Abstract: Crackdown returns to the XBox 360 and brings that crazy assed gameplay from the original which made it a treat to play back in the day. Unfortunately not much has really changed since the original and this game has this real first-generation feel to it...
The same madcap sandbox action from the first title makes a comeback. Leaping from building to building and running down freaks is satisfying. Online co-op is still a blast.
The cell-shaded graphics look lazy. The auto-target combat system is still broken. No real storyline. Missions are repetitive. Narrator quickly becomes annoying. It's too short and the deathmatch multiplayer is uninspired.
Abstract: The original Crackdown could be described as fun in a sandbox... filled with explosives. It gave us a superhuman character that could leap over buildings, throw vehicles around, shoot a guy in the face from a thousand feet and run like a whippet. It wa...
Abstract: Published July 30th 2010. Written by Thomas McDermott. After about three hours of Crackdown 2 I hit upon the realisation that this was a game trying to imitate the original, instead of expanding on its solid foundations to build something great. Even t...
Abstract: Very entertaining, although content to not be the sizeable jump forward you may have been expecting after such a long wait. Crackdown 2 is still good fun, and it's still good value. But a Crackdown 3? We'd really appreciate it pushing things just a li...
Crackdown 2 is probably not the sequel many had hoped for. Very little has changed in Pacific City, and the new campaign struggles to match its predecessor's, which itself was considered lightweight for an action-adventure game. But Crackdown was neve...