Saints Row 2

Saint's Row 2 is arguably the best of the series. Some of the gameplay is a little dated, but overall it holds up well. The story is by far the most developed and mature of the series. Character customization is some of the best ever made for a game. Side quests and activities means you always have something to do. Highly recommended. While mouse & keyboard works fine for most of the game, driving a car or motorcycle is horrendous. Installing the Gentlemen of the Row mod makes driving playable (and has other nice, optional tweaks).

I dont have the most recent system, an intel hd4000 mid 2012 mbp utilizing a virtual machine (Wine), but I can run Saints Row 3 on medium settings with little to no hitch in performance, also purchased on gog. Saints Row 2 was released back in 2008 and we still have the same terrible console port which struggles on any modern or mid range system released years after the fact. GTA IV, which was also a terrible port and utilizes countless assets, performs better on my outdated mbp, now that's just sad. Considering this game is graphically ugly and doesn't use a lot of assets, I'm kind of lost on how it still performs poorly. Is it really necessary to make an ugly game even worse by lowering the graphics and resolution to the lowest denominator and still not getting the input and performance over 10fps? If you have a beast of a system you might have a shot, but in the state this game was released back in 2008 and even today on gog, it is unplayable. The most recent game in my catalogue, Shadow of Mordor, even performs over 25 fps.

My favorite game in the series, alot more features and fun than it predecessors, still fun and I still have alot of good memories with this game.

This game is a must-have. CD Projekt did a terrible job on the port from X360 to PC, causing the game to be criminaly underrated. With a few mods, the port problem is fixed. The game has an amazing story, a lot of interesting and hilarious characters, the city of Stilwater is in some areas even better that GTA V´s Los Santos, with a huge amount of enterable interiors, great contrast of suburbs, run-down districts and luxurious districts full of flashy neon lights, tall buildings, plenty of memorable places etc. Most high-quality game of the series.

As a fan of the open world genre, this game is awesome and its great fun to play. Though a lot of people consider it a GTA clone, it sets itself apart. The story is more serious than GTA but it still has the comedy in the gameplay. The activities, world, story, and the ways of progressing are very different from GTA. Its a great game and don't go in thinking its a GTA clone, go in thinking its an original property.