Saints Row 2: Difference between revisions

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**** It seems that people in the game see it too; a Saint as I recall inquiring about the female player getting it on with Shaundi.

*** Playing a female Boss, homies made these comments:

{{quote|''Jane Valderrama'': [[Les Yay|Would this be a bad time to tell you I love you]]?

''White gangsta girl'': [[Bi the Way|Do you guys do the group thing]]? }}

*** And Jane more frequently (and affectionately) says, "What would I ever do without you?"

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* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Certain activities, once fully completed, reward you with infinite ammo for a specific weapon type, so long as it's bought from Friendly Fire or taken from your cache. And while the magazines themselves aren't bottomless in the above situation, actual bottomless magazines are available through cheats. In addition, some weapons hold more rounds at once than their real-world counterparts can (shotguns in particular, with the double-barreled Tombstone holding 6 shells and the pimp cane holding ''16'').

* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Fittingly provided by Eliza Dushku as Shaundi - "Maero's got enough guns to take over something that needs a lot of guns to take over"

* [[Bulletproof Human Shield]]: Taking a Banger for cover causes the other members to open fire and kill their friend while you take them apart.

* [[Buried Alive]]: {{spoiler|Shogi Akuji, son of the leader of The Ronin,}} gets buried alive by Gat and the Player Character after interrupting {{spoiler|Aisha's funeral}}.

* [[But Thou Must!]]: The obligatory sword-fighting sequences in the Ronin story thread. The second one can be avoided by setting yourself on firing and running into the opponent.

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* [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster S Bomb]]: How Male Voice 2 demonstrates his love of "Sister Christian".

{{quote|'''Boss:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}MVgDXg9Wnf8&feature{{=}}fvw Aww shit, aww shit! ...(percussion imitation)... guitars, guitars an' shit, OHHH SHIT!]}}

** [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]:

{{quote|Male 1 voice sings to "The Final Countdown"

Male 2 voice sings to "Sister Christian"

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* [[Darkest Hour]]: Assuming you play all of the gang plotlines concurrently, Mission Four involves {{spoiler|Aisha being murdered, Shaundi being kidnapped, Gat being hospitalized and Carlos being tortured to the point that The Boss is forced to [[Mercy Kill]] him}}

* [[Death by Disfigurement]]: {{spoiler|Carlos}}.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Averted during the 'Fuzz' activity, which requires you to shoot, beat, chainsaw, and/or burn to death various "criminals", some of whom are just peacefully protesting or skateboarding around town. The reason for the aversion is that A) you're not a cop and thus not worrying about dispensing actual justice and B) the camera crew following you around ''knows this''. They're the ones to hand the player chainsaws and flamethrowers to take to hippies because they know it'll get them the best ratings.

** The whole Brotherhood plotline begins with this. Maero tries to push a blatantly one-sided deal for the control of Stillwater to the Boss. His response? {{spoiler|Sneaking radioactive waste into his personal tattoo artist's ink supplies, causing him to unknowingly burn half of his chief's face off}}.

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Some pedestrians, most notably the ones dressed like hippies. The hippie clerks at On the Rag also count. Most pedestrians in the Marina district are barefoot but in swimsuits (don't know if that counts). As always, it's up to you whether or not this applies to the Boss as well.

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* [[Evil Brit]]: One of the possible voice options is a rough English accent. You may recognize it as Mr. Sheffield from [[The Nanny]].

** It's particularly hilarious for anyone who's seen that show before because the Boss does some very, very, very bad things in this game (things Max Sheffield wouldn't even want to ''hear'' about), so the "Evil" bit qualifies.

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: [[Player Character|The Boss]] is, after all, building a criminal empire, and his/her main obstacle is other criminals.

** The second DLC, ''Corporate Warfare'', centers around a conflict that pits current Ultor chairman Eric Gryphon against Dexter "Dex" Jackson, your former homie who moved from the Saints to a position as head of security at Ultor.

* [[Fantastic Drug]]: The Sons of Samedi deal Loa Dust. It's made up primarily of high-grade marijuana, but treated with various other chemicals. They never say exactly what the effects are, though it seems to be very popular. During the [[Mushroom Samba]] mission all it does is warp the visuals - similar to what happens to the player when attacked with pepper spray or a flash-bang.

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* [[Fragile Speedster]]: The Ronin are partial to fast cars and faster motorcycles...neither of which hold many soldiers and both of which are unusually prone to exploding, even by this game's standards.

* [[Funny Background Event]] : During a brotherhood mission, prisoners are seen being loaded onto a prison bus during a news report. One of them stops to mug for the camera...and gets a rifle but to the gut. Then he does it again...and gets it [[Groin Attack|in the nuts]] the second time.

* [[Game Mod]]: [http://idolninja.com/sr2.php Gentlemen of the Row], an overhaul for the PC port of the game.

* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: Boss speaks in the second game. All the time. S\he even has six different voices to use, which say different funny things during missions, as well as when they get drunk. So play the game once as a [[Dark Action Girl]], then as a [[Spicy Latina]], then a [[Sassy Black Woman]], then an [[Evil Brit]], [[Badass Spaniard]] and [[Scary Black Man]].

** In a more prosaic example, you can find yourself distracted for ''hours'' hunting down and killing all the Hitman targets, or chasing after all the cars on Chop Shop lists. The game really twists the knife as you get bonuses with the first, third and fifth lists you finish, all of which are either incredibly useful or ridiculous. Finish all the Hitman missions and you'll have hand grenades, satchel charges and ''unlimited rifle ammo.''

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** Similarly, every voice available for the player character has a different song that, when it comes up on the radio, they "sing" along with it.

*** And, as mentioned further down, they ''all'' sing along to ''Take On Me'' by [[A-ha]].

* [[Hot Coffee Minigame]]: Throughout Stilwater, you can find areas that let you unwind through a minigame using the control sticks. It's offscreen, but it's certainly audible, and the accompanying prompts for supposed sexual maneuvers are comic gold.

** And, like many other diversions in the game, fully completing it unlocks a free Saints-colored pimp outfit.

* [[Hot Pursuit]]: FUZZ.

* [[Ho Yay]]: The General and Mr. Sunshine. There is also The Boss and any of the lieutenants, depending on their gender.

* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Maero dwarfs his girlfriend Jessica (and everyone else for that matter).

* [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]]: The lowest difficulty level in is "Casual".

* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: Trail Blazing. A check point race performed while on fire.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Halfway through the game, the radio station Ezzzy FM is bought out by Ultor and renamed The World. This is announced on the station itself with Dane Vogel stating "Ultor is proud to own The World!"

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* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Poked fun at. Wear the same clothes long enough, and people on the streets will take notice, probably via the clothes' stench from being worn so long.

* [[Machete Mayhem]]: The Sons of Samedi's favorite melee weapon.

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Dane Vogel is behind all of the gang warfare, or at least manipulating it to his own ends.}}

** Jessica qualifies for Maero, as the game implies she's at the very least in charge of the cash and sometimes tactics.

* [[Mushroom Samba]]: During the "Bad Trip" mission in the Sons of Samedi storyline, the Boss receives a blow to the head from a baseball bat and a Loa Dust hotboxing inside the General's limo. The rest of the mission has warped visuals and wonky steering.

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* [[Panty Shot]]: Inevitable if your character enjoys short skirts, motorcycles, and reckless driving..... unless you choose not to wear panties, of course

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Despite being a [[Heroic Sociopath]] for most of the game, several scenes reveal that the Boss has a softer side. Most notably, {{spoiler|his/her reaction to having to mercy-kill Carlos}}. And in the first mission of the "Ultor Exposed" DLC, the Boss is horrified by {{spoiler|the mutilated corpses of people who have been experimented on by Ultor}}.

* [[Police Brutality]]: The activity ''Fuzz'' is all about this, as you star in a ''Cops'' parody and use... well, excessive force to bring in high ratings.

** Cameraman: "Flamethrowers are standard issue...''right?''"

*** Goes [[Up to Eleven]] when the camera man issues you a chainsaw.

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Jessica, who within two lines has told Carlos he looks like her housecleaner.

* [[Porting Disaster]]: The PC version has significant performance issues even on the lowest graphical settings - where matte paint removes lightning completely from car models, causing them to look like a flat colored shape on the screen.

* [[The Pratfall]]: There is a special "Pratfall Cheat Code" that allows you to perform pratfalls and faceplants for your own amusement.

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* [[Retcon]]: [[Word of God]] states that if you choose to start the second game as a woman then Playa has always been female.

* [[Retirony]]: Cops nearby will sometimes mention that the cop that you just killed was "about to retire"

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: The entire Brotherhood storyline. It starts with the Boss getting revenge for being completely shafted in a potential deal with the Brotherhood and insulted. Then revenge for them {{spoiler|dragging Carlos behind a truck until he is bleeding heavily and is missing a good part of his face. This results in the Boss having to [[Mercy Kill]] Carlos.}}

** Also the Ronin storyline after {{spoiler|they killed Aisha, nearly killed Gat, and then tries to kill the Boss and Gat at Aisha's funeral.}}

* [[Running Gag]]: Various folk (such as Gat, Aisha, etc. etc.) commenting on the Boss' appearance by asking whether or not they've done something with their hair.

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* [[Score Multiplier]]: Several activities, such as Mayhem and Insurance Fraud, require you to gain these in order to succeed.

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: When the boss and Maero come crashing through the roof, into the room where Donnie and Matt are hiding, Donnie, who had been that campaign's [[Butt Monkey]], decides hes had enough and makes a quick exit stage right. He doesn't appear again. Contrast to Matt, who stayed and {{spoiler|got a brick to his head}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: The prison doctor you kill right at the beginning may say "I'll figure out the secret to [[Trauma Center|Dr. Stiles']] healing touch if it kills me!" To which a nurse will reply, "It's the procedure that kills you."

** Not sure whether this is a coincidence or a shout-out: Dane Vogel happens to be the name of a character on VA Michael Rapport's former FOX sitcom The War At Home.

** The cashier at Apollo's signs off with "Have a nice day, [[Battlestar Galactica|so say we all]]." Made even funnier because Apollo's is a [[Fictional Counterpart]] to [[wikipedia:Starbucks|Starbucks]].

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: In the final mission {{spoiler|The Boss has Dane Vogel at a gunpoint, who desperately tries to talk the gun down by praising the Saints and the Boss.}} [[Killed Mid-Sentence|It didn't go well.]]

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]] / [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]]: The Klassic 102.4 channel can be like this. Sometimes it's weird running down gangbangers while a light piano piece plays, and sometimes you get to chase down vans in an attack helicopter while "Flight of the Valkyries" plays in the background.

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Several Masako members pull one on Maero when he bursts into Vogel's office the second or third time, he doesn't notice until Vogel draws his attention to them.

* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: For the most part, your recruitable AI buddies do a decent job at fighting alongside you... until they pick up an RPG. Then it's just a matter of time before they kill themselves (or you) with a rocket fired at somebody from point-blank range.

* [[Take That]]: The cutscene for one of the Rampage activities involves reporter Jane Valderama asking you to go on a rampage so that she can cover it and get more viewers than [[Jack Thompson|Zack]] [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|Johnson]], a "nutjob lawyer who gets hard at the idea of a lawsuit" crusading against media he deems to be offensive. He doesn't have a lot of support, but apparently makes a big enough ass out of himself that whenever he pulls some stunt, people listen.

** There was also the ad for the game where it compared GTAIV's mundane activities to the ''[[Jackass]]''-style flaming ATV riding, sewage spraying, over the top activities you can do in Saints Row.

** Russell, one of the target in Assassination side mission, is a guy in a [[Indiana Jones|fedora and a leather jacket]], who "when not sniffing coke off of prostitutes, dabbles in archaeological studies."

** In the first Ronin mission, Pierce wants to create an elaborate plan for a heist at their casino. The Boss and Gat decide it would be much more fun and quicker to just shoot up the place. Sound like [[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas|a shot at another sandbox game that had a needlessly complex heist plan]] you can think of?

** In the first Ronin mission, Pierce wants to create an elaborate plan for a heist at their casino. The Boss and Gat decide it would be much more fun and quicker to just shoot up the place. Sound like [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|a shot at another sandbox game that had a needlessly complex heist plan]] you can think of?

* [[Tattooed Crook]]: Most noticeably the Brotherhood. The Boss uses this to disfigure Maero by dumping radioactive waste in his ink.

** Boss too, if you want; in fact you have to get at least one tattoo to make one Assassination target show up.

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* [[Tron Lines]]: The unlockable Kaneda motorcycle has them.

* [[True Companions]]: How The Boss treats his gang members...[[Kick the Dog|most of the time.]]

* [[Two-Faced]]: In the mission "Waste Not, Want Not", the protagonist puts radioactive waste in {{spoiler|Maero's tattoo ink}}, which leaves a very large, very nasty scar on the left side of his face. Just try watching the scene immediately following WNWN and try not to cringe. " {{spoiler|Jessica}}...How'd you like {{spoiler|Maero's new tattoo?}}"

* [[UST]]: The Boss thinks that there's some of this between Pierce and Shaundi, at least with the British voice set.

{{quote|''"I wish Pierce would quit bitchin' about Shaundi and just fuck 'er already."''}}

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