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Man, Microsoft always finds new, inventive and mindblowing ways to disappoint.
Man, Microsoft always finds new, inventive and mindblowing ways to disappoint.
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Crackdown 3 Review Thread
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That's why I dropped xbox as a platform.
The narrative around xbox from midway through the 360 life to now has constantly been 'they had their hands tied behind the scenes, just wait until next year for the real good games to show up'.
That's nearly a decade of promises that things will get better but that simply never happens.
Does Microsoft make good games? Yes but in such few quantity and with such little franchise variety that for me it just simply isn't worth it.
We just had a string of articles in this media proclaiming that Xbox is the real winner, Xbox is the objectively best console, Xbox is going to win next gen.
If a booty game getting a low meta score immediately appears as a media bias against Microsoft... Well. Okay.
Have you guys missed all the studio acquisitions and expansions of existing studios?
Crackdown 1 was one of my favorite games on the 360 mainly because of the vehicles. I remember as you ranked up, your vehicles would also get stronger and faster and you'd end up with a monstrous truck on steroids that could plow through anything and everything. No idea why they got rid of the vehicle traversal. Best part of the game. It was like GTA, but with superhero abilities, before Saints Row 3/4. No idea why they strayed so far from Crackdown 1.
Driving around the map was so fun and the physics were somewhat decent IIRC.
People forgetting Crackdown 1 was solid.
You mean that the vehicles don't level up? But transforming vehicles are still in, aren't they? And I thought this game had everything Crackdown had and better. Just nothing new...
Some hot takes in here and some strange posts from people acting like every ms game is absolutely terrible. I can only think of sea of thieves and crackdown receiving heavily criticised reviews.
Sea of thieves went on to then do very well.
Just some very strange posts in here.
Hot takes on gamepass from cthulu when we know it's doing well.
Sea of thieves went on to then do very well.
Just some very strange posts in here.
Hot takes on gamepass from cthulu when we know it's doing well.
Crackdown gets remembered more fondly than it should because it came with the H3 beta, so people bought it and expected a trash game, but instead got a better game than they expected.
Crackdown 2 shoulda killed all nostalgia for this franchise, but like a cockroach, it persevered, and now we're here.
but that's not what I said now is it?
How about you present your evidence to the contrary and challenge what I said rather than slyly shitting on my post as a 'hot take' from the sidelines.
When you define every position you have from the starting point of 'fanboy' just to delegitimize my point, you make this whole thing rather childish. But you do you, I guess.
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Back in November there was some information that was released saying that the subscribers had got into the millions.
Gamepass Subscriber News
Quite what that means can be debated, but its appears to be doing well.
while Phil should take some blame. the Mattrick era pushed xbox to the bottom of ms pile when it came to budget and support. it was a "what can xbox do to help ms" which is probably 1 reason the x1 got the whole tv,tv,tv because ms wanted in the living room. As of last year or late 2017 phil was able to change the way ms looks at xbox. Phil reports dirctly to the ceo and has a seat at the big table. This could be why people are more likely to blame mattrick and less phil because phil got ms to care about xbox again
Seems made for Gamepass. Not worth $60, but good enough to throw in the pile of games for $10 per month.
A shame they didn't advance the ip since 2007.
A shame they didn't advance the ip since 2007.
It's clear Phil has his favorites.
Nintendo and Squeenix giving money to Platinum to make multiple games and seeing results that please them, but Scalebound had it's throat slit prematurely...
Yes it is... The notion that the majority of people are subscribing for one month and then canceling is silly considering the quality of additions every month.
Nah... Microsoft didn't gave it a chance. The same dev cycle of Crackdown to Scalebound and the game would be at least good (based on Platinum record). An completely bomba sales wise.... But a good game.
I've been playing the game a bit longer now after initially not getting warm with it and uninstalling.
I have to change my opinion a bit. It's obviously not a triple A game, but it's getting a bit better. Like a new shoe that is uncomfortable as hell, but gets comfier with time:) I might even end up playing it for a while until the March triple AAA games hit.
The controls are smooth and the graphics, despite a bit outdated, too. The main core aspect of the game, which I would call the run and gun are actually quite fun and I guess as long the the game is fun to play, other negative aspects are ok to be overlooked.
I suggest people give it a bit more time and don't right it off right away like I did. I guess CD3 end up being a love/ hate game.
I have to change my opinion a bit. It's obviously not a triple A game, but it's getting a bit better. Like a new shoe that is uncomfortable as hell, but gets comfier with time:) I might even end up playing it for a while until the March triple AAA games hit.
The controls are smooth and the graphics, despite a bit outdated, too. The main core aspect of the game, which I would call the run and gun are actually quite fun and I guess as long the the game is fun to play, other negative aspects are ok to be overlooked.
I suggest people give it a bit more time and don't right it off right away like I did. I guess CD3 end up being a love/ hate game.
However successful this game becomes or does not, I hope to see Terry Crews return to video games in the future.
You are actually wrong. First Party mean Published by or Developed by the platform owner. It just depends which one you are talking about.
There are only 2 "parties": First or Third. 2nd Party is just "slang" for Third Party Dev contracted to make a game for the Platform owner, however that is still a First Party game due to the publishing
Yeah it's kinda brutal. It's sitting at 60 right now and has a good chance to drop below 60.
I'm curious about this as well.
I'm watching some streams, and it looks really polished, and like the Crackdown game I've been wanting for ages. There are two things I suspect might have happened with CD3 reviews.
1. Critics care deeply about the game not being more modernized
2. Sumo ended up making a polished game int he Crackdown vein, but didn't nail some aspects.
It sounds like #1. is the case, which also means, this game could be a 7-8 for fans of CD. I'm stoked to figure this out myself starting tomorrow though.
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Christ. I know your fanboy alarm is flashing off the scale just now (you seem to have a pathological need to defend every perceived slight against MS and it's fucking weird behaviour) but try and get some perspective and actually read what I said.
Going to have a run through with the ignore function, I guess. Might as well start the cull and see if I can actually improve the debate.
I did, and what your suggesting is silly and based on absolutely nothing.
Yeah, it was all in response to that one post and not because it's a name that I'm tired of seeing, but he'll thank you for the support, I'm sure.
They need to improve the games released on game pass. The narrative that game pass is for unfinished low tier games is gaining steam and could hurt the brand.
2017-2019 has done them zero favors. Hopefully Ori and Gears 5 can help.
Not quite sure why people are that surprised at the reviews.
A lot of them seem a lot higher than expected to be honest.
A lot of them seem a lot higher than expected to be honest.
When something has this kinds of reviews I am almost obliged to try it.
I voted 70-79 and said "but it should probably be 80-89".
Since I tried the 14 day game pass for free I will find out in 1.5 hours myself. I looks fun in the videos.. Maybe I'll find out why the reviewers trash it this bad.
Then again, I'm currently playing Fist of the north star with 72 meta and it's one of the better games I've played lately.
I voted 70-79 and said "but it should probably be 80-89".
Since I tried the 14 day game pass for free I will find out in 1.5 hours myself. I looks fun in the videos.. Maybe I'll find out why the reviewers trash it this bad.
Then again, I'm currently playing Fist of the north star with 72 meta and it's one of the better games I've played lately.
A low scoring exclusive is easily replaced by a critically acclaimed 3rd party game.
Not at all.
It's a good sign and something I hope pays off for them but again, this is just the next example of the excuse that we need to wait a few more years to actually see things change that gets paraded by Microsoft defenders.
Let's say they do manage to change things around and start putting out more well reviewed and desirable games, by the time any new games are actually developed it's going to have been at least 12 years or more for them to have gotten to the point where the argument that "things will be better, just wait till next year" actually comes true which is something I think the defenders need to acknowledge.
MS has some decent good games i would happily try it, like Quantum Break, Gears, Sunset Overdrive. The real problem of Micro is that Sony is doing so good with their games and it seems they wont stop.
Gaining steam where? Statements made with sufficient certainty should have sufficient citations and/or evidence. Where are yours?
Not to backseat Mod, but a Mod already said to give up on the talk about what consist on 1st/2nd party because here's not the place nor the time.
Wasn't Crackdown part of the "Greatest Lineup in History" tagline? I just remembered that
But those don't generate the headlines a badly scoring exclusive does.
Lol! Where is this "narrative"? Something you imagined. Well done.
A Polygon editorial does not a narrative make.
I think the issue is expectations. For instance, there's a niche for Earth Defense Force games - they are the definition of schlocky B Sci-Fi action nonsense. To some people it's fun to mindless blast stuff and laugh at a silly narrative and characters. With the enjoyment is an understanding that it's not "actually" good, and there wasn't an expectation for it to be so.
I think there is a divide with Crackdown 3. Some see it as Microsoft's simulacrum of EDF, while others saw CD3 as Microsoft trying to grow a B franchise into a big thing and tied the game in with an ambitious technological idea and that plus a very long development time understandable makes the seemingly mediocre nature of CD3 worse.
Plus, compare it to Sony. The Order 1886 was a game that for a year was super hyped, then kind of limped out to launch and received a mediocre reception (I think it's a pretty good but very limited game). Sure it was disappointing, but it wasn't long before we started getting other great exclusives, and it wasn't a part of the identity of the console. For most of this generation there have been a lack of compelling Microsoft exclusives (plus some canceled exclusives) meanwhile Crackdown 3 was this game lauded for ushering in a technology that will change how games work and even once it became a meme/sad story of another game in development hell the truth is there wasn't a lot of other games to distract from the conspicuous absence of CD3 nor the underwhelming reality of it now.
I think there is a divide with Crackdown 3. Some see it as Microsoft's simulacrum of EDF, while others saw CD3 as Microsoft trying to grow a B franchise into a big thing and tied the game in with an ambitious technological idea and that plus a very long development time understandable makes the seemingly mediocre nature of CD3 worse.
Plus, compare it to Sony. The Order 1886 was a game that for a year was super hyped, then kind of limped out to launch and received a mediocre reception (I think it's a pretty good but very limited game). Sure it was disappointing, but it wasn't long before we started getting other great exclusives, and it wasn't a part of the identity of the console. For most of this generation there have been a lack of compelling Microsoft exclusives (plus some canceled exclusives) meanwhile Crackdown 3 was this game lauded for ushering in a technology that will change how games work and even once it became a meme/sad story of another game in development hell the truth is there wasn't a lot of other games to distract from the conspicuous absence of CD3 nor the underwhelming reality of it now.
I saw it in the video about the Xbox fan MBG or something someone posted here.
This is a good stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/daxius121
He's actually leveled up, and knows how to play the game well. Looks like a lot of fun.
https://www.twitch.tv/daxius121
He's actually leveled up, and knows how to play the game well. Looks like a lot of fun.
Sea of Thieves and State of Decay 2's negative headlines didn't damage Game Pass as far as we know.
Probably not, they weren't that bad. But CD3 isn't doing them any favors.
Sea of Thieves scored 9 points higher on average metacritic. That's... quite a difference. And it has redeemed itself. Don't think that'll happen to Crackdown.
Lara, Master Chief, Marcus Fenix, Car, Fable Legends character (lol)
It's just reality. They've expanded the amount of the studios they have, so they'll have a much greater quantity if games next gen. Quality is yet to be seen. It sucks that this gen has been such a disaster, but that will soon be in the past, and at the very least there are going to be a lot more Xbox exclusives in the coming years.