Crackdown 3

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4.2

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  1. NxtDoc
    Jul 19, 2020
    6
    An improvement over Crackdown 2, but that isn't saying much. Gameplay is fun. The inclusion of Terry Crews was certainly welcome, however he is more of a "Skin" cameo, if you will.

    But the gameplay loop needed a little more
  2. Thung_Hung56
    Jul 4, 2021
    6
    I really enjoyed the first Crackdown game but sadly I was not into this one. Repetitive missions, odd graphics, and unfulfilled promises. I would not recommend this game unless you are a big fan of the franchise. However, there are some segments of the game that are quite fun ,such as fighting multiple enemies, but in the end things get pretty much the same. I did not try the coop though.
  3. Captiosus
    Feb 16, 2019
    5
    Everything about this game is a disappointment. Every design element of this game feels like Sumo Digital was stuck in 2007 and tried to make a carbon copy of the original Crackdown. That was fine back then but in 2019 when open world gameplay has vastly expanded. And yet for such sparse graphics and ancient gameplay, the load times are OUTRAGEOUS.

    The gunplay is awful, snap-to auto    Everything about this game is a disappointment. Every design element of this game feels like Sumo Digital was stuck in 2007 and tried to make a carbon copy of the original Crackdown. That was fine back then but in 2019 when open world gameplay has vastly expanded. And yet for such sparse graphics and ancient gameplay, the load times are OUTRAGEOUS.

    The gunplay is awful, snap-to auto aiming, no impact, no fun. The narrator/Agency commander went from being funny in the first game to just being a complete annoyance who won't shut the hell up in this one. You can't go 5 minutes without an idiotic quip from him. Or from Terry Crews, whose dialog apparently involves how many times he can yell or drop the f-bomb while jumping around.

    Hate to say it, but Deep Silver's Agents of Mayhem did a better job at being Crackdown than Crackdown 3 does. Crackdown 3 feels like a cheap facsimile of Crackdown.

    I'm eternally grateful it's on game pass and feel terrible for people who actually spent $60 on it. You'd think this game would cater to someone like myself, as I loved the hell out of the first Crackdown... but instead all it's done is illustrate how poorly Crackdown's design has aged compared to the rest of the gaming world. Giving it a middle-of-the-road 5, which is slightly generous.    … Expand
  4. SchroederRock
    Feb 16, 2019
    5
    Crackdown 3 is an occasionally-fun shooter that puts you in an open world with Terry Crews (or whoever you choose to be if not Terry) to do big Terry Crews stuff - this is perhaps the most redeeming aspect of the game from start to finish. An open world campaign is pretty corny but is redeemed at times with tough boss fights that take place in unique settings. There's definitely a greatCrackdown 3 is an occasionally-fun shooter that puts you in an open world with Terry Crews (or whoever you choose to be if not Terry) to do big Terry Crews stuff - this is perhaps the most redeeming aspect of the game from start to finish. An open world campaign is pretty corny but is redeemed at times with tough boss fights that take place in unique settings. There's definitely a great game here but it hasn't surfaced yet. Visuals are disappointing given that so much was made about the physics performance with the help of Microsoft's Azure handling so much of that workload while the world of Crackdown 3 looks like an unfinished Tron metropolitan city. At launch, there's a lot of quirks too like objects stuttering and being hard to jump/mantle on or pick up because they're not staying in place or playing co-op and weapons malfunctioning and glitching out players (my buddy used a weapon that creates a mini black hole which affected me and glitched me out of existence and underneath the map until I finally died 5 minutes later after being locked out of the game). If there was a well-written campaign with a better focus that wasn't so short then I'd be much more interested in this game. If there was more attention put toward visuals and physics performance then I'd appreciate looking at and experiencing this game. If there was a multiplayer system that worked like any other game in 2019 and not 2001 then I'd enjoy this game even more despite the multiplayer mode being bland and rarely exciting. Crackdown 3 isn't finished and it's obvious. You might still enjoy the game and I had my laughs and fun at times but I'm so glad that I was able to play this game on Xbox Game Pass or I would really hate on this game because nobody should be paying $60 for this. Sorry, not sorry.… Expand
  5. ZigRuM
    Feb 17, 2019
    5
    Игра устарела лет на десять. Графика еще ничего, но вот геймплей жутко устаревший, физика машин отвратная, в игру просто тяжело играть физически. Она не веселая, она просто никакая! Не понимаю для чего ее столько раз переносили, лучше бы просто закрыли.Игра устарела лет на десять. Графика еще ничего, но вот геймплей жутко устаревший, физика машин отвратная, в игру просто тяжело играть физически. Она не веселая, она просто никакая! Не понимаю для чего ее столько раз переносили, лучше бы просто закрыли.
  6. Kharnivore2099
    May 27, 2019
    5
    Probably the most generic and middle of the road sandbox game you'll play this generation. This game does what many have done before and doesn't bring anything else to the table, so you may as well just dust off Crackdown 1 or 2, or something like Saints Row IV.

    It's not terrible, it's just a resoundingly "Meh" game. Why it took this long to develop is completely bewildering. Do    Probably the most generic and middle of the road sandbox game you'll play this generation. This game does what many have done before and doesn't bring anything else to the table, so you may as well just dust off Crackdown 1 or 2, or something like Saints Row IV.

    It's not terrible, it's just a resoundingly "Meh" game. Why it took this long to develop is completely bewildering. Do yourself a favour and try it out when Gamepass is £1 for a trial period, it's not worth any more than that.    … Expand
  7. micbrc
    Feb 15, 2019
    5
    As a whole the game is... Well its ok there's some huge pros such as:
    Terry crews plays the main agent if you chose to use him
    It has an old-school arcade feel that doesn't take itself seriously at all. The progression system is fun and finding it a to advance your agent is addictive Cross play means I can play for a few hours on my PC then pickup and play at the same spot on my Xbox    As a whole the game is... Well its ok there's some huge pros such as:
    Terry crews plays the main agent if you chose to use him
    It has an old-school arcade feel that doesn't take itself seriously at all.
    The progression system is fun and finding it a to advance your agent is addictive
    Cross play means I can play for a few hours on my PC then pickup and play at the same spot on my Xbox it feels great to be able to transfer like that but it's less of a game feature and more of a Xbox live thing so it doesn't really count but it does help the experience.

    The cons
    The combat crackdown 3 suffers from death by combat repetition even if you play on PC or Xbox it's right trigger left trigger repeat the auto lock plays the game for you even on the PC the auto lock is the prime method of gameplay

    The lack of destruction seriously this game touted that we would see ms use the power of the cloud it's been delayed countless times over 6 years in order to get it's destructible environments just right but destruction is no where to be found in the campaign I can throw a grenade at a wall and nothing.

    The story is non existent agents come into city, city run by evil corporation, take them down the game barely pretends to have one which is fine but when you have a character played by a actor like Terry crews at least utalise him here and there.

    They paid Terry for just showing up his line can be summarised on a two page script

    Overall the games just ok but its lack of destruction and story and repetitive gameplay really hurts it    … Expand
  8. Broyax
    May 26, 2019
    5
    Sans doute le meilleur des 3 grâce à de gros progrès de prise en main et jouabilité. L'interface est bien agréable et très ergonomique, le personnage (masculin ou féminin au choix parmi une galerie qu'on débloque au fur et à mesure) est parfaitement maniable malgré une nervosité un peu exagérée (un souci d'accélération du stick probablement) sur les surfaces étroites. Mais on est pas dansSans doute le meilleur des 3 grâce à de gros progrès de prise en main et jouabilité. L'interface est bien agréable et très ergonomique, le personnage (masculin ou féminin au choix parmi une galerie qu'on débloque au fur et à mesure) est parfaitement maniable malgré une nervosité un peu exagérée (un souci d'accélération du stick probablement) sur les surfaces étroites. Mais on est pas dans un Assassin's Creed et les bâtiments ne sont pas pensés pour être escaladés en toute décontraction...

    Si la ville est belle en effet, sa verticalité excessive devient laborieuse (un défaut déjà relevé dans les précédents épisodes) et en fait un "jeu de plate-formes" assez désagréable. Il convient alors de récolter le maximum d'orbes, seul moyen de sauter encore et toujours plus haut : un sacerdoce dont on se serait aisément passé à dire vrai...

    Super ultra bourrin, le jeu assume en tout cas ses qualités de bourrineur hors pair avec tout un éventail d'armes de destruction qui ne font pas dans le détail. Et heureusement, car l'action y est rapidement et toujours frénétique, complètement enragée ! même le Doom 2016 censé être le parangon de l'action survoltée ne peut lutter à armes égales, lui qui nous perd régulièrement dans des niveaux labyrinthyques très vides après avoir nettoyé. Rien de tel ici, l'action est à chaque coin de rue ou de toit, sans compter toutes les zones à pacifier...

    Et puis Crackdown 3 est très beau, tourne en 4K sur la X et fait fort bel usage de l'Unreal 4 que l'on avait pas vu à pareille fête depuis... Gears of War 4, le monde ouvert en plus. Le ton général n'est certainement pas très "sérieux", la VF hargneuse et souvent vulgaire en témoigne : on est là pour ramener l'ordre... dans un maximum de désordre : on dirait tout un congrès de gilets cons avec camardes syndiqués en colère pour vous con-seiller et vous exhorter à ramener la justice sociale, massacres explosifs à l'appui. Ou au corps-à-corps !

    Tout cela est tout-à-fait amusant mais dangereusement répétitif tout de même... on se lasse surtout de l'escalade imposée et pénible vers la fin du jeu, pour atteindre les derniers boss. Dommage, car si on sent le potentiel d'un tel défouloir, les choix douteux de design nuisent décidément trop à ses ambitions.    … Expand
  9. SPLINTERBORN
    Jul 20, 2020
    5
    Terry Crews couldn't save this game. never was a fan of the previous but i got this on gamepass played it for maybe 2-3 hours. first of all the game was falsely advertised, multiplayer is awful.
    the cloud destruction is nothing like what was promised. graphics are ok, gameplay is fine but this game has nothing to offer to anyone unless you want a really boring third person shooter    Terry Crews couldn't save this game. never was a fan of the previous but i got this on gamepass played it for maybe 2-3 hours. first of all the game was falsely advertised, multiplayer is awful.
    the cloud destruction is nothing like what was promised. graphics are ok, gameplay is fine but this game has nothing to offer to anyone unless you want a really boring third person shooter platformer that excels at nothing. maybe if i finished it id be singing a different tune but equivocally that will probably never happen, review unfinished.    … Expand
  10. goodreverend2k1
    Feb 16, 2019
    5
    Just Crackdown 1 again. If you just want mindless shooting style game play this is for you. Game play style is a tad outdated and can get boring. Finding Orbs is still great. But, I expected more from the driving, which is awful. Do not BUY this game unless you are a huge fan of Crackdown. Play it on game pass only. Multiplayer is hit or miss. Graphics look OK, until you look at otherJust Crackdown 1 again. If you just want mindless shooting style game play this is for you. Game play style is a tad outdated and can get boring. Finding Orbs is still great. But, I expected more from the driving, which is awful. Do not BUY this game unless you are a huge fan of Crackdown. Play it on game pass only. Multiplayer is hit or miss. Graphics look OK, until you look at other games made after 2010. Games with a service is here folks.… Expand
  11. Kralle
    Feb 25, 2019
    5
    There isn't much to say here. It's essentially a sci-fi, third person, Far Cry 4.

    Climb towers, attack bases, fight a regional boss, repeat. That's all this game is. The gameplay is fun in its own arcadey kind of way, and none of the objectives or activities feel like a chore. But it's literally one massive loop of the same gameplay over and over again. It's utterly mind-numbing.    There isn't much to say here. It's essentially a sci-fi, third person, Far Cry 4.

    Climb towers, attack bases, fight a regional boss, repeat. That's all this game is.

    The gameplay is fun in its own arcadey kind of way, and none of the objectives or activities feel like a chore. But it's literally one massive loop of the same gameplay over and over again. It's utterly mind-numbing.

    The only redeeming feature is that they managed to pull through on getting Terry Crews in the game. Beyond that, it's a visually bland, technically mediocre, creatively barren game. The story is nonexistent and you'll forget every character within five minutes of meeting or killing them.

    Useful to kill a little time while you wait for a better game to install or update, but that's about it. Cannot recommend.    … Expand
  12. Rdgmonster
    Feb 18, 2019
    5
    Considero que el principal fallo de este juego es el año en el que esta saliendo, pese a que no es un juego malo no cumple con las expectativas de un juego del 2019, jugando nos damos cuenta que las mecánicas y la jugabilidad son dignas de un juego de xbox 360, el juego no es malo, no es aburrido pero no cumple los estándares actuales, ¿a que me refiero con esto? que pese a que el juego noConsidero que el principal fallo de este juego es el año en el que esta saliendo, pese a que no es un juego malo no cumple con las expectativas de un juego del 2019, jugando nos damos cuenta que las mecánicas y la jugabilidad son dignas de un juego de xbox 360, el juego no es malo, no es aburrido pero no cumple los estándares actuales, ¿a que me refiero con esto? que pese a que el juego no sea malo no es competencia para los juegos del mismo genero de 2018/2019, en el apartado online presenta gliches y LAG aun teniendo una buen ancho de banda, creo que pudieron hacerlo mejor… Expand
  13. NetoBriefs
    Feb 16, 2019
    5
    Jogo fraco. Foram cinco anos de hype e desenvolvimento para entregar isso? Gráficos da geração passada, física horrorosa e game extremamente enjoativo. Não é a toa que está sendo massacrado. Terry poderia até ser algo bom no jogo se fosse relevante, mas foi apenas uma jogada de marketing mal feita. Uma pena.
  14. ScarecrowFTW
    Feb 19, 2019
    5
    Anyone rating this game a zero or a 10 are definitely not doing this game any favors. The game although short 100% completion in 9 hours and 32 mins there is to be some fun had but that’s about the limits of it gameplay is ripped straight out of crackdown 1 which fans of the series may enjoy but doesn’t evolved enough to keep new players satisfied. Graphics is where it takes it’s firstAnyone rating this game a zero or a 10 are definitely not doing this game any favors. The game although short 100% completion in 9 hours and 32 mins there is to be some fun had but that’s about the limits of it gameplay is ripped straight out of crackdown 1 which fans of the series may enjoy but doesn’t evolved enough to keep new players satisfied. Graphics is where it takes it’s first major hit althoughbright and vibrant colors are used the rest of the game unfortunately also feels like it was ripped straight from crackdown one and doesn’t make this game feel like it was released in 2019. The gameplay here is typical crackdown fair using meow attacks and throwing objects builds strength collecting green orbs boosts agility, explosives boost explosives, shooting levels up your fire arms skill. Combat is simple LT auto locks on to target shoot until dead or throw objects/melee never more complicated than that. Driving mechanics are very poorly implemented cars handling is wonky there’s no real damage on vehicles other than them exploding. In my 100% playthrough I did encounter a few bugs/glitches some of the missions have enemies that are required to kill and during a few of these I had enemies fall through floor and become unkillable forcing a reboot of the whole game also had issues toward the end with audio getting choppy and all sfx cutting out and the last boss of the game disappearing upon dying and returning to the location forcing me to lose an hour trying to figure out how to make it respawn. All in all the game is ok for gamepass but definitely not for a full triple A game price tag it is worrying that this was a big time exclusive that for all purposes missed its mark. The multiplayer mode doesn’t tout the structure damage as seen leading up to releas and looks more like legos falling apart and the gameplay itself devolves itself in to nothing more than auto locking and burst firing your opponents down. The multiplayer I would rate a 2/10 it’s functional but nothing more.… Expand
  15. Lilman0700
    Feb 21, 2019
    5
    Now I originally played crackdown 2, and I LOVED IT. However this game feels so much more lackluster, less fun guns, less enjoyable grenades, the city design is eh at best. Not to mention THERE AREN'T ANY HELICOPTERS. That was one of the most ENJOYABLE vehicles in the entire game and it's not even there. Also sure they have more variety in enemies, but nothing felt more satisfying than toNow I originally played crackdown 2, and I LOVED IT. However this game feels so much more lackluster, less fun guns, less enjoyable grenades, the city design is eh at best. Not to mention THERE AREN'T ANY HELICOPTERS. That was one of the most ENJOYABLE vehicles in the entire game and it's not even there. Also sure they have more variety in enemies, but nothing felt more satisfying than to drive through HORDES of zombies and to watch them explode. This game however most enemies are either, soldiers and robots with varying weapons(rockets,smgs,snipers,etc) or bullet sponge enemies like the mech in the industrial area. It's also got this grindy kind of feel where you have to defeat this overlord but to do this you have to defeat his one or two minions, but to do that you also have to also do those minions small quests that can range from, taking down propaganda, to freeing militia. This all feels like nothing much was gained. I also don't enjoy the new leveling mechanic, where as in crackdown 2 the more strength you get the harder and further you can lob stuff, or the more agility you get you can start running up walls or jumping the size of buildings. This game its like meh have a slight increase in height jump and have some double-triple jumps oh also some air dashes. Literally nothing unique. Not to mention the fact not only can't you host games with randoms but you can only have 1 OTHER PLAYER. Where as in crackdown 2 you could have like at least up to 4 causing mass chaos in the game. It honestly pains me how much I wanted this game to deliver but it simply didn't. It just feels like a dumbed down worse version of Crackdown 2. However despite all these flaws it still is an okay game. Nothing much but it is okay. Also about the users, you have some people absolutely praising a game that doesn't deserve to be this praised, and others absolutely hating on this game unfairly. This is my cold hearted honest opinion about this game, and to show you how much I truly cared about this game, this is the only reason I made this account to begin with. To express my upmost disappointment.… Expand
  16. GhostSkyline_
    Feb 22, 2019
    5
    The game in its mechanics to me is fine, the gameplay is fun, it looks beautiful and its so boring and doesn't hold my interest for long
  17. Pennyiswise
    Feb 28, 2019
    5
    The game itself is a great weekend game, you buy and finish less than a weekend and then you put it away. for a game that people have been waiting for so long for I was disappointed at the lack of content and how small it was.

    No matter how hilarious it was to play as Terry and it was like a blast to the past reminding me a lot of the original you shouldn't be able to beat a blockbuster    The game itself is a great weekend game, you buy and finish less than a weekend and then you put it away. for a game that people have been waiting for so long for I was disappointed at the lack of content and how small it was.

    No matter how hilarious it was to play as Terry and it was like a blast to the past reminding me a lot of the original you shouldn't be able to beat a blockbuster title in less than a weekend. (This was also splitting my time with the new Civ6 expansion)    … Expand
  18. JuanNonlyGaming
    May 24, 2019
    5
    Overall, enjoyable and an easy way to kill 2 days of boredom with explosions and Terry Crews. It's an interesting play as well as fixing the worst parts of Crackdown 2 with the ability to just got ham and do what you want. The multiplayer had my console drop into the 20 fps range which is not good. Mainly, if the campaign was longer and had more to offer the rating would be higher. StillOverall, enjoyable and an easy way to kill 2 days of boredom with explosions and Terry Crews. It's an interesting play as well as fixing the worst parts of Crackdown 2 with the ability to just got ham and do what you want. The multiplayer had my console drop into the 20 fps range which is not good. Mainly, if the campaign was longer and had more to offer the rating would be higher. Still solid and if you have Games Pass, it's a solid download and worth the 2 days it takes you to beat it.… Expand
  19. lNeo15l
    Aug 24, 2020
    5
    Jogo AA padrão game pass e multiplataforma, considerado que é um jogo de 1 real, apenas jogável com alguns momentos de diversão.
  20. Daniel_Campbell
    Feb 15, 2019
    4
    This might be rude but I really hope some people lose their job for how this game turned out. With it taking SO MANY years to be developed and still turn out like this, highlights some real issues in either the management or production staff. You've been given a huge budget and a VERY long time. If your game still turns out like this, then that shows people were not doing their job and notThis might be rude but I really hope some people lose their job for how this game turned out. With it taking SO MANY years to be developed and still turn out like this, highlights some real issues in either the management or production staff. You've been given a huge budget and a VERY long time. If your game still turns out like this, then that shows people were not doing their job and not being held accountable. I usually don't like saying someone deserves to be fired, but there are plenty of developers out there that actually LIKE to do their job and make good games.… Expand
  21. Steyraus
    Feb 27, 2019
    4
    I dont know how they were able to make a new game look and feel sooo awfully dated. The game feels and plays exactly like Crack down one, except 12 years have passed and games have got a lot better since then so Crack down 3 get boring after one hour, cause its all been done better before.. I dont know where you hire the teams of developers to make your exclusives Xbox , but you need to goI dont know how they were able to make a new game look and feel sooo awfully dated. The game feels and plays exactly like Crack down one, except 12 years have passed and games have got a lot better since then so Crack down 3 get boring after one hour, cause its all been done better before.. I dont know where you hire the teams of developers to make your exclusives Xbox , but you need to go somewhere else, all your exclusives have sucked this gen and all the PC and SJW stuff you sneakily slip into these games dose not help. I still have Nightmare about the horridly ugly woman in Sea of Thieves, But at least they couldn't offend anyone right?? And im not even going to get into the refugee parallels in Crack Down 3, its pathetic and im am betting its one of the reasons the game was delayed.… Expand
  22. DausenMoore
    Sep 28, 2022
    4
    Very disappointed. Even if you ignore that it's nothing like originally advertised, it's just plain mediocre. You can have fun of course, but it just feels like a downgrade from the much older Crackdown 2, and I'd recommend you play it instead.
  23. Darkaleexz
    Mar 2, 2019
    4
    O jogo é bem repetitivo, me chegou a lembrar quando platinei infamous no ps4.
    Libere varias áreas até ir para um chefão. O jogo infelizmente não entregou o que prometeu todos esses anos e pode decepcionar os fãs do xbox...
  24. eva3si0n
    Feb 19, 2019
    4
    Crackdown 3 is at the moment the greatest disappointment of 2019. Microsoft positioned this project as an exclusive and the unique project. Finally of communal 5 years nothing remained. The gameplay is boring, it was not bad before emergence of Grand Theft Auto Online, there is no plot in a game at all, the same Saints Row looks much better. Also a game which is already necessary to nobodyCrackdown 3 is at the moment the greatest disappointment of 2019. Microsoft positioned this project as an exclusive and the unique project. Finally of communal 5 years nothing remained. The gameplay is boring, it was not bad before emergence of Grand Theft Auto Online, there is no plot in a game at all, the same Saints Row looks much better. Also a game which is already necessary to nobody turns out finally, she needed to be let out 3-4 years ago and from the promised collapsibility. There is a feeling that Microsoft released a game not to present the work to people and if only to be counted that next "exclusive" left and to forget about it as a bad dream.… Expand
  25. MrIceman
    Apr 16, 2019
    4
    Been a long time xbox fan but this game is simply is not up to the standard of this generation. It is not not that fun, the graphics look like last gen and the story is unappealing.
  26. phiron
    Feb 15, 2019
    4
    O jogo possui um visual e mecânicas datados, se fosse lançado no início da geração ou da geração passada seria um ótimo jogo. Mas com Red Dead Redemption 2 e outros jogos de mundo aberto o jogo se torna muito medíocre e datado.
  27. ElSeano89
    Jun 9, 2019
    4
    Sadly for Crackdown 3 no matter what they did, the game was likely to get criticized. There is valid reason for the criticism however but really Crackdown 3 isn't so terrible, it's just decidedly average.

    Firstly the game is far too short. My game stats show 7 hours played but it's more like 8 or 9 hours. In those 9 hours my character become so OP as to make the game almost boring.    Sadly for Crackdown 3 no matter what they did, the game was likely to get criticized. There is valid reason for the criticism however but really Crackdown 3 isn't so terrible, it's just decidedly average.

    Firstly the game is far too short. My game stats show 7 hours played but it's more like 8 or 9 hours. In those 9 hours my character become so OP as to make the game almost boring.

    The plotline revolves around shutting down an evil corporation thats oppressing the people yada yada its pretty typical sci-fi-futuristic cliched stuff. The idea is you take down the lieutenants one by one thus weakening the forces of the climatic showdown with the big bad boss. You can take these challenges on however you see fit and in fact I skipped one lieutenant altogether. By this point my character had become this one man bringer of death and destruction who could leap 40 foot upwards and about 200 feet in any direction. I could one punch the vast majority of troops, one shot the majority of troops and even the elite units were basically just mild annoyances. As such I decided to take on the final boss early...and won...easily. It took a while to fight up her tower but at no point was I facing anything particularly difficult. I just tore through her troops the same way I tore through all the others.

    You shouldn't be able to do that in 8 game hours on a full priced AAA game. That's one of the shortest single player campaigns I have seen for a long while. There is little to no replayability here. Basically the game says I can go take down the final lieutenant but I've seen the credits roll, I've seen the canon ending so it begs the question; why bother?

    I could collect orbs to up my stats but they're all at 5 out of 6 and my character is already hilariously godly, destroying everything and bounding around the map with complete ease.

    So not only is it short, its pretty uninspired stuff whilst you play through it anyway. The fights with the lieutenants aren't really that memorable or difficult to undertake. This was particularly proven to me when I'd set a waypoint for some race or other and during my journey there I accidentally ran into the zone that triggers the fight with one of the lieutenants.

    Normally this'd be fatal in a game but I simply dispatched him in about a minute and carried on my merry way. There are only 8 of these guys in the game, you'd think they'd make them a bit more special. They all have backstories that are yawn inducing and very thin. You don't really know their motives or anything past a sentence or two of their bio. The characters are flimsy and the dialogue is dull. You get taunted about how you're going to die as you're casually tearing through their guards with little to no effort. It is unintentionally funny that the game is acting as though there is some daunting challenge in front of you when really it's just "lock on-bambambam-he's dead-lock on-bambambam...". There are, in fairness, quite a diverse array of different enemies to face but they all die so easily the distinction becomes kind of pointless. The only two that stick out are the giant mech bots who can ragdoll you and have quite a bit of health and the cheesy shield troops who you cannot damage until their shields deplete, which is time based not based off of anything you do and as a result feels like cheap, bad character design.

    The dialogue is very boring between your handlers and your character is mute (I didn't play as Terry Crews). They frequently try for humor but it boils down to "Guy with serious voice says 'wacky' things" and it doesn't really work. I found myself playing with music on for the last hour or so and I'm pretty confident I missed nothing.

    So it's short, it's easy, it's poorly written, designed poorly... but it is kind of fun. I mean I can't say that in my 8 or so hours this weekend I didn't enjoy myself, however easy it all was to do, but that alone doesn't make up for the games other shortcomings. The world is large but again, dull and poorly designed. It looks like Saints Row 3 which isn't to knock SR3 but to say it has the world design of a game 8 years old. It's just characterless, the epitome of a "sandbox" just generic copy paste buildings split into "zones".

    The driving controls are awful and driving is beyond pointless in a game where you can leap 200 feet forward and outrun cars anyway. My character had 0.50 out of 6.00 points in driving skill by games end and it made absolutely no difference.

    Really though, whilst mildly fun, this game is entirely forgettable and honestly what it does; a wacky off the world shooter where you have crazy abilities, was done vastly better in every aspect by Sunset Overdrive, which was funnier, looked much better (4 years ago) and more fun to play. This is by no means a terrible game, its a decidedly average one and I'll probably delete this and never pick it up again.

    It's an ideal gamepass sort of game really. Not bad but disposable.    … Expand
  28. godmachine06
    Feb 16, 2019
    4
    Mediocre at best. Save your money. How this was in development for 5 years is beyond me.
  29. k1z4cz3k
    Feb 23, 2019
    4
    It's just not worth your time. Starts pretty good but after couple of hours starts to be boring. One of these games who over time become increasingly worse and even more boring. Mindless "fun".
  30. Leleto
    Feb 27, 2019
    4
    This game has a huge amount of bugs, horrible graphics, terrible gameplay, worst game of the year .. The only thing that saves is Terry Crews
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 82 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 82
  2. Mixed: 65 out of 82
  3. Negative: 9 out of 82
  1. Games.cz
    Apr 5, 2019
    40
    Crackdown 3 wastes its potential in both the woefully boring campaign and the completely uninteresting, barely functional multiplayer. The open-world city is just as empty as the game itself.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Mar 20, 2019
    64
    We can't recommend Crackdown 3 in good faith. It has its moments, but you need to be a fan of uncomplicated run'n'gun gameplay to enjoy them – and even then, the action takes way too long to pick up. [Issue#236, p.42]
  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Mar 9, 2019
    70
    After such a glacial wait, it's not unreasonable to expect more. Still, in spite of its pared-back ambitions, it is such a chorus line of brainless, sugar rush thrills, you'll rarely be anything less than entertained. Let's just hope we don't have to wait until 2024 for Crackdown 4 to arrive. [Issue#225, p.65]
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