E3: Crackdown presentation - Part 1
2006-05-22 12:11:20 by snoopers
The quite controversial David Jones's Crackdown is back in video, with a 20 minutes long presentation. Here is the first half. More details below.
The developers spent most of the presentation showing us some of the "sandbox" aspects of the game. No missions, no story, no cutscenes to be seen in there. You'll just see the main character jumping everywhere, generating as much mayhem as possible and of course some car sequences, this is a GTA-like game after all. Personally I still have some reservations about this game, but it's so over the top that it could become very amusing. At least it will be if the devs take the time to rework the animation so we do not have this rather annoying feeling that this game is using the moon's gravity instead of earth's.
Technically as you'll be able to see by yourself it's much better than before. The game is smooth, the physics engine works nicely, the draw distance is ok and the city seems quite alive. We still do not really know what this game will be all about in the end, but we'll keep an eye open since it definitely has some potential.
Since 1191 Days
2006-05-22 19:45:08
I'm enjoying the look and "feel" of this game. Of course I haven't played it, so I can only judge on screenshots and videos of the game, but so far it looks fantastic.
Since 1077 Days
2006-05-22 19:57:11
That moon gravity is bit strange, but probalby good fun, when you can shoot people flying in the air thrown by some explosion or so :D I usually nag about lack of realism, mut this is clearly over-the-top cartoon action, so who cares :) It got cooperative mode too!
Any ideas about release date?
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Since 1954 Days
2006-05-22 19:59:18 In reply to sdry (2006-05-22 19:57:11)
The later, the better.
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Since 1064 Days
2006-05-22 20:30:52 In reply to roxwell (2006-05-22 18:37:01)
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Since 1954 Days
2006-05-22 20:39:47 In reply to Turtle (2006-05-22 20:30:52)
Controversial = disastrous feedback.
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Since 970 Days
2006-05-22 20:56:01
Dare I say it this game looks like it could be more fun than GTA!!!!!!!!!!!
Since 1107 Days
2006-05-22 21:10:00 In reply to dasrtist85 (2006-05-22 20:56:01)
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[b] Never judge a game too harshly via screenshots or videos, because they are in no way capable of properly representing what the game truly looks like were you to see it running in front of you on a 360 [/b]
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siesSince 1060 Days
2006-05-22 21:10:18
Game looks amazingly fun! I think Saint's Row and The Godfather are gonna have a tough time going head to head with Crackdown and Just Cause. I mean, why be a gangster when you can be a Superhero or Secret Agent. I'm glad they delayed this now. I think the extra months will work wonders for this game.
I like the look of the game now. It looks much better in motion. The explosions look cool, lol I love how the truck just makes the cars blow up after they flip into the air. This is a definate must buy for me.
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Since 1184 Days
2006-05-22 21:23:36 In reply to roxwell (2006-05-22 18:37:01)
http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/7252/screenshot...
I just watched the video again and i'm really impressed. i think this will be the game that's more fun than GTA. Saints Row is so much like GTA that, while it's mechanically better and offers a online mode and such, it isn't fundamentally different than GTA, so it probably won't be much more fun. But this is great.
IS WRONG
Since 1337 Days
2006-05-22 21:29:28
I have way too many doubts on this game, as many of you here.
Why do cars have to light up when you get close to them, but not only that, every object in the game lights up as if it were a special weapon or something, it gets very annoying.
The moon gravity is quite stupid. It's fine if they use it for the main character, but other characters too? It looks ridiculous. And finally, I have yet to see anything that REALLY sets it apart from yet another GTA clone, in fact, from what I've seen, I'm liking Saint's Row more..........other than that, who cares if these two games flop or not, we'll have GTA in 2007!
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Since 1245 Days
2006-05-22 22:46:18
The lighting up is probably to do with the E3 showfloor demo, you don't wanna be reading instructions when you have such limited playtime. The pick/up or enter tooltip pops up over cars aswell.
It looks considerably different from GTA to me, playing as the good guys, morphing cars, superhuman abilities, crazy combinations. Taking Hulk Ultimate Destruction to the next level.
Since 1092 Days
2006-05-22 23:17:09
I've probably missed this, but why is this game so blue???
Very annoying!
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Since 1107 Days
2006-05-22 23:30:01
The floaty physics probably wont be on the other characters in the game in the final game. Then again... maybe it will just toned accordingly there are obviously many things that need to be worked on, but it has potential to be good if they balance things accordingly.
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Since 969 Days
2006-05-23 00:34:06
I like the over the top physics, but it looks like they're going in slow motion. I want the dudes to fly up crazy high in the air, but it should be taking like a third of the time for them to come back down. Its like when the rag dolls kick in they enter bullet time, but the rest of the game keeps going normal speed.
My 2 cents.
Still drinking
Since 1209 Days
2006-05-23 00:41:10 In reply to millerwakka (2006-05-23 00:34:06)
Depending on how far he falls, of course.
Since 1103 Days
2006-05-23 01:00:08
Wow.. this game needs a lot of work in so many different areas, I wouldn't even know where to start, but I can sorta see the potential.
Since 1184 Days
2006-05-23 01:49:23
^^^as far as i can see now, it's more polished than GTA ever was as it is now....well maybe thats a stretch, but not a big one...
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Since 1954 Days
2006-05-23 05:12:09 In reply to PlumbDrumb (2006-05-23 00:41:10)
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Since 1209 Days
2006-05-23 05:21:29 In reply to Snoopers (2006-05-23 05:12:09)
(I won't watch it again, but I trust your word)
I hope the gravity/animations complement that effect.
You can't crack cement with a feather.
edit
I watched it again anyway, and you're darn right; he does!
While a lot of things need to be addressed, there are some little details that I'm really liking, such as the morphing cars, and I'm pretty sure I saw a guy lift up a metal sheet to block one of the grenades our hero threw (neat!).
Can't wait to see this finished up.
Since 1087 Days
2006-05-23 18:50:07
when will part 2 be available ?