Breaking Out of Prison and Into Saint’s Row 2 With Lead Designer James Tsai on GameZone is a Q&A with Violation designer James Tsai about their open-world action sequel. The story is discussed as well as several aspects of gameplay, like this portion on new weapons: "With the weapons arsenal in Saints Row 2, we went in the direction of fun rather than going for an authentic gang collection. So the player isn’t just limited to submachine guns and pistols, but instead gets stuff like automatic shotguns, assault rifles with grenade launchers, laser guided rocket launchers, remote charges, flashbangs, and swords, to name a few of the toys. There are also some very cool reward weapons that get unlocked as the player completes higher levels of activities. And if the guns we provide aren’t the right tool for the situation, the player can always pick up a bottle or a brick or rip a sign post of the ground to use as a bludgeon."