CD3 looks cleaner but the world has nothing going on.
JC4 has much more varied terrain, weather, physics, superior animation, and copious amounts of destruction.
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Crackdown 3 Jimpressions: This game is rubbish, I’m going to stop talking about it
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CD3 looks cleaner but the world has nothing going on.
JC4 has much more varied terrain, weather, physics, superior animation, and copious amounts of destruction.
When your "connect the dots" formulations around discussion on how good/bad a game is end up this labored, I'm not even sure I consider it a good-faith reply.
There is worse :
"CRACKDOWN 3 IS NOT EVEN THE 2007 GOTY"
3/10
https://www.gamekult.com/jeux/crackdown-3-3050714299/test.html
To each their own I guess. I thought just cause looked pretty rough.
Maybe at minimum check your spelling before trying to suggest others have mental handicaps, hmm?
It does but it's also doing far more things on screen (and off) than CD3.
I guess I'm just a sucker for image quality more than effects. Maybe if I played JC4 on pc.
Not entirely sure, but to me at least it seems like this gen reviews have changed. It feels like reviewers either find a game to be great or garbage and there's really not as much in-between as there used to be. Crackdown 3 is not a masterpiece but there's definitely fun to be had with it and rubbish is too critical imo.
Isn't that kind of the problem with Microsoft right now? That they don't really have anything like that aside from Halo, Gears, and Forza?
To be fair CD3 looks good for the most part but the piss-poor animations, among other things, kill it for me.
It means would any Marvel movie ever win best picture at the Oscars? It seems like some people have a stick up their ass and don't know how to have plain old simple fun. Which is exactly what this game is, it doesn't take itself serious and can be quite enjoyable if you let yourself.
There are plenty of games that get rated in between rubbish and masterpiece. As it so happens CD3 has landed on the lower end of the spectrum, and for damn good reasons.
You gotta remember that Jim also said Apex Legends was basically mediocre and had to re-review it. It's not his best month...
Also, I wouldn't call 3 million players in 48 hours and front page of the Xbox and Windows store a "stealth launch".
Also, I wouldn't call 3 million players in 48 hours and front page of the Xbox and Windows store a "stealth launch".
It's sitting on 60/100 on Metacritic which sounds about right. That to me means it's a fun but flawed experience.
I just don't get the "it doesn't have to be TLoU" comments that keep popping up. IMO the game has been reviewed based on its own merits and any other explanations just seem like paranoia or strange fanboy logic.
Sure, I just dont't spend days talking about a game I don't like. Move on with your life lol.
So Jim and all the other critics and myself, we didn't let ourselves have fun?
Do you suppose we are all masochists or something?
But spending your time trying to convince others that it's a good game and that the critics are wrong is a better use of your time?
I don't follow.
It might just be my own social media landscape, but I was confused by Jim's repeated stress about the game being "stealth launched." I saw a lot of traditional web ads, a huge social media push in the ten-ish days before launch (a lot of it centering on Crews' work with the game), and there had been a string of interviews in/around the last few Inside Xbox specials. It had top billing with the launch date for the 15th in the last several trade shows, as well.
Does anyone know what Jim was talking about with this?
Did I say that? I implied it's not for everyone but some of you think it's unfathomable that others seems to be having fun with it.
Have you played it?
I mean, Jim Sterling aside almost all reviews are pretty much in the 5/10 range, which is fuckin' right on the money.
I played a couple of hours, and like, it was fine, but I ultimately just felt like I was wasting my time.
I played a few hours of the game last night and while I enjoy the orb collecting the actual game itself hits that repetitive nature fairly quickly and it becomes pretty routine. This was fine in the first game because it was more of a new idea back then but this many years on they needed to take what that game did and add to it. I don't find the platforming or vehicles control all that well but it has been a long time since I played a Crackdown game so maybe that's what they feel like, but it doesn't feel like a first party release.
The issue with this and other recent first party titles that have been mediocre at best (State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves) is that people will say it's not that bad of a deal since you can play it through Game Pass. At the same time it's a full priced retail game that falls well below the mark and personally I would have been even more upset with the game had I paid the $80 instead of $2 for Game Pass this month.
The issue with this and other recent first party titles that have been mediocre at best (State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves) is that people will say it's not that bad of a deal since you can play it through Game Pass. At the same time it's a full priced retail game that falls well below the mark and personally I would have been even more upset with the game had I paid the $80 instead of $2 for Game Pass this month.
The 2019 GOTY would be very lucky to match the quality of the 2007 GOTY. Stacked year one of the all time best.
All just opinions I suppose. I've been having a great time with the game so far. It's not groundbreaking, but it's just fun. I loved the first Crackdown and 3 feels like a natural progression from there. Not every game has to be a huge monumental genre defining thing for me. Sometimes mindlessly blowing up a whole bunch of stuff whilst leaping across buildings and collecting a whole load of orbs feels refreshingly enjoyable.
I think it's fine considering it's part of my ongoing Game Pass subscription, but if I'd paid $60, I'd be a bit regretful. I feel that I'd be fine with a full on purchase if it was $30-40 though (if I had bought it outside of Game Pass, I mean).
It's a bit evocative of a middleware game, and generally that's how I felt about the first two during their releases. And that's not a bad thing.
I really like the aesthetic and while the lock on gameplay feels a bit strange in 2019 when it's not melee centric, jumping around and causing chaos is fun, even if the the feeling of combat feels a bit outdated.
It's a bit evocative of a middleware game, and generally that's how I felt about the first two during their releases. And that's not a bad thing.
I really like the aesthetic and while the lock on gameplay feels a bit strange in 2019 when it's not melee centric, jumping around and causing chaos is fun, even if the the feeling of combat feels a bit outdated.
WTF are you talking about.
Just a screenshot of the current MC front site. There are actually more 7s and 8s then ever, every week, again and again...
I've got no problem with people having fun with it.
I just happen to agree with Jim and most of the critics that the game isn't very good.
And that's not because I have a stick up my ass or didn't allow myself to enjoy the game.
Exactly. To me Katamari is a big pile of boredom but obviously others seem to enjoy it. It's amazing how so many like to dogpile on some games, same thing happened with Knack but that actually wasn't too bad and it even got a sequel.
The reference was about the Ocscars and how the old and grumpy never give fun movies a chance to win best picture. TLoU is a serious game that was very well done with very high production values, Crackdown 3 is far from that. It's silly fun and that I believe was the connection between the two.
Fair enough and I apologize for misreading your intention with that statement.
I agree entirely but I have a feeling we've just witnessed it's death knell.
The first one I actually enjoyed, probably because I didn't have very high expectations. I suggest going into this game with the same attitude.
No problem at all and if you read my earlier comments about the game it's not like I am trying to sell it on people. I even got flack for it,
https://www.resetera.com/threads/crackdown-3-ot-quack-quack-motherducker.99429/page-21#post-17988436
I don't think he hates fun but it's obvious he has taken the role of being extremely pessimistic. Most of his videos are complaining/being negative about something.
Doublely ironic cause we are in the age of the superhero.
yall forgot about game pass?
you got free trials and subs going for a buck or two every few weeks. if you own a xbox and game on it regularly, you're losing a whole lot if you don't subscribe to GP.
WTF are you talking about.
Just a screenshot of the current MC front site. There are actually more 7s and 8s then ever, every week, again and again...
They telling me Moster Energy Supercross, Astroneer, Yokai Watch 3, and Melbits World, are all better than CrackDown 3?
Preposterous.
There is something Rotten in Denmark. Thats whats what.
Let him get his digs in now because nobody will be talking about this game inside a month. :)
Do you think the same reviewers who reviewed those games also reviewed Crackdown 3?
People who enjoy it will be talking about it. Let's hope for your sake that you're not talking about it anymore in a month.
I am sure some people are having fun with those games. Are you saying they are wrong for having fun with them and reviewer reflecting that? Mindless fun no doubt.
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Lmao, holy shit. Why can't those games be better than Crackdown 3, exactly? Why is that preposterous?
It's kind of how I feel. It's a fun game (I loved the first Crackdown) but Sterling is right, it doesn't do anything new. It's a perfect Game Pass game and I think MS knows that.