http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/08/25/saints-row/ Games from a Parental Perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/08/25/saints-row/comment-page-1/#comment-43322 Anonymous teenager from Scandinavia Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:44:51 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/?p=3008#comment-43322 Here I'll have to disagree with you, Gamerdad. Not on your decision not to recommend the game to 12-year olds, but more on your point about the environment trying its best at looking and feeling like the real thing. I haven't actually played the original Saints Row (I'm not allowed to own M-rated, or rather PEGI 18+ rated games), but I've played the sequel at a friend's house, and I have to say that it's probably the most over-the-top sandbox game I've ever played, with the possible exception of Just Cause 2. I didn't feel like the game tried to seem realistic in any way, shape or form (when you have a mini-game where the objective is to hurt yourself to earn insurance money, I think we've thrown realism out of the window a long time ago). Here I’ll have to disagree with you, Gamerdad. Not on your decision not to recommend the game to 12-year olds, but more on your point about the environment trying its best at looking and feeling like the real thing. I haven’t actually played the original Saints Row (I’m not allowed to own M-rated, or rather PEGI 18+ rated games), but I’ve played the sequel at a friend’s house, and I have to say that it’s probably the most over-the-top sandbox game I’ve ever played, with the possible exception of Just Cause 2. I didn’t feel like the game tried to seem realistic in any way, shape or form (when you have a mini-game where the objective is to hurt yourself to earn insurance money, I think we’ve thrown realism out of the window a long time ago).

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