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Crackdown 2 demo impressions
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Kholdstare said:Want infinite time?
1. Start the demo.
2. Choose your agent and his colour up until you press A to "deploy agent".
3. Disconnect from the internet. I personally pulled out the ethernet cable in the back.
4. Quickly press A after disconnecting from the internet. When trying to join the game is should pop up a menu saying that friends can't join because you're online or something.
5. Hit B to cancel.
6. Reconnect to the internet and start up another game.
7. Demo time remaining will be stuck at 30 minutes for as long as you don't start any races or things like that.
Co-op works too.
I couldn't get this to work for the life of me so I turned to the tube;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6VpLdZyRI
Worked perfectly.
Major Williams
Member
I really enjoyed the demo last night. It was definitely crackdown, but improved and refined. It was fun to see some old structures, and the character design was fun as usual.
That friggin boss shotgun that is in the creeper/zombie area that lights multiple enemies on fire is AMAZING. GAH, I wanted to wait to puchase this, but I might be a day 1...
That friggin boss shotgun that is in the creeper/zombie area that lights multiple enemies on fire is AMAZING. GAH, I wanted to wait to puchase this, but I might be a day 1...
After a few hours, this is Crackdown. The shift in style from day to night is pretty cool. Its fun to get to Midnight and punch the hell out of some freaks. :lol
I hope there is enough variety in the missions and I also hope there are more choices for customising your Agent. They really need to add the option to turn off your mask. Kinda sucks when all 3 Agents look pretty much identical. In some ways it looks worse but the view distance in better than CD1 and not covered in fog. Also CD2 is showing off way more pedestrians and freaks on the screen. It does seem like the Cell-shaded look of CD1 has been replaced with a more dark and serious tone in CD2.
Just before this I was playing Borderlands...anyone else think a cross between Borderlands and Crackdown would be amazing? Finding gear, upgrading, specializing and then bouncing around the city. If they plan on doing a Crackdown 3, they should head to a more RPG direction.
I hope there is enough variety in the missions and I also hope there are more choices for customising your Agent. They really need to add the option to turn off your mask. Kinda sucks when all 3 Agents look pretty much identical. In some ways it looks worse but the view distance in better than CD1 and not covered in fog. Also CD2 is showing off way more pedestrians and freaks on the screen. It does seem like the Cell-shaded look of CD1 has been replaced with a more dark and serious tone in CD2.
Just before this I was playing Borderlands...anyone else think a cross between Borderlands and Crackdown would be amazing? Finding gear, upgrading, specializing and then bouncing around the city. If they plan on doing a Crackdown 3, they should head to a more RPG direction.
had a go on this yesterday, controls aren't as precise as I'd like and its a bit clunky, looks dated but its quite neat. I just love the fact I can see a crane in the distance and think to myself "I'm gonna climb that" - and it lets me, and rewards me with an orb to boot. That is where GTA fell down.
One annoyance, I was shooting some guys who popped out of one of those freight containers and I ended up going inside it to shoot them - when the doors slammed shut on me and trapped me in there. I could throw grenades at it which would blow the doors open a little bit but I was basically stuck. My friends tried to get me out and so on but nothing I could do. Had to kill myself and respawn.
One annoyance, I was shooting some guys who popped out of one of those freight containers and I ended up going inside it to shoot them - when the doors slammed shut on me and trapped me in there. I could throw grenades at it which would blow the doors open a little bit but I was basically stuck. My friends tried to get me out and so on but nothing I could do. Had to kill myself and respawn.
RiskyChris
Banned
Jtyettis said:
I love you.
Major Williams
Member
can I still do the infinite time glitch even though I let my timer run all the way down last night?
...please say yes...
...please say yes...
BlazeHedgehog
Member
_tetsuo_ said:
Well, that's a shame, because deciding who to go after first and weighing the benefits/risks was half the fun, for me, and really opened up a lot of replayability.
Diablohead
Member
I think races will do something which will bring the clock limit back, best to avoid them for now.NaviLink said:
I felt this at first too but this afternoon me and a friend (local not over the net) loaded up crackdown 1 after I had played the demo in 2p co-op for a good 2 hours, crackdown 1 feels older and different but the improvements and mission structures of the sequel feel good, I don't hate the first game at all but now that I have sunk some time into crackdown 2 I prefer it, it could be just because guarding spots, finding the sunlight beacons and the adjustments to the gun play all make it feel better.rar said:
I personally think I could spend more time in crackdown 2 hoping around, doing achievements, exploring the city a lot more then I have done so far in crackdown 1 which is easily 100+ hours of my time.
Oh and the weapons in 2 are a lot more fun so far, the default guns without DLC in crackdown 1 are a bit same and you end up with the one and only better MG and rocket launcher.
_tetsuo_ said:
I agree, but... it didn't feel like it was changing much, it was there in a subtle way like take out the recruitment leader and the mobs on the street were easily half in population but some of the other leaders like funding didn't change much visually so it felt like it was pointless.Sega1991 said:
It works best playing on the hardest mode where the slight drop in recruitments or enemies with worse guns really helped.
Diablohead
Member
Of course you can, its 30 minutes every time you boot up the demo, this just freezes the count down.Major Williams said:
Kholdstare
Member
Dax01 said:
I spent hours getting my agility to 6 in case it unlocked the helicopter. No dice.
I had acquired 203 agility orbs and 28 secret orbs by the end.
augmental said:
Yes.
Sega1991 said:
Wasn't like that at all for me. As much as i liked the game, every enemy felt exactly the same to me. Besides their look and the occasional ones holding explosive weaponry, they all seemed like cannon fodder. Just running out in the open and firing at me without using any tactics or cover.
So i don't really agree with your comparison to Mega Man. For me, choosing which general to take down didn't make one bit of difference to me. They all felt same.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
Wazzim said:
It's an open world demo. What exactly were you expecting?
Played again today with no timer. I definitely like the variety, but the platforming (especially grabbing) is way off and the city itself seems devoid of extra things to climb on like power boxes and air conditioners.
After 80-100 or so orbs and leveling my agent to max, I decided I was wasting my time and finally went back and maxed out my agent in CD1, even stumbled across a few hidden orbs.
After 80-100 or so orbs and leveling my agent to max, I decided I was wasting my time and finally went back and maxed out my agent in CD1, even stumbled across a few hidden orbs.
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Deleted member 22576
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Thanks for the infinite time glitch!
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
To brutalize gang members and collect orbs.Striker said:
RebornYeti
Member
A word of caution when playing with Infinite Time: Do not activate any sort of Rooftop Race or Driving Race. It will end your demo time.
I was really close to maxing out agility, and I wanted to try out a rooftop race to gain some orbs. Well, as soon as it started, it went to the screen where it shows what achievements you have unlocked and it ended my demo.
EDIT: Seems that the problem was already mentioned. Oh well, doesn't hurt to say it again.
I was really close to maxing out agility, and I wanted to try out a rooftop race to gain some orbs. Well, as soon as it started, it went to the screen where it shows what achievements you have unlocked and it ended my demo.
EDIT: Seems that the problem was already mentioned. Oh well, doesn't hurt to say it again.
Kholdstare
Member
-Yeti said:
I said that in the original time glitch post.
Major Williams
Member
So you can only do this on a one-time run sort of a thing? We can't save our progress leveling up? Lame if so!-Yeti said:
RebornYeti
Member
Kholdstare said:I said that in the original time glitch post.
Read my edit. Sorry for not catching it. It just happened to me, and I was upset. :lol
Major Williams said:
Well it's a demo, so it's not supposed to save your progress, but it does save your achievement progress so that's good.
But yeah, after spending so much time trying to max out my character when all of a sudden the demo stops, I kinda don't want to play the demo again. :lol
Kholdstare
Member
If it makes you feel better the squirrel suit isn't totally awesome.
RebornYeti
Member
augmental said:
I think he means the suit upgrade when you max out agility. It enables you to glide through the air.
The Librarian
Banned
...Did you even play the first Crackdown?Wazzim said:
The wing suit is pretty much the cape from Super Mario World and some of the most fun I've had in a long time. Playing with some friends today we started of trying to fly between some buildings which then escalated into flying a lap around the island, landing on the highest spot available.
So I basically maxed out my agent with the no time limit glitch. It's certainly a lot of fun leaping from rooftop to rooftop and smashing hordes of zombies. It seems like the missions would get really repetitive, though. Anyway, I should be getting the original Crackdown through Goozex soon. I'll probably get this one sometime down the road when it's cheaper.
Regarding skills, level 5 is the highest you can get in the demo, but it looks like the icon maxes out at level 6. I take it level 6 is the max in the actual game?
Regarding skills, level 5 is the highest you can get in the demo, but it looks like the icon maxes out at level 6. I take it level 6 is the max in the actual game?