Crackdown 2

[Adamm]

crackdown isn't noted for it's narrative and the graphics are meant to be like that, comic book style.

[Fez]

crackdown isn't noted for it's narrative and the graphics are meant to be like that, comic book style.

The graphics engine is massively outdated, it doesn't look pretty at all. I'm all for the comic-book cell-shaded aesthetic, but it just isn't pleasing on the eyes when all I see is random colours contrasted against grey.

[Adamm]

The graphics engine is massively outdated, it doesn't look pretty at all. I'm all for the comic-book cell-shaded aesthetic, but it just isn't pleasing on the eyes when all I see is random colours contrasted against grey.

it's not outdated, that's how it's meant to be...

[Fez]

it's not outdated, that's how it's meant to be...

Crackdown was released back in 2007, and there has barely been any noticeable changes to the graphics. Cell-shaded is a fantastic way of showing the world of Crackdown 2, as it focuses on making the player feel as superhero as possible.

[Stephen]

if this had rockstar's game engine it would be awesome

[Fez]

if this had rockstar's game engine it would be awesome

That thing's knocking on a bit too.

[Neil]

Who gives a crap.
Grow up and play the damn game for the love of God.
I'm sick of people ******** about graphics and how everything is "outdated" shut up and play Crysis then and leave the good games to people who play them for fun. ¬¬

[Fez]

Who gives a crap.
Grow up and play the damn game for the love of God.
I'm sick of people ******** about graphics and how everything is "outdated" shut up and play Crysis then and leave the good games to people who play them for fun. ¬¬

Relax man.

The graphical style is an eyesore, and the engine just isn't outdated in terms of graphical output. Targeting mechanics have remained just the same, as has the melee mechanics too.

I'm having fun with Crackdown 2 myself anyway, I don't see what all the fuss is about. I've been playing it at my friends house over the last couple of the days and it feels 99% like the original. That's not a bad thing, the first game came as a total surprise to me because of how collector-thon it was. I hate the people who say "Great sandbox, now they need to make a game." when apparently 'game' now means story and structured missions.

I'm not the worst culprit either. IGN pretty much spent a full page of their review talking about the engine. Gametrailers went on for 3 minutes about it and I'm pretty sure if you look on metacritic, that's where most of the criticism lies. Funny how Crackdown 2 will be called an eyesore and a game like Assassin's Creed 2 can still be called 'beautiful'. Which it is, but for most of the time, it's a jagged mess.

[samsaBEAR]

In this day and age, you cannot excuse poor graphics. Fair enough, it's not all about graphics and the engine and whatever, but both the 360 and the PS3 have been on market for four-five years now, and if games are coming out with ******** graphics than is possible, it's just 'not on' in my opinion. It makes a mockery of being able to play in HD if the graphics aren't great.
I downloaded the demo and sort of liked it, but I didn't play the first one, so I guess I'd have to get that first. I have a friend who loves the series so I'll probably end up playing it with them

[Adamm]

They're not poor graphics, how many times?