Crackdown 2

[samsaBEAR]

Oh that wasn't directed at people think that this has poor graphics, it was meant to be at Neill, in hindsight I probably should have quoted him

[Simmzay]

Orb hunting>anything in GTA IV, and I love GTA IV. Gotta agree with the graphics though and it honestly looks worse than the first one to me.

[GoldenMerc]

Im gonna buy it but not untill after my holidays

[Lost_Addict]

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The graphical style is an eyesore, and the engine just isn't outdated in terms of graphical output.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.

You really shouldn't be playing games if you class the graphics as an eyesore.

About a month back i replayed the original Haf Life and still found it as fun as ever, graphics are not a huge part of a game and should not be seen in thatl ight. Of cource nice graphics give the game a nice outlook but its the content that should matter. Personally i like the graphics however a borderlandesque graphical update would also of been nice.
I'm hoping to buy this game as the original was a fun as hell and this looks to be even better.

[Fez]

You really shouldn't be playing games if you class the graphics as an eyesore.

Just because I class the graphics as an 'eyesore' doesn't mean I don't enjoy them. If I was reviewing it, I wouldn't deduct any figural points for it (I don't do review scores), since it's just something the developer chose to do.

[Neil]

You really shouldn't be playing games if you class the graphics as an eyesore.

I agree, if you require your games to look as perfect as possible then just keep it to yourself, graphics don't make games, graphics don't make games better, I'm happy just having enjoyable gameplay, as long as it's playable I don't give a crap how "pretty" it is, it's just a video game. ¬¬

[Gibs960]

The first one didn't suck but it was just going round killing gangs over and over again...

[Fez]

The first one didn't suck but it was just going round killing gangs over and over again...

The first one was AMAZING.

[Jam]

The first one didn't suck but it was just going round killing gangs over and over again...

As apposed to killing Covenant or Templars or Nazis or Iraqi Soldiers 'over and over again'.

[Adamm]

The first one didn't suck but it was just going round killing gangs over and over again...

If you didn't like the first one because of it's repetativeness, then you'll HATE the second one.

But the narrative is not what makes Crackdown. At all.