Crackdown

Now, some of ya'll out there might have bought this game just because it came with a Halo 3 beta demo, but you must admit that Crackdown is not entirely a bad game although its not all "cracked" up as you would believe.

You take the role of and Agent who must go around Pacific City and clean it up by taking out the 3 major gangs; The Los Muertos, The Volk, and The Shai-Gen Corporation. Before taking out the king pins you must search and collect intel on the people under them. Taking out the kingpins generals will make it easier when it comes to taking them out. At the start of the you pick and agent whose appearance changes as your abilities level up, and you can explore the city how ever you want to to take out the gangs. When roaming the city at points you'll gather intel of a person of interest and be asked to go check them out. When you find a high ranking person they'll give you a probability percentage if its low you can turn around find others in the gang before taking them on. You also can recover captured Agency supply points so if you die you can respawn at any of the ones you recovered. You can also use these points to recover ammo as well as add new guns that you capture for the gangs you your arsenal.

Driving, strength, agility, explosives, and firearms are your abilities to upgrade. You can up grade your driving abilities buy competing in races or running over gang members. As your driving ability upgrades so does your agency vehicles. strength is upgraded buy using force to take out your enemies. agility is upgraded buy completing rooftop races, collecting agility orbs throughout the city or killing enemies from heights. Explosives and firearms are upgrade when you use explosives or firearms to take out your enemies. There is also Hidden orbs throughout the city that will add to all your abilities.


The game can be completed within 10 hours. When playing the game there are several cool features for a sandbox style game like this just not put to the full potential that they could be. The driving controls aren't all that great. I found myself jumping around more than anything. There are some tough boss fights but none that are to much of a challenge. As far as graphics go. The cell shading style they use to give it a comic book type feel doesn't really set the tone for this game.

All in all its not a bad game. If your thinking about getting it make sure you find a good deal on it.

I wonder what Crackdown 2 will have in store for us?