Has anyone played Crackdown?

[Pink Bat Max]

....And if so, does it occur to you that this company should produce Judge Dredd: the Game?

I mean, it's half there already.

[Jack Zodiac]

Yeah, that'd be cool! Based on the comic instead of the movie, 'cause the game about the movie blew.

It was a pretty fun game, actually. Lost its steam fast, but it was a fun rental. Plus, kicking a car across the street? Fuckin' nice!

[cedardryad]

Rental is the best word to describe this game. Of course having coop really helps, but I can see this engine being used for several other comic-based games.

[TomStillwell]

I've done crack. Doe that count?

[DaveRothe]

Well Tom just put the "crack down!" I like this game.:p

[Grazzt]

Yeah, that'd be cool! Based on the comic instead of the movie, 'cause the game about the movie blew.

I thought that the last half of the game were levels based on the comics. I could have sworn that there were levels devoted to fighting Judge Death and company.

[Pink Bat Max]

Well, I got to the 'shocking twist ending'.

It was kinda anticlimatic. 'Cause, you know...... CLEARLY that's what you were doing all along.

Ah well. Fun game, and now that it's cheaper, I'm pretty happy with this purchase.

[Agent Helix]

Wait... Crackdown has a plot?

I just punched people because the voiceover told me to.

[Chiroptera]

Wait... Crackdown has a plot?

I just punched people because the voiceover told me to.

This is news to me as well.
I just listened to the narrators reports on the crime lords then I went and took them down. I spent most of my time just driving around the city seeing how fast I could go without hitting other cars. I'm still playing this game a month later. This is what I'd want from a Batman game. A wide open city I can just go crazy in, the only thing that could make crackdown better would be being bale to go inside the buildings. Oh.. And use of a jetpack.


But yes, Pinky tell us of this "plot and shocking twist!" spoil it for me cause I didnt' even know there WAS a plot besides "look, bad guys! Go kill 'em!"

[Agent Helix]

Oh, the guy giving you orders takes over the city at the end, and then you just get to run around like a jackass blowing things up to your heart's content.

[Pink Bat Max]

This is news to me as well.
I just listened to the narrators reports on the crime lords then I went and took them down. I spent most of my time just driving around the city seeing how fast I could go without hitting other cars. I'm still playing this game a month later. This is what I'd want from a Batman game. A wide open city I can just go crazy in, the only thing that could make crackdown better would be being bale to go inside the buildings. Oh.. And use of a jetpack.


But yes, Pinky tell us of this "plot and shocking twist!" spoil it for me cause I didnt' even know there WAS a plot besides "look, bad guys! Go kill 'em!"

The voiceover guy at the end reveals himself to have been supplying the gangs with ammunition to create chaos, so that the people of Pacific City would embrace utter authoritarian control. And appearently he has designs on the whole world.

It was seriously weak.

[cedardryad]

Indeed. It was only a half step better than the old arcade games where "Congratulations" was the only prize for fighting through eight stages with three lives.

[Pink Bat Max]

Indeed. It was only a half step better than the old arcade games where "Congratulations" was the only prize for fighting through eight stages with three lives.

I think I would have preferred that.

Seriously, 'Oh, no, I've been a tool in the creation of a fascist police state' as an ending must have been come up with on 'no fucking shit day'.

[cedardryad]

It felt like the developers realized that they needed some type of ending to give the impression that there was a plot through the entire game. Seriously, a video ending?

Had the game not had coop, I would have not touched it at all.

Now Mass Effect. That was satisfying, even if it left things open for a sequel, which I usually despise in my ending. It wasn't so much the ending itself as it was the sequence of events that made up the climax of the game.

Assassin's Creed tried it, and it left me feeling 'blah' with the way they handled it. 'Beyong Good and Evil' and 'Psychonauts' tried it, and it's become an example of why I hate it so much. "Gee, that was fun! Too you'll never get a proper sequel since the game sold like shit!" Bah, I say! Bah!

[Pink Bat Maxine]

Now Mass Effect. That was satisfying, even if it left things open for a sequel, which I usually despise in my ending. It wasn't so much the ending itself as it was the sequence of events that made up the climax of the game.

It's setting up a trilogy, I believe.....

Assassin's Creed tried it, and it left me feeling 'blah' with the way they handled it. 'Beyong Good and Evil' and 'Psychonauts' tried it, and it's become an example of why I hate it so much. "Gee, that was fun! Too you'll never get a proper sequel since the game sold like shit!" Bah, I say! Bah!

Beyond Good And Evil was an awesome, AWESOME game! With one of the best action heroines in any game.... and nobody bought it. FIE ON YOU, Prince of Persia!!!!

Psychonauts is now available for download in Xbox Live as part of their brand new 'Xbox Originals' on Marketplace at about a $10 price point I believe, so it's still possible that one will find broader acceptance.