2008

This is a sub-page of Prerelease:Saints Row 2.

2008#

February#

Crib_battle#

A video from the GDC 2009 presentation, internally dated February 11, 2008.

• A handful of the pedestrians still use their quotes from Saints Row.
• The mission map icon now matches that of the final.

Prerelease Images#

Screenshots dated February 12, 2008.

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March#

Prerelease Images#

Images of the customization. Dated, March 3, 2008.

Prerelease	Final

• The player cannot surgically customise their protagonist in Cribs in the final, though this was likely done to show off features.
• The eye colors had names on them.
• The Taunts were reordered. "Dog Pissing" would be renamed to "Dog Piss".

• The Zoom/Rotate Commands were not present.

Prerelease	Final

Showing Crib customization examples.

• The camera was slightly more zoomed in.
• The protagonist was present when selecting customizing the Crib, compared to the final.
• "The "Owned" text was in capitals, compared to lowercase.
• A barrel, located under the staircase and a white bottle prop on the right table of the Cheap Style was present, which would be removed.
• The ceiling fan under the stairs in the Ultra Modern Style was of a copper hue compared to a gold.
• The shading in the Cheap Style appeared to have been unfinished, which can be told around the wall corner at the stairs.
• The "CRIB CUSTOMIZATION" HUD wasn't present.
• The marker for the Cash on the second floor wasn't present.

bench_exit#

A brief clip showing gameplay footage of pedestrian reactions.

• The environment is on "ugly mode", where renderings of the graphics aren't displayed for debugging purposes.
• The Five-O now use their decals matching the final design.

player_get_on_bench#

A video of a late build of Saints Row 2, demonstrating the main character bench sitting psychics gone wrong.

• There is no sound present.
• Interestingly, the video seems to show an earlier daytime timecycle.

Later Prerelease Images#

Images dated March 28, 2008.

April#

Pre-Gamer's Day Screenshots#

Images dated April 3, 2008.

THQ Gamer's Day 2008#

To do: https://web.archive.org/web/20080408205236/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/04/joystiq-impressions-saints-row-2-360-ps3/

THQ Gamers Day 2008 is hosted with a "pre-alpha" build of Saints Row 2 featuring the game with a lot more SR1 assets still intact including the lighting, animations, and UI being constructed similar to SR1 than 2's styling.

Post-Gamer's Day Screenshots#

Images dated April 16, 2008.

Images dated April 24, 2008.

June#

E3 2008#

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Initiation Pack Differences#

The Handbook that comes with the rare Initiation Pack of the game has a few interesting differences in the pages.

• It was stated that Pierce can be found by the Ultor Dome, gathering information on The Ronin but no such event happens.
• It was explicitly stated that The General can be seeing driving around Stilwater University in a Hounfor limo, but he never visits that area in the final.
• The guidebook mentions that The Ronin makes their money via street racing, but they're never seen doing that. It was also said that they are based in Chinatown but the territory is actually controlled by The Brotherhood.
• It was mentioned that Crib Hangars and garages hold an "unlimited number of vehicles", but they don't have that sort of behavior.
• The Hounfor is oddly listed as a vehicle in the checklist, despite not legitimately being obtainable outside of glitches.
• The weapon checklist has a Pimp Hand, where it is actually called the Foam Finger in the final game.
• The World 105.0 is not listed as a Radio Station, likely as an error in the guide.