Dated: Crackdown 2

[DoctorFinger]

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In addition to the shiny new trailer you see above, Microsoft has announced a release date for Crackdown 2. You'll be dropkicking fools off of skyscrapers in Pacific City on July 6 in North America, July 8 in Asia & Oceania and on July 9 in Europe.

[Laughing Penguin]

"Fire cleans all"

It's like there's finally a developer that really understands ME.

[ElektroDragon]

Great! I actually finished the first game too, but missed like half the achievements. :(

[MosBen]

Yup, count me in on Day 1. Crackdown is one of the few games in recent years that I've actually finished, even if the story was awful. I'm super excited for this game because we have five people in my regular XBL group, and most games that we like to play only support 4 people.

[TheFlyingOrc]

Yup, count me in on Day 1. Crackdown is one of the few games in recent years that I've actually finished, even if the story was awful. I'm super excited for this game because we have five people in my regular XBL group, and most games that we like to play only support 4 people.

If you're paying attention to the story in Crackdown, you're doing it wrong.

The only problem with the first game is that using the good vehicles was kinda difficult - actually, vehicles were pretty weak overall.

But the jumping and shooting? I LOVED the jumping and shooting.

[hunterx280]

This looks like a ton of fun. I'm definitely getting this.

[spcialk]

Well, I can write off another month or so of obsessively hunting down retarded glowing green orbs

*sigh*
*puts gun in mouth*

[TheFlyingOrc]

Well, I can write off another month or so of obsessively hunting down retarded glowing green orbs

*sigh*
*puts gun in mouth*

I'm still missing like 3 because F that noise.

[hunterx280]

Well, I can write off another month or so of obsessively hunting down retarded glowing green orbs

*sigh*
*puts gun in mouth*

Yeah, but at least we'll be doing it together. It's like drugs. It's not nearly as sad if you have people to get high with.

[National Kato]

What sells me is the 4-player co-op where everyone can be doing separate missions? That's something unique in the co-op genre.

[KamaItachi]

I really should get back to the first game and find that last orb...

[Zanzibar]

See, I had a different take on the story:

I waltzed through the game thinking it DIDN'T have any kind of story, that it's just missions to wipe out bad guys. It didn't bother me that the game was devoid of story - right up until the closing cutscene where the Narrator basically says 'Thanks for taking care of all of the support staff/accomplices to our crimes. Now no one can stop us.' I felt used, and I wanted to kick the Agency's ass. There were enough hints that I simply didn't pay attention to that clearly lined out the Agency as the true bad guys.

Thus, I thought the entire second game would be doing missions to gain the trust of the remnants of the gangs, get into random firefights with Agency guys - including facing off against other Super Agents - get civilians behind you, then take on the Agency Tower itself and wipe them out. I was ready to personally chuck the Narrator off the top of the smoldering ruins of the Tower.

So, naturally, I was disappointed when I heard the current storyline idea for C2.

[Xerxes]

Yay! I know what someone is getting for his birthday.


Cause mines is on July 6th.

[Krispy]

Can't wait.

[DeathtollWRX]

I knew it was coming but wow that trailer made it look so fun!

[Purple Santa]

No summer doldrums this year.

[National Kato]

I'm a little disappointed with the explosion animations in the vids I've seent hus far. They just look...a bit thin? Maybe that's not the right word. Just don't seem to have a lot of weight to them.