Exploring the city and grabbing orbs, Powerful abilities that increase as you play, Romping around with friends in fourplayer coop.
Inconsistent climbing mechanics, Repetitive objectives, Lacks momentum or narrative direction, Announcer gets very annoying, Not a significant improvement over its predecessor.
Crackdown 2 boasts enough exploration-fueled action to entertain despite its many flaws....
Abstract: It's something of a miracle that Crackdown 2 even exists. After being pushed onto the market as a vessel for the Halo 3 online beta, Crackdown was never one of Microsoft's top priorities. Despite its modest scope and so-so sales, the first game manag...
If you played the original Crackdown and loved it and now you just want more -- or if you've never experienced the joy of hunting orbs – you'll find a lot to like in Crackdown 2. Collecting agility orbs, leaping from rooftop to rooftop, and playing aro...
Abstract: Crackdown 2 does not stray far from the formula that found success in the first game. but therein lies its biggest flaw, it does not offer enough new stuff. Those looking for a real evolution in..
Abstract: To my knowledge, there's only one game in the world that lets you team up online with three friends playing as super-powered SWAT agents, make a rendezvous by leaping over skyscrapers, pile everyone into (and onto) one car, tear down the street at 100 ...
Abstract: The first 481 agility orbs are the easiest. Once again, 500 of the buoyant green collectibles have been scattered around the freshly ruined Pacific City; getting the last 19 is still an absolute pain in the backside. It's classic Crackdown, basically. ...
Abstract: Published July 30th 2010. Written by Thomas McDermott. After about three hours of Crackdown 2 I hit upon the realisation that this was a game trying to imitate the original, instead of expanding on its solid foundations to build something great. Even t...
Abstract: Very entertaining, although content to not be the sizeable jump forward you may have been expecting after such a long wait. Crackdown 2 is still good fun, and it's still good value. But a Crackdown 3? We'd really appreciate it pushing things just a li...
Crackdown 2 is probably not the sequel many had hoped for. Very little has changed in Pacific City, and the new campaign struggles to match its predecessor's, which itself was considered lightweight for an action-adventure game. But Crackdown was neve...
