Do what I did, buy it open it. No key, go return it say your console gives you disk read error. They'll either give oyu a new game, or another copy of crackdown. I just got another game. Do this at multiple stores, move around don't go to the same store and do this.
Its still a smart maketing scheme and Crackdown really is a good game. If you didn't but it simply because you don't like that they included the beta then I feel sorry for you.
You dont get a key in the box, you download the beta through Crackdown's downloads menu in the game.Â
Crackdown is a great game in itself - in fact I think playing Crackdown will have spoilt GTA IV for me. Who wants to drive crappy old cars round when you can leap from building to building!Â
well... :P i kinda wouldn't... i played the demo about two weeks before i buy it... and i HATED it :P .. dont get me wrong now.. i just love the gta series.. but this ... has something that i cant stand.. but then i guess, if i'm mad for buying halo beta+ free game (that's what i say) then the ppl who actually bought the ps3 for 4000 dollars... well...
I played my friends and it was horrible, but then again I just ran around killing random people, which was fun for about 5 minutes then i was like, man this game is lame. So then we played tomb raider! :D I thought that game was gonna be dumb like the last ones... because up to now all the tomb raiders have been like unbeatable. I couldn't even get past the tutorial on one of them. So yea, we're playin it and its awesome at first, we're swingin from branches with this hot girl and goin through obstacles and stuff, and then we get to this one part where you have to put the crates on the buttons so the stone wall will open and we could not figure it out it was like impossible
Yeah I would have purchased the game if it didn't have the beta, but I would have bought it used. Of course if I had known that there was no key and you needed the disk I could have bought it used anyway but oh well.
 It's not the most revolutionary or groundbreaking game on the 360, but its good for a quick fix or stress relief. Theres nothing better than going MADDOG on a crowd with a rocket launcher and then watching the fireworks.
You dont get a key in the box, you download the beta through Crackdown's downloads menu in the game.Â
Crackdown is a great game in itself - in fact I think playing Crackdown will have spoilt GTA IV for me. Who wants to drive crappy old cars round when you can leap from building to building!Â
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I totally agree! Do you know how pitiful we're going to feel when we can't jump 50 feet in the air? Or simply punch cars out of the way? Or lift 18-wheelers over our heads? I'm not saying Crackdown is the greatest game ever or anything (although I personally love it). But, the GTA IV team has their work cut out for them to make the sandbox gameplay this fun. But, I've got faith in them.
Crackdown was a lot of fun and a worthy purchase that took up MANY hours of my time. In fact, I'd be surprised if I didn't spend some 30 hours with it, and the DLC hasn't even come yet.
Honestly, I wanted the game and the H3 beta just made the purchase even more justified for me. So, to answer your question, yes I would've purchased it regardless.
I was actually pleasently surprised with Crackdown. Its a fun GTA type game with a lot of new improvements to the genre. The gamer really takes off once you get your powers up and can hop from building to building.... My only complaint about the whole Halo Beta thing is that its only 3 weeks. Lame was expecting a month or two not 3 measely weeks.
[QUOTE="monco59"]It's not lame, it's good marketing. And yes, I bought Crackdown for Crackdown, the beta was just a bonus.xRandyx
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Good marketing my foot, its dirty marketing. Its immoral!Â
Immoral? How do you figure that. What It is good marketing. If you have a product that will only appeal to a few people you do something to get those numbers up. If you feel you have a product that people won't buy put something else in it. It's the same reason people buy the collectors edition of games. They feel they are getting something extra. It's not like you are having to buy a horrible game and if you want to play the beta that bad there is no reason to complain....there were other opportunities to get into the beta.
thats so lame how they used halo to drive their salesxRandyx
I think it was less about driving sales and more about keeping people from selling the game back soon after buying it. Most intelligent people wouldn't buy a game for a beta. The big deal is to keep new games out of the used game bin so that people will be forced to buy new copies.Â
Anyways, I bought Crackdown even after getting into the beta through the rule of 3.
luckily i bought it for crackdown, and not the beta... becuase i'm graduating may 5th, and moving back home to use good ole dial-up, so i'll be missing the beta.
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