I have turned more people on to Crackdown than I can count. I too thought it would suck but it is awesome for sure.

User Rating: 8.5 | Riot Act X360
Way low expectations when I bought this game. And I had only started gaming on consoles in mid-2006 so I didn't realize I could use a site like Gamespot or my own Xbox to review it first before I bought it so it turned out to be a big risk that paid off. Everyone knows by now Crackdown is not a deep story, or even a deep campaign trail. What they don't realize is just the raw fun you can have with this game. Especially if you play on co-op, and with all the new plugins you can download off Live. I mean blowing sheet up with your best friend just doesn't get any better than this. If you've snubbed Crackdown in the past, please give it another try. It's simply one of the most fun games out there.

Go to Los Muertos first, stay there for a while, one on the Agency tank cannon car and one on the Agency SUV. Just keep hitting the gangs but don't take out the underboss. And steal all the gang cars first, take them back to the Agency garage for points before you wipe out the gang. The hardest car to steal is the airport luggage car on top of the oil rig in the Volk ocean where the boss is. Don't ask me why it's there, and it doesn't show up until you kill the boss. Some tips for the Confiscator achievement. There's a boatload of tricks on youtube and on crackdown.wikia.com

Don't forget to get the 800 round Harrington from the Volk, and the Firefly from the Shi-gen. Once you have those two, your set. And the Firefly makes it easy to do Body and Car Juggler. Good luck, and don't say I didn't warn you that HOURS will go by once you get hooked on Crackdown. Made by David Jones the same guy that invented GTA. Oh and go to settings and crank up the music then, when you get out of your vehicle, stand next to it so you can hear tunes while your path of destruction continues! :)