Crackdown
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: 2K Games
Review Type: Looky
Version: E3 Preview
Eventually somebody's got to get a Grand Theft Auto clone right. Right? If David Jones, the guy who created GTA, doesn't pull it off he's probably going to have a lot of explaining to do. Crackdown was on the show floor, but Microsoft was also giving closed-doors previews of the game. They were tauting way that cars adapt to your character's level. You jack a jalopy and it morphs according to your stats. The main character is some kind of bionic commando and can jump from rooftop to rooftop like a superhero. At one point the demo driver climbed the tallest building in the city and to give us a look at how vast the game's world is. It was a pretty nice view. But looking back at my notebook I'm noticing that I wrote "pop up." Hmm. The game's look reminds me of Demolition Man with a hint of Miami Vice. I don't think that's a good thing.
And then there's the whole violence thing. Me and a friend noticed a pimply teenager-type playing the game at one of Microsoft's many kiosks. The kid, in total blank gaze mode, ran into traffic and unloaded a gun into a civilian's face. My friend was appalled by this blase act and I don't really blame him. You get numb to this stuff as a gamer, then you get bored of it. I guess the next step is that it starts to tick you off.
Publisher: 2K Games
Review Type: Looky
Version: E3 Preview
Eventually somebody's got to get a Grand Theft Auto clone right. Right? If David Jones, the guy who created GTA, doesn't pull it off he's probably going to have a lot of explaining to do. Crackdown was on the show floor, but Microsoft was also giving closed-doors previews of the game. They were tauting way that cars adapt to your character's level. You jack a jalopy and it morphs according to your stats. The main character is some kind of bionic commando and can jump from rooftop to rooftop like a superhero. At one point the demo driver climbed the tallest building in the city and to give us a look at how vast the game's world is. It was a pretty nice view. But looking back at my notebook I'm noticing that I wrote "pop up." Hmm. The game's look reminds me of Demolition Man with a hint of Miami Vice. I don't think that's a good thing.
And then there's the whole violence thing. Me and a friend noticed a pimply teenager-type playing the game at one of Microsoft's many kiosks. The kid, in total blank gaze mode, ran into traffic and unloaded a gun into a civilian's face. My friend was appalled by this blase act and I don't really blame him. You get numb to this stuff as a gamer, then you get bored of it. I guess the next step is that it starts to tick you off.
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