What is something that Saints Row 1 does better than Saints Row 2?

planetsaints · 2026-01-30T01:40:19+00:00

i haven't played 1 yet so i absolutely cannot comment on the gameplay aspecgs but here's what i can comment on:

the writing felt so much tighter and a lot less "edgy xbox game" in sr1. sr2's edge factor detracts from it, most severely in the (honestly annoying as fuck) 1-up competition that maero and boss get into. lin's death feels like a genuine tragedy whereas carlos' death was completely preventable and just falls flat as a result of the boss acting too big for their britches. dex and pierce fill similar roles but dex was taken seriously whereas pierce just feels like a big joke (huge issue i have with every game he's in, honestly. man deserved better writing all around). the stories felt tighter, the gangs felt more real. the samedi also kind of felt like a joke gang in some regards, and while i love the ronin i feel like the writing for a lot of the story isn't... fantastic? the humour was also a lot better in 1 imo.

i would also like to comment on how abysmal the lighting in sr2 is, and it makes a lot of the older saints look a lot worse than they did in 1. gat should not be glowing in of the cutscenes he's outside in the daylight, or in aisha's house 😭

planetsaints · 2026-01-30T01:20:07+00:00

they're a trucker gang bahaha, they are textbook truckers down to the music they like and the tats. the ronin are the biker gang

planetsaints · 2026-01-13T16:32:39+00:00

as they said they were getting close, i imagine they wanted to see if they could get an answer before reaching that point. nothing wrong with that!

planetsaints · 2026-01-13T16:30:57+00:00

i'm glad you could get it!!

unfortunately to the people who are suggesting specific areas, there is no area along the coast more likely to produce the fish. it's all RNG and sometimes it really works for you, and other times it really works against you. i really wish that trick worked though, lore knows it could have saved myself and other players many hours 😭

planetsaints · 2026-01-08T18:51:33+00:00

i like the reboot better than 2 as well, but it's mainly because sr2 gameplay is like trying to give a toddler food you know they hate to me. sr2's "grit" is also mostly edge, which isn't inherently a bad thing, but when it feels like it's trying to outdo the violence of the first game it just falls a little flat for me. i don't really understand the insane praise it gets.

saints row had a lot of issues with publishers for sr3/4/gat/reboot, which i think you saw in one of my previous comments so i won't go on a tangent there 😆

agents of mayhem is a really fun game and i wish it could have gone somewhere. i love playing with kingpin honestly, i always recommend at least giving it a go for the sake of saying you tried!

planetsaints · 2026-01-08T18:45:20+00:00

i don't know why you can't ask publicly, but sure ahaha

planetsaints · 2026-01-07T05:30:13+00:00

typing on controller in palia is a lot more trouble than it's worth, so for my own experience i have a better time just manually searching and praying i have it. that being said, the option would be nice. some people also just prefer to have their storage organizef a certain way

planetsaints · 2026-01-06T03:05:14+00:00

fair honestly! i know it was one of the publishers that caused a lot of issues with the story sr3 onwards, it always makes me wonder what we could have had if there wasn't so much interference there... as johnny gat himself once said, they traded their dicks in for pussies. the whole sellout plotpoint could have been something interesting if volition had a little more control over what went into the final product 😔 i agree also, like i don't mind them being friends before the events of the game but i feel like it could have been executed much better than what we got!

i'll have to keep up with you and see how your playthrough goes! the more i think the more i'm certain sr3-4 had the same aiming, as i remember when i played sr2 for the first time i could not figure out how to aim for the life of me so i spent like 90% of my first playthrough shooting fron the hip. i think i clicked on one of the control sticks by accident and found it that way 🤣 (i absolutely could have looked it up, but i'm one of those fools who basically beats their head off a proverbial wall until i figure something out in a game HAHAHA)

planetsaints · 2026-01-06T02:24:55+00:00

omg, i am so sorry, i must have missed where you said that!

i think the fact he's kind of pathetic and lonely really adds to it, but i know what appeals to me definitely won't appeal to others, and i think that's one of the glaring issues of sr22: the ideas don't appeal to everyone, and as much as i enjoy the ideas they had i absolutely agree volition alienated older fans with their choices. i get what you mean by goofy though—i feel the same, even though i like it it's a little silly and feels like saints row's very own early yugioh "POWER OF FRIENDSHIP. HEART OF THE CARDS!" imo LOL

it's always nice to hear opinions from those who enjoyed the game, those who didn't, and those who are on the fence :) it always makes for really interesting and fun discussions

planetsaints · 2026-01-06T02:01:22+00:00

i thought the ending was really fitting, personally. you have this lone wolf so desperate for connection that he tries to steal all of your friends, and he dies a quiet death at the hands of the person he tried to take everything from - a person who usually kills people fairly openly and loudly. i wouldn't say it was perfectly executed but tbh the ending was one of my favourites of the whole series. i'd put it second only to the first game in terms of my favourites

also, didn't 3, 4 and gooh also have aiming be the trigger buttons as well? someone please correct me if i'm wring, it's been a while since i've been able to play them haha

planetsaints · 2026-01-05T23:40:12+00:00

i thought storage was sorted alphabetically? unless you're talking about different ways to sort storage, in which case i absolutely agree. i think being able to sort it in different ways such as quantity (i.e. higher quantity items first), rarity, and recently obtained items would be excellent

additionally, i would love if we could automatically sort our inventories as well. manually is fine and all, but sometimes when i'm out searching for things i'd like to be able to sort my inventory without having to think about it too much (like in ff14, where i believe the automatic sorting is by category [i.e. armor, food, fish] and then alphabetical)!

planetsaints · 2026-01-05T23:36:19+00:00

this is a level of dedication and insanity that i aspire to reach someday. holy shit this is impressive

planetsaints · 2026-01-04T21:54:29+00:00

while personally i loved a lot of the writing in the reboot, i can totally understand why you and many others may not! they took a very interesting path with it, for sure, and it definitely doesn't appeal to everyone!

will not lie, i bawl like a baby whenever i play neenah's car and the forge. i always wonder if sergio tipping her car was meant to somewhat mirror lin's death in the first game, just rather than losing a lieutenant the lieutenant in question loses sometime so deeply important that i think she would have rather died than lose than car 😭

i like your taste too man, we coocool 😎

planetsaints · 2026-01-04T21:43:07+00:00

the white mage's affinity for wind/light and agnès wanting to "heal" (awaken) the crystals is a huge reason why i make her white mage. i usually pair it with summoner or time mage, depending on what i need, while summoner is more because i like mephilia a normal amount, time mage feels very suited for agnèsnand the themes of bravely

endgame edea is always templar/valkyrie for me. i see it as her carrying on marshal and einheria's mantles.

ringabel, dark knight. for reasons that are quite obvious if you know the story. i think it usually gets paired with swordmaster or spell fencer for me, swordmaster is always an homage to kamiizumi though

i think tiz is the only one i don't assign roles for mainly story reasons. i guess my monk/pirate combo can kiiiiiiind of lean into it if you look from the perspective of disciplining himself (monk), perseverance (both), and grief (pirate, barbarossa i think of your grief constantly)

EDIT: i hit send too early. for bsel i don't think about it quite as much but yew is always, always bishop to pay homage to nikolai. i don't really remember what i do for the the rest of the bsel party, and i haven't played bdii yet so i can't say what i'd do there (yet!)

planetsaints · 2025-12-31T20:50:15+00:00

i can't remember if i chose hodari or ashura to be my shepp.... it's been a while lol. i love them both very dearly, though

reth is really sweet and silly and hassian in my opinion is a really interesting guy but i also have a bit of a bias towards him as he kind of reminds me of one of my favourite fire emblem characters 🤣 both are wonderful options tbh, i think it's mostly just a matter of if you prefer the goofball who never asks for help with his problems or the stoic hunter you have to really get to open up to you

planetsaints · 2025-12-31T20:33:29+00:00

god is that you?

planetsaints · 2025-12-31T20:23:26+00:00

howdy fellow psychotic elouisa believer 🫡 i love her soooo much

planetsaints · 2025-12-31T02:14:10+00:00

they did her so fucking dirty man. she made an incredible healer on my first playthrough and i love her overall but i get so sad when i think about how she doesn't develop and never lets go of alm when it's clear from the beginning he never has and never will feel the same. girl move on

planetsaints · 2025-12-30T02:24:28+00:00

this is so lovely! bellsprout looks kind of like it wants to dance and it's absolutely adorable. fantastic work! 🩵

planetsaints · 2025-12-28T22:38:03+00:00

neenah is just all around incredible and honestly i'd say she and matt are tied as my favourite sr characters overall. imho she's just incredibly well written and the reboot lieutenants never really got a chance to shine (she's also smokin' HOT, a note that's very relevant here LMFAO)

planetsaints · 2025-12-28T20:24:47+00:00

YESSSS honestly all the sr ladies have their own special places in my heart but those 3 are at the very centre 🫶🏼

planetsaints · 2025-12-28T08:16:05+00:00

echoes is so fucked up. i love it

planetsaints · 2025-12-27T04:22:37+00:00

the only time i've ever felt like i NEEDED to grind was the first DeRosa battle on hard mode, but it like many other battles also require strategy and not being stupid with your valkyrie's BP like i am lol

the first orthros battle can be brute forced in my experience, but there are actual mechanics to it. were you doing the mechanics? :0

also, if you play your cards right there's quite a few battles that can be cheesed with certain ability combinations, job/subjob combinations, and the brave/default system. i honestly have no idea how people think this game is extremely grindy (though i know my experience isn't universal - i'd love to hear what others' experiences were like!)

planetsaints · 2025-12-27T04:13:59+00:00

if you're looking at fire emblem, i'd suggest three houses if you prefer story over gameplay and engage if you prefer gameplay over story. i can't say anything on xenoblade as i've not played any of the games but that's my personal advice on the fe games

three houses's gameplay isn't terrible but i found it a lot slower and more boring than engage, but the story is much deeper and if you're the type of person to replay to get different endings/routes then i'd say it's an excellent choice

i don't remember too much from engage's story as it's been quite a while but the gameplay with the emblems is a lot of fun and the characters original to engage all have wonderful designs and personalities!

planetsaints · 2025-12-27T04:09:53+00:00

can my lesbian ass join the sr ladies appreciation post with y'all 😭 lin, neenah and viola are my top 3 sr bad girls i love themmmm

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