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Following the critical acclaim it received upon its release, Saints Row 2 has received awards from various critics and publications, including Official Xbox Magazine awarding it Sandbox Game of the Year. IGN awarded it for best Freeplay game of the year. Video Game Awards awarded it for best Freedom in a game of 2008.

During the events preceding the game, the protagonist was onboard a private yacht which had a bomb detonated on it, putting the protagonist in a trauma-induced coma, who is sent to a prison hospital ward. After five years, the protagonist regains consciousness and is given extensive plastic surgery, allowing the player to create a new character. A fellow inmate, Carlos Mendoza, a brother of one of the 3rd Street Saints, helps the protagonist to escape and make his way back to Stilwater, rebuilt from a devastating earthquake. The protagonist is able to free former Saint Johnny Gat just before the end of his trial and with his help, enlists the help of three others — Pierce, Shaundi and also Carlos. The protagonist ressurects the Saints and so is referred to simply as the Boss and leads them on a mission to reclaim Stilwater from three new gangs that have taken over after the fall of the Saints.
As the plot is centered around the 3rd Street Saints’ quest in taking down three rival gangs that have now conquered Stilwater, most of the storyline is divided into three separate mission arcs, which can be completed in any order, or even at the same time.
One of the story arcs involves the Saints’ quest to eliminate the Brotherhood of Stilwater, which is a gang formed from the outcasts of society. They are generally aggressive, asking questions only after the dust has settled. Maero, the leader of the Brotherhood, offers to split Stilwater with the Saints, but only offering the Saints twenty percent of the profit. The Boss, outraged at the offer, replaces Maero’s tattoo ink with radioactive waste, causing the left half of Maeros face to be badly scarred. This begins a war of attrition, the Brotherhood responding to the Saints’ threats with more damaging results: Carlos and Maero’s girlfriend Jessica are killed in the process and the Brotherhood nearly burns Stilwater to the ground. The Boss learns that the Brotherhood is overseeing weapons deliveries by boat and captures a large stash, crippling the Brotherhood. The Boss is challenged by Maero for a final face-off, but is able to get the better of him.
One of the story arcs involves the Saints’ quest to eliminate the Sons of Samedi while distributing “Loa Dust”, a potent drug, to the citizens of Stilwater. Through tips from Shaundi, the Saints discover that the Samedi’s drug smuggling is interfering with their plans to clean up the city and begin to go after the various assets that the Samedi use to make the Loa Dust, including their farms and laboratories. The General, the leader of the Sons of Samedi in Stilwater, along with his right-hand man Mr. Sunshine, order their agent DJ Veteran Child to stop the Saints. Veteran Child attempts to kidnap his former girlfriend Shaundi, but the Boss is able to save her and kill him. The Samedi also kidnap the Boss and inject him or her with a great deal of Loa Dust during an all-out assault on the Saints headquarters, but are thwarted. The General cuts one of Mr. Sunshine’s ears off after the helicopter drug distribution task fails and the Boss later kills Mr. Sunshine (who managed to take several shots before his head is decapitated, ensuring his death). Later, the Saints ambush the General’s convoy and the General retreats into the Ultor Shopping Mall where he is killed by the Boss.
One of the story arcs involves the Saints’ quest to eliminate the Ronin, a Japanese biker gang who have taken over much of the high-end entertainment in Stilwater and are led by Shogo Akuji and funded by his father, Kazuo. Gat identifies various targets of the Ronin that the Saints can hit to recover their territory, but their efforts do not go unnoticed. Shogo orders an attack on Gat and his girlfriend, former R&B singer Aisha. The assassination attempt is carried out by top Ronin henchman Jyunichi. Aisha is sliced across the throat by Jyunichi and Gat is stabbed just to the right of his stomach, but survives. The Boss proceeds to attack various Ronin henchmen to protect Gat until a Saints car arrives to take him to the hospital and eventually faces off against Jyunichi in a swordfight, killing him. Shogo later attempts to ambush Gat and the protagonist at Aisha’s funeral; he is defeated and given a Texas funeral by Johnny. Kazuo Akuji declares war on the 3rd Street Saints, threatens the gangs’ friends in the international district, but the Boss finishes him in a swordfight after shooting him in the chest with a pistol and phones his pained screams to his assassin friend Mr. Wong. The Boss then leaves Kazuo to die aboard the burning boat they were on at the time.
A side mission can also be unlocked at any time throughout the game and reveals that one of the original Saints, Dex, was offered a job at Ultor to sew seeds of discontent in the Saints. Julius, the former leader of the Saints, did not like what the gang was becoming and planted the bomb on the yacht five years ago, hoping to get rid of the protagonist and let the Saints dissolve. The Boss hears a series of wiretap conversations and receives Dex’s phone number. After contacting him, he is told to meet Dex at the old Saints church, but upon arriving there, Julius is found instead. After discovering that each was told by Dex to meet him there, Dex (although he is not seen), quickly stops his car by the church and throws a smoke grenade through a window, then speeds off. They realize they are being setup and are immediately ambushed by the Ultor Masako Team. After they successfully escape, the Boss later kills Julius in a cutscene as revenge for losing five years of his life.

Rating 8.2/10 (GOOD)

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