What other indications do you possibly need besides the fact it was pushed back a full year and then cancelled when it was obvious there was no end in sight. I don't see how you can get efficiency from that situation, especially by comparing a linear action game to an open world RPG which Platinum had zero experience with.
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Crackdown 3 Review Thread
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I don''t understand posts like these. Every Xbox game is coming to PC..
The problem Sunset Overdrive and TItanfall 1 had was releasing so early in the Xbox one lifecycle before it really got it's act together. They had no chance.
lmao. understood.
I'll watch some Twitch streamers I guess, but...yikes.
Yes, I know. But that wan't my point so much as the lack of compelling software outside of Halo, Gears and Forza. Gears 5 doesn't mean shit to you if you're burned out on Gears, you know? Or Forza. Or Halo. If you don't want to touch those properties, what is there on the horizon to play only on Xbox (or PC)? Ori? And then what?
That was the point of the guy in the video and I agree with him. As a 15 year subscriber to Xbox Live, I'm pretty sure that there won't be a 16th year.
Seems like a more stylized and bombastic version of agents of mayhem which sad to say doesn't seem to mean much
Definitely, I get that. Mafia 3 had Metacritic score between 62 to 67 and I loved the game.
Yeaaaah you're so right, ONE man, maybe 2 if you count Mattrick, is responsible of all the brand's strategy. Glad to see some of people here are a kind of king at their job, where they can do whatever they want and spend billions of $$ without refering to anyone.
All that mess has probably more to do with MS's global strategies back in the day than anything. They were kind of lost and unfocused, but that was before Nadella came and put their shit together, to paraphrase one famous tweet.
I think this is a good time to put the hand-wringing over Sony's "arrogance" into perspective. For whatever decisions they make that are poorly received, the ultimate end here - great, medium-pushing content - are still something Sony does better than basically anyone else.
Microsoft may be leaning into better in-house development, but so far, we have seen no actual indication that they're going to fix their actual problem: games. It's all well and good to own the periphery (streaming, GamePass, backwards compatibility, etc.), but they still haven't figured out how to own the core experience.
Microsoft may be leaning into better in-house development, but so far, we have seen no actual indication that they're going to fix their actual problem: games. It's all well and good to own the periphery (streaming, GamePass, backwards compatibility, etc.), but they still haven't figured out how to own the core experience.
Jeff Gerstmann gave it 2 out of 5 stars.
https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/crackdown-3-review/1900-790/
https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/crackdown-3-review/1900-790/
mutha fucking nostradamus over here.
And compare that to 3 teams and a dev reboot on Crackdown 3. Even if Platinum were having their worst development cycle in their history, at least they would have ended up with a slightly more diverse portfolio instead of just another subpar shooter
You might as well blame everyone working in the White House for every bad decision Trump takes.
That's not how big Enterprise works. Satya Nadella has a DRASTICALLY different philosophy from Steve Ballmer. Would you also blame Nadella for the Nokia purchase since he was an MS exec at the time?
Mattrick most certainly made all the big decisions.
Man CrapGamer really lost his shit over the scores for this one. Looks like reality is finally setting in for some of the diehard Xbox fans like it did for the rest of us a long time ago.
The higher ups in the White House are definitely also to blame for this administration.
I admit it isn't a pretty game, especially at night time. The blacks are crushed and the neon makes shit hard to see
You left out all the good Sony games released since those. 4 of those are from launch alone or first year.
FTFY. I can certainly imagine it's frustrating for those that bought in at the beginning of the gen but the writing has been on the wall long enough now for people to understand Xbox at this stage late gen ain't for the exclusives sans Forza, Halo, and Gears. If you're buying into the ecosystem specifically for a title like Crackdown 3 that has been known to have been in dev hell for awhile you're not exactly hedging your bets.
All that said it is a bummer this got such low scores but after actually reading some of the text (a novel idea for sure) it still seems like a fun time, and based on numerous glowing impressions from the wrecking crew technical test thread this certainly doesn't seem like the disaster some want to paint it as, particularly in a post Gamepass landscape.
Just finished reading Jeff's review...
"At the same time, Crackdown 3 fits reasonably well on Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service. Paying $60 for this thing would be downright foolish. It's short and bland on the campaign end and the two multiplayer modes aren't worth your time. But if you're already a subscriber to Microsoft's service and can play this for no additional charge, it's a passable little bit of junk food that might hold your attention for an afternoon or two."
(Is not worth $60, therefore it's a good fit for gamepass)... is a bit more apologetic than I expected from him, although, I expected him to like C3 more since he leans towards the "dumb fun" games.
Yeah I'm seeing this a lot on social media. The red draagon has been one of the XBOX guys before MBG was on the scene so I was surprised to see him lambasting XBOX on twitter.
Ill probably still get it but wow
Expected more from sumo digital.
After this result I am not going to have any faith in the partnership publishing side of ms and Im glad they are ggetting more of their own first party studios.
Aside from Moon studios almost every partnership this gen has just been a failure.
Well I guess Iron Galaxy made a good KI we will have to pray for Battletoads.
Expected more from sumo digital.
After this result I am not going to have any faith in the partnership publishing side of ms and Im glad they are ggetting more of their own first party studios.
Aside from Moon studios almost every partnership this gen has just been a failure.
Well I guess Iron Galaxy made a good KI we will have to pray for Battletoads.
Sounds like it's getting what it deserves going off every showing I've seen. A poor game. I'll enjoy trying it on GP, probably happy knowing I won't have paid a penny.
I'm sorry, but Phil Spencer, as head of gaming, is responsible for this. Does that mean he did something wrong? I don't know. But he is responsible. And he should make sure this won't happen again. Like.. 2017 - 2019 there have only been three Microsoft Studios games that had good reviews. Halo Wars 2. Forza 7 and Forza Horizon 4. That's.. shocking.
I've been defending a game like Sea of Thieves because I understood why Microsoft put out the game. I understood the strategy.
This game has just been released to get over it. Be done with it. Clean the stain that is 2013-...2019a?
Just look at that multiplayer mode. There is something there, but it isn't fleshed out it lacks features (parties.. mmr.. map vetos.. etc. etc.) and it only scratched the surface of what's possible with the tech they have. If you spend 5 years building awesome cloud destruction tech. Do. Something. With. It.
The campaign is just Crackdown. That's not bad. That's not good. It just doesn't.. add anything. And Microsoft needs excellence. Not another 'okay' game.
Like, I'm gonna enjoy this game. I love the sound design and I think it's pretty. The multiplayer has something for me. But I'm sure I won't be playing this anymore when it's March.
I hope that with a new name a new era arrives for Xbox Game Studios. Sigh.
Phil needs to deliver on the software front.
I played Fable Legends too and disagree completely. Legends also had a higher quality of production.
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Was there any doubt that Crap PooPoo Down 3 was going to be anything more than a bust?
I mean this might of been good in like...2010 or maybe even a 2013 launch title but this....ugh....
I mean this might of been good in like...2010 or maybe even a 2013 launch title but this....ugh....
HAHAHA. Too funny. Got to love people who do anything to try to make their argument valid. Also Super Lucky's Tale I wouldn't say was that much better than Knack and it was certainly worse than Knack 2. Oh wait that's one of the dozens of games you left out of your argument. Wasn't supposed to bring those up.
If he was head of the team that handled acquisitions at MS at the time? Partly yes. Spencer was head of 1st party at the time, he's definitely not blame free from MS' poor first party games. He took over in 2009, the last really good year for MS first party was 2010 imo, I blame that mostly on their shift to Kinect, but now that we're at the end of that era of theirs, I definitely think it was also just really poor management all round too, which isn't all on Mattrick.
Gears of War from its inception was published by Microsoft game studios. It is a first party title.
It doesn't matter. Is Spider-Man not a first party sony title?
Your definition of "first party title" is wrong
Fable Legends looked really good from my time with it but I have to echo that there was no fun to be had. Obviously you liked it though so its too bad they canned it for those who might have enjoyed it. Havent touched Crackdown yet.
Poor Spider-Man, Uncharted 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ratchet & Clank, Astro Bot, Shadow of the Colossus, Street Fighter V Arcade Edition, Bloodborne, God of War and so on, none of you apparently exist lol.