SR2 has a lot more personality than 1 and manages to find its own identity. It's a mix of serious and comedic that none of the other SR games nail. The map in this game is very well made and has a ton of variety and secrets. There's an absurd amount of hidden detail to the way city life works in this game that most players won't even notice. I'd give this a 4 but it's got a fair amount of jank to it these days, even before factoring in the abysmal PC port. It's also, just like the first Saints Row, a game that reeks of being written and developed by a bunch of white dudes in the Midwest. I don't mean that as a negative, it's just the vibe the game has.