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Saints Row 2 Looks Like It's Coming To Linux

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Stop the press! Hold the phones! Looks like Saints Row 2 will be getting the Linux treatment too. We are truly blessed with games recently!

If you see here on SteamDB, you will notice these:
Quote401480/config/oslist: linux
401480/name: Saints Row 2 Port Data
401481/config/oslist: linux
401481/name: Saints Row 2 Port Linux

That's looking pretty likely, but remember this is all unconfirmed right now.

About the game (Official)
Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.

Set years after the original, the player finds himself in a Stilwater both familiar and strange and challenged with bringing the Saints back as the rightful kings of Stilwater and bringing vengeance to those who wronged him.

I will be grabbing a copy that's for sure. Remember to hold off until it's released, don't go buying it now!

Thanks for the poke about it dubigrasu! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Beamboom Sep 7, 2015
Wow that came out of nowhere.

Guys, the Saints Row games are okay single player games, but fantastic coop games.

Please let these be native ports...
grenadecx Sep 7, 2015
Saints row 2 on Windows was not that horrible some of you seem to think it was.

I played through the entire game twice (with friends) and sure, there was some horrible bugs showing and to be honest almost all cutscenes are bugged in some way. But you know, the game wasn't being too serious (well, a lot more serious then SR3/4) and a lot of those cutscenes bugs was just funny as hell.

If we talk about the actual gameplay there are like one or two super critical bugs but there was workarounds for that. Overall the game was really fun, especially with a friend.
LinuxGamesTV Sep 7, 2015
Only Saints Row IV is officially confirmed:

Coming to SteamOS/Linux
Saints Row IV will be available on SteamOS and Linux in 2015.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/206420/
slaapliedje Sep 7, 2015
I have to say, I've won all of the Saints Row games (except the first, which never came out for anything other than xbox, and Gat out of Hell, which I haven't bought yet) yet I haven't beaten a single GTA game.

They just seem more 'approachable' for some reason to me, probably because there aren't missions that are just freaking impossible (like some of the racing missions because I suck at those). But yes, I would play through the second one again on Linux if it were released.
melkemind Sep 8, 2015
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Quoting: slaapliedjeI have to say, I've won all of the Saints Row games (except the first, which never came out for anything other than xbox, and Gat out of Hell, which I haven't bought yet) yet I haven't beaten a single GTA game.

They just seem more 'approachable' for some reason to me, probably because there aren't missions that are just freaking impossible (like some of the racing missions because I suck at those). But yes, I would play through the second one again on Linux if it were released.

I agree. I just can't get into GTA. I don't get the love affair people have with it, though I respect their opinions. The Saints Row series, on the other hand, has always been enjoyable for me. I even played through Saints Row: The Third twice and half of a third time with a friend in co-op. Saints Row 2's location (Stillwater) was definitely the best though. It would be nice if they gave it some love and cleaned up the PC version.
FredO Sep 8, 2015
Saints Row the Third looks like it might get some Linux love too:
https://steamdb.info/app/55230/history/
Beamboom Sep 8, 2015
Quoting: melkemindSaints Row 2's location (Stillwater) was definitely the best though.

Indeed. The third game were a huge disappointment for me because of this. The entire map felt rushed, no special locations and nothing fun to explore. Also, the gameplay went *too* over the top.

Saints Row 2 is the best of them.


Last edited by Beamboom on 8 September 2015 at 11:57 am UTC
burnall Sep 8, 2015
What?! Are they going to port almost all of them now - second, third and fourth? This is crazy, I can't keep up now.
Nanobang Sep 8, 2015
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Saints Row 3 & 4 were silly fun, to be sure, but Saints Row 2 was the best of them. Its unique mix of violence, humor, and smarts was wildly intoxicating and addictive. Even the AI could be hysterical. I frequently spent time just watching and listening to the citizenry of Stilwater interacting with each other. (Cops beating up a citizen then being attacked and killed by other, nearby citizens. Shootouts between two automobiles chasing each other in a circle until one of the cars explodes.)

I could go on, but Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's (probably NSFW) review video does it so much better:

View video on youtube.com


I will definitely be buying a copy of this game on Linux. :D
mrdeathjr Sep 8, 2015
Quoting: FredOSaints Row the Third looks like it might get some Linux love too:
https://steamdb.info/app/55230/history/

Oh My Gosh Again

Too many spoilers from deep silver

^_^


Last edited by mrdeathjr on 8 September 2015 at 2:08 pm UTC
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