Crackdown (Xbox 360)
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Published by

Microsoft Game Studios

Developed by

Realtime Worlds Ltd.

Released

Feb 20, 2007

Also For

Xbox One | Combined View

ESRB Rating

Mature

Genre

Action, Racing / Driving

Perspective

Behind view

Gameplay

RPG elements, Shooter

Interface

Direct control

Setting

Sci-fi / futuristic

Description

It's time to take back the streets! With Pacific City under the iron grip of three ruthless gangs: Los Muertos, the Volk, and the Shai-Gen Corporation; the last hope rests on The Agency, a highly skilled group of law enforcers. But the situation is dire, and desperate times call for desperate measures. Using technology from one of Shai-Gen's scientists, The Agency is creating superhuman Agents to combat the crime and take back the city. With constantly evolving skills which increase as you use them, you've certainly got the upper hand... but these gangs won't give back Pacific City without a fight!

Crackdown is an action game from the creator of Grand Theft Auto; and presents the player with the fully explorable world of Pacific City. Your main goal is to defeat the gangs that have taken over various parts of the city. You're quite welcome to tackle each gang's head honcho straight off; however, it's to your advantage to take down the lower rungs in the gang ladder before you head for the top. Doing so will cripple various parts of the gang, such as vehicles, cash flow, and new recruits.

Your Agent can upgrade particular types of skills: Agility - your running speed and jump height; Driving - your control of different types of vehicles; Explosives - your skill and damage radius of explosives; Strength - your physical strength, which allows you to punch, as well as lift and throw heavier objects; and Weapons - your skill and accuracy with assorted types of weaponry. Each type of skill is increased by performing the associated action. Drive around and your Driving skill will increase, punch people in the face or throw garbage skips at them to increase your strength, and keep up the shooting to improve your weapon skills. Agility is measured differently - scattered throughout Pacific City are green Agility Orbs. Nab these, and your Agility will increase. The higher up the orb is, the more it's worth. You can also increase your Driving and Agility skills even further via special races which can be found around the city.

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Screenshots

Crackdown Xbox 360 Defeated enemies drop XP orbs based on how you killed them.

Crackdown Xbox 360 Each gang has bosses to be taken down. Setting them on fire is optional.

Crackdown Xbox 360 Highways connect the three island districts.

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Alternate Titles

"Riot Act" -- Japanese title

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User Reviews

A supercop game that delivers	Joshua J. Slone (4664)
Parkour the Safe Way	Marko Poutiainen (1160)
1/4 Spider-man, 1/4 GTA, 1/4 Mercenaries, and 1/4 True Crime = Crackdown. Crackdown = Awesome.	Classic Nigel (150)
Even a Halo3 beta invite can't raise this game out of mediocrity	phlux (4333)
For the few of us who didn't like GTA III, possibly	Greg Mitchell (74)
Crackdown, Smackdown, Beatdown......	Lucky 13 (40)

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Critic Reviews

Nuts	Feb 23, 2007		100
Play.tm	Mar 28, 2007	87 out of 100	87
Gamesmania.de	Feb 28, 2007	86 out of 100	86
Vgames	May 31, 2007	85 out of 100	85
XBox Front	Feb 17, 2007	81 out of 100	81
Games TM	Jan, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Digital Spy	Feb 23, 2007		80
Defunct Games	Mar 27, 2007	80 out of 100	80
411mania.com	Mar 26, 2007	6.5 out of 10	65
CanardPC	Mar 01, 2007	6 out of 10	60