Saints Row 2
After the events of the first game, you awaken from a coma to find that the Third Street Saints have all but disappeared. Much like Saints Row, you are charged with retaking the city from three rival gangs…
Saints Row 2 is an adventure developed by Volition, released 14 October 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.49 at Steam. This page lists 132 cheat codes for it.
What Saints Row 2 is
Saints Row 2 is an adventure game developed by Volition and released in 2008. It was published by THQ. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Havok.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in the fictional open-world city of Stilwater, Saints Row 2 follows the customizable leader of the 3rd Street Saints, the sole survivor of the yacht explosion that closed the gang's earlier rise. After five years in a coma, the protagonist awakens in the infirmary of Stilwater's maximum security prison and escapes with the help of Carlos, the brother of a former Saint. The city they return to has changed. The Saints have been disbanded and scattered, and in their absence three new criminal outfits have carved up the streets: the gun-running Brotherhood, the drug-dealing Sons of Samedi, and the gambling-focused Ronin. Looming over them all is the Ultor Corporation, which has redeveloped…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Saints Row 2 holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 328 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 27.8 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.49, that works out to about $0.05 per hour of the main story, or $0.06 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz Intel Dual-Core Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Dual-Core Athlon XP or equivalent, 1 GB system RAM and 128MB 3D graphics card with Shader Model 3.0 support (i.e. 7600 NVidia card or better, ATI X1300 card or better). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.49 at Steam, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Saints Row 2 launched on 14 October 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space and LittleBigPlanet. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space, LittleBigPlanet.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 132 cheat entries for Saints Row 2 — 132 cheat codes. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Saints Row 2 cheat codes
Full Health
Refills your health.
Dial the number on the in-game phone, then switch the cheat on from the phone's Cheats menu.
Switching on any cheat turns off autosave and achievements for that save.
Car Mass Hole
Your vehicle gets infinite mass and shoves other cars out of the way.
Dial the number on the in-game phone, then switch the cheat on from the phone's Cheats menu.
Switching on any cheat turns off autosave and achievements for that save.
Milk Bones
Melee attacks become extremely strong.
Dial the number on the in-game phone, then switch the cheat on from the phone's Cheats menu.
Switching on any cheat turns off autosave and achievements for that save.
Add Police Notoriety
Adds one star of police notoriety each time.
Dial the number on the in-game phone, then switch the cheat on from the phone's Cheats menu.
Switching on any cheat turns off autosave and achievements for that save.
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