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All its Cracked up to be!
I wasn't to sure what to think when I went to the store and bought this game. I thought I might have made a mistake and should of just waiting to rent it. But I was wrong. This game is pretty freakin cool. The appearance to this game has a bit of a cartoony feel to it, but nevertheless, that dosen't take away from it one bit. This game is kinda like a spiderman, mixed with the hulk, mixed with GTA. The orb idea is pretty neat, and adds a new element to gaming (the orbs are things you collect by either finding them out in the open or doing challenges, they ultimately make you strong, faster, able to jump higher and shoot better). The idea behind the game is your typical mission type boss fighting game. The game can become a bit repetitive, however, when your abilities become 3-4 stars, the explosions are pretty cool. This game has a kinda new feel to it, yet then again it doesnt, however, it is still a must play for any 360 owner.
By drdrillnfill
***1/2
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"grand theft auto, and spider man rolled up into one orgasm"... lost interest quickly... if your a halo fan buy it.
crack down is a interesting blend. the way i described it to my friend was "grand theft auto, and spider man rolled up into one orgasm." with a pinch of twisted metal. now that being said i played the demo over and over and over again. i really really dug the demo it was solid game play fast paced Yatta Yatta Yatta, but... i bought the game. and discover that the fast passed-ness that i felt in the demo was gone it took 10 times longer to level your skills in the actual game then in the demo witch was just down right annoying. i mean i literally spent all of one night getting up one skill. i think that is the most boring part of the game. i found that the "boss" fight were incredibly easy i beat the hardest boss in the game about half way threw and spent the rest of the time pretty much just cleaning up the rest of the gang "bosses" so that was pretty much boring. now this game review sounds really really down on the game i think. but i think it was because i was already jaded by the demo. its really fun and addiction at first. but i found that it got tiring about 10-15 hours in. (unlike games like halo that i have literally thousands of hours on)
my conclusion on the game is that if ur not to pumped about the halo 3 beta just go download the demo and play it till you get bored and you will have the same experience cuz it really doesn't change a whole lot excepted for a few cool weapons (mainly the tracking rocket launchers) which is cool but in my opinion does not make the monumental leap to grate gotta buy game. but...
if you are pumped about halo 3 beta (like me) i would defiantly buy it i mean figure the game is worth 30... i would pay 30 bucks to play the halo 3 beta. would you? and it at least makes a good time-kill for the in between halo 3 beta. haha. =P. so that's why i rated it an 8 because... for me the halo 3 beta is totally worth it.
-Dylan Mills
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Just Plain Fun
I'm not usually a huge fan of sandbox games (I played GTA III, VC, and SA but never got into them) and eventhough this game has its flaws (lack of depth, shallow story, etc,), it is insanely fun. FUN FUN FUN. Last night, I spent 8 hours playing co-op with a friend (had 1 hr of sleep before work) and we have not had so much fun with a game in a long time. Most of the time we ran around hunting for agility orbs and causing mass chaos. But the funnest part of the night was when we found a couple of mobile ramps and tried to execute impossible jumps, mid-air collisons, and movie-style explosion scenes. My friend was the camera man and I was the driver, which coincidently allowed me to earn the "stunt driver" achievement. I'm sure we will eventually get tired of the car stunts, but as we continue ranking up, I am ceratin that we will find new "activities" to entertain us. Oh, yeah, eventually we might finish the campaign as well =)
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