Crackdown
- Posted On: April 15th, 2007
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Up until this weekend I'd really been hooked on Guitar Hero II. It's one of those games that you really want to play over and over (especially thanks to the Achievement points.) That all stopped when I got Crackdown from GamezNFlix on Saturday.
I'm not going to tell you that Crackdown is totally original. Like many of the GTA clones Crackdown owes a lot to the original. The truth, though, is that Crackdown is a lot more like Ultimate Spiderman than GTA.
One aspect of Crackdown that I really liked was the skill based development. When you start you get 5 stats: Agility, Driving, Marksmanship, Strength, and Explosives. By either collecting orbs (of which there are close to 800 littered across the gameworld) or by practicing your skills you can advance.
With advancement comes stronger abilities. Beef up Agility to jump higher and run faster, Explosives increases the blast radius on your explosives, etc. etc.
Like I said, it's not really original - what it is, though, is FUN. Between yesterday and today I played through the core of the game and had a great time. If you're looking to turn a weekend full of potential into one long gaming session consider picking up. I had a whole bunch of plans for my new theme and blew all my time on this game.
That is game is so much fun to just play. The controls are very simple and that is a nice change. It is really a lot of fun to be able to literally jump anywhere you want too in the world. And the rocket launcher is way too much fun (especially when upgraded). People should pay attention to the gameplay mechanics of this game, because I bet we are about to see a lot of games come out with more emphasis on moving in the 3rd dimension.
- mun