Saints Row 2

Saints Row 2 is one of the best open-world games. It's funny, it has great characters, the combat is fun, the driving is insane, the soundtrack is banging, the sandbox is incredible with a number of varied and imaginative activities that never feel played out or phoned in. All of it still holds up and I will always recommend everyone plays this game. The PC port, though... it's not good. It has been patched to at least work (as opposed to the launch version, which was unplayable), but the PC port is based on an older build of the game. Compared directly to the console versions, there are features missing, balancing issues and a whole host of technical and performance hiccups. Reportedly, someone found the final version and they're making a patch for this, but until that comes out, I can't really recommend the port; it's playable, but it's currently the suboptimal way to experience the game, even with mods. If you own a console, especially a XBOX (because of its b/w compatibility), choose those versions instead. I'd recommend this only to anyone that doesn't have any alternatives.

Saints Row 2 is the best Saints Row game.

This is definitely the best Saints row in the series. with that being said if you want a copy of saints row 2 that actualy works then get it right here on GOG the game runs without issue for me. I tested out the steam version and it is broken it will basically what im going to call soft crash as it will randomly become so laggy its unplayable. Came back over here and whatever GOG is doing it works lag free.

I just spent an hour jumping through hoops, downloading patches and mods, plugging in and unplugging periferals, and adjusting in game and out of game settings, doing everything I can to get it working. Game still crashes whenever you hit New Game button. Thankfully I got this game for free. Maybe they'll fix it in the future, but for now I'll be smashing that "uninstall" button.

... but awful port