Activities and Diversions in Saints Row 2

**Activities** and **Diversions** are gameplay elements that earn Cash, Respect, and unlockable rewards

## Overview

### Activities

All Activities earn Cash, Respect, and can unlock rewards. There are no activities available at the beginning of the game, most become available after "Appointed Defender", with Heli Assault becoming available after "Three Kings".

Completing Activities is the fastest way to earn Respect, which is required continue the storyline.

Along with new Activities, some previous Activities from *Saints Row* return, while others have been cut. Unlike Activities in *Saints Row*, each Activity in *Saints Row 2* has just six levels instead of eight, and there are just two instances of them, rather than three. Unlockables are awarded after completing level three and level six of each Activity, rather than after completing all eight levels in *Saints Row*.

The amount of Cash and Respect earned increases with each level, as does the difficulty of the activity.

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### Diversions

There are 4 types of Diversions: Collection, Jobs, Stunts, and Minigames.

At the beginning of the game, some Diversions are available, but most do not become available until after "Appointed Defender". It is possible to unlock the rewards associated with the available diversions.

* Available are: Stunt Jumps, Barnstorming, Secret Areas, CD Collection, Combat Tricks, Driving Stunts, Vehicle Surfing, Base Jumping, Store Hold-Ups, Mugging.
* Unavailable are: Tagging, Ambulance EMT, Fire Truck, Ho-ing, Taxi Driver, Tow Truck, Racing, Hostage, Zombie Uprising, Blackjack, Poker, Streaking & Flashing, Drive-by.

Most diversions are not required for 100% completion, but reward Cash, Respect and Unlockables.

Diversions are more varied in their structure when compared to Activities, and do not count towards 100% Completion (with the exception of Tagging and CD Collection). While Diversions also awards cash and Respect, the amount is far smaller than that awarded through Activity completion. Diversions tend to have simple objectives and generally only feature overlay text on the HUD.

### Differences

The differences between Activities and Diversions:

* Activities show the standard Mission screen. Diversions usually have overlay text.
* Activities are required for 100% Completion. Diversions are usually not.
	+ Exceptions: Tagging and CD Collection are required for 100% Completion, but are listed in the Diversions menu.
* Activities are resumed from the last level played. Diversions are usually be restarted from the beginning.
	+ Exception: Ho-ing is resumed at the last level played, but is listed in the Diversions menu.
* Activities are displayed on the map. Diversions are usually started by pressing the Action button when prompted.
	+ Exception: Racing has a map marker, but are listed in the Diversions menu.

## Diversions

### Collection

 CD Collection | Earned by collecting CDs hidden around Stilwater. CDs are visible spinning Saints Row 2 CDs, but do not have a blue marker. There are 50 hidden CDs.
 Tagging | There are 50 tags hidden around the city which must be covered with the 3rd Street Saints tag. Tagging is started by entering the spray can marker in front of the tag and pressing the Action button when prompted.
* Unlike other Diversions, Tagging is counted toward 100% Completion.
* The only collection Diversion started with the Action button.

### Jobs

There are 10 levels of each Job, a Reward is unlocked for completing the 10th level.

 Ho-ing
 Taxi Driver
 Tow Truck | Prompted upon entering any Shaft Tow Truck. In this Diversion, a Shaft is driven to pick up vehicles with a winch and delivered to the nearest garage.

### Stunts

All Stunts are scored using Diversion stars, they do not earn cash, only respect.

* Gang Kills
* Beat Down Kills
* Headshots
* Gang Vehicles Kills
* Multi Kills
* Nutshots - must earn a star to be counted
* One Hit Kills
* Slice 'N Dice Kills - performed with a Samurai Sword
* Taunting - the only combat trick which does not involve killing.
 Driving Stunts | A series of maneuvers and stunts which involve a car. Stars are increased either by maintaining the stunt for an extended period of time, or by frequently repeating the stunt.
* Bailouts
* Big Air Jumps
* Burnouts - must be witnessed to earn stars
* Powersliding
* Hydraulics
* Near Misses - must not crash while performing
* Oncoming Lane - must not crash while performing
* Roadkill
* Stoppies - must be performed on a bike
* Two Wheels
* Vehicle Surfing - prompt is shown while standing on a moving vehicle.
* Wheelies - must be performed on a bike
 Base Jumping | The aim of Base Jumping is to land within a bulls-eye while Parachuting. This Diversion can be started by pressing the Action button when prompted after deploying a Parachute.

### Minigames

 Racing
 Zombie Uprising | A 3D video game where zombies must be killed using limited weapons. This diversion can be started at the Television in each Crib, and at some locations around Stilwater.

## Unused Activities

Multiple unused Activities are referenced in the game data files:

* Hijacking is not included in *Saints Row 2*, but some references remain.
* Piracy Activity, which involved boarding cargo ships to steal items.
* Theft is an Activity in *Saints Row* which is started by performing Safecracking in a store at night.
* Guardian Angel, which involved protecting people from attackers, and is available in *Saints Row: The Third*.
* Frenzy Diversion, the game files reference this diversion as a menu item, but there are no other details. A different file indicates that Frenzy was a menu category. There is also an unused Trail Blazing string named "Frenzy Instructions".

Production footage shows other Activities which are not included in the final game:

* Turfwars - gameplay appears similar to Strongholds.
* Happy Fun Ball - gameplay involves destroying buildings with a wrecking ball.

## Trivia

* Unlike in *Saints Row*, Activity cutscenes cannot be replayed.
* Because Activities can be played at any time, neither Carlos Mendoza or Johnny Gat are featured in any Activity or Activity cutscene, due to storyline events which make them unavailable at some points in the game.
* In a Community Q&A video, Volition's Community Manager J Goldberg incorrectly claimed that there was a police diversion in *Saints Row 2*.

## References

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3. ↑ **YouTube**: Saints Row: The Third - Community Q&A #1

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