Kotaku recently sat down with Saint's Row 2 Lead Designer James Tai.  Co-op will be bigger and better in this game than in the original.  SR2 will support two players throughout the campaign, much like Crackdown.   However, more interaction between players will be required to meet certain objectives.  And, to appease your inner sicko, players will be able to work together for interesting "diversions", like juggling poor old ladies in the air with explosive charges.  There's nothing like teamwork to bring out the best in all of us!

 Besides giving some juicy tidbits regarding the upcoming game, Tai was asked about why he thinks co-op is becoming more popular.

I ask him why we've seen co-op games explode in the last few years.

Tsai laughs and lets me in on his personal theory. "All the guys like you and me who grew up playing...Contra, Ikari Warriors, Jackal...have disposable income." He's probably right.

What do you think?  Are we all just trying to relive the past glories of co-op classics?

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