elrechazado
Banned
Stitch said:
There's an entire lab full of them that you inflitrate, after which they are all over the island at the end of the game. I would have been shocked if there were no mutants in the sequel.
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CRACKDOWN 2 ANNOUNCED
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There's an entire lab full of them that you inflitrate, after which they are all over the island at the end of the game. I would have been shocked if there were no mutants in the sequel.
BobJustBob
Member
Arnie said:
What made Crackdown fun was the lack of story and scripted missions. And the homing rocket launcher, but they hate that too.
elrechazado
Banned
homing rocket launcer made every other weapon instantly useless, it sucked
forgeforsaken
Member
BobJustBob said:
You really need to watch some of the other videos, as most of what you are saying is way off.
Yup. And I don't see the issue with more objectives, if they are done right. "Go kill Wang" is a "scripted mission", it's just a simple one. Adding a few other objectives in the mix is fine, as long as the sandbox remains open and you can approach it multiple ways. And in the videos, they made a point of out the city will remain just as open as it was before.forgeforsaken said:
Once I had the homing rockets and the big machine gun (Harrington?), I never ever changed weapons.PSGames said:
wow @ the videos.
Ruffian respect + 9999999
They took the best open world game from this gen and it seems they are making it much better, and much more fun, one of the things that devs seems to forget lately.
Oh man, slingshot killing it's gonna be awesome.
@ruffian team: Killing civilians, it's gonna work like the first one? Meaning if your stats will go down?
Ruffian respect + 9999999
They took the best open world game from this gen and it seems they are making it much better, and much more fun, one of the things that devs seems to forget lately.
Oh man, slingshot killing it's gonna be awesome.
@ruffian team: Killing civilians, it's gonna work like the first one? Meaning if your stats will go down?
LordPhoque
Banned
I think that a story and better missions would be cool. It has to remain an open world and pure sandbox game but still, some scenery would be nice.
GhaleonEB said:
Yep, it's a matter of how much "scripted" they are.
I remember there was this mission in the original crackdown where you had to activate three switches outside a lab area to make the target come out of his building in order to kill him.
It was actually pretty cool.
You can make missions a bit more varied or a bit more "complex" without having the shitty GTAIV "cinematic scene >> go at the other end of the world by using only this car >> cinematic scene >> kill some guys >> cinematic scene >> follow this guy for this long and don't bother shooting he's invincible >> cinematic scene >> okay now you can shoot him" scheme.
itxaka said:
A dev says something about that in the first part of the TGS demo, you can't hear exactly what he says because the sound is a bit crap. Maybe you'll have better luck understanding than me.
And now that we know Ruffian guys are looking, I'll throw in a random comment about how we all hope CD2 will be playable from the Hard Drive.
[random comment about how we all hope CD2 will be playable from the Hard Drive]
Speedymanic
Banned
Gamespot - Behind the Scenes Interview/Impressions
http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/crackdown2/video/6230466/crackdown-2-tgs-09-interview?hd=0
Some pretty interesting stuff about what we can expect from the story, gameplay, etc.
http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/crackdown2/video/6230466/crackdown-2-tgs-09-interview?hd=0
Some pretty interesting stuff about what we can expect from the story, gameplay, etc.
so far, i am a little disappointed with c2.
-same city: i already explored the city in c1, i spent over 50 hours there. and now the (almost) same environment again?
-freaks: do not want. if they want me to fight powerful enemies, give me some other agents to fight. enemies like the freaks, always seem like an excuse for bad a.i.
these kind of enemies are almost never fun to fight (halo, prototype, web of shadows...) and hurt the gameplay.
-same visuals: so far, it looks exactly like c1. sorry, but i expect a step forward. i mean, its 3 years later.
-from everything ive seen, it feels more like crackdown 1.1. but its 3 years later and i want and expect more.
i will buy it and i will have fun with it. but it should be more.
-same city: i already explored the city in c1, i spent over 50 hours there. and now the (almost) same environment again?
-freaks: do not want. if they want me to fight powerful enemies, give me some other agents to fight. enemies like the freaks, always seem like an excuse for bad a.i.
these kind of enemies are almost never fun to fight (halo, prototype, web of shadows...) and hurt the gameplay.
-same visuals: so far, it looks exactly like c1. sorry, but i expect a step forward. i mean, its 3 years later.
-from everything ive seen, it feels more like crackdown 1.1. but its 3 years later and i want and expect more.
i will buy it and i will have fun with it. but it should be more.
Speedymanic said:
So I actually got right the bit about the pedestrian that I mentionned in my last post. He does say that being punished when you messed around with pedestrians in Crackdown 1 was frustrating, because obviously everyone wanted to do it because it was fun, so having the game slap the player for it was a bit of a shame.
So apparently this bit is out for C2. Can't wait to drag a pedestrian attached to my car with a mag ! :lol
But only the ugly ones of course. They deserve it because they're ugly.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Has this amazing Mag video been posted?
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/09/crackdown_2_reveals_the_least_practical_grenade_ev.php
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/09/crackdown_2_reveals_the_least_practical_grenade_ev.php
The Librarian
Banned
I haven't seen that myself, personally.BenjaminBirdie said:
The mag grenade looks awesome.
KittyKittyBangBang
Member
GhaleonEB said:
Agreed
Which I was fine with because the combat was not that appealing to me and gave me a quick out. If they make the combat a bit deeper this time around, then I could see the reason for removing it.
VG247 Interview and three gigantic (5120px × 2880px, 10+ megabytes) screenshots:
Part 1: http://www.vg247.com/2009/11/23/int...gn-boss-and-producer-on-pacific-citys-future/
Part 2: http://www.vg247.com/2009/11/23/int...gn-boss-and-producer-on-pacific-citys-future/
Screens (Not Embedded For Obvious Reasons):
http://assets.vg247.com/current//2009/11/CD2_Nov_001.jpg
http://assets.vg247.com/current//2009/11/CD2_Nov_002.jpg
http://assets.vg247.com/current//2009/11/CD2_Nov_003.jpg
I'd highlight some parts of the interview, but I have to head to sleep.
Part 1: http://www.vg247.com/2009/11/23/int...gn-boss-and-producer-on-pacific-citys-future/
Part 2: http://www.vg247.com/2009/11/23/int...gn-boss-and-producer-on-pacific-citys-future/
Screens (Not Embedded For Obvious Reasons):
http://assets.vg247.com/current//2009/11/CD2_Nov_001.jpg
http://assets.vg247.com/current//2009/11/CD2_Nov_002.jpg
http://assets.vg247.com/current//2009/11/CD2_Nov_003.jpg
I'd highlight some parts of the interview, but I have to head to sleep.
Unregistered007
Banned
are they trying to take Crackdown 2 to Nepal ? And secondly the crackdown premise looks out of place in those pictures.
BloodySinner
Banned
The game doesn't look remotely close to good.
BloodySinner said:
Crackdown isn't really loved based primarily on how it looks, but it actually looks pretty decent. This on the other hand looks downright hideous. And it's not just these screens, the mutant creatures shown earlier look terrible as well.
I have other concerns with the direction they're taking that I've already expressed, so I won't go into it again, but overall the more I see the less hyped I am.
WickedLaharl
Member
i've been playing the fuck out of AC2 this week and looking at those screens is quite painful.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Nirolak said:
After clicking on the first screenshot I was just going to applaud the fact that they kicked out the ugly black outlines, but then opened the third screen and there they are again. Do they not show on close ups or what?
voltron said:
People really need to stop this. Yes we all love Crackdown and the best part was the orbs and the jumping around. You are correct that is what's important, and those things will probably return intact.
But can we raise our expectations / standards beyond that just a bit?
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Nirolak said:
"Weve had to pretty much start again with it, but theres old stuff in there that we dont touch purely because we do have a time restriction."
I wonder what Crackdown 2 could be with a proper budget and development cycle. I can't erase the feeling that MS is looking for a quick cash in, I have such high hopes for this title. I guess I better lower my hype.
voltron said:
I completely agree! Then again there is the possibility that I may be biased.
For the naysayers out there here's a chance to prove you can do better
http://www.ruffiangames.com/competition
My god some of you are missing the freakin point. Be happy this game is being made at all. They've put together what we see in less than a year and have chosen to focus on the gameplay first (and rightfully so). Stop freakin complaining. You want amazing graphics? There are dozens of games out there for you to play. Crackdown was never about the graphics.xbhaskarx said:
Crackdown always looked relatively worse in screenshots as well, but some of the graphical anomalies in here are certainly interesting:
At they very least I am appreciating the extra color, although I'm not too keen on the megaman flavored agent.
I think I'll be submitting some grafitti pieces, clearly they need some extra decals if the scrawls on those shacks are any indication. Thanks for the link
Don't mean to pick on it, I think it should be an amazing game and I am really looking forward to seeing the first finished product from Ruffian.
At they very least I am appreciating the extra color, although I'm not too keen on the megaman flavored agent.
I think I'll be submitting some grafitti pieces, clearly they need some extra decals if the scrawls on those shacks are any indication. Thanks for the link
Don't mean to pick on it, I think it should be an amazing game and I am really looking forward to seeing the first finished product from Ruffian.
Neuromancer
Member
Yes. Well get ready because it sounds like they're changing everything you loved about the first one.BobJustBob said:
Audioboxer87
Banned
New screens, mixed bag for me considering it's in the same city. Doesn't really look like they've improved much at all :/
http://cache-03.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_11a.jpg
http://cache-08.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_12a.jpg
http://cache-06.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_02a.jpg
http://cache-09.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_10a.jpg
http://cache-04.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_09a.jpg
http://cache-05.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_07a.jpg
http://cache-10.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_08a.jpg
edit: Argh they're huge, didn't notice they were so big.
http://cache-03.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_11a.jpg
http://cache-08.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_12a.jpg
http://cache-06.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_02a.jpg
http://cache-09.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_10a.jpg
http://cache-04.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_09a.jpg
http://cache-05.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_07a.jpg
http://cache-10.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/pax_08a.jpg
edit: Argh they're huge, didn't notice they were so big.
Jeff Stephen
Member
Those masks definitely have to go.