Adam Rosenberg of UGO's Games Blog provides this in-depth review of Saints Row 2. Is it more of the same, or offers enough of an incentive to put down GTAIV?

Saints Row 2 is a wholly different beast from GTA. If one were to compare it to any game in that other series, it most closely mirrors San Andreas. But where Carl Johnson’s saga offered a shift towards more mundane, real-world connections, Saints Row 2 heads in the opposite direction by delivering such blatantly over-the-top satire that it borders on parody. That was pretty much the point of the first game and things are elevated to the Nth degree in this sequel, with more missions and activities, more city to explore and more gangs. Oh, and your created character can talk. How far we’ve come…

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