Crackdown (Xbox 360)

• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

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• 7 stars

  A very hollow game

  by theInterstate on April 10, 2007

  Pros: Game play is simple, targeting easy, challenging, and pretty addictive

  Cons: Not much depth to the game. Graphics are stylized, but don't take advantage of the 360's power, and doesn't ever excite, but it doesn't bore either...

  Summary: It's a simple game with simple goals. It's what makes it easy and addictive, but it is also what makes it an easily forgotten game once it's ...

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  Summary: It's a simple game with simple goals. It's what makes it easy and addictive, but it is also what makes it an easily forgotten game once it's beaten. Speaking of which, once you do beat it, there isn't much value to the game. You can go and try to get all of the orbs to complete the acheivements. Or you can play the challenge modes, but they aren't very exciting or different from what you already did. I put in a lot of hours into this thing, but once I started playing something else, I didn't miss it. I still go back to games like Oblivion, Gears of War, and NHL 2k7, but this one will be resold once the Halo beta comes out, and I've given that a try.
  
  Fun game, but I would buy it used or wait until the price comes down before purchasing it. Or, just rent it!

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• 7 stars

  Good game but has shortfalls

  by bwk5150 on February 28, 2007

  Pros: free rain over the map

  Cons: Lack of content

  Summary: The overall is a blast to run around blowing things up lifting mack trucks ect. The game does lack some purpose. It doesnt give you enough missions to complete and ...

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  Summary: The overall is a blast to run around blowing things up lifting mack trucks ect. The game does lack some purpose. It doesnt give you enough missions to complete and it makes it hard to find the missions to comeplete them. However it gives alot of side content to complete and it is so much fun to run and gun

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• 8 stars

  Bought it for the Beta; kept for the BEATINGS!

  by GrindheadJim on February 23, 2007

  Pros: Immersive and addictive gameplay; lots of replay value

  Cons: Zero character development, short campaign

  Summary: I’ll be the first one to admit that I reserved this game based on the Halo 3 Beta offer, but, I played the demo and was intrigued. Boy, am ...

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  Summary: I’ll be the first one to admit that I reserved this game based on the Halo 3 Beta offer, but, I played the demo and was intrigued. Boy, am I glad I took the risk.
  
  I’ve never been a big fan of “sandbox” games, although I got a huge kick out of the Spider-man 2 and True Crime: Streets of LA games for the original Xbox. Crackdown delivers in the way both of those games did: Your character is set in a huge environment, with multitudes of ways to interact with and explore it. Crackdown takes this basic formula and runs with it, Jesse Owens-style.
  
  Crackdown’s gameplay is addictive because you constantly have the opportunity to upgrade your already impressive abilities in the fields of agility (speed and jumping height), driving, explosive power, firearms, and strength. Collecting Agility and Secret Orbs, in addition to dispatching randos in specific (power-inducing) ways, makes the storyline itself seem entirely secondary. Unfortunately, that statement is true – the story never gets off the ground. You never get to know any character beyond the dossier files that rudely interrupt your game whenever you are near a new target, including yourself.
  
  I played less than five hours and am a third of the way through the game, making a short campaign imminent. But, who cares?! With gameplay like this (where I can roam the entire world freely and upgrade for hours without completing a single objective), who needs missions?! Promised downloadable expansions promise to bring more depth to the campaign, but I really don’t care. The stellar gameplay stands alone well enough. I hope the ride lasts.

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  I stand corrected - I have maxed out most of my abilities, and the latter two gangs are presenting a major challenge! This only adds to the value of the game!

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