Cars
It's a driving game so I had to try it. It's playable for about 6 hours, nah, make that 2. I bought it for the kids and even they got bored with it within a couple days. This game is so lame I'm almost embarrassed to have unlocked any achievements.
Crackdown
Crackdown is a very good game. It's too bad that I could never get a multiplayer session going. I think it would have been rather cool to have multiple players with the kind of superhuman skills I eventually acquired to whip on some gangster butt. But as it stood, even in single player mode, it was exceptional.
In just about every way, Crackdown is the new standard to be beat when it comes to such 'urban assault' games. I mean the Grand Theft Auto series, Saint's Row and the True Crime series. Crackdown is as well balanced a third-person shooter as Brute Force (finally), and superior in every way to the others, especially with driving. I don't know what is is with these developers. There's has never been a game where you can fight well and drive well. It's either one or the other. I'm sure there's a technical reason for that.
Technically the game was flawless. I got no glitches (not that I go hunting for them). The look is a combination of a kind of cell shading and realism that makes you think of American superheroes as opposed to the Japanese sort. The environment is massive and diverse, every type of cityscape imaginable is in the game.
What makes Crackdown special is that you gain skills in multiple dimension, rather like a RPG you learn by doing. Plus there is a huge environment. So it is very RPG-like, but it's unlike other RPGs in that you never go inside buildings into caves or rooms or mazes. Instead it's an outside game where you use buildings like Spiderman. You can scale tall buildings like a rock climber (you don't stick to walls, you find handholds), this is completely unique and very cool. Additionally, they have nailed the Anime Jump in this game better than any other. Going rooftop to rooftop is a huge thrill, and when you land with a thud, it shakes and cracks the ground. Smashing. All that and rocket launchers, vehicles and the ability to throw containers.
Still for all the fun Crackdown packs into its game, I found myself wishing for more online action. But since I'm going to go ahead and buy it in order to the Halo 3 Beta May 16th, I suppose I'll have time to get with that action. Crackdown is right on the edge of being a great game.
Recent Comments