Good, but don't call it a GTA killer.

User Rating: 7.2 | Riot Act X360
By lyte_spede | Review Date:
Crackdown puts you in the pants of a genetically enhanced agent of, um, The Agency. Well, your duty is to rid the city of the 3 controlling gangs, each in its own area of the city. That's it for the storyline. As a superhuman supercop, you can run fast, jump high, shoot guns, and steal cars and drive them into criminals. The graphics are nicely textured with a black line outlining characters, giving it a look similar to cel shading. The buildings and terrain and the entire city is very well designed, giving many ledges that you can climb up and a futuristic type of appeal. Sound is nothing special, pretty basic actually. There is no background music, and when you are in a vehicle you only can listen to the crappy radio music for the different parts of the city. This sort of game should have used custom soundtracks. The music doesn't really get to you though, as you'll probably find that you never want to enter a vehicle anyway.

Being on foot is much more fun than being in a car. There aren't many jumps or things to do stunts off of in the city, and the few jumps that are best to hit aren't very thrilling. However, when on foot, you can jump across rooftops, climb skyscrapers, or kick gang vehicles into the ocean. The only thing to do in vehicles is do the races, which aren't fun.

Shooting is simplified with the use of precision aiming. There are a few different types of guns to use, and you make them available by taking them from gangs to your supply points. Multiplayer lets you play with another agent by your side, or lets you do the work while the other player goes around climbing buildings. Nothing special in multiplayer but not terrible.

Unlocking achievements in the game seems to be the most fun thing to do, as they have you doing a wide variety of crazy activities like juggling cars with rocket launchers or impounding vehicles or killing people with building structures.

There is some decent fun to be had here, but not enough to warrant a large replay value.

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