I'm probably better than you.

Or at least that's what the achievement says. Rainbow 6 Vegas was 1000d two days before Saint's 2 came out, so I spent some time on Texas Hold 'Em before Saint's 2 came out.

Let me tell you a quick story. Once upon a time there was a magical company that made a lot of very good video games. You could run around a huge city and do whatever you wanted. Steal cars, blow up pedestrians, you name it. As they made more and more games, they became more and more realistic. Then, after making everyone wait 3 years for what was supposed to be the best game evar, they released a graphically-perfect, physically-sound, well-designed, in-depth, spellbinding game. Everyone played it and freaked out over how awesome it was, and two days later, they all realized it wasn't actually fun.

Saint's Row 2 is FUN. It takes every single flaw and shortcoming GTA IV had, fixes it, and makes it a game you want to play. I personally admire any developer that makes graphics cartoony or cell-shaded so they can focus on gameplay. Saint's 2 isn't a better-made game than GTA IV, not by a long shot. But it's more fun. And games are like, supposed to be fun or something.

My Saint's progress is doing well, by week's end I should be done with the story, activities, and co-op. Another half-week after that for collection, and a full week for online means I should have the game 1000d by November 1st, giving me a full week off before Gears 2 drops. I'm looking to brush 5 or so of my quicker incompletions off my shelf in that week.