While the game itself is fun, the PC port is terrible.

Saints Row 2 was released in 2009, but I can't play it at a constant framerate with a fairly modern system in 2014. While Saints Row 3 and 4 run smoothly at 60 frames per second, Saints Row 2 regulary drops to ~30 fps. While 30 fps wouldn't make it unplayable, the constant frame rate fluctuation does. The only "solution" I've come across so far is capping the frame rate through a third party tool.

While it is playable with an Xbox 360 controller, it is poorly implemented. Whenever a message pops up telling you which button to press, it shows you the keyboard keys -- really stupid, since the game was originally released on Xbox 360 (the mod "Gentlemen of the Row", among other things, fixes this issue and is generally recommended). Should you have played Saints Row 3/4 before Saints Row 2 and you want the same button mapping on your 360 controller for this one, you're out of luck due to conflicting button functions (you end up shooting and accelerating in your car at the same time).

This game needed a lot of patching, but support for this abomination of a port was quickly stopped -- leaving not only a broken game, but also a complete lack of DLC (which is available on the console versions).

Don't buy this port, no matter how cheap it is or how much you like the other Saints Row games.

**NOTE TO GERMAN PLAYERS: The German version is heavily(!) censored, making it even more terrible.**

[b]While the game itself is fun, the PC port is terrible.[/b] Saints Row 2 was released in 2009, but I can't play it at a constant framerate with a fairly modern system in 2014. While Saints Row 3 and 4 run smoothly at 60 frames per second, Saints Row 2 regulary drops to ~30 fps. While 30 fps wouldn't make it unplayable, the constant frame rate fluctuation does. The only "solution" I've come across so far is capping the frame rate through a third party tool. While it is playable with an Xbox 360 controller, it is poorly implemented. Whenever a message pops up telling you which button to press, it shows you the keyboard keys -- really stupid, since the game was originally released on Xbox 360 (the mod "Gentlemen of the Row", among other things, fixes this issue and is generally recommended). Should you have played Saints Row 3/4 before Saints Row 2 and you want the same button mapping on your 360 controller for this one, you're out of luck due to conflicting button functions (you end up shooting and accelerating in your car at the same time). This game needed a lot of patching, but support for this abomination of a port was quickly stopped -- leaving not only a broken game, but also a complete lack of DLC (which is available on the console versions). Don't buy this port, no matter how cheap it is or how much you like the other Saints Row games. **NOTE TO GERMAN PLAYERS: The German version is heavily(!) censored, making it even more terrible.**