Crackdown Demo Xbox 360

[Ajay1986]

I dont agree about ZOE tbh. The PS2 had a dismal first year or so it was the worst in console history, ZOE was the first real piece of quality really it would have sold regardless.

[Family Fry]

I dont agree about ZOE tbh. The PS2 had a dismal first year or so it was the worst in console history, ZOE was the first real piece of quality really it would have sold regardless.

Would it have though?
I'm all for believing Crackdown would sell a million copies without a halo 3 invite but as with Z.O.E because of a AAA Title demo plastered on the box we will never know.

Edit
And indeed Z.O.E was a cool game at that time also.

[Brats]

Do you really think that's the reason? Do you think Crackdown would have sold less without the invite after this demo?

I do. The game has been top of Gameplay's pre-order list for the last two weeks, ahead of Halo 3, GTA 4, FFXII, Mario Galaxy, etc, etc...

I just don't think many people will force themselves to like it.

I have always wondered why the hell MS didn't just release the Halo 3 Beta on a separate disc and charge say £9.99-£19.99. Hell it seems even some people are stupid enough to pay £39.99-£49.99 for it even so why not MS??
Or as a Marketplace download for points, by including this as a freebie in Crackdown cheapens peoples opinion of the game before they have even bought it.
It will always be seen as the game that sold X copies because of a beta, rather than sold X copies because people wanted it.

I think it's a good marketing idea. Charging seperately for the beta would have drawn lots of flak (as I've said in lots of other threads, companies don't want to piss off their customer base, even if they make some money short term) and Crackdown was always a game that was going to struggle to be appreciated (which was the problem with Viva Pinata).

I was genuinely concerned that when Crackdown was orginally going to be released at Christmas, it would get buried in the rush for Gears of War. Delaying the title, getting a decent demo out and supporting it with the Halo 3 beta was the best thing they could have done.

[huxley]

Sorry dont like it, if it was a PS2 game then I`d be impressed.
Its a GTA clone simple as that.
Will I buy it..... I have to I want to be on the Halo beta.
Good bit of marketing fo an unoriginal game.

[Yoshimax]

I'm getting the impression some people are firing this up, giving it 5 minutes to impress then abandoning as "just GTA" - Couldn't really be further from the truth.

[sharky_ob]

Sorry dont like it, if it was a PS2 game then I`d be impressed.
Its a GTA clone simple as that.
Will I buy it..... I have to I want to be on the Halo beta.
Good bit of marketing fo an unoriginal game.

Perhaps you're judging this game on the wrong things? You seem to be going on graphics alone - if a game looked this good on the PS2 then it must be a good game.

A game either plays well or it doesn't. I've only had about 10 mins with this last night, but I'll be back on when I get home.

[hudson]

Not saying that this is what is happening here, but it is something along the lines of what Yoshimax said and it does my head in a bit.

I have two friends who view the GTA series as a chav game and therefore turn their noses up at it. Then they went "meh" at Saints Row and now this without even playing them. Okay, Saints Row is more of the same.. if a little less.

I don't understand how gamers cannot find these games fun to play. Isn't the GTA style game almost like a genre? Oblivion? Meh.. GTA with horses.

[Silvergun X]

I'm getting the impression some people are firing this up, giving it 5 minutes to impress then abandoning as "just GTA" - Couldn't really be further from the truth.

Agreed. I don't understand that at all.

[Silvergun X]

Who's up for a session of this tonight at around 6:30pm time?

Have as much pre-level 2 time as possible, before charging for agility when the timer starts and trying to climb the agency building ?

[NecronomiconUK]

im not a fan of GTA/Saints Row more because of the tiresome and cliche criminal element.... San Andreas and Saints really got on my tits with all this 'homie' crap. What i like about crackdown is that you're a cop, a GOD DAMN SUPERHERO COP!!!

[huxley]

Perhaps you're judging this game on the wrong things? You seem to be going on graphics alone - if a game looked this good on the PS2 then it must be a good game.

A game either plays well or it doesn't. I've only had about 10 mins with this last night, but I'll be back on when I get home.

Gameplay, graphics, controls - I played it for a couple of hours and it does nothing for me. Not what I`d call next generation gaming. I can see that it could be a lot of fun for some people but not me.
on a plus point its good to see that a lot of you are having fun with it. enjoy it.
This is only my opinion.

[kendra]

im not a fan of GTA/Saints Row more because of the tiresome and cliche criminal element.... San Andreas and Saints really got on my tits with all this 'homie' crap. What i like about crackdown is that you're a cop, a GOD DAMN SUPERHERO COP!!!

Yeah, agreed, I loved Saints Row as a game, but I hate the homie/gang stuff, especially when playing it on line with white people acting like they're from the ghetto and pimping out their sisters (etc).

Playing the demo was so enjoyable, I had to order it

[Xhorder]

God damn!! My 360s been freezing alot again and just done it mid explosion there, got the sticky bomb, put them on my car, drove it towards a ton of gangmembers and jumped out setting off the bomb, everyone and thing around expodes into the air and the 360 freezes with everything mid air!

Looked cooll but its annoying having to start over the demo with zero stats again!

I haven't read all posts in this thread, but I seem to have the same problem as you have. I'm really enjoying the small parts I've played so far. But so far the demo has been freezing nearly all the time. At one point it freezed right in the middle of an explosion or something while my controller was vibrating. The vibrating didnt stop...

Anyway... kinda sucks it keeps freezing. On the other hand I really want the full game right now. I might try to redownload the demo tonight. Maybe it will fix the freeze issue.

[Jebus]

For the people not liking it, I can't stress enough to give it more than a quick blast. I wasn't THAT impressed initially but now I love it, play it a bit more...just do what you want, forget about doing what you are told and jump all over the place and kick the **** out of people.

Sandbox games have been redefined with this game in my humble opinion, whilst many have claimed to be completely sandbox, this is the first game I've played where I've actually just done whatever.

[EvilBoris]

im not a fan of GTA/Saints Row more because of the tiresome and cliche criminal element.... San Andreas and Saints really got on my tits with all this 'homie' crap. What i like about crackdown is that you're a cop, a GOD DAMN SUPERHERO COP!!!

That is one of my main gripes with the GTA series, I didn't mind it so much in the oldee ones as the story was less prevalent.
I always found myself that with the 3D games that I would have more fun just mucking around within the world, and ignoring the story/missions, but this would quickly be a short lived novelty because of it being directionless.

Crackdown has been made like this and is actually focused towards the lack of contraint. You can dip in and out of missions at will without any sign of Mission failed and restarts.

I can understand that this style of play won't suit everyone that is a fact of life, but I'm really enjoying it. I'm glad of the inclusion of the Beta invite with the full game because it means even more people are going to enjoy it.
not many people will be able to 100% ignore a game they have paid ?50 for, thus they will play it and hopefully really enjoy it. It is Win:Win for gamers who will experience something new and for Microsoft who will have a great new Original IP to play around with.