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Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: Real Time Worlds
Release Date: Q1 2007
Preview by Jeremy
Genre(s): Sandbox
Category: Third-person shooter
# of Players: 1-4
With GTA-co-creator David Jones at the helm, this adrenaline-pumping
sandbox game emphasizes over-the-top action and visceral thrills over
the genre-standard car theft. Through sheer force, you’ll have to rid
Pacific City of the crime syndicates that have plagued it. Just about
everything you see can be used to clear the streets of crime. So if
you’re low on ammo, just beat someone to death with a piece of a
building, or leap over a large building to attack foes on the other side.
Crackdown’s goal is to give players the freedom to do whatever they
want whenever they want to do it. With that kind of gameplay behind
an agile, Robocop-ish main character, this should be an easy and
satisfying task to accomplish. Adding to the thrills will be over 100
licensed songs covering a wide array of genres. RTW promises that
they’ll give each character and location their own identity, and if that
turns out to be the case, this could
By using a XIII-esque cel shading style and comic book panels to tell
the story, Crackdown seems like a graphic novel come to life. Its
emphasis on environment-destroying explosions gives it an old action
movie feel. Plus, unlike other games, these blasts have long-lasting
effects on the game world. This should help make RTW’s dream of
crafting a monstrously large game full of meticulous gameplay details
come true.
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