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Crackdown 3 - Review Thread
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Gavon West
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Lol
thelastword
Banned
Is there a black crush issue with this game....
A game 5 years in development, yet not much in the way of atmosphere.... and so many duplicate bulidings and assets.....Weak textures....Chromatic Aberration overlaod...This game lacks so much in detail and complexity....Buildings fall like cheap lego products.....What were these guys doing? I guess they just wanted to ensure this run at 4k on XBONEX, but the game I'm seeing here looks like it should run at 60fps on an XBONES......Edit: I just want to make it very clear that I don't even own a Playstation. I don't see any value in the $600~ PS4 pro barely pushing 1400p in AAA games and I bought the One X specifically for 4K native Red Dead 2. I don't have an anti-xbox agenda here. I'm just pointing out the facts that CD3 is technically and visually below average.
VAL0R
Banned
What chaps my cheeks about many of the CD3 reviews is we are being told that the game is "average" and "mediocre." Compared to what standard is CD3 average and mediocre? This needs to be clarified. Is it only average in the pool of the *thousands* of games that are made every year of wildly varying quality? Nonsense. CD3 is clearly far better than the average game in this sense. So are reviewers meaning that it is merely average among other major releases (big productions, big budgets, etc.) and the mere handful of other small games from tiny teams that found lighting in the bottle are were major successes? If yes, that is a critical distinction. "He's a mediocre basketball player" and "He's a mediocre basketball player in the NBA" are two statements with a small qualifier that make a world of difference.
I do not accept that Crackdown 3 is average or mediocre when compared to all other games. I am willing to accept that it is average among major big-budget releases. I feel bad for the team(s) involved because the game is getting reviewed worse than most games and the product is of far greater quality than that.
I do not accept that Crackdown 3 is average or mediocre when compared to all other games. I am willing to accept that it is average among major big-budget releases. I feel bad for the team(s) involved because the game is getting reviewed worse than most games and the product is of far greater quality than that.
ethomaz
Banned
Where is the X pictures?People must be playing on the regular xbox on a TV out of the 80's because on the 1X on a 4k OLED with HDR, this game looks incredible, especially with the sheer action that goes on at once.
The city in these pictures looks like old-gen GTA games.
Sure it is 4k but you can run Quake at 4k and it will still have Quake dated graphics.
CD3 has pretty graphics for a retro game... not for PS4/XB1 standard.
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DForce
NaughtyDog Defense Force
Clearly far better?
First, let's look at two reviews.
Windows Central
Gamespot
If I was reviewing this game, it would hard for me to say the game looks good because it doesn't look as good as a lot of current generation games out there. It doesn't need to look realistic, it just needs to have a better art style. The agents? Well, they pretty much basic with similar designs. It doesn't standout.
The animations? They seem very basic and that again will give it a lower score because there are a lot of games out here that do a much better job in this department.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
When people say it looks like a 360 game, they're saying the graphics have not evolved much since that era. It's not suppose to be taken literally, but it does feel like the game is stuck in the past when it comes to graphics.
Gravity Rush was inspired by Crackdown and that game too uses a similar cartoon art style. We can see how the graphics evolved from 2012 to 2017 (or the remaster version on the PS4).
Gravity Rush
Gravity Rush 2
The environment looks like a generational leap. And the animation? It looks great.
Personally, it's hard to be really impressed when I see games like this while Crackdown 3 stays behind in many areas graphically. People are entitled to their own opinion, but this is just mine.
Yap. To me Gravity Rush has one of the best art direction in games. When you flying(falling) around and you see one of city island that part of it covered with clouds, it just gives “castles in the sky” vibe and I absolutely love it!
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Bloodborne and god of war(2018) shit on all the ms games gameplaywise. Try harder, and play something good like vanquish.
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bilderberg
Member
Their is nothing good about GoW's gameplay. It's bottom of the barrel. You can brake the combat just spamming the ax throw over and over again for 90% of the encounters.
another youtube player, i see. It's funny when xbots don't say anything good on other games except for microsoft games
ph33rknot
Banned
bloodbourn is fromsoftware
bilderberg
Member
another youtube player, i see. It's funny when xbots don't say anything good on other games except for microsoft games
what does a 'youtube player' even mean? I don't even own an xbox.
RPS37
Member
Weird. I’ve tried that and got my ass handed to me.
So after sinking quite a few hours into this game, I can say Gerstmann is wrong and Gies is right.
Also, I really don’t understand how they finished the game so quickly.
more like trainwreck zone
Baron Samedi
Member
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
Xbots????another youtube player, i see. It's funny when xbots don't say anything good on other games except for microsoft games
Really????
Xbots????
...........Really???
Ulysses 31
Member
Made me chuckle, just like Nintendrones.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
No. the island is HUGE in this game though.
And...you're playing for the story? What story? Lol.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
Huge, this map?
Thats the one. Compare to Crackdown #1 and #2. I think the devs said its bigger than both combined.
louis89
Member
Not only did I buy it for full price (£59.99, because I had to buy it from Amazon digitally to get around geographical restrictions), I bought an Xbox One X the day before in order to play it, with minimal intention of getting any other games. And I love it as I knew I would, and I can't wait to get home from work tonight to play it more. I was late to a house party last night because I couldn't stop collecting orbs.
Plague Doctor
Member
Good news: User reviews are up on Metacritic to 4.2/10
Bad news: Critic reviews just dropped down on Metacritic to 59%
Bad news: Critic reviews just dropped down on Metacritic to 59%
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ethomaz
Banned
Bloodborne is actually Sony just like Crackdown 3 is MS.
Both are first-party games.
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Shmunter
Member
Heavens to Betsy. Has Chill Spencer chimed in on this debacle yet?
demigod
Member
I just checked his twitter. Wish i could do the laughing roll emoji.
“Playing a lot of Crackdown 3 and having a lot of fun.”
Grinchy
Banned
My buddy has officially dropped out of our co-op campaign so now I'm just going solo. I'm on PC but I had to play at 30fps for co-op because of whatever broken shit makes that happen. Now that he's gone I get to at least play at 60fps. The game plays much better at 60fps than it does at 30, I'll give it that.
I was still pretty damn bored playing alone. There's just nothing here. It's like a Ubisoft open world checklist game, except at least those have a main storyline on top of the sidequests and they modernize the gameplay as best they can. This is just one monotonous side quest after another with bad voiceovers that pop up after you finish your pointless task. The auto lock-on gunplay isn't satisfying in any way and it often locks on to cars that enemies jumped out of 20 seconds ago or things in the distance when you just want to kill the fucking guys who are shooting you. It's just so amateur.
I was still pretty damn bored playing alone. There's just nothing here. It's like a Ubisoft open world checklist game, except at least those have a main storyline on top of the sidequests and they modernize the gameplay as best they can. This is just one monotonous side quest after another with bad voiceovers that pop up after you finish your pointless task. The auto lock-on gunplay isn't satisfying in any way and it often locks on to cars that enemies jumped out of 20 seconds ago or things in the distance when you just want to kill the fucking guys who are shooting you. It's just so amateur.
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PropellerEar
Member
The quality of recent Xbox games is why I think MSFT was forced to implement gamepass. No one wants to buy these games, that's why renting service was essential.
Ramzy
Member
I think GTA3's map is larger... Like, not even being hyperbolic here.
LMJ
Member
Isn't fun subjective?
Again, I get many people don't like the game and I agree there are valid reasons why, but some of you folks are taking this to stupid levels when you mock someone for saying they're having "fun".
Having "fun" God forbid
NeonGhost
uses 'M$' - What year is it? Not 2002.
Yes and the first sign of this was all xbox exclusive would go to pc because they couldn't make a profit from the low user base
Deputy Moonman
Member
If you look at the user reviews it's fairly obvious that hundreds of trolls purposely gave the game a score of 0-10 out of 100. Those aren't honest reviews, just more fanboy driven trash. Seriously, there are currently 260 negative reviews and almost all of them are scores of less than 10. Metacritic needs to do some serious quality control.
PuppetMaster
Member
Now explain the 8.7 metacritic user score for Spiderman PS4. Or the 9.1 user score for God of War.
Go ahead. I will wait.
ethomaz
Banned
That won’t fit his agenda against the CD3 low score conspiracy.
mejin
Member
I won't be surprised if they blame Sony for the low reviews like paying to burn the game. lol
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
A positive thing I can say is CR3 is better than JC4. I paid $60 for JC4 and had to stop playing, it was a confusing mess. At least CR3 is simple fun. But I do object to people saying it has good particle effects. It does not. It abuses transparencies, very low res alpha effects that look like simple sprites. Compare the effects to Infamous Second Son which is like four years.
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Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
You might be right.
Elenchus
Banned
Disagree and would challenge you to quote the posters who said this for us. Most Xbox fans are playing Metro & Apex Legends right now (just like most Sony fans I suspect) and looking forward to Anthem, etc.
No one was hyping this game and the concern trolling around here was actually focused on why so many Xbox fans had NOT been hyping the game and why there wasn’t more marketing.
I saw no signs of excitement for it so I’m not surprised that there correspondingly are no real signs of disappointment. I’m afraid the mass seppuku you so long for is not coming.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
To be fair the gameplay isn't great either. Repetitive auto lock-on shooting, bad AI, horrible driving, etc. The only thing they nailed was the traversal. It's mindless open world fun for a few hours at a time, but as soon as it is over you forgot what you were doing or why.
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Havoc2049
Member
When people say it looks like a 360 game, they're saying the graphics have not evolved much since that era. It's not suppose to be taken literally, but it does feel like the game is stuck in the past when it comes to graphics.
Gravity Rush was inspired by Crackdown and that game too uses a similar cartoon art style. We can see how the graphics evolved from 2012 to 2017 (or the remaster version on the PS4).
Gravity Rush
Gravity Rush 2
The environment looks like a generational leap. And the animation? It looks great.
Personally, it's hard to be really impressed when I see games like this while Crackdown 3 stays behind in many areas graphically. People are entitled to their own opinion, but this is just mine.
Yes, Gravity Rush 2 on the PS4 looks better than Gravity Rush on the Vita, but I think you're being somewhat disingenuous comparing it to the Crackdown series. The animations and the graphics are generationally better in Crackdown 3 as well, when compared to Crackdown 2. Here is a video comparing the graphics in Crackdown 2 to Crackdown 3. The graphics and animation in Crackdown 3 look way better than Crackdown 2.
DForce
NaughtyDog Defense Force
I'm not.
Graphics look better, but they do not feel like a generational leap.
The environment and animation detail just look very basic in design, and for the most part, they don't really stand out. This is my opinion, but it's clear that a lot of people feel the same way and it's not because they're just hating on an Xbox game.
Like, how can someone be impressed by the way the game has a very basic look to it?
In open world games, it's always good to go around and notice the small environment details and Crackdown doesn't have very much of that compared to other games.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
This mostly my own personal taste, but I feel Crackdown 3 art direction is really lacking and the world looks really basic compare to other games. Gravity Rush 2 also has cel shaded/comic book like visuals but it art direction look so much more interesting and cities feels much more alive compare to Crackdown 3.I'm not.
Graphics look better, but they do not feel like a generational leap.
The environment and animation detail just look very basic in design, and for the most part, they don't really stand out. This is my opinion, but it's clear that a lot of people feel the same way and it's not because they're just hating on an Xbox game.
Like, how can someone be impressed by the way the game has a very basic look to it?
In open world games, it's always good to go around and notice the small environment details and Crackdown doesn't have very much of that compared to other games.
Crackdown might even had more advance graphics in technical side but this why most of the time art direction more important than expensive graphics.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
Never played this game. Any good?This mostly my own personal taste, but I feel Crackdown 3 art direction is really lacking and the world looks really basic compare to other games. Gravity Rush 2 also has cel shaded/comic book like visuals but it art direction look so much more interesting and cities feels much more alive compare to Crackdown 3.
Crackdown might even had more advance graphics in technical side but this why most of the time art direction more important than expensive graphics.
Vawn
Banned
It's on PS4, so it's a walking simulator.
hybrid_birth
Gold Member
Console warring will get you nowhere my friend.
Also why would you put down the games of the nicest person on this forum.
Come On Tars
Member
this has Crowbcat written all over it
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