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Plenty of people have been talking about Saints Row 2 – especially those that found GTA IV restrictive and dull. On consoles it seems be what many people have been crying out for – but on PC it simply does not work.
An appalling frame rate, terrible controls, no support for anything other than 360 controllers, impossible driving, constant bugs and glitches…
There has probably never been a worse PC version of a game in the history of the industry, it’s beyond bad, it’s a deliberate direct insult to everyone who doesn’t own a console.
It runs so badly, and my computer is better than the best recommended specs (I can run GTA IV PC fine, along with all the most recent games), that it’s inconceivable that any form of quality testing took place for this game. Based on the experience of people who I know have played it on PC I’d really like to see video evidence of someone at Violation running this game successfully on a PC.
Fundamentally, I simply do not believe this is a working product – there really needs to be a serious consideration of legal action against companies that are selling something that is this defective, not to mention websites selling it.
Doesn’t work, looks like garbage, it’s a company going out of their way to steal your money in return for nothing. Please, please, please don’t make the mistake I did and buy this game.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is the worst port I’ve played in a long time. And I thought Mass Effect was bad. By comparison this game makes the transfer of Mass Effect from Xbox to PC look like a carefully designed masterpiece.
The controls are lousy. You cannot access menus through use of the mouse, which is so counter intuitive that it screams fail. The controls just always feel awkward no matter how much you tweak your key mapping. Miserable to play throughout.
The graphics are crummy, and despite having crossfired graphics cards (HD4870s). I can’t get decent frames no matter what. I easily get 40-50 frames a second on very high in Crysis, and Saints Row pulls an awful 20-27 despite having inferior graphics. Other problems include common clipping issues, buildings and terrain that pops up out of nowhere, and the worst skins I’ve seen on character models since 2004. The models are sloppy, robotic looking, and frankly ugly. Enemies get frozen in space, stuck in doorways, etc… It’s so bad it’s amateurish. The graphic problems alone make the game almost unplayable.
Don’t waste your money and try to play this game on the PC. It will frustrate you, anger you, and make you want to chuck the game in the trash. It cannot be played at high graphics even with a very high quality PC. I don’t think they can even patch the thing to playability because of the graphic issues that may not be fixable. Don’t buy under any circumstances.
Rating: 1 / 5
Driving in this game with the keyboard/mouse is like a slug on ice. Most controllers are broken in that you have to constantly unplug them to avoid the constant UP (bad configuration). Finally just plain bad PC optimization.
The worst part is that these problem had to have been known. You can’t go 2 minutes into the game without seeing the problems. They released a turd on purpose. Period.
BE FORWARNED!
The public relations team is in full swing on both the Steam Forums, and the SR2 Forums. I’d expect them to slime their way here soon too.
Even after a patch, the game is unplayable while driving vehicles. The game stutters while driving. My system is no slouch, 8800GT 512, E2200 @ 2.8GHz, 3GB DDR2 800. I even turned the settings to low and ran at 1024×768 and still saw the stuttering. This game reminds me of Gears of War (PC). The devs ported it wrong by neglecting to add op-codes for x86 cpu’s; instead opting to write code to translate the Xbox op-codes to x86. As a result, that game stuttered as well.
While fun at times, the stuttering causes the difficulty to increase drastically making driving extremely difficult. I do not recommend this game at all. Your money would be better spent on fallout 3 or FEAR 2.
Rating: 1 / 5
Even though the game seems to be a lot of fun, you won’t have any. The performance of this game is awful. It’s unplayable even on high-end systems. For further information on this check the Saint’s Row 2 forum. The complaints are piling up.
Rating: 1 / 5
August 20th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Plenty of people have been talking about Saints Row 2 – especially those that found GTA IV restrictive and dull. On consoles it seems be what many people have been crying out for – but on PC it simply does not work.
An appalling frame rate, terrible controls, no support for anything other than 360 controllers, impossible driving, constant bugs and glitches…
There has probably never been a worse PC version of a game in the history of the industry, it’s beyond bad, it’s a deliberate direct insult to everyone who doesn’t own a console.
It runs so badly, and my computer is better than the best recommended specs (I can run GTA IV PC fine, along with all the most recent games), that it’s inconceivable that any form of quality testing took place for this game. Based on the experience of people who I know have played it on PC I’d really like to see video evidence of someone at Violation running this game successfully on a PC.
Fundamentally, I simply do not believe this is a working product – there really needs to be a serious consideration of legal action against companies that are selling something that is this defective, not to mention websites selling it.
Doesn’t work, looks like garbage, it’s a company going out of their way to steal your money in return for nothing. Please, please, please don’t make the mistake I did and buy this game.
Rating: 1 / 5
August 20th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
This is the worst port I’ve played in a long time. And I thought Mass Effect was bad. By comparison this game makes the transfer of Mass Effect from Xbox to PC look like a carefully designed masterpiece.
The controls are lousy. You cannot access menus through use of the mouse, which is so counter intuitive that it screams fail. The controls just always feel awkward no matter how much you tweak your key mapping. Miserable to play throughout.
The graphics are crummy, and despite having crossfired graphics cards (HD4870s). I can’t get decent frames no matter what. I easily get 40-50 frames a second on very high in Crysis, and Saints Row pulls an awful 20-27 despite having inferior graphics. Other problems include common clipping issues, buildings and terrain that pops up out of nowhere, and the worst skins I’ve seen on character models since 2004. The models are sloppy, robotic looking, and frankly ugly. Enemies get frozen in space, stuck in doorways, etc… It’s so bad it’s amateurish. The graphic problems alone make the game almost unplayable.
Don’t waste your money and try to play this game on the PC. It will frustrate you, anger you, and make you want to chuck the game in the trash. It cannot be played at high graphics even with a very high quality PC. I don’t think they can even patch the thing to playability because of the graphic issues that may not be fixable. Don’t buy under any circumstances.
Rating: 1 / 5
August 20th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Driving in this game with the keyboard/mouse is like a slug on ice. Most controllers are broken in that you have to constantly unplug them to avoid the constant UP (bad configuration). Finally just plain bad PC optimization.
The worst part is that these problem had to have been known. You can’t go 2 minutes into the game without seeing the problems. They released a turd on purpose. Period.
BE FORWARNED!
The public relations team is in full swing on both the Steam Forums, and the SR2 Forums. I’d expect them to slime their way here soon too.
Rating: 1 / 5
August 20th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Even after a patch, the game is unplayable while driving vehicles. The game stutters while driving. My system is no slouch, 8800GT 512, E2200 @ 2.8GHz, 3GB DDR2 800. I even turned the settings to low and ran at 1024×768 and still saw the stuttering. This game reminds me of Gears of War (PC). The devs ported it wrong by neglecting to add op-codes for x86 cpu’s; instead opting to write code to translate the Xbox op-codes to x86. As a result, that game stuttered as well.
While fun at times, the stuttering causes the difficulty to increase drastically making driving extremely difficult. I do not recommend this game at all. Your money would be better spent on fallout 3 or FEAR 2.
Rating: 1 / 5
August 20th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Even though the game seems to be a lot of fun, you won’t have any. The performance of this game is awful. It’s unplayable even on high-end systems. For further information on this check the Saint’s Row 2 forum. The complaints are piling up.
Rating: 1 / 5