Giant Bomb: Crackdown 2 Review

Giant Bomb writes: "While the original Crackdown presented players with a handful of goals, its real appeal was as an open environment for players looking to screw around with another player via Xbox Live. For better or for worse, Crackdown 2 picks up precisely where the first game left off. If you're driven by set goals, you'll complete most of the meaningful tasks in around 10 hours, after which you'll probably shrug and move on. But if you're the type to just get in and blow up random cars with a few friends, well, Crackdown 2 can be a lot more than its missions".

[Kingdom Come]

However, being a true gamer I don't Judge games on Reviews, especially those based upon numbers and grades, just write a detailed review stating good facts. Instead I judge a game on appearence and experience, having played the Demo, and loving the first title, this will definatley be a purchase for me...

[dizzleK]

i agree. the first one was fun as hell, that's good enough for me to confidently buy the sequel. the score is irrelevant.

edit-2 disagrees because i liked a game? holy shit, get sonys jock out of your mouths before you choke to death.

[skynidas]

lol

[mrv321]

Hmm... so how was MW2, you enjoyed MW right? The second one must be an instant purchase.

Maybe it isn't the Sony fans disagreeing MAYBE it's people who played the demo like myself and found it to be mediocore.

[Army_of_Darkness]

Especially releasing at this time( infamous 2 makes this garbage look like an nes game)... Damn, even modern warefare 2 had slightly improved graphics!! shame on this Exclusive sequal! shame!!!
I don't care if the gameplay is as fun as the original, It's still an Ugly a$$ game.

if multiplat- 3/5
exclusive- 2/5

[HolyOrangeCows]

All of the reviews say repetitive missions, uglier graphics, issues from the first not fixed (Ex: "The annoying lock-on targeting, which likes to point your weapons at empty vehicles rather than the bad guys standing in front of them, hasn't changed a bit"), short, iffy multiplayer.

It could have been so much more.

[skynidas]

<_<

[schlanz]

But out of the 8 or so scores I've seen, they have all been between a 6-8. True this game is still probably fun but it looks like its not going to live up to anyone's expectations and certainly isn't going to make a big splash critically or commercially.

By the way, not judging games on reviews doesn't make you a "true gamer" lol.. get your head out of your ass. I'll trust the wisdom of crowds over spending the time and money to find out for myself that it isn't worth it. There are too many AAA games these days to justify that.

[bioshock1221]

lol really you will trust the "wisdom of crowds" LMAO then you are going to miss out on some great games if that is how you judge games.

There is a demo on Xbox live so you can judge for yourself by playing it. It's also getting plenty of scores in the 9's and higher. Reviews seem mixed in general. Still from the demo I'm getting it.

[blue7xx7]

Same here I loved the demo especially protecting the beacons when you are underground with the freaks the amount of freaks that come towards you are insane in a good way. So I'm buying based on my experience with the demo.

Most reviewers who are giving it a 7 seems to not like it because it plays like crackdown 1 except it's more expanded and why are you getting disagrees I don't understand some people in this website.

[ER-AM]

How does ignoring reviews make you a true gamer? I can respect giving the game a chance despite mixed reviews, but to claim that it makes you a "true gamer" is just ridiculous. All it does is make you contrary and an ill-informed consumer. If you think you will enjoy it, by all means, spend your money as you see fit. But don't act like you're better than other people who do look at reviews and decide against certain games. All that does is make you look like an asshole.

[Dead_Cell]

You really are a true gamer.

[Sony Fiend]

Giant Bomb !!!

[ActionBastard]

Rental it is. I trust the Giant Bomb reviews.

[JonnyBigBoss]

I respect Giant Bomb's reviews more than any other site and it's a shame this game got such a disappointing score...

[bobdog626]

Sony fan to the end .Pitiful. Only from this site though.Most say its Good.I Wonder what they will give Infamous 2. hummmmmmmmmmmm

[lightningsax]

The good thing about Giant Bomb is that you're sure the reviewers are just stating their own opinions and rating the games based on the experience they had with the game.

The reason why that's unique is that many of the big sites tend to read like exec committees are telling the reviewers what to do in many ways - address certain audiences, emphasize one thing more than another, and that restricts the prevalence of individual perspectives in a review. These guys definitely still game outside of work, and they tell it like it is.

Of course, you can disagree with them easily also. "Well, that's what Brad thinks, and I tend to disagree with him on this, this, and this. Therefore, maybe I'll like/dislike this game more." And that's totally fine. Either way, the more candid nature of what they do is awesome.

[JonnyBigBoss]

There's just something different about GiantBomb. They're a big site but they still have the "gamer feel", where it feels like you're getting an opinion from someone like yourself rather than a Roger Ebert. Not to mention Jeff Gerstmann has a great track record with being unbiased and delivering consistently.

[HarryM]

I played the Crackdown 2 demo and I got bored of it quickly. *Braces himself for "Disagree" button spamming.. >_>*

[VINNIEPAZ]

"*Braces himself for "Disagree" button spamming.. >_>*"

Ok you do know you are on N4G (AKA N4PS3G) right? This site is a haven for PS3 fanboys, you should be a God here in no time.

[T9X69]

There's a trick to that, you have to own a PS3 and ONLY a PS3. You have to praise everything Sony, which means even if it sucks you have to say its good. He played the demo, which means he owns a Xbox, he will never be accepted by N4PS3G. I own both as well, so I'm in the same situation he is lol.

[tinybigman]

for 360 fanboys back when the ps3 released. i wished people would stop being f*cking hypocrites and having short term memory lose.

edit
oh disagrees for the truth huh? this site is too funny. too bad the fanboys on each side are too stupid to be gamers and just wanna hate for dumbass reasons.

[nix]

i agree with tinybigman... three years back was a different story altogether. i guess all of those hardened 360 fans are now playing PS3 games. if not their loss.

[jjesso1993]

got I felt like killing loads people when i found out how crap it was I only used dl worth about £2 god bless the people pay £40

[divideby0]

if the demo i played is like the game 8 max
underwhelming graphics

[lightningsax]

I liked the review a bunch. You need to read it instead of going nuts over the score - Brad states in there that some of you may love this game, while others (like me) will not.

It's not my cup of tea, but after reading the review, I know a few people who will probably put some hours into it. Those guys are big Dead Rising fans and enjoy local multiplayer stuff. They'll love to just team up and mindlessly mow down freaks. I'm busy with Sin and Punishment 2 and replaying the original Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, so no thanks - better things to do.

[omi25p]

god i really hate ps3 fanboys being so damn stupid.

if this game was on ps3 and it got this score all ps3 fanboys would say

" WHAT the F*** is this S**** giant bomb must have been paid by microsoft to make all ps3 games look bad bann them from having submissions on n4g"

but because this game is on xbox all fanboy who havnt played the game at all say this

"hahahaha another quality exclusive for the 360 i guess 360 is gunna win the console war with that hahaha, il now go masturbate over screens of killzone 3 which isnt even out yet but is going to be good because its a ps3 exclusive hhaahahah"

let the disagrees and loss of bubbles begin. Stupid fanboys >_>