Ninja Moomin
Banned
Aaron said:
100% agree.... i spent my short time playing prototype bored out of my mind.
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Crackdown 2 demo impressions
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100% agree.... i spent my short time playing prototype bored out of my mind.
Oh wow I LOVE the new targeting system. It automaticly switches target if your current one died. That thing was one of my biggest complaints in the frist one. You can pull the left trigger and start shooting into a freak group, without worrying about switching targets. Just stay on both triggers and wipe the group out.
Initial impressions based off a few solo-session play-throughs last night...
1. I feel naked! Having your agent be dropped off in the middle of a battle is a very different experience than from CD1...and I dig it. In the first Crackdown, rare was the time that you felt the pressure...that hopping and popping wasn't going to solve anything and everything. Don't get me wrong, it's still a hell of a ways away from the tension in a traditional shooter, but I do feel as though it's better. I also think this particular sensation was heightened by the fact that there was no Agency HQ to run back to (or, when necessary regenerate from). Never spent a ton of time in headquarters, but knowing it wasn't around definitely made me miss having the opportunity to visit.
2. Controls are...well...Crackdown! As I believe others have noted here, your agent feels a bit sluggish and his movements a tad too angular at the outset, but those feelings are, for the most part, erased after a bit of leveling. I like seeing the variety in melee being carried out on the screen, but as someone else here said, I liked the way it worked better in the first CD. Remember the problem from the first CD in which you'd lock-on to enemies in the rear, ignoring more immediate threats up front? It's ba-ack!
None of this bugged me too much, though. You know what did? Magnetically locking on to ledges. I don't recall it being quite so obvious in the first game. Here, even if I'm seemingly a foot or so away, based on game-scale, I still end up making the grab. A tiny thing that probably bugged me far more than it should.
3. Visually, it's a mixed bag. Someone else here referenced the dirtiness of our city in this sequel, but oddly enough, I found it a bit more...sterile? Not sure if that's due to the art, or texture downgrade, or what...but there was a sense of liveliness to the first title that has not, at least for me, carried over here. Or perhaps that was their goal all along, in keeping with the one agent vs. everything dealio. Water is purty, agent looks good, everything else is more than acceptable...but not quite where I expected it.
4. Platforming is complete comfort food. This is what I enjoyed most from the first game...aside from just doing crazy, random shit. It's all right here, the same, yet different. This is what'll keep me going in this game world, and the small changes that have been made do not detract from my love for this stuff.
In summary, if you dug the first game, it's pretty easy for me to recommend this one. If you didn't, I don't see much here that's going to convince you that this is now the greatest thing since sliced bread. Just as most of us had already figured. If you haven't played yet and are nervous, I'd say don't be nervous...just keep your expectations in check and you'll dig it. My pre-order stands, and I can't wait until the full retail release.
1. I feel naked! Having your agent be dropped off in the middle of a battle is a very different experience than from CD1...and I dig it. In the first Crackdown, rare was the time that you felt the pressure...that hopping and popping wasn't going to solve anything and everything. Don't get me wrong, it's still a hell of a ways away from the tension in a traditional shooter, but I do feel as though it's better. I also think this particular sensation was heightened by the fact that there was no Agency HQ to run back to (or, when necessary regenerate from). Never spent a ton of time in headquarters, but knowing it wasn't around definitely made me miss having the opportunity to visit.
2. Controls are...well...Crackdown! As I believe others have noted here, your agent feels a bit sluggish and his movements a tad too angular at the outset, but those feelings are, for the most part, erased after a bit of leveling. I like seeing the variety in melee being carried out on the screen, but as someone else here said, I liked the way it worked better in the first CD. Remember the problem from the first CD in which you'd lock-on to enemies in the rear, ignoring more immediate threats up front? It's ba-ack!
None of this bugged me too much, though. You know what did? Magnetically locking on to ledges. I don't recall it being quite so obvious in the first game. Here, even if I'm seemingly a foot or so away, based on game-scale, I still end up making the grab. A tiny thing that probably bugged me far more than it should.3. Visually, it's a mixed bag. Someone else here referenced the dirtiness of our city in this sequel, but oddly enough, I found it a bit more...sterile? Not sure if that's due to the art, or texture downgrade, or what...but there was a sense of liveliness to the first title that has not, at least for me, carried over here. Or perhaps that was their goal all along, in keeping with the one agent vs. everything dealio. Water is purty, agent looks good, everything else is more than acceptable...but not quite where I expected it.
4. Platforming is complete comfort food. This is what I enjoyed most from the first game...aside from just doing crazy, random shit. It's all right here, the same, yet different. This is what'll keep me going in this game world, and the small changes that have been made do not detract from my love for this stuff.
In summary, if you dug the first game, it's pretty easy for me to recommend this one. If you didn't, I don't see much here that's going to convince you that this is now the greatest thing since sliced bread. Just as most of us had already figured. If you haven't played yet and are nervous, I'd say don't be nervous...just keep your expectations in check and you'll dig it. My pre-order stands, and I can't wait until the full retail release.
Lostconfused
Member
Yeah no luck on the DVD but putting it on the usb drive worked for me.Aaron said:
Hearing CCR playing in the distance in this game while fighting off zombies is surreal.
Level up melee, btw. The charge and the ground pound are so fun. Also level up explosives. Flock cannon for all your blowing shit up needs. Anything good on leveling driving? I got to 3 and pretty meh.
Level up melee, btw. The charge and the ground pound are so fun. Also level up explosives. Flock cannon for all your blowing shit up needs. Anything good on leveling driving? I got to 3 and pretty meh.
ExtraKr1spy
Banned
Re-played the demo several times and god damn its such a tease
Got 3 achievements so far(nothing story related spoiled but some might complain)
Lv 4 agility and nearly lv 6 strength is awesome but There was only around 4 minutes left to mess around. So fun to see the gang cars headed towards you then you kick the car and it usually kills everyone inside.
:lol
when you kill civilians the agency voice sends agents after and goes
"Trust me this is gonna hurt us more than it hurts you"
Haven't played around with the sticky mine yet.
Got 3 achievements so far(nothing story related spoiled but some might complain)
Kill 25 freaks with thrown items - threw cars at them with Lv 3 strength
20+ hit combo or something - went to the main road outside the docks area where you spawn and beat the shit out of a shitload of freaks
Kill 5 with the ground smash
20+ hit combo or something - went to the main road outside the docks area where you spawn and beat the shit out of a shitload of freaks
Kill 5 with the ground smash
Lv 4 agility and nearly lv 6 strength is awesome
but There was only around 4 minutes left to mess around. So fun to see the gang cars headed towards you then you kick the car and it usually kills everyone inside.:lol
when you kill civilians the agency voice sends agents after and goes
"Trust me this is gonna hurt us more than it hurts you"
Haven't played around with the sticky mine yet.
Pandoracell said:
The only thing I really haven't come to a conclusion on yet. CD1 had quite a lot of tracks. I've only heard like 5 here and I'm hoping that is just demo thing or I'm doing something wrong.
105 to be exact. Eh got to be a demo thing I hope. Loved the ST from CD1 and I hope it is just as good here.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Lunchbox said:
Which is why I find it hard to continuously boot it up.
It hurts so much.Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Hmmm burned the demo but 360 wont read it.
Edit: Used up 3 DVD's trying to get this to work. Dont know wth is wrong. I burned the bayonetta demo last time and it was fine.
Edit: 5 DVD's down. I give up. F this.
Edit: Used up 3 DVD's trying to get this to work. Dont know wth is wrong. I burned the bayonetta demo last time and it was fine.
Edit: 5 DVD's down. I give up. F this.
The Librarian
Banned
I've replayed the demo four times now, doing something radically different each time. I already can say that Crackdown 2 will be better, much, much better, than Crackdown 1.
I love the new leveling system. Each milestone, as often as they are in the beta, is as satisfying as the last.
Running over and beating down Freaks is one of the most fun things I've ever experienced in a videogame. I love the lunge on the melee: it makes melee more satisfying and more fun to use.
The new objectives are as fun as hell, and the platforming is as good as it was in Crackdown 1, even better with the addition of moving agility orbs.
It doesn't really matter that CD2 is set in the same city: Ruffian has changed enough of Pacific City to make it feel new all over again. The level design is awesome.
Targeting system is kind of messed up, and I feel constricted in my ability to explore, but that's only because of the size of the demo I think.
This game = day one.
I love the new leveling system. Each milestone, as often as they are in the beta, is as satisfying as the last.
Running over and beating down Freaks is one of the most fun things I've ever experienced in a videogame. I love the lunge on the melee: it makes melee more satisfying and more fun to use.
The new objectives are as fun as hell, and the platforming is as good as it was in Crackdown 1, even better with the addition of moving agility orbs.
It doesn't really matter that CD2 is set in the same city: Ruffian has changed enough of Pacific City to make it feel new all over again. The level design is awesome.
Targeting system is kind of messed up, and I feel constricted in my ability to explore, but that's only because of the size of the demo I think.
This game = day one.
Strummerjones
Member
I was apprehensive of this - new developer, early reveals with the mutants suggesting a not entirely welcome change of direction.
Well, I was totally wrong, it's great. The new mutant hordes work really well, and the old gameplay is intact and as horribly compulsive as ever. Every 10 minutes or so the announcer whips up your enthusiasm for the next thingy you've unlocked, and I would have easily spent hours playing this if it wasn't for the time limit.
I had problems getting it to run as well. I messed up my last two blank dvds by getting the directory structure wrong (first of all I hadn't added the content/ etc directory which they annoyingly left off the download even though it is needed, and then the second time round copied the structure off someone who'd put one zero too few in the next directory's name. Gnnk.). I got it running off USB in the end, but even then I had to copy a small demo across to get the xbox to create the needed content etc directories on the stick, just formatting it etc didn't seem to do that for me. I also got the warning that the stick I used didn't have fast enough performance, but that hasn't seem to have affected the game at all.
Well, I was totally wrong, it's great. The new mutant hordes work really well, and the old gameplay is intact and as horribly compulsive as ever. Every 10 minutes or so the announcer whips up your enthusiasm for the next thingy you've unlocked, and I would have easily spent hours playing this if it wasn't for the time limit.
I had problems getting it to run as well. I messed up my last two blank dvds by getting the directory structure wrong (first of all I hadn't added the content/ etc directory which they annoyingly left off the download even though it is needed, and then the second time round copied the structure off someone who'd put one zero too few in the next directory's name. Gnnk.). I got it running off USB in the end, but even then I had to copy a small demo across to get the xbox to create the needed content etc directories on the stick, just formatting it etc didn't seem to do that for me. I also got the warning that the stick I used didn't have fast enough performance, but that hasn't seem to have affected the game at all.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Aaron said:
Used some Verbatim DVD's, Followed the guides on the site and it never works. Using IMGburn which i used before for demos.
BobJustBob
Member
Wiggum2007 said:
WHAT? Nobody ragdolls when you drive through them? They just vaporize?
CaptainRizla
Member
BobJustBob said:
I've had bodies bounce of my bonnet on occasion.
Mizzou Gaming
Member
Dax01 said:
SOLD!!
Mizzou Gaming
Member
I have a RAYSTORM HD XBLA Code(1200 MS Points) that I will trade for one Crackdown 2 demo code. PM me
Meus Renaissance
Member
ExtraKr1spy said:Re-played the demo several times and god damn its such a tease
Got 3 achievements so far(nothing story related spoiled but some might complain)
Kill 25 freaks with thrown items - threw cars at them with Lv 3 strength
20+ hit combo or something - went to the main road outside the docks area where you spawn and beat the shit out of a shitload of freaks
Kill 5 with the ground smash
Lv 4 agility and nearly lv 6 strength is awesome
:lol
when you kill civilians the agency voice sends agents after and goes
"Trust me this is gonna hurt us more than it hurts you"
Haven't played around with the sticky mine yet.
You can get achievements from the demo?
ExtraKr1spy
Banned
Meus Renaissance said:
Yes but they stay locked until you play/buy the real game. Then they unlock and you get the bloop + points
Circle T
Member
Not directly, but if you play the full game, the ones you acquired during demo play will unlock.Meus Renaissance said:
While you are playing, there are 10 specific achievements that the demo is monitoring. At the end of each session, it checks in with their servers. I'm guessing it is just logging your gamertag, and what achievements you've acquired. Then, when you play the retail game, it will probably just do a similar check, and anything you unlocked in the demo will be unlocked for the retail game.
I have 5 of them so far, but I'm really struggling with 1 of them. There is one, as there was with Crackdown 1, where you have to stick 5 enemies to a single vehicle with the harpoon gun. The problem is getting the harpoon gun. You don't unlock it until you get to Level 4 shooting, and I can't seem to get there until very late in the 30-min playtime. Then, I'm stuck running around like mad looking for enemies to stick with only a couple mins to spare. It is quite hard. I thought it would be a piece of cake with all the freaks, but the harpoon gun just goes through them. Oh well, I'll get it eventually.
[edit: beaten]
Darkflight
Member
Yeah, it would be handy, would help with *no, target the barrel, not the dude ffs* situationsnubbe said:
Opus Angelorum
Member
ezekial45 said:
You need an 8Gb flash drive as the formatting used by the Xbox 360 reserves a fair amount of space.
Strummerjones
Member
Opus Angelorum said:
You don't - I've got it installed on a 4GB stick, with 2.2GB of space remaining afterwards. The formatting takes up a fair bit (nearly 1GB) but it installed fine. He must have done something wrong, or copied more stuff across by accident?