

The game also earned recognition for its ambitious character creation tools, giving players more freedom to make their character as ridiculous as possible when compared to similar open world games.

Saints Row 2's quirky sense of humor and general gameplay improvements over the original saw it become both a critical and sales success, selling 6.5 million units worldwide by the end of its run. While not as over-the-top as Saints Row: The Third or the superhero-themed Saints Row 4, it has no shortage of colorful characters and off-the-wall humor as players work their way through Stilwater's seedy criminal underworld.

Saints Row 2 is set five years after the events of the original game, and sees players attempt to retake the city of Stilwater in the name of the Third Street Saints gang. Now the critically-acclaimed game is playable on Xbox One through the backward compatibility program. When it released in 2008, Saints Row 2 was hailed as an improvement over its predecessor, delivering San Andreas-flavored open world gameplay in an attempt to rival Grand Theft Auto.
