Luckily then the gameplay is as enjoyable – if not as groundbreaking – as before. The addition of a day/night cycle – a zombie-like horde called the Freaks comes out at night – does help, but ultimately the city feels very similar. This is primarily due to the use of the original – albeit modified – city from the first game.Ī change in art style struggles to disguise the fact that the locales have previously been used. Unfortunately, the rest of Crackdown 2 feels very familiar. The addition of two extra players simply multiplies the opportunities for chaos. We called it “a playpen of combat and destruction” that is “undermined by frustrating design compromises.This time round up to four players can play together and it's when this happens that Crackdown 2 really shines. It has clocked it with disappointing aggregate scores around the 60-ish range. 15 for Xbox One (and is available on the Xbox Game Pass service). Neither the Xbox Marketplace listing nor the Backward Compatibility program page make any mention of it.Ĭrackdown 3 launched Feb. So most folks already had it.Ĭrackdown 2 does not appear to have the Xbox One graphics enhancements that accompanied Crackdown’s re-release in February.
Microsoft gave away the original Crackdown in early February, but that was one of the first games offered on Games With Gold, coming in August 2013, the service’s second month.
The download is only 3.39 GB.Ĭrackdown 2 wasn’t poorly reviewed, but it failed to capture or extend the buzz that followed its predecessor, a breakout hit when it launched in 2007. Remarkably, the Xbox 360 exclusive has not yet been offered on the Games With Gold service, so this really is a new free game. So run go get it.Ĭrackdown 2 launched in 2010. Microsoft added Crackdown 2 to the Xbox One’s backward compatibility portfolio at the end of the day yesterday and, more importantly, made it free for everyone.
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