its just a "which game do you think is better" topic. GTAIV takes the throne in every way from the sense of euphoria you feel when you see the city for the first time to the grimace that comes over you when you kill someone for the first time. This game promised us alot of thing and it hardly ever dissappointed. Ive yet to see some movies come up with a storyline this good some of the phone missions seemed a little tacked on for the sake of it but they all did what saints row and the previous gta's failed to do and thats deliver a story unlike no other in the genre. They never promised rags to riches and they never promised a happy ending it was for what its worth a masterpeice and no other game in the genre has been that good. Niko was Serbian not Russian

Saints Row 2 wins it for me, fun gameplay, fun side missions, customization (cars, gang and character) and it had a radio station that didnt have rap music on it. GTA4 just didnt do it for me, the last GTA i enjoyed was Vice City.

All I can say is SR2 >>>>>>> GTA4

In the long run I'd say I prefer Saint's Row 2, but GTA IV is much prettier and more realistic... you just can't top the fun and customization of the Saint's Row series.

In the long run I'd say I prefer Saint's Row 2, but GTA IV is much prettier and more realistic... you just can't top the fun and customization of the Saint's Row series.

GingerDeadMan

I loved GTA IV. Saints Row 2 was complete crap.x-2tha-z

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In the long run I'd say I prefer Saint's Row 2, but GTA IV is much prettier and more realistic... you just can't top the fun and customization of the Saint's Row series.

Zack-X-X

So wait... you say that graphics are an important part when you buy a game? and you bought GTAIV?

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In the long run I'd say I prefer Saint's Row 2, but GTA IV is much prettier and more realistic... you just can't top the fun and customization of the Saint's Row series.

lions_rock_2008

So wait... you say that graphics are an important part when you buy a game? and you bought GTAIV?

Srsly, You obviously Don't Have GTA IV They have Revoloutionary Graphics.

The graphics in SR2 really ruined the game

Zack-X-X

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But back to the point. The GTAs on the PS2 murder both of them. Saints Row 2 is better than GTA4 though. Way more to do, more gameplay, and more fun. GTA4 is more polished but it is way too realistic and it get boring once you beat it. Also it feels nothing like the older GTA games.

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The graphics in SR2 really ruined the game

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But back to the point. The GTAs on the PS2 murder both of them. Saints Row 2 is better than GTA4 though. Way more to do, more gameplay, and more fun. GTA4 is more polished but it is way too realistic and it get boring once you beat it. Also it feels nothing like the older GTA games.

[QUOTE="Javieralijandro"]GTA4 sucked, saints row 2 was ehh, it looks to sim-ish. Which i hate sims, so saints rows suck as well in my book.Zack-X-X

Hmm.. So what your saying is you have no interest in either? So if thats the case.. Maybe you have not played GTA IV enough as I personally disagree with its 10.0 rating I think it deserves 9.5, But honestly, do you think GTA IV has no +'s to it. By instinct, I would think OG games arent your type, You tell me?

GTA4 sucked, saints row 2 was ehh, it looks to sim-ish. Which i hate sims, so saints rows suck as well in my book.Javieralijandro

Hmm.. So what your saying is you have no interest in either? So if thats the case.. Maybe you have not played GTA IV enough as I personally disagree with its 10.0 rating I think it deserves 9.5, But honestly, do you think GTA IV has no +'s to it. By instinct, I would think OG games arent your type, You tell me?

I thought SR2 was garbage, GTA IV was not as enjoyable as san andreas, but it's far superior compared with Saints row 2.Racer850

I prefered Saints Row 2 over GTA IV but then again, I'm pretty confident Just Cause 2 is going to be much more my style than any of the two.

I prefered Saints Row 2 over GTA IV but then again, I'm pretty confident Just Cause 2 is going to be much more my style than any of the two.

QuebecSuperstar

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I prefered Saints Row 2 over GTA IV but then again, I'm pretty confident Just Cause 2 is going to be much more my style than any of the two.

Zack-X-X

Elaborate on what?!

I prefered Saints Row 2 over GTA IV but I think that Just Cause 2 will be even better than Saints Row 2 or GTA IV (in my opinion).

Out of these two games, i'd say GTA IV was the better one.

Out of these two games, i'd say GTA IV was the better one.

BattleSpectre

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Out of these two games, i'd say GTA IV was the better one.

Zack-X-X

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Out of these two games, i'd say GTA IV was the better one.

They're both good, but it sucks that neither of them are as good as San Andreas considering SA is last-gen. But they do have the edge of playing online, which is all I use them for now after beating them.

I like SR2's online co-op because you can play the whole game through with a friend, but on the downside it's only 2 players max. & I like GTA's 18(?) player free-roam and 4 player co-op, but co-op's only a few short missions & in free-roam most people just treat it like Deathmatch.

They're both good, but it sucks that neither of them are as good as San Andreas considering SA is last-gen. But they do have the edge of playing online, which is all I use them for now after beating them.

I like SR2's online co-op because you can play the whole game through with a friend, but on the downside it's only 2 players max. & I like GTA's 18(?) player free-roam and 4 player co-op, but co-op's only a few short missions & in free-roam most people just treat it like Deathmatch.

dan_gerous87

I have not used SR2 Online, HOw is it? GTA IV's Free Roam Is Rediculous, I would prefer It if GTA IV Made there online as an Online Game essentially, It would getloads of buys if A game made an actual world with the graphic quality of GTA IV.

Ya cant do anything in Free-Roam Its just shoot em up essentially, Its bad.

i like GTA better. Saints Row is an good but not as good as GTA series

i like GTA better. Saints Row is an good but not as good as GTA series

hiphopballer

I enjoyed both of them... I replayed GTA4 like 3 or 4 times and never replayed SR2, but it was always fun to try to master the planes.MethodManFTW