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Crackdown 3 - Review Thread
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I would call that (Crackdown 3) a first party IP developed by a third party developer or co-developed. There are really more than just two buckets, imo. (not sure it really matters though)
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Xenon
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Ok, this is the review I wanted. Now I am a little more excited. This guy gets what the game is about and seems to think they delivered.
edit: I cold have done without the weirdness, but it's a good way to dress up a simple review for a simple game.
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Ultra Donny
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Radical feminism doesn’t rimes well with David Cage’s games.
I think he’s trying to down play Sony exclusives.
Dlacy13g
Member
I think Crackdown 3 is likely overall deserving of a 6/10 review score. Thats not to say I personally am not going to enjoy Crackdown 3 but I think there are some legit reasons for the score:
Came across an review that I don't think I have seen in here as well. Seems like a fair take on it from
colteastwood:
- The total destruction previously promised is not what it was for the multiplayer and that is a major disappointment and can't be just overlooked. I think frankly, this single element likely plays the biggest role in the low scores. People's expectations were set for something much better for MP. This alone would drag down any score by a full 1 -2 points.
- After experiencing open world games filled with details that just aren't and frankly never were going to be part of Crackdown 3. But, after experiencing those realized worlds its hard not to ding an open world game for falling short of that.
- MP feels unfinished given the lack of MP Friends party systems. This is just a huge miss and frankly should hurt the games review score.
- the Single player experience is a better version of Crackdown 1. Personally I don't see that as bad BUT I can see how a reviewer would knock it for just being a better iteration of the original given it doesn't really do anything to really push the open world genre or story telling to new heights.
Came across an review that I don't think I have seen in here as well. Seems like a fair take on it from
colteastwood:
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The light bulb went on for me in 2007ish time frame, and Microsoft started speaking about the "casual" Wii crowd, the second light bulb went off when they showed the Kinect in 2010 i.e. chasing the casual with motion controller, the third light bulb went on for me in 2013 with the always online, and the fourth light bulb went on for me with all the cloud talk about 3-4 years ago. I simple gave up on them in 2013-2015 time frame. To be honest, I don't understand all the talk about Game Pass, its just another option to rent games, I see nothing wrong with it, but I see nothing great about it either - its like marketing done wrong, generally speaking. I truly thought Xbox was the best place to be back in the day, say 2001 - 2008ish.
Nadella has a plan, that plan is cloud, any other plans are temporary until everything is cloud. (You either dig that, or you don't, imo) I expect Microsoft to continue to lose market share, but that might be topic for another time.
(Sorry if this is slightly off-topic)
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Xander3116
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I'm going to download this and see if its any good, i liked the first crackdown, i didn't like the second one, i'm hoping this one is good, for a buck why the heck not.
HaveButOneLife
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What are you talking about? It's not a first party game.
So? That doesn't mean anything. It's only a first party game if Microsoft made it, but they didn't. They're lying when they call it a first party game... Sumo Digital made it, not a first party Microsoft studio. No need to move goal posts, Sea of Thieves is first party and State of Decay 2 is now first party because Undead Labs is now owned by Microsoft.
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As the content administrator of OpenCritic, it pains me to tell you that the average review score across all reviews and games is 73.5
Crackdown 3 is ranked in the bottom 25% of games scored. Here's a visual: https://opencritic.com/game/1515/crackdown-3/charts
Dory16
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Only difference is I don't characterise your "go to site"'''review. I dont call it anyone's ally.
Getting frustrated by the reviews that don't support your bias is not mature.
digital's foundry credibility as a game site is unquestioned.
Meowzers
Member
Ha. As blind jibes go, that was braille-iant.
But my peepers are in good working order and everyone can see Crackdown 3 looks rather mediocre.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
MS produce it, control it, fund it and publish it. It's their IP, the only thing they didn't do is buy the developers, I wonder why?
xStoyax
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Stuart360
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I dont get what the guy is trying to say on the tweet on the left, is he trying to say those are bad scores or something?.
As for this game, i have been watching a playthrough and it does look quite fun, but very old school and archaic. I'm not surprised by the average reviews.
Kittehkraken
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The game looked average from the moment they first showed it. I'm not surprised.
Vawn
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I'm hearing a lot of, "yeah, but its 'free' with my monthly GamePass subscription".
This is one of the reasons I fear moving to a system where we are just paying several monthly fees, instead of buying games directly. It's less pressure to put out good games. They don't need to be good enough to buy, just good enough to play a bit. They're devaluing their own product and it shows.
This is one of the reasons I fear moving to a system where we are just paying several monthly fees, instead of buying games directly. It's less pressure to put out good games. They don't need to be good enough to buy, just good enough to play a bit. They're devaluing their own product and it shows.
xStoyax
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The score gets lower with every new release
As the content administrator of OpenCritic, it pains me to tell you that the average review score across all reviews and games is 73.5
Crackdown 3 is ranked in the bottom 25% of games scored. Here's a visual: https://opencritic.com/game/1515/crackdown-3/charts
Big oof.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Feels like it's been longer than 5 years for some reason.
That's weird. I remember a handful of members saying that everyone would be eating crow about this game. Is that still happening?
I was given a choice of BBQ or Tomato
He is saying the quality has gone down with each new release.
Ulysses 31
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Eh, I can be a graphics whore with my 2080TIs and even I was impressed with some of the shots featured in the DF analysis. >.>
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Kittehkraken
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I'm not talking about graphics.
Stuart360
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Or times have just changed. I mean what chances does the likes of Gears 4 have to match or beat the first games score, 12 years later?.
Elenchus
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Crackdown 3 failing this spectacularly could be great for MS. The lessons we learn the most from tend to be the ones that sting. Xbox fans should be rooting for a flop because that (1) increases the likelihood that Phil cuts ties with these talentless developers and (2) that he never greenlights another game like this again.
The new studios need to be going AAA and high fidelity. A game like State of Decay could be incredible in a new engine with a rebooted story. You’ll never see that future if you accept this game. Saw some on twitter calling for a boycott. I’m not usually for that tactic but extreme times call for extreme measures.
I would like to believe that Phil gets it and had to finish this because of Scalebound but the smart play for Xbox fans is to make sure he understands this won’t be accepted. Boycott it.
The new studios need to be going AAA and high fidelity. A game like State of Decay could be incredible in a new engine with a rebooted story. You’ll never see that future if you accept this game. Saw some on twitter calling for a boycott. I’m not usually for that tactic but extreme times call for extreme measures.
I would like to believe that Phil gets it and had to finish this because of Scalebound but the smart play for Xbox fans is to make sure he understands this won’t be accepted. Boycott it.
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Gamernyc78
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Wth are you talking about? I could care less if you agree with a site I select I'm just adding to the discussion of the other sites mentioned that also shitted on its subpar graphics regardless of someone prefers them. BTW Digital Foundry in the past has also been questioned on occasion..
xStoyax
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Woo-Fu
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High expectations? People expected 7s and 8s. Don't act like people had unrealistic expectations and that a 5 is par for the course, lol.
Thiagosc777
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An actual good game turned into a walking simulator with bad combat.
Stuart360
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How often does it happen though?. Plus GOW is supposed to be one of the 'best' games in recent times.
demigod
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Past? DF still hasn't changed. They are pro Xbox. If you told me DF was going to be negative about Crackdown 3, I would've told you that you were lying.
Games to me, unless they are niche or indie (meaning scope) that score less then 70 mc to me are bargain bin games, I generally don't buy sub-70 games, if I do I would think they price would have to be very low. The exception like I said is indie games or niche type games like say something like Until Dawn, Heavy Rain, etc. Those type of games probably will never score super high MC scores.
Stuart360
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Because they usually say that OneX has better versions of games than the Pro?, do you expect them to lie or something?. I dont remember people having problem before the mid gen consoles launched and they were saying that PS4 versions were usually better than the XB1. Were they pro Playstation then?
iconmaster
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I can't figure what you're trying to say here. You prefer other reviewers?
Gamernyc78
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Facts!!!
Gamernyc78
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I was trying to figure it out myself lol
Seems the community is divided here. People who enjoyed GoW for the combat and epic moments didn't really like the new one. People who enjoy cinematic games with shallow gameplay loops ate it up (another example, uncharted 4 is a copy paste of the gameplay from the last 4 games, which by the way tomb raider obliterates, and yet it's a top rated game).
Stuart360
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A lot of people have turned against Uncharted 4 since its release. There have been threads on here about it.
My problem is that GOW3 is one of my fave games of all time. Its close to perfect as you can get for an action game. The new GOW just did it wrong for me (although i haven't played it, i did watch a playthrough).
ruvikx
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This is why critics mean sh*t to me in 2019. It's the same with cinema, as well (The Last Jedi's shameful "professional critics" Rotten Tomatoes aggregate is just the tip of a huge dishonest media entertainment industry iceberg). With a video game I need to know only a few details before buying: does it perform at an acceptable level in terms of graphics & framerate? Does it achieve what's advertised? etc. As for the rest, I can make up my own mind whilst watching youtube walkthroughs & gameplay clips.
For what it's worth, Crackdown 3 doesn't look like my type of game. That's okay. I don't need to sh*t on something which doesn't cater to my tastes. God of War 2018 meanwhile was my type of game (I'm a huge fan of the original trilogy) & I hated it because of its imbecilic gameplay mechanisms, absence of interesting plot & overuse of a loot collectathon + annoying environmental mini-puzzles as filler. It's the longest slow-walking spam square (Atreus is overpowered) boredom I've endured in a long time.
Calibos
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Fuck yes I blame the start of this gen on Mattrick and T. Myerson. And this game is the last of the holdouts from that bullshit launch period. Phil helped it get to the finish line sure, and I am glad that it's finally here and I can play a new crackdown game because they are fun as hell. But I am glad it's out also because Xbox and Phil Spencer and Matt Booty and Nadella can move forward with an actual strategy that doesn't involve TV, TV, and more TV...
Oh, and I really wouldn't expect you to make any real contribution to an actual conversation about Xbox so there is that.
Klayzer
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Dude usually does this in every Xbox review thread. He's trying to make the thread about the media instead of another disappointing Xbox exclusive. Deflect, rinse, and repeat.