In that location's nothing quite like a adept co-op game to sit and play with a skillful buddy. The developers of the Saints Row series saw the fun attribute of co-op and added information technology to the series with Saints Row 2. This enables two friends to team up together to rip Stilwater and its criminal gangs a new one in a diversity of different ways, including Saints Row 2'due south missions.

Co-op in Saints Row 2 helped make hard missions easier, and some of the more fun missions fifty-fifty more of a blast to play through. Co-op helped brand these following missions all the amend and easier for you and a buddy. Annotation that this simply includes story missions, no side activities in the game as they're not proper story missions.

10 Salting The Globe...Again

The boss assault's the yachts dining room in Salting The Earth... Again

The second to last mission for the Ultor corporation, Salting The Earth... Over again sees the Dominate trying to kill several Ultor executives aboard a yacht. The number of enemies to accept on tin can be a lot to handle alone, but the real issue here is the ride to the yacht.

Ultor will send a helicopter later you that has lock-on missiles that can exist tough to dodge. With a second histrion around, the helicopter will only be able to become after one of you. Once the ii of you get to the yacht, enjoy massacring several corporate executives that are always trying to screw you over.

9 Bank Error In Your Favor

The Boss holds Jessica hostage as they deal with an onslaught of SWAT team members

Payback can be satisfying, and this mission against the Alliance gang sees y'all get it against Jessica — the girlfriend of the Alliance's leader and the one behind Carlos's death. You mainly have to bargain with a ton of cops as you lot take Jessica hostage at a banking concern and then accept a drive to the college while having cops on you constantly.

Much like with Salting The Earth... Again, a buddy helps lighten the load and provides a 2d person to focus on the cops. Playing this mission in co-op ensures there's a way to keep Jessica's car, which cannot be obtained normally.

eight The Siege

Maero huffs and puffs after being beaten in the Siege

After stealing a weapon shipment from the Brotherhood, the Saints decide it'south time to assault the Alliance's main base (which y'all had seen earlier in the Brotherhood storyline). The assault is as as intense as it is hyped up to be and is fabricated even more fun with a buddy to try out the weapons y'all merely received.

At that place are Brotherhood gangsters everywhere and having an extra set of eyes can help lessen the damage you accept during this mission. At that place is likewise a challenging boss fight with Maero at the end where he wields a mini-gun that tin shred your health. Someone could help draw Maero's withering fire away while the other focuses on damaging him.

7 Showdown

Maero, in his truck (top) prepares to take on the Boss in the arena with a bunch of Brotherhood trucks at his side

The finale mission for the Brotherhood, Showdown sees the Dominate go up confronting Maero in a monster truck, along with other Brotherhood members in smaller trucks of their own. You have a large open area to give you and a friend space, but taking on all the vehicles is a tough endeavor.

With co-op, the experience is fabricated easier since you accept some help as opposed to doing Showdown normally. Much like with the Siege, ane person can focus on a set amount of enemy trucks while the other tin can focus on Maero and any other trucks that might get in the mode. Once Maero is finished, the ii of you can enjoy finally avenging Carlos together.

6 Riot Control

Junkies beg Mr. Sunshine (middle) for more loa dust he doesn't have in Riot Control's intro cutscene

This Sons of Samedi mission sees you protect Shaundi and Pierce equally they endeavor to load crates of Loa Dust onto a truck. But you'll have to deal with a legion of junkies who were given permission from the Samedi to keep whatsoever drugs they recollect.

The junkies are not too much of a problem in the warehouse, merely they do become an issue when yous take to escort the truck dorsum to the hideout. Sometimes it feels as though they overwhelm yous, and a buddy playing co-op with yous tin can aid lighten the load.

Shaundi and The Boss walk away from the General's dead body

Another finale mission, the Shopping Maul mission sees you lot and Shaundi ambush the Samedi'due south leader outside the shopping mall and and then chase him around in said mall.

The Samedi will come up at you with everything they've got, which includes protecting the full general in a humvee loaded with a mini-gun. Even with Shaundi, information technology is a lot for i person to handle. A friend provides an extra hand to revive yous when you lot're down and can distract the other Samedi gangsters while you focus on the general'due south vehicle. Playing in co-op is the only manner you can obtain the general's unique limo so exist sure to have a buddy with the game if y'all wish to do that.

4 Residue In Peace

Shogo Akuji (left) is at Gat's mercy for ordering the murder of Gat's girlfriend, Aisha during Rest In Peace's ending cutscene

Mayhap the darkest mission in the game, Residuum In Peace will run into you lot and Gat defend themselves confronting Shogo Akuji after he crashes Aisha's funeral with several Ronin, interrupting Gat's moment of grief. The two of you can enact righteous justice against Shogo by wiping out his Ronin together earlier finally taking him downwards.

Plus it is good to accept a friend comfort you after the two of you help Gat bury Shogo alive as punishment. He was a jerk, sure, but did he really deserve such a fate?

3 One Man'southward Junk

The boss drives a jet ski to the heritage festival to stop the Ronin as a helicopter trying to stop them looms in the distance

Now that the son is out of the manner, it is fourth dimension to bargain with Shogo'southward father, Kazuo — the leader of the Ronin. One Man'south Junk has another annoying helicopter launch explosive barrels at you until you lot reach the boardwalk and have to bargain with several Ronin.

The 2 of you will have to face up the Ronin'due south terminal stand together as y'all eventually end off Kazuo on an array of traditional Chinese boats, and truly avenging Aisha and bringing Gat peace.

2 ...And A Better Life

The Boss (right) calls Gat after killing Dane Vogel to check in on him as Shaundi and Pierce wonder what's next right behind them

What a manner for Saints Row ii to cease. This mission will see the 2 of you effort to finally finish off Ultor'southward large dominate in Dane Vogel, who has been a thorn in the Saints' side for much of the game. Ultor will also unleash the full force of their security on yous equally yous chase him through the Saints Row neighborhood and into the Phillips building, the large edifice in the district — needless to say, this is where a friend playing co-op volition come up in handy.

Having a friend volition help make things a bit more fun and easier as the two of you piece of work together to solidify the Saints as the ones in charge of Stilwater.

1 Revelation

The boss (right) pulls a gun on Julius (right) as they demand he answer for trying to kill them and ending the original Saints

The worst kind of pain is expose, and Saints Row fans certainly felt that subsequently it's revealed that Julius, the leader of the Saints in the first Saints Row, was the ane responsible for trying to accident you up and wiped out the original Saints in the process. Afterward unlocking the mission, the 2 of you will face Julius at the church in Saints Row, where you kickoff joined the Saints.

Only information technology's a setup — Dex, some other Saint turned traitor, lured y'all and Julius there in an endeavour to impale you. From hither your buddy can aid fend off the Ultor Masako teams and ease the stress of the pursuit from the church building to the amphitheater (which is a good bulldoze away) as you deal with helicopters, pursuing vehicles, and roadblocks. Finish off the assassins to lookout Julius limited his lack of regret before finally putting the sometime man to residue.

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