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Very fun third-person shooter
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User
Robocop meets Superman. Crackdown is a lot of fun offering a wide variety of weapons, vehicles, and special abilities to use, master, and exploit. The scope of the game is impressive taking you across three islands and from sea level to several hundred feet in the air. Jumping from the top of the Agency will take your breath away.
My nitpick with this game is the fact that the extra content available via Xbox Live Marketplace is expensive. Also, the re-playability is somewhat low.
Fun for a couple hours, then....
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User
I found the game fun at first, but after playing it for a while, it got a little boring. The most fun I had was playing it in coop mode with my roomate. We stayed up past 3am blasting dudes and getting orbs. After a little while though we got bored and he wanted to play a different game. Next thing I know I'm laying sideways on the couch and his finger is inside me. I think the graphics could be better.
Excellent Game, Great Price!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User
This game is great. I love the fact that you can play the campaign alone, or jump on Xbox live and play with a friend. The world is huge and the list of achievements keeps the game challenging and very fun. Definitely worth the money!
More Fun Than Expected
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User
"Crackdown" is a very fun sandbox game that manages to go above the usual shoot 'em ups by throwing in a terrific twist and byy allowing you to interact almost completely with the environment. You can scale massive skyscrapers, drive sports cars and SUVs, and leap incredible distances, all while leaving a path of destruction in your wake. As an agent of the "Agency", a last line of defense against gangs that have overrun your city, you're esentially a steroid-built killing machine who can level up skills by offing the bad guys in as many different ways as possible. The game offers excellent opportunity for 2-player co-op adventures, and has a lot of fun achievements for XBOX 360 Gamerscore adicts. While it looks simple, the game offers quite a challange at it's hardest difficulty level. Finally, what could be more fun that throwing a car at a posse of gang members, that whipping out your rocket launcher and blowing it up as it falls on them? Not much.
Amazingly underrated!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User
Crackdown is fantastic fun! I was not a fan of the XboxLive demo but found the full game to be simply wonderful. I can't believe I waited so long to play it!
Excellent Idea That Deserves A More Fleshed Out Part 2
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User
I'm giving it 5 Stars because of it's ambition and beauty (sandbox style games deserve the most leeway because they try to do so much more) --- also it's pretty funny how you can't go two feet without causing a random non-mission fire fight and/or occasionally getting viciously blown up without warning. But not to worry, you can quicky "regenerate" at a nearby save point. Overall it's a beautifully rendered, fun, silly, and deadly world. The mission implimentation could use a bit of refinement and the random gunplay could be eased back a little --- mainly because it's usually unprovoked but also because you never get the sense that you make any progress in calming down this gang violence since the enemies simply keep regenerating. All this regeneration (you and your enemies) has it's good and bad points though. I mean it's good to know that there's always a casual enemy to fight and that you can always come back if things go bad.
That said, I think the RPG style leveling up system here is a positive step in the right direction for games of all kinds. It's perhaps the most addicting element that video games can have --- it allows the player to make an emotional investment in and take ownership in the developement of the character. So I hope we'll see more of it in the future and, of course, even more compelling leveling systems.
Pleasantly Surprised
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User
I tried not to like this game simply because of my distaste for Microsoft, but they still won me over with artistically done graphics, greats sounds and a game play that rivals some of the best of our time. The game comes with lots of variety of game play. Whether you be a fan of the timed running and jumping missions, races, just plan old exploration of an immense play area or simply playing straight through the game and killing the bosses, you'll like the game. Leveling up your character adds more power to your various skills of dexterity, strength, explosives, shooting and driving. The AI is fairly intelligent and seems to react pretty well to your advances. The storyline is simple and attention grabbing. Overall I'd say the game is a really fun 3rd person shooter type.
If I had to complain about something it would be how short the game can be. Once you get the ??firefly?? rockets (heat seekers)...the game is a breeze. However Microsoft must have figured this out as they added a feature that allows you to reset the game bosses and levels without restarting your character's progress and weapons. The game is cheap now so there really isn't any reason not to own a copy.
Fun! Perfect for the non serious gamer.
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User
Just to reiterate the previous reviewers. This is a great game. I am not a professional gamer and wanted a "free play" type interface like GTA, where you can take on missions as you please and explore as you please. It provides just that and is much more fun some of the more popular games like COD4 and Assassins Xreed.
However, the story line is pretty weak and the graphics aren't revolutionary. But that doesn't always make or break a game. I found COD4 less fun BECAUSE it is so ultra realistic.
There's a few problems in the game control, like he'll have to jump over silly almost unnoticeable obstacles. I've noticed these sorts of issues in COD4 too, so it's nothing too specific to this game. Graphics occasionally go weird, such as people getting stuck in places -- very rare though.
The glowing orbs you find are sometimes overly difficult to actually snatch (even in the easiest mode). This detracts from the fun, especially considering some of them are so difficult to find in the first place.
I have not played live, so I can't comment here.
Overall, a great and FUN game, that you just pick up without being a professional gamer.
great game, a lot of fun
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User
this is game is a lot of fun, it can get a little boring after playing for along periods of time but there's always something to do in the game.
Just an all around awesome game
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User
This is just one of those games that is extremely fun to play and addictive. It's just a game everyone that has an xbox360 MUST have. I especially love to play co-op online with friends.
GET THIS GAME!!! - especially now because it's only $30!!!
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