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Great game, I love the online Co-Op personaly. Its a basic shoot um up, clear the city of gang members with a sci-fi twist that your a super cop. You can run fast, jump high, and your one force to be reckoned with. Fun game its kind of short if you play it alot. I got into it and even after you finish it you can go online and have fun with others geting achievments and dukeing it out!
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Crackdown IS a fun open-world sandbox game that is truely open. Unlike GTA or all it's clones,.. there are NO missions or cinema to unfold a linear story full of frustrating missions. You are a supercop unleashed on a HUGE city to take down and destroy a huge crime syndicate of gangs however you want to. Guns,.. throwing objects (even cars) acting like a superhero,.. you can do it all. You can level up your abilities and vehicles,.. and have fun just running/jumping all through the city getting orbs(that upgrade abilities) kind of like the hidden packages in GTA or even the coins in a Mario game.
It has recieved plenty of deserved praise. I agree with most of it.
BUT there is a downside. And the downside is that it has so much missing gameplay that could've made it a "GTA-killer" as opposed to just a nice distraction untill the next big game comes out.
First of all, the police officer aspect is very under developed. ALL you do is shoot and blow up gang members that shoot at you. There is no other crime except for gangs shooting at YOU and YOU alone. You're not protecting the citizens from anything. It would've been great if it had more police duty. Muggings,.. armed robbery,...giving tickets to speeders,.. stings and busts. Actually arresting people sometimes. Hunting criminals with outstanding warrants. Responding to dispatch calls.. All optional of course,.... something else to do besides the constant nonstop shooting of gangsters.
Now the other gripe I have with Crackdown: Lock-on aiming. This makes the MAIN aspect of the gameplay boring. Just lock on and hold down the fire key and that's it. Without the cheap lock on ,... the bullet accuracy is worthless. We don't need lock on aiming anymore. Just play Saints Row, Mercenaries, or GTA San Andreas to see how open-world 3rd person games can have the same superior aiming controls as opposed to lock on.
Also,.. the hand to hand combat is nothing more that a single kick. While you can pick up everything and throw it,.. it's useless and inneffective. You can't even do melee attacks with anything you pick up like in HULK: Ultimate Destruction. Even running over the gang members with vehicles is inneffective since they dodge your car 98% of the time. After trying all this,.. you'll end up just shooting everybody with the lock on aiming all the time and get bored.
After you defeat the gangboss in each island of the city,.. that island becomes devoid of any gang members,.. and since there is NO OTHER crime it just turns into a big boring city.
So for the first week you'll love it,.. but once you notice all the limits of gameplay you'll become bored. (it depends though,.. you may not care and just like it for what it is. It just depends on how much you crave a true living--open world with lots of gameplay variety.)
If only the developers had looked at the best features of other open world games like "Mercenaries", "Hulk: Ultimate Destruction", and even "True Crime LA" (for the police duty) and put them all together would Crackdown be all that it could be.
I would say that Saints Row and Mercenaries are both superior to Crackdown.
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It is an extremely high paced game and when u first play it its going to seem like ur always shooting at somebody. But you get used to it and eventually it gets disguistingly fun.
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This game was alot of fun when it was $60 and now it is $30. It is a free roaming, go any where, destruct-o match. It was one of the more fun I had completing a game. Unfortunately, online play is miserably slow and once you have leveled all the way up, the game quickly dulls.
For $30, this game is a must buy for any XBox 360 owner.
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Crackdown is a delightful diversion. While it doesn't take more than a few hours to complete, those few hours are packed with plenty of fun and firepower.
Using sandbox gameplay as a base, Crackdown's recipe pits you as an "Agent" fighting crime in the gang-overrun Pacific City. Your superhero-esque powers allow you to run and jump through town, climbing buildings and pounding bad guys. The weapons you acquire range from puny pistols to rockin' rocket launchers. My personal favourite was the Firefly, whose five-round "clip" of seeking missiles allows you to make quick work of massive quantities of gang members.
We're all familiar with open-world design by now, but Crackdown puts a few spins on the concept to keep it fresh. First, cell-shading makes the characters and objects look like comic books come to life. Second, your character's skills advance through use. For example, when you defeat gang members by brute force your strength improves while shooting them augments your skills with a firearm. Even your driving skills are enhanced, resulting in better handling and performance. You can also gain skill points through activities like road & rooftop foot races and collecting orbs hidden throughout the city. One other nice touch is that as you take out gang leaders, there will be a noticeable decline in their strength and presence. Even the achievements are amusing- my personal favs were Body & Car Juggler (keep a body/car suspended in the air using explosives) as well as Body Armour (attach 5 gang members to a car using the harpoon gun), which is available via downloadable content.
While the innovations used in the game give it a little bit of spice, they certainly aren't mind-blowing. The game also has a few minor flaws, but nothing that seriously impedes your gang busting rampages. The only major drawback I noticed was that the game felt a little short. Overall I would definitely recommend PLAYING the game, although renting may be better than buying.
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