![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A campaign that quickly becomes repetitive There are several bosses to eliminate in the campaign. ![]() The boss fights can be pretty long, with some platforming sequences and lots of enemies to kill during the different phases. You can fight the different bosses in the order you choose, though before confronting them you’ll have to capture some locations or destroy some objectives like Chemical facilities or massive crushers. Your main mission in the Campaign is to fight off the TerraNova corporation and take down its lieutenants by all means necessary. Driving isn’t the best part of the game, but the campaign includes optional races and stunts that can improve your driving skills once you complete them. Just like in GTA, you can also explore the city by using cars, including the Agency vehicle that you can summon with a press of a button. The Agency vehicle also has an ejectable seat. There are also Propaganda towers to climb and hack, and various intel fragments to gather on the crime map. Other than that, you’ll find Prisoner hardpoints to hack and liberate, which will strengthen the Civilian militia that can help you during fights. The map also includes many Supply points that will become rearming stations and fast-travel locations once you capture them. If you previously played ReCore, the action-adventure and platform game that Microsoft released back in 2016, you’ll feel right at home with Crackdown 3. You can spend a lot of time exploring the city to collect orbs that will upgrade your skills, and it’s pretty fun to climb on skyscrapers and use abilities like double jump and air dash. With its bright Neon lights, the city of New Providence looks quite futuristic.Ĭrackdown 3 is a non-linear game, but there are quite a lot of things to do in New Providence. I played the game on an Xbox One S where it’s apparently capped to 30FPS, but performance remained consistent while I explored the vast open world. Crackdown 3 uses cel-shading graphics to get this comic book look, and I’d say it’s a pretty good-looking game overall. There’s a night and day cycle in the game, and the bright lights look pretty cool at night. The open-world campaign is set in New Providence, a futuristic city with neon lights and skyscrapers everywhere. The campaign’s opening cinematic is actually excellent, and you can watch it below. I spent most of my time in the campaign mode, which features Hollywood actor Terry Crews playing the game’s charismatic superhero Isaiah Jackson. In the end, I think that Crackdown fans will probably like Crackdown 3, but I’m afraid this is another unoriginal Xbox exclusive that targets a niche audience.Ĭrackdown 3 is actually separated into two different games: there is one client for the Campaign mode and another one for the Wrecking Zone multiplayer mode. My time with the original Crackdown, Crackdown 3’s difficult development cycle, and a series of disappointing releases from Microsoft Studios made me really fear for the worse. Between the clunky controls, outdated graphics, and goofy action, I found that the game didn’t age very well next to classic Microsoft shooters like the original Gears of War (released a year before Crackdown). I gave the original Crackdown game a try when it recently became free on Xbox One, and I hated it. To be completely honest, I’m not very familiar with the Crackdown franchise. Hollywood actor Terry Crews plays Isaiah Jackson, the game’s protagonist. Nearly 10 years later, it’s not clear if Crackdown 3 is the game that could make the Crackdown franchise join the elite league of Halo, Gears of War, and Forza. The original Crackdown game, which was released back in 2007 on the Xbox 360 was a memorable release for the console, but its 2010 sequel Crackdown 2 didn’t reach the same cult-classic status. Crackdown 3 was previously announced as a launch title for the Xbox One X last year, but the game receiving mixed reception at E3 2017 led Microsoft to delay the game even further.Ĭrackdown 3 had a very troubled development history, and it’s actually surprising that Microsoft didn’t cancel it as it did for other Xbox exclusives like Fable Legend and Scalebound. Microsoft initially announced Crackdown 3 back at E3 2014, and after five years of development, it’s safe to say that expectations are pretty high. A campaign that quickly becomes repetitive. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |