

Remember how the game was shown to have coolīuilding destruction? Yeah, that was way overstated, as it’s now been regulated Other than mopping up achievements, which to me is old hat at this point. Game I get to have an extensive end game, but Crackdown 3 gives you absolutely no reason or joy to keep playing This game, as many buildings and streets are practically empty of humanĪctivity besides simply walking or driving. In the world and it just felt utterly lifeless, though thankfully zombies don’t At that point, there were practically no more enemies spawning Which point I stopped playing, having not found every orb or hit every trick It took me around 11-12 hours to complete every Looking at around 8 to 9 hours of playtime, which means you’ll be taking downĪt least 2 of the 3 factions’ bosses to be able to fight the final boss, at If you just want to see the credits, you’re Crackdown 3 – Review Images Provided by Microsoft Little more than bland and generic skins whose only differences are the types Talk, and when you play as his he shouts a few things, but otherwise is mostlyĪn afterthought so much, in fact, you can play as other agents who act as Sure, the short into has Terry giving a pep Of Terry Crews other than his likeness, you’re in for a disappointment. If you’re hoping for lots of cutscenes or any real use Basically, you’re out to takeĭown the corrupt leader of the city whom you can only fight once you take down Interesting, deep, or really barely even there. As Crackdown 3 likes to throw tons of enemies at you at a time it seems the game really wants you to almost exclusively use explosives, which can be satisfying at first before it blends into the monotony.Īs far as the story goes it isn’t all that The gunplay is still quick scoping with lock-on targeting where you can unlock the ability to air at different body parts of enemies, but it feels stiff, clunky, and dated. Driving (which feels pretty good) is almost pointless as it felt quicker to me to travel on foot due to being able to quickly jump over buildings. Jumping super high and air dodging while collecting orbs that up your abilities is still a blast and practically the most fun I had in the game. If you don’t mind playing an ugly as sin game, you may find some short-lived entertainment here.

If you play co-op with someone on an Xbox, then your game’s framerate will be I was easily able to run the game with no problem on ultra settings on myīeastly gaming computer at over 150 frames per second. The Xbox One X version of the game, it only runs 30 frames per second.

While graphically things look a bit sharper on Truly an embarrassment when compared to equally priced titles Red Dead Redemption 2 and Sony’s Spiderman.

Really, the overall game looks far too flat. In fact, I’d even say the original game at times has better textures than this, especially for the cars that mostly look like they’ve been spray painted and without a finish. I realize this game has been in development for some time, but I’ve played plenty of games on the Unreal engine that look leaps and bounds better than this. In fact, I’ve pulled up side-by-side screenshots of this game and the 12-year-old original and it’s hard to tell them apart, and that isn’t a compliment to the original game. Imagine the first game’s art, only at a higher resolution with added neon lighting. And it’s map doesn’t feel like it’s larger than those found in battle royale games, let anywhere close the size of most open world games.įlat out, Crackdown 3 is straight up ugly. It’s still fun, I guess, but it does absolutely nothing I’d call new or interesting, and looks embarrassing both visually and gameplay wise when compared to any other AAA open world game released this generation. You’re still basically a superhero cop that quickly gains the ability to jump the height of buildings via collecting loads of hidden orbs in what is basically a 3D platformer with a dash of open world car theft, only with less personality. If you’re looking to play something that looks and feels like the original Crackdowngame, for better or for worse, then this is your game.
