For some players, this is going to be enormously good fun, although we can see those who prefer their combat a little more controlled being left somewhat cold by Strongarm's madcap antics. Of course, since everyone is taking part in activities at the same time, the temptation to try to interfere with your enemies is high - and that's where the game gets incredibly frantic at times, as you can imagine. Look, we're grasping here - we haven't got any multiplayer shots yet. They won't have tattoos like this, either.

As each activity appears on the map, the eight players rush to the activity zone to take part - and could find themselves doing anything from a variety of racing, stunt-performing or combat tasks through to more ridiculous events like Insurance Fraud, where you attempt to pratfall as dramatically as possible in the target area in order to rack up cash. These activities are either the same as, or variants on, the activities which proliferate in the single-player game. In part, this is done through straightforward combat - but the best way to turn over lots of cash is by taking part in activities, which pop up randomly on the map as the match progresses. The objective is to win control of the city from your rivals, and the game takes place over one of a number of custom-designed maps which are loosely inspired by the city from the single-player game.Įach map is divided up into districts, and each district can be acquired by generating enough cash to take it over. The 'real gem', as one of the Volition team terms it, lies in Saints Row 2's other major multiplayer mode.Ĭalled Strongarm, this is a team-based mode where you, as a member of the four-man Blue gangster team, are pitched against the forces of the nefarious Red gangster team. So far, so obvious - and we suspect that there are other fairly traditional multiplayer modes in there too, although these aren't detailed for us.

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