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Games/Crackdown/Reviews
From Giant Bomb Video Game Wiki
Crackdown
Jump into the shoes of a genetically-enhanced operative of the Agency and fight off criminal organizations alone or with a friend in Crackdown, an open-world sandbox game for the Xbox 360.
"A War on Crime"
I grew up on sandbox games. As a kid, I enjoyed having an open-world map to explore and mess around with at free will. To this day I still hold a strong attachment to these sort of games, especially w… Read more
Crackdown (Xbox 360) Review
Similar to GTA creator Dave Jones’ roots, Crackdown is an open world, third person hybrid of all the great things we love about video games. It has your typical sandbox style game play and manages to… Read more
No story equals no depth or substance
Crackdown takes the open world sand box concept of GTA and removes any semblance of story from it. It tries to focus exclusively on mayhem, and the result is a bland game whose objectives lack context… Read more
Like repetition? Then you'll just love Crackdown...
Crackdown is, for better or worse ((for worse...)), almost like an overpriced arcade game. It has basically no narrative and a shallow n simple premise but also has it self some, at best, moderatly ad… Read more
Bargain Bin Review: Crackdown.
Wow, what a steal this game was at $10. Crackdown is one of those hidden gems. It was a success, but not big enough of one to warrant a sequel, which is sad because the developers really laid down the… Read more
Open World+Super Human Abilities=Pure Goodness
Crackdown is not a game for you if you want a deep, involved narrative or ultra strategic gameplay. This game is for you if you like blowing lots of shit up and jumping over buildings. This game start… Read more
Bullet Point Review: CrackDown (XB360).
What I liked: Orbs - Throughout CD there are balls of green and blue lights that you can collect to help boost some of your powers. And believe it or not collecting these orbs is very addictive. As I… Read more
A great idea spreaded far too thin
Crackdown has potential. But Crackdown has alot more potential then it does content. After beating Crackdown you will realize Crackdown is a great idea spreaded far too thin. In Crackdown you are basi… Read more
When I make stuff 'splode, its for fun only!
Crackdown What does one say about this game other than the DLC is a shameless exclusion of game content for the sake of sapping your for more money. That said, the weapons and vehicles you get for you… Read more
Cut out "down" from "Crackdown"
"Crackdown" is addictive. I can't attribute it to a singular reason, but one of them has gotta be the brilliant way the developers integrated rpg elements into a free-roaming action game. As an "enfor… Read more
Crackdown - Mindless fun
Crackdown, initially released back in 2007 is best summed up as a sandbox game of similar vein to GTA and clones but with a superhero twist. You play the role of a ‘Super Agent’, a genetically enginee… Read more
Simple, spirited, spectacular.
Following in the footsteps of Brave Fencer Musashi and Zone of the Enders , Crackdown was originally coupled with an access code to a Halo 3 multiplayer “beta” to bolster its sales. Despite being a bl… Read more
Crackdown Review.
This game is a very fun game that requires you to defeat 4 gangs along with their head gang members. The gangs will have bosses, who have bosses, who have the main boss. The main boss normally is in a… Read more
Fun and Addictive
Pros Level up of different abilities works great Finding orbs is very fun, have spent 5+ hours on multiple occasions just doing that Great sandbox graphics and explosions Good soundtrack, fits the gam… Read more
A fun superhero / GTA mashup of sorts.
I'm assuming most owners of Crackdown achieved that status primarily out of a burning desire to obtain Halo 3 beta codes. Though I can't say for sure, my guess is that those people who took the time t… Read more
Crackdown Review
Crackdown was released in a time where all open-world genre games were all very similar. It seemed like all of the games were trying to cash in on what the Grand Theft Auto series had created. Luckily… Read more
The Vertical element has added a whole new dimension!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What was GIANT >>>>… Read more
Crackdown does so much right you overlook what's wrong.
crackdown is a gta clone. this is true, but it does things so much better....in many ways. of course it's got that fine 360 polish to it, so it's very easy on the eyes. it does the free-roaming so wel… Read more
Great action game with RPG elements sprinkled on top.
Take an open world game with lots of good explosions and gameplay, add character progression and RPG elements, stir liberally and you get Crackdown. This is a great game that I continue to come back t… Read more
Crackdown - Get this Game
Crackdown is a great game just to run around in. Which may look bad but that was really what I wanted out of it. If you've heard Giant Bomb talk about the game they don't seem to speak well about it w… Read more
Crackdown Kicks it Old School
Over the past decade video games have become increasingly story driven. Not so with Crackdown. And I'm alright with that. There was no need to squeeze more of the half-baked "future-super" cop story i… Read more
More fun than a duck on steroids
Crackdown is somewhat of a conundrum. A game that was first blown off as nothing but an easy way to get in on the Halo 3 beta has exploded into a wildly popular free-roam, sandbox game drawing inevita… Read more
Oooh, shiny orbs...
In crackdown, you play as an ultra silent and glowing object addicted super police officer, who has been let loose to clean up a city full of racial minorities that need quelling A.K.A. gangs. These g… Read more
Crackdown (the ultimate ticket to the Halo 3 beta)
Crackdown has many great aspects that make it fun to play, easy to pick up and hard to complete, which are most of the criteria of the best games around. At a glance crackdown may seem like one of tho… Read more
A crack-ing game!
If you were to download the demo for Realtime Worlds' latest game, you would have to venture into Xbox Live's Shooter category. In reality, this game really is a whole lot more than shooting. Taking t… Read more
Simply fun gameplay makes up for lack of story and direction.
Well. It's good. It took time to get used to the fact that you don't grow levels in your skills as fast as you do in the demo, so you shouldn't expect to jump into the game and be leaping tall buildin… Read more
Must have for open world/sandbox fans.
Crackdown is just one of those games where you just cannot wait for the sequel. Now that the basic foundations are set we just need to wait for Realtime Worlds to pick-up Crackdown where they left off… Read more
good mindless fun
Two words to describe the game Crackdown would be *mindless fun*, there is little thinking involved in this game because the game play is revolved around you monkey jumping buildings and blowing the h… Read more
Oh The Cars You Will Throw
You know that game that came with the Halo 3 Beta, right? That game would be Crackdown. This is not a GTA clone. This is not a gimmick (okay, maybe it is) and it is not a bad game. Not bad at all. Now… Read more
Crackdown is fun.. for a while.
Crackdown is a lot of fun but where there are good parts..., sadly there are bad parts. Story: I seem to vaguely get the story, you are a new protoype genetically modified cop. And somehow 3 gang have… Read more
Adventurous and had great potential.
This game had practically no hype until it was announced it would be bundled together with a beta test invitation for one of the biggest and most anticipated game in arguably the whole gaming world. Y… Read more
An Impressive Debut From Realtime Worlds
Crackdown is one of the very few free-roaming games that takes the sandbox formula and almost re-invents it entirely, fusing multiple types of gameplay together to form a game of one of its kind. Simp… Read more
A unique, albeit brief take on the GTA formula
In the months upto release, Crackdown was touted as the successor to GTA's throne, a GTA killer if you will. Gloriously colourful and vibrant screenshots, action packed, fast paced video's. The leadup… Read more
For Everyone Who's Ever Wanted to Blow Up Their Sandbox
Say what you like about Grand Theft Auto, the game that spawned the open-world genre of video games. Whatever your opinion of it, it did a lot of things interesting enough to spawn plenty of games tha… Read more