Crackdown

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 421 Ratings

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  1. VLG
    Aug 22, 2023
    7
    I usually dont like these kind of games, but the progression system in this one made it super addictive.
  2. Krispyy
    Apr 14, 2023
    9
    This game was an absolute blast to play as a teen. Scaling massive cities, obliterating bad guys, tossing cars across the city - this game had just enough pizazz to keep me engaged through the main storyline and beyond.

    My ONLY issue with this game is that there are collectibles throughout the world (I believe 300 to be exact), that I spent hours and hours trying to complete for the    This game was an absolute blast to play as a teen. Scaling massive cities, obliterating bad guys, tossing cars across the city - this game had just enough pizazz to keep me engaged through the main storyline and beyond.

    My ONLY issue with this game is that there are collectibles throughout the world (I believe 300 to be exact), that I spent hours and hours trying to complete for the "Orb Hunter" achievement. I was stuck at 299. I eventually looked up a map of all orb locations - went to every single location on the map, but was never able to find the last one due to what I believe, was a glitch.

    Nonetheless one of the best 360 games ever produced.    … Expand
  3. ZackH25
    Mar 25, 2023
    8
    Probably one of the most fun open world games when it comes to movement as jumping from building to building to get agility orbs was so addictive. The core gameplay is really basic but chaotic and sandbox like. Lots of guns and cars to use. Missions were fairly simple, kill this villain. Was very fun killing all the gang members in so many areas like a funfair or an oil rig. Not too muchProbably one of the most fun open world games when it comes to movement as jumping from building to building to get agility orbs was so addictive. The core gameplay is really basic but chaotic and sandbox like. Lots of guns and cars to use. Missions were fairly simple, kill this villain. Was very fun killing all the gang members in so many areas like a funfair or an oil rig. Not too much to do besides getting orbs after beating the game but still very fun.… Expand
  4. neomoonsevin
    Nov 26, 2022
    10
    GTA vibes here but microcsofts version of it i still think its ok we gotter remember this was at the begining of the xbox 360 era so dont mind the graphics
  5. MelodicVirus
    Nov 18, 2022
    8
    One of the most influential games of its generation, Crackdown set itself apart from Grand Theft Auto by giving you complete control over the game world and overall experience.
    The main thing that this game has going for it is the skill system, which allows you to evolve your core abilities overtime. As you play further into the game your character will become stronger and faster, become    One of the most influential games of its generation, Crackdown set itself apart from Grand Theft Auto by giving you complete control over the game world and overall experience.
    The main thing that this game has going for it is the skill system, which allows you to evolve your core abilities overtime. As you play further into the game your character will become stronger and faster, become more skilled with driving, and using firearms and explosives. This mechanic provides a good sense of progression throughout, and incentivizes you to experiment which each skillset to see which ones suit best for the job.
    Crackdown has a very intriguing art style which draws heavily influence from comic book illustrations or possibly even Saturday night cartoons. Beyond that, it also provides a great sense of scope when you climb a tall skyscraper and look out on the city horizon - this game had some really impressive draw distances for its time.
    The soundtrack of Crackdown, while substandard, provides a surprisingly good atmosphere for the game's tone and setting. I found very few tracks to be memorable, but there are some that have stuck with me - no doubt due to nostalgia.
    The only valid complaints I could give this game is that it's a bit short and doesn't offer much post-game content when you've done everything else. The game may also be viewed as repetitive as the majority of the game is spent eliminating gang bosses. Regardless, I still enjoy Crackdown and it has become one of my guilty pleasure games of the past few years - I'll often find myself coming back to this one every few months or so. If you own an Xbox 360, or have any interest in open-world sandboxes, then Crackdown might be the game for you.    … Expand
  6. storygamer
    Mar 16, 2022
    8
    If you´r looking for a GTA or Saint´s Row alternative, you should definitely check out the first Crackdown. The action is over the top, the missions are entertaining and you can spend dozens of hours in the streets of the beautiful designed city!
  7. anfeherle89
    Feb 11, 2022
    0
    This game is very repetitive, you must to do the same thing, once, and once and once, and the gameplay and the history is not awesome
  8. NuclearBlast41
    Jan 28, 2022
    10
    Un gran juego, una historia sin tanto rollo, buenos recuerdos de este juego
  9. joelxboxer
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Lo volvi a jugar con mi Xbox Series S gracias a la retrocompatibilidad, maravilla
  10. AngryGamer34
    Jun 18, 2021
    0
    Horrible! Just plain God awful! Controls are bad, driving is worse and it makes the Law Enforcement community look like a joke. I don't care how many positive reviews it got by critics, these reviewers are paid by an evil corporation to give them a good review. I do not like how the game plays. Thank God it was free in the Microsoft store. They even offered the DLCs for free, but I did notHorrible! Just plain God awful! Controls are bad, driving is worse and it makes the Law Enforcement community look like a joke. I don't care how many positive reviews it got by critics, these reviewers are paid by an evil corporation to give them a good review. I do not like how the game plays. Thank God it was free in the Microsoft store. They even offered the DLCs for free, but I did not download them. And mostly in this review, I uninstalled it. But the worst thing is... there's a sequel! I'll play that next and probably trash that too.… Expand
  11. VenomZX
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Simplemente una joyita, con una trama que captura tu atención poco después de empezar el juego. El Mejor Juego Sandbox de Xbox y de los últimos años.
  12. MauryEdson
    Feb 26, 2020
    8
    achei legal, no nivel do terceiro, me divertiu bastante, é facil e dificil ao mesmo tempo, evoluindo o personagem fica facil
  13. Pyrokarr
    Nov 25, 2019
    9
    This game is freaking sick! I love the open world, different islands and parts of the city to go to. Tons of exploration. Online co op, sick.... and to top it all off it has some nice free DLC and the game is freaking cheap, awesome deal. Me and my gf are loving this game online right now. so awesome.
  14. Dragonfly44
    Aug 1, 2018
    7
    The graphics hold up not well at all and there isn't much of a story at all, but it's good for hours upon hours of mindless destruction.

    Rating - 72%
  15. SKSK
    Jul 22, 2018
    5
    Does this game still in the Alpha version? It felt like that when I was trying to play it back then. It's such a mess.
  16. Broyax
    Feb 28, 2018
    0
    Un monde ouvert à la GTA développé par des gars qui marchent au crack, un jeu complètement craqué qui vous mènera rapidement au bord du craquage, car tout ici y est mal foutu et mal branlé, épouvantablement mal fait.

    L'approche ici est sans scénario, sans cinématiques (même les Saints Row en ont !) ultra-bourrine et simpliste, très typée arcade mais dans le mauvais sens du terme, pour    Un monde ouvert à la GTA développé par des gars qui marchent au crack, un jeu complètement craqué qui vous mènera rapidement au bord du craquage, car tout ici y est mal foutu et mal branlé, épouvantablement mal fait.

    L'approche ici est sans scénario, sans cinématiques (même les Saints Row en ont !) ultra-bourrine et simpliste, très typée arcade mais dans le mauvais sens du terme, pour autant cela dit qu'on puisse trouver un quelconque intérêt à ce genre de jouabilité. Or, justement, la jouabilité a pris ses RTT et son congé maladie simultanément et on comprend pourquoi : elle est sévèrement malade la jouabilité...

    Les commandes réagissent avec une certaine latence et se signalent par leur imprécision, que ce soit à pied ou en voiture ; idem pour les sauts, en vérité ingérables, ce qui rend toute tentative de "parkour" absolument nulle et non avenue et de toute façon, le personnage au début ne sait pas sauter suffisamment haut : très ennuyeux, car tous les "points de ravitaillement" se trouvent sur les toits, y compris certains "boss".

    Les ennemis sont des éponges à bastos et à mandales, ils sont nombreux et reviennent sans cesse, par contre, nous, avec notre bouclier à la Halo, on ne fait pas long feu... En fait, il est difficile de décrire le bordel ambiant permanent à l'écran dans cette ville foutoir où la racaille des gangs est partout et très vindicative tandis que les nombreux piétons courent dans tous les sens et ne s'écartent pas assez vite : la voix off vous rappelle alors à l'ordre, non on n'est pas Carmageddon non plus...

    La voix qui fait office de didacticiel et de conseiller, et vous parle même de possibilités "d'infiltration"... quelle blague ! tout simplement impossible dans un boxon pareil au level design si foireux ! Graphiquement, ce n'est pas vraiment beau avec ce mélange de cel shading pour les objets (véhicules, pnj etc) et de textures plus conventionnelles pour le reste.

    A noter que le jeu est devenu rétrocompatible sur la Xbox One et que surtout, il passe en 4K sur la Xbox One X : voilà qui offre au moins une belle clarté et lisibilité dans ce GTA-like fini à la pisse !    … Expand
  17. BaronMonaco
    Oct 16, 2016
    8
    Crackdown was a new exclusivity for Microsoft, adventuring in a new genre : the sand box open world. How did that first try went ?

    Graphically the game looks amazing for 2007 with an art direction clearly inspired from comics a city full of original buildings and commercials to make it more real. However there's also a huge framerate issue when you encounter large numbers of enemies    Crackdown was a new exclusivity for Microsoft, adventuring in a new genre : the sand box open world. How did that first try went ?

    Graphically the game looks amazing for 2007 with an art direction clearly inspired from comics a city full of original buildings and commercials to make it more real. However there's also a huge framerate issue when you encounter large numbers of enemies which makes the game hardly playable sometimes.

    The gameplay is pure sand box with a great emphasis on verticality which was pretty new for its time, your character is like a super hero (great strength, aim and speed) and it clearly inspired the direction took by Saints Row in its last episodes. The shooting is not particularly well done but an handicap neither and the driving is boring. But overall the gameplay achieve its main objective, it is mindless fun.

    The story is pretty cheap, you're a police officer and have to take out the gangs of the city (one for each island), there's absolutely no character development or plot twist what so ever the missions are all based on the same structure etc., if you want a good gang story, don't buy this game. Concerning the length of the game if you want the 100% it will last around 20 hours which is a bit short considering that the campaign is only 5 of them.

    In conclusion despite its flaws (no story, framerate issues and short campaign) Crackdown is still a fun sand box game and a good option considering its price nowadays if it's what you're looking for.    … Expand
  18. gamingisgreat
    Aug 6, 2016
    8
    Crackdown is a fun sandbox game.

    Your goal is to takedown 21 gang bosses,and rid Pacific City of crime. You upgrade your character in 5 different abilities Agility:You find green icons,known as orbs,to upgrade running and jumping Strength:You melee enemies to death to upgrade your strength. Driving:The more criminals you run over and kill,the more your driving increases    Crackdown is a fun sandbox game.

    Your goal is to takedown 21 gang bosses,and rid Pacific City of crime.

    You upgrade your character in 5 different abilities
    Agility:You find green icons,known as orbs,to upgrade running and jumping
    Strength:You melee enemies to death to upgrade your strength.
    Driving:The more criminals you run over and kill,the more your driving increases
    Explosives:The more criminals you use explosives to kill,you can create bigger explosions
    Firearms:Shoot enemies to death to upgrade.Pretty straight-forward.

    The gunplay is pretty good,but could be better.The enemy AI is a bit stupid.Your handler is utterly hilarious as he talks to you.Exploration is actually worthwhile so you can find orbs to upgrade your agility,which you will need to for later in the game.

    The comic book artstyle suits Crackdown really well.The colours are vibrant and the game runs at a good framerate

    Overall,Crackdown is a great sandbox game that 360 owners must have.    … Expand
  19. Hemp316
    Sep 3, 2015
    10
    Hands down one of the best Xbox360 Games of all time.Before I played it my expectations of the game were low,but when I started playing it I quickly realized just how great this game was.It's all about slowly and steadily getting the upper hand on the various Crime Empires throughout the City of Pacific City.The main objectives is to assassinate the head of each criminal organisation,thusHands down one of the best Xbox360 Games of all time.Before I played it my expectations of the game were low,but when I started playing it I quickly realized just how great this game was.It's all about slowly and steadily getting the upper hand on the various Crime Empires throughout the City of Pacific City.The main objectives is to assassinate the head of each criminal organisation,thus making you even stronger and eliminating obstacles that would otherwise hold you hack from significant progress.Your abilities such as strength,jumping and many more can become Superhero-like as you are able jump 80 feet in the air and leap 30 plus feet over Skyscrapers like they were mere miniatures.Once you have your favorite weapons layouts the City is yours to reclaim and I will tell you this-I had A lot of fun with this Game and still look back fondly thinking about this Game all these years later.… Expand
  20. fullmetalcritic
    Dec 11, 2014
    7
    Though the missions are repeatitive to a very annoying end, the feeling of being somewhat like a superhero in an open world is just too fun to pass up. Beating up enemies, throwing cars at them, its all just enjoyable. Not if you're wanting a story, just if you want to beat up some A.I. all game.
  21. TSapper
    Nov 14, 2014
    10
    So much fun. This was the 360 surprise hit for me. Yes, I bought it because of the Halo 3 beta access ... and to date have spent almost as much time stomping baddies in Pacific City as I've spend in H3.
    The joy of returning to 'easier' parts of the city later in the game and being able to reach those 'impossible' agility orbs and ramping my car through the 'impossible' rings is so    So much fun. This was the 360 surprise hit for me. Yes, I bought it because of the Halo 3 beta access ... and to date have spent almost as much time stomping baddies in Pacific City as I've spend in H3.
    The joy of returning to 'easier' parts of the city later in the game and being able to reach those 'impossible' agility orbs and ramping my car through the 'impossible' rings is so gratifying.
    I've played through this game 3 or 4 times from scratch just to enjoy the ability level-ups again.    … Expand
  22. Brainstorm123
    Aug 12, 2014
    9
    This game has sadly been forgotten about by a lot of people. But the mark it made on gaming still exists today. Crackdown, the third person superhero law enforcement game, is brilliant in almost every aspect. You can have tons and tons of fun blowing stuff up, it has marvellous graphics, with a great soundtrack to boot. And collecting orbs, wow! Collecting orbs is so fun! You can investThis game has sadly been forgotten about by a lot of people. But the mark it made on gaming still exists today. Crackdown, the third person superhero law enforcement game, is brilliant in almost every aspect. You can have tons and tons of fun blowing stuff up, it has marvellous graphics, with a great soundtrack to boot. And collecting orbs, wow! Collecting orbs is so fun! You can invest loads of time into it. And there's actually a purpose for doing it. Sure, it's repetitive, and the boss A.I. is bad, but you don't notice it when you're having this much fun!… Expand
  23. Bradyboy12
    Jul 19, 2014
    9
    Crackdown is very addictive, fun and well done. It does not have much of a story but the premise is you are a super hero law enforcer and you have 3 gangs to bring down each with 21 kingpins. The combat is awesome and you can even upgrade your powers. The city is the perfect playground for huge destruction and I love the cell shaded comic book graphics!
  24. juliankennedy23
    Jul 16, 2014
    7
    Crackdown came to prominence due to Microsoft's decision to package the Halo 3 multiplayer trial with the game. To everyone's surprise the actual Crackdown game turned out to be a very fun (if somewhat flawed) open world action game.

    In Crackdown one plays a genetically enhanced super solider called The Agent for an organization called The Agency run by a disembodied voice known as The    Crackdown came to prominence due to Microsoft's decision to package the Halo 3 multiplayer trial with the game. To everyone's surprise the actual Crackdown game turned out to be a very fun (if somewhat flawed) open world action game.

    In Crackdown one plays a genetically enhanced super solider called The Agent for an organization called The Agency run by a disembodied voice known as The Director. Through both your actions and the collection of orbs you increase your powers to the point that you are a true bad ass jumping around the city (surprisingly not called The City, naming things not being Realtime Worlds' strong suit).

    The game's city consisting of three islands each controlled by a different gang with your headquarters on a forth smaller island in the middle. The gangs are Los Muertos (Your standard South American Drug Cartel), The Volk (Your standard Russian Mafia), and The Shai-Gen Corporation ( which represents Sony).

    The graphics are a colorful cell-shaded affair that fits surprisingly well with the chaos and the ever more outrageous powers you will achieve. The sound (with one notable exception detailed below) is also quite good with the hum of the agility orbs almost being hypnotic (and yes you will see agility orbs in your daily life and hear the hum in your sleep.) There are a couple of bits of genius in Crackdown. The first and most obvious is the combining of item collection and powers. The powers are more than mere stat boosts as there are both visible (You crackle with electricity when you level up a core power ) and quite fun (You can roundhouse kick a mack truck and leap from skyscraper to skyscraper).

    The other brilliant move is the structure. In the game you are tasked with taking out the three gangs as you see fit. Each gang consists of a boss and various sub-bosses that specialize in various tasks for their boss (Such as training bodyguards or providing weapons). By taking out the sub-bosses you weaken a certain part of the bosses defenses therefore making him an easier target. It's a brilliant structure that gives a real sense of accomplishment in a open world environment.

    It is a good thing that Crackdown is such well structured and fun game, because the game certainly has a bunch of flaws that easily would be game-breakers in almost any other adventure.

    For starters there is combat. There is a reason my Agent maxed out his punch people in the face ability first. Now hand to hand combat has its own set of issues. (Mainly facing the wrong way and missing enemies outright while jamming the B button.) Compared however to the auto-aim on guns, hand to hand combat is of a Street Fighter II Turbo caliber.

    Auto-aim has two favorite targets: civilian vehicles and dead guys. Crackdown loves shooting dead guys, perhaps as a forerunner to the zombies in Crackdown 2 one might muse. Getting your targeting off the dead guy and onto the guy with a rocket launcher is surprisingly challenging.

    Part of the games challenge is making seemingly impossible jumps to grab onto a distant ledge. Unfortunately sometimes a ledge looks like a ledge, quacks like a ledge and yet your agent proceeds to plummet eighty stories to his demise. While the parkour in Crackdown is fun, and one of the games selling points, it isn't what I would call fine tuned.

    Speaking of both out of tune and poorly tuned we have the vehicles. Driving is one of your abilities in Crackdown and in theory when one reaches the highest level ones car becomes a super powered monster. I say in theory because there is actually no need to power this up to defeat the game. In fact once your all important agility power has a few stars under its belt, cars are simply superfluous since you can now jump from rooftop to rooftop.

    And thank God for that. For such a relatively small map Crackdown's streets are a confusing labyrinth. To add to the mess the in-game map has no custom waypoints. Strangely, The Agency claims they want you to capture enemy vehicles and bring them back to headquarters. However the entrance to headquarters is unmarked on your map, almost impossible to find and is disguised on top of that like the Bat-Cave entrance from the caped crusader's sixties TV show.

    In addition the way you increase your driving skill is by winning races (easier said than done and hardly a fun pastime in this particular game) or running over gang members. Gang members however seem to metamorphosis into Cirque du Soleil performers the minute one points a car in their general direction.

    The final nail in the driving coffin is the in game radio. One of the joys of open world games is simply cruising around the city listening    … Expand
  25. MinosOfCrete
    Apr 11, 2014
    9
    I last completed this game 5 years ago, and just played it again yesterday and remembered how awesome the whole premise is. Operating for a fascist police state has never been this much fun, with a wide range of guns, interesting explosives and some cool shooting mechanics to boot. What really leaps out though is the brilliant 'agility' mechanics which allows you to scale buildings andI last completed this game 5 years ago, and just played it again yesterday and remembered how awesome the whole premise is. Operating for a fascist police state has never been this much fun, with a wide range of guns, interesting explosives and some cool shooting mechanics to boot. What really leaps out though is the brilliant 'agility' mechanics which allows you to scale buildings and jump from rooftop to rooftop like Spiderman on steroids. The melee mechanics aren't anything to write home about, with connection poor and flimsy, but this is easily compensated for by the ability to pick almost every part of the environment up and hurl it at enemies, starting from bricks and cardoors all the way to trucks and 'Universal Studios' sized globes as you increase in your skills. The driving as well is slightly flawed in the sense that every car apart from about three are terrible to drive, even when you improve your driving skills, and have no true distinguishing features, although the ability of your 'Agency' vehicles to transform as your skill improves is not only impressive, but have great and entertaining abilities as well.

    In the end, buy this if you love the freedom and gritty world of GTA mixed with the sense of justice and superhero flair of Batman Arkham City. I would say if you can get this for $15 or less...BUY IT.    … Expand
  26. Wolfie1987
    Mar 27, 2014
    8
    It's basically GTA & The Hulk : Ultimate Destruction combined. Addictive open world playground. Crackdown improves on Ultimate Destruction in pretty much every direction and is much more tasteful than Prototype.
  27. coopert
    Jan 18, 2014
    1
    I bought this game because I like cell shaded animation and the promise of being able to jump to the top of buildings but in reality I didn't play this game for very long as I found when you have leaped to the top of a building jumped down on a gang of unsuspecting victims while using the **** shooting mechanic, you have kind of done it all. Boring.
  28. Plasmaneedle
    Jan 16, 2014
    8
    Crackdown is an incredibly addictive and fun open world game. While it has some flaws they are made up for by the sheer addictiveness of this game. I would recommend for everyone who wants a good open world game.
  29. twos
    Dec 24, 2013
    7
    A good fun game, plenty to do with pacing and completion time which do not leave you grinding through till the end.

    Fun driving, fun shooting, challenges, mild rpg mechanics and plenty of space to explore.

    This was to put it simply just a pleasant and entertaining romp.
  30. ConnKon
    Nov 6, 2013
    5
    Just played through the whole game. Graphics and design are mediocre. There isn't really a story. But what annoyed me the most is you do the same sh*t over and over. The shooting, jumping and RPG elements were pretty good, but that's the only thing what kept me going. Uninspiring and it felt like I wasted 10+ hours. The ending has a funny twist though. 5.2/10
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#21 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2007
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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 75
  3. Negative: 0 out of 75
  1. Talk Xbox
    82
    I’ll admit I was hooked for the first five hours, but as the game waned on, so did the entertainment of the game.
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  2. VGPub
    82
    Halo fans will be happy to hear this game also comes with an invitation to the Halo 3 multiplayer beta.
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  3. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    87
    A wonderful sandbox title that branches off from the "GTA" tree rather than feeding off it; when you set off a huge chain reaction of barrels, you’ll see the game "Saints Row" wished it was. When you climb to the top of the Agency HQ and peer down at the world, you’ll see the game "Just Cause" could never be. And every so often, you’ll see another moment of brilliance; a reminder of the game you want GTA IV to be.
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