You can get Saints Row II an excellent GTA IV clone from Steam for only $5 (£3.75). The offer lasts until Friday 6pm GMT at which point another deal will be set. This is a great bargain. If you like GTA games this is an excellent alternative. It is rather violent so if you abhore those types of games please don't check out the videos I've linked to.
Here's the blurb from Steam:
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.
You can see videos HERE, HERE and lots more HERE
Limitless Customization
- Play as fully customizable characters that are male, female or something in between.
- Vehicles can be visually customized as well as performance tuned.
- Cribs and even gangs all have an amazing degree of detailed customization options.
Multiplayer - Co-op full story campaign has seamless integration (for example one player drives while the other shoots).
- Competitive MP pushes the boundaries of immersion in a living Stillwater environment fully populated with police, innocent bystanders and rival gangs.
Killer Combat and Awesome Vehicles - Planes, helicopters, motorcycles,boats and cars can be piloted and used as weapons. On the ground new combat options include melee, fine aim, and human shield.
Freedom to Explore - More missions, activities, diversions, races, weapons, vehicles, cribs, city districts, and interiors than ever before. Over 40 story missions with additional bonus missions take place in a transformed Stilwater that is over 50% larger than before.
Minimum System requirements:
Supported OS:Windows XP or Vista
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Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel Dual-Core Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Dual-Core Athlon XP or equivalent
Memory: 1 GB system RAM
Graphics: 128MB 3D graphics card with Shader Model 3.0 support (i.e. 7600 NVidia card or better, ATI X1300 card or better)
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
Hard Drive: 15 GB of Hard Drive Space
Display: DirectX compatible display capable of 640x480 in 16-bit color
Multiplay: Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers; LAN play requires network interface card and latest drivers
Check it out on Steam HERE
$5 is a steal, but it's only for another 20 hours. :) (P.S. I paid full price :(
W.R.
Map of Saints Row II
You can travel by vehicle, walk, fly or run anywhere on the map as well as sail certain areas.
p.p.s.
GTA IV is much better than Saints Row, (IMO), but it's still an acceptable clone with some differences that makes it worth buying if you already own any GTA title. And just a reminder the first two Grand Theft auto games are now freeware though the expansion that includes the London scene isnt. I like the prison escape, which is your starting point in the game. Once you've escaped the prison you've got to ride a river speedboat to escape the river police. Once this is accomplished you go to customize your character, buy some threads then start the game proper. There are missions to accomplish, just like GTA, but you don't have to follow them if you don't want. The whole game world is open to you. you cann explore and interact with hundreds of npc's, drive any vehicle you can find including military vehicles and aircraft. You can find download links for the free versions in the free games synopsis.
