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Crackdown 3: 10 minute pre-alpha gameplay demo
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rokkerkory
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User 479360
Banned
I'm glad this was revealed last year, and that it is coming. Hopefully it'll get rid of the sour taste that was Crackdown 2, one of the lazier sequels of all-time.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Lazy? They literally had 6 months to make it. Yet despite that, made some pretty significant changes (both good and bad) and even made the game feel different to play.
I personally really liked it, bit even if you didn't, it was a good effort for a 6 month turnaround.
User 479360
Banned
I didn't know it was made in that short of a timespan.
Yeah it was absurdly short.
It was the main reason why they had to use the same city from the first game but with a few small changed around sections. There was literally no time to even think about building a new city or environment. Just enough time to introduce some new weapons, basic mechanics, enemies that sort of thing.
User 479360
Banned
Okay. I stand corrected. Thanks for the info.
Sangetsu-II
Member
Be considered just 2x this
Are we in the same planet?
I'm still amazed Red Faction: Guerilla could do this on last-gen without the power of the cloud or the debris disappearing
Crackdown 3 still amazing though but we have to see how it performs offline.
deejay8595
my posts are "MEH"
Putting up another few gifs from the tech demo because some of this is pretty cool:
Sooo cooolll!!!!
SeanNoonan
Member
I'm looking forward to seeing what mission types they focus on. The CD1 style assassination gameplay works perfectly with full city destructibility, but the beacon and platforming challenges in CD2 wouldn't really work. Very curious what will be added for variety if anything is added at all; maybe it doesn't even need it.
Masterphoenix
Neo Member
I haven't seen game world destruction like that since Mercenaries.
From the footage it looks like they are trying to deepen the faction stuff. If I can blow up the weapons section of the gang, they will be lower powered but something else might go up. I would also like to see more of the gang warfare and actually see gangs gets stronger and take over if you don't work fast enough.
I am sure they will probably have challenges that are linked to destruction but they always have to have Orbs in there. Its what makes Crackdown Crackdown! The destruction probably means there might be Orbs hidden in buildings.
The cd1 enemy layout would work really well with a nemesis type system? Where you see the overall pattern, but to achieve objectives you need to perform multiple activities? The cd2 beacons wouldn't be needed with the lack of zombies though?
I'm still amazed Red Faction: Guerilla could do this on last-gen without the power of the cloud or the debris disappearing
nah a huge chunk of the debris did disappear, they just left a small bunch of them for show. I replayed it recently and when you collapse one of those big towers by having it "fall into itself" vertically, it's pretty clear most of it just vanished into the ground
Still an amazing game of course.
That's the best possible decision they could have made.
But now I'm left wondering what this online co-op mode that he's referring to consists of. It would have to be a separate, round-based mode for full destruction to make sense.
GPU's can do a lot of things... This is one less thing it has to do, which allows it to do more of something else...
Also there's no way the xb1 GPU could handle anything like this...
Might be a story related thing where city repairs every day night cycle
That's the best possible decision they could have made.
But now I'm left wondering whether the "100% destruction only available in online co-op" part is accurate. To me, 100% destruction only makes sense in a round-based gametype.
Backfoggen
Banned
I hope there is coop matchmaking.
That's the best possible decision they could have made.
But now I'm left wondering what this online co-op mode that he's referring to consists of. It would have to be a separate, round-based mode for full destruction to make sense.
coop means multiplayer, means multiplayer only map, if I would have to guess.
I'd actually be totally fine with that.
That's the best possible decision they could have made.
But now I'm left wondering what this online co-op mode that he's referring to consists of. It would have to be a separate, round-based mode for full destruction to make sense.
That's good probably be buying now if good reviews.
i think in crackdown its more misson based co-op rather than player vs player?
Maybe the multiplayer mode features coop missions. I would be happy with coop in campaign mode with limited destruction as well.
BTW. shoot your questions to #AskCrackdown there will be a virtual demo on friday, whatever that means. http://www.crackdown.com/2015/08/05/crackdown-3-behind-closed-doors-demo-ask-us-your-questions/
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
Sumo didn't they make all stars racing
So happy about this. It doesn't make up for making Fable Legends online only, but it definitely eases the pain.
I'm in for both offline campaign and cloud-based multiplayer in CD3 now. The cloud doesn't sound so scary when the game gives me a choice if I want to use it or not.
That's the best possible decision they could have made.
But now I'm left wondering what this online co-op mode that he's referring to consists of. It would have to be a separate, round-based mode for full destruction to make sense.
online co-op mode campaign in?
This looks absolutely incredible, and to be honest I legitimately believe that the CD3 team aren't lying about their intentions to deliver this kind of experience.
I think there will be growing pains in the overall execution and it might have a messy launch, but otherwise this is the realest sense of a next gen experience we've had in this new generation, and it's certainly going to take off in other open world titles if done properly.
Does anyone know if this game will feature a campaign + cp-op like CD2?
I think there will be growing pains in the overall execution and it might have a messy launch, but otherwise this is the realest sense of a next gen experience we've had in this new generation, and it's certainly going to take off in other open world titles if done properly.
Does anyone know if this game will feature a campaign + cp-op like CD2?
I think it's clear that we'll have co-op for the main campaign, since that's always been in Crackdown. It's just unclear to me whether that's what he's referring to in that tweet.
Gamezone
Gold Member
That's the best possible decision they could have made.
But now I'm left wondering what this online co-op mode that he's referring to consists of. It would have to be a separate, round-based mode for full destruction to make sense.
Great news. When Xbox One was announced I was worried that cloud computing might mess up single player gaming as we know it. The game is back on my radar.
Co-op can only happen when you're online and online is when the destruction is turned on to the max.
I think hes saying play the campaign with the friend 100 per cent destruction is turned on.
Gamezone
Gold Member
Fable Legends will be released as F2P. Daved Eckelberry told me that they might consider a physical release at some point, so maybe it`s hope.
But that's something we've been discussing for a while in here: how does full destruction fit in with the traditional Crackdown formula? If you blow up a building, you can't very well get those agility orbs at the top of it. And how much fun would it be to walk around in a town that's just piles of rubble? Either full destruction takes place in a separate round-based mode or the town magically repairs itself every so often. Or maybe it's really hard to knock down buildings and you do so at your own peril. Or there's a crazy repair-o-gun that puts everything back where it was.
They mentioned that the weapons were overpowered to take down buildings, so I am assuming it would takes ages and ages to take a building down with conventional weapons etc.
I guess the option to get the orbs via agility should always be rewarded but if it takes ages and ages to blow up the building just to get the same orb, it seems logical to just jump up there.
The destruction could end up like Battlefield Bad Company did. Near the end of the match, you have no space to hide. Everything is utterly destroyed. Crackdown is obviously going for a bigger scale but if you can take down building fairly quickly, maps will be barren very quickly.
Smaller maps that are PvP focused could be interesting but the focus have always been a co-op mode.
Damn I cannot5 wait for the beta because they really need to live test this destruction etc in real world conditions.
Hrmm...that seems fairly reasonable. Saying that, I am looking forward to stressing the system by having 4 players try and blow everything up really quickly and see how the system handles it.
DagnastyEp
Member
I was kind of expecting less that 5, so this seems reasonable. I'm sure they'll aim for closer to 2 by launch.
oldergamer
Member
No, the single player game is playable with friends. It's the same map.
Aha!
Just to be clear (since I'm assuming you work at Sumo Digital), the game has:
- a single-player campaign that can be played with friends (no or limited destruction)
- a multiplayer mode with full destruction
Is that accurate?