Cheap Ass Gamer: Developed by Realtime Worlds, the original Crackdown came out of nowhere but with a little luck (and a hearty amount of Halo 3 Beta packed in), it quickly became one of the Xbox 360’s early hits. It also helped that it excelled at providing a huge playground to traverse, lots of orbs to collect, and an overall sandbox that was incredibly fun to screw about in with a friend. However, outside of taking down a handful of crimelords, there was actually very little to accomplish in Pacific City. Can the franchise’s new developer, Ruffian Games, capture the same lightning in a bottle, or is Crackdown 2 not worth a death-defying leap down memory lane?
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.
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.
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.