good mindless fun
Two words to describe the game Crackdown would be *mindless fun*, there is little thinking involved in this game because the game play is revolved around you monkey jumping buildings and blowing the hell out of anyone who gets in your way, whether it be friend or foe. In that aspect Crackdown does a good job providing you with a good mixture of weapons that will keep you entertained. The basic pretense of the game is that you are a super agent who is charged with ridding the city of gang infestation. There are three different kinds of gangs(although they pretty much act the same way and do the same stuff) and there are 21 different bosses to find and kill. You are kind of an RPG agent in the sense that you have 5 major skills that evolve as you "exercise"/use them more them more. For example, one of your 5 "core" skills as they are called is firearms. So, the more you use your firearms, the better your auto aim gets and in general your accuracy improves. Likewise you have other skills like strength, which when you max out will enable you to pick up trucks and use them to crush enemies. While these elements of the game are entertaining, you will probably spend a lot of time jumping from rooftop to rooftop in search of agility orbs that improve your athleticism, enabling you to do some pretty wacky stuff(check out You-tube for some of the videos if you are interested). While leveling up these skills will keep you interested for some time, the game gets pretty repetitive and you will end up losing interest doing the same stuff over and over again. The game has some what of a main story line but it is really just an excuse to blow up some more stuff. With that said the game is definitely more fun if you have someone else along for the ride, especially if it is a buddy of yours and you are playing co-op. Nothing is more funny than knocking him/her/it off the top of a skyscraper when he/she//it just spent 5 minutes climbing it up. The game also looks very good, as the city is very well modeled and the especially the agency cars look very detailed and are very fun to drive.......... and crash. Over all Crackdown is a good game that has an effective game play mechanism but the lack of different sceneries doom the game. If you are looking for a game that is very accessible and somewhat of a stop-gap until the game you want comes out, then this is your game.
