<s>
Saints	B-Language
Row	I-Language
2	I-Language
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
tie-in	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
studio	O
G5	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
THQ	O
Wireless	O
to	O
accompany	O
the	O
Saints	B-Language
Row	I-Language
2	I-Language
console	B-Language
game	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
steal	O
,	O
carjack	O
,	O
mug	O
,	O
shoot	O
,	O
stab	O
,	O
and	O
kill	O
computer	B-Application
players	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
mimics	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
console	B-Language
game	I-Language
:	O
the	O
player-character	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Stilwater	O
following	O
a	O
bid	O
in	O
prison	O
and	O
must	O
restore	O
the	O
atrophied	O
influence	O
of	O
their	O
gang	O
,	O
the	O
Saints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Locations	O
throughout	O
the	O
city	O
help	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
fast	B-Application
food	I-Application
restaurants	O
that	O
restore	O
health	O
,	O
gun	O
stores	O
for	O
firepower	O
,	O
and	O
spray	O
paint	O
shops	O
to	O
decoy	O
the	O
player	O
when	O
pursued	O
by	O
the	O
police	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
features	O
minigames	O
for	O
robbing	O
pedestrians	O
,	O
stealing	O
,	O
and	O
hijacking	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
stealing	O
,	O
a	O
Tetris	B-Device
clone	I-Device
lets	O
the	O
player	O
fit	O
more	O
items	O
into	O
the	O
truck	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
carjacking	O
minigame	O
lets	O
the	O
player	O
earn	O
more	O
money	O
for	O
scaring	O
the	O
captive	O
passenger	O
by	O
driving	O
at	O
high	O
speeds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saints	B-Language
Row	I-Language
2	I-Language
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
tie-in	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
modeled	O
after	O
the	O
Saints	B-Language
Row	I-Language
2	I-Language
console	B-Language
game	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
G5	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Project	O
Sienna	O
"	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
THQ	O
Wireless	O
on	O
the	O
Java	O
2	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
(	O
J2ME	B-Language
)	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
their	O
proprietary	O
Talisman	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
G5	O
Senior	O
Producer	O
Mike	O
Zakharov	O
said	O
in	O
2008	O
enabled	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
big	O
environment	O
with	O
many	O
things	O
to	O
do	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
complex	O
modern	O
mobile	B-Application
games	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
compared	O
with	O
its	O
preceding	O
mobile	B-Application
tie-in	O
game	O
(	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
Saints	B-Language
Row	I-Language
2	I-Language
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
fixed	O
issues	O
of	O
small	O
sprites	O
and	O
too	O
much	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saints	B-Language
Row	I-Language
2	I-Language
for	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
2008	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Language
N95	I-Language
and	O
Nokia	B-Language
N81	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
's	O
Levi	O
Buchanan	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
somewhere	O
between	O
a	O
traditional	O
tie-in	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
cash	O
grab	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
ambitious	O
"	O
but	O
limited	O
by	O
the	O
confines	O
of	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
's	O
Buchanan	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
screen	O
was	O
too	O
small	O
to	O
fit	O
so	O
much	O
action	B-Application
,	O
especially	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
minimap	O
,	O
and	O
though	O
the	O
city	O
"	O
looks	O
alive	O
"	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
"	O
a	O
painful	O
obstacle	O
course	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
's	O
Buchanan	O
found	O
the	O
enemy	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
weak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
com	O
's	O
Podolsky	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
"	O
worthwhile	O
download	O
"	O
and	O
while	O
noting	O
that	O
violent	O
mobile	B-Application
games	I-Application
were	O
rare	O
,	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
looked	O
"	O
nearly	O
identical	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
2007	O
mobile	B-Application
tie-in	O
game	O
for	O
American	O
Gangster	O
,	O
though	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
was	O
more	O
violent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keith	O
Andrew	O
of	O
Pocket	O
Gamer	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
was	O
"	O
like	O
...	O
no	O
other	O
"	O
since	O
the	O
player	O
could	O
"	O
watch	O
life	O
flow	O
by	O
"	O
without	O
providing	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
acknowledged	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
top-down	O
view	O
on	O
mobile	B-Application
and	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
did	O
the	O
best	O
job	O
possible	O
considering	O
their	O
platform	O
's	O
limitations	O
,	O
but	O
asked	O
,	O
"	O
Is	O
a	O
game	O
like	O
Saints	B-Application
Row	I-Application
really	O
made	O
for	O
your	O
mobile	B-Application
?	O
"	O
</s>
