The tale of Crackdown is a short one. When the title launched it was known as the game that was packed-in with the Halo 3 beta – much like Zone of Enders was to the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo. For those that decided to play this extra pack-in title, they found a lengthy, fun, and addicting title that offered a lot of orb collecting, powering-up, and a ton of mindless fun. No longer serving as a pack-in title for a Halo beta, Crackdown 2 is being released on the Xbox 360 and it's offering an experience very similar to the first, but that's not really a bad thing. With plenty to collect, smash, and power-up, Crackdown 2 throws a lot of open-world freedom your way with lots of orb collecting, rooftop and street races, but has a mildly lengthy core mission to finish and several side-missions to finish before completing the game at 100%.
Darren writes: "“XBOX NEEDS EXCLUSIVES!”. Sound familiar? It’s something that has been ringing in my ears since becoming an Xbox gamer nearly 20 years ago. It’s possibly the longest standing and harshest criticism levelled against Microsoft’s console family, and I can’t say I wholly disagree. However, there are some out there which can slip through the net every now and then. But bucking the trend was the original Crackdown, which was not one of them. It shifted a very healthy amount of units as well as drawing in universal praise from critics. A sequel then, would be a no-brainer."
It was basically crackdown 1 with zombies, was fun but corners were cut, solid game though.
Collecting those orbs and upgrading your character were addictive, it was just a shame they played it safe instead of going all out, didnt take anything away from how fun the game is though.
Crackdown 1 was one of the underrated gems of last gen. I loved that game. Crackdown 2 was crackdown 1 with added zombies and gave the map a paint job. Disappointing, but still enjoyed it for what it was with the added wingsuit, toybox mode and 4 player co-op. Crackdown 3 was basically what Crackdown 2 should have been.
While it is unclear at this time whether its a glitch or intentional. Crackdown, and Crackdown 2 are now free for download on the Xbox store.
Free is free. They could have done nothing and no one would have said anything.
So what’s the problem again?
Sometimes it's better to do nothing, like in this case.
Or are they buttering people up for an xsx version of Crackdown 3? Re-Cracked perhaps?
So let me get this straight, you think they are wrong for giving out free games to gamers?Do they force you to download the game? Are the free games expired after a set amount of time? Do they force people to buy an SX version of the game if it comes out?
You know I have seen many stupid comments over the year on this site, and yours is nearly on the top of that list, no offense.
No they're not wrong - have at it. Just not a very worthwhile gesture. The games are old, average at best going by people's comments.
Have a crack mate, don't hold back - you couldn't upset or offend me if you tried.
And if you didn't pick up, the second part of my comment was in jest. But you lit are very defensive about ms and their pro-consumer attitude these days.
Lighten up champ - gonna be a long gen ahead haha
Yeah this, grabbed it like two years ago. Wish there was a way to play the X-enhanced version on PC
Crackdown 1 was fun 13 years ago. Somewhat still fun today
Crackdown 2 sucks.
Crackdown 3 is like Crackdown 1, but with better graphics.
Play Crackdown 3. It’s a fun weekend game.
Crackdown 3 shouldv never existed. Of all the games microsoft couldve poured money into making they chose this.
Simply as a marketing game to show off their 'cloud' tech. Sure wasnt made for xbox fans but they tried to shove it down our throats for 5 years regardless.
No thanks.
@DARK_WOLF:
CD3 exists as an attempt to showcase a version of cloud supported gaming. That said version fell apart is besides the point.
I wish they would have just done a Crackdown 1 remake with extras instead of Crackdown 3. All those years wasted on a game that for me felt like anything but crack down.
Crackdown 1 and 2 were both given for free to Xbox One users to celebrate their launch on the Xbox Live Store and backward compatibility support for the Xbox One. In addition to giving the games for free, Microsoft is now also giving the DLC for Crackdown 2.
I'm pretty sure even Microsoft isn't pleased with Crackdown 3 either, as they went silent on it.
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The SP got boring quick.
The MP is ok but I have better games to play now.
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Might be good to pick up at $40 or less.
Worth a rental IMO.
Crackdown 2 is fallin threw the cracks
At the very least the few exclusives MS has should be mindblowing but they're not.
So White Knight Chronicles scores lower and the fanboys say they'll buy it anyway because they want to form their own opinions, but a 360 exclusive game scores average and everybody says it's a fail? Talk about double standards!