Comments on: Review — Crackdown is not another Z.O.E.

By: George

George — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:54:02 +0000

Honestly, I haven’t tested the jump-in jump-out (no one on my friends’ list is playing Crackdown, yet), but as far as co-op in general, there is no loading. No “regenerating” etc. Unless you die, of course…

And yes, if you kill civilians with a gun, it docks your firearms. Punch them, it docks your strength. Explode them, it docks your explosives, etc. Yeah, I rather like that aspect as well, it’ll keep some people from freaking out about running down civilians.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:39:56 +0000

Ah yes seamless jump-in jump-out was hinted at by the developers when the demo came out wasn’t it?

I’m glad they dock you skill points for hitting pedestrians. I hope you lose points if you kill them with other means too. E.g. lose firearms points if you shoot them, etc.

That might be annoying, though. It can be too easy to target a pedestrian in a crowd of bad guys, if it’s like how the demo was.

By: Matthew Mac

Matthew Mac — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:13:59 +0000

I’ve been wondering about the MP. Someone, admittedly on some other forum, said that the MP ISN’T seamless, and there had to be loading screens and your agent had to be regenerated to play with your buddy. Then, when the host quit, it would kick you to the main menu. Is that true? Its not so bad if it is, but I wanted to know if it was Gears seamless.

By: James

James — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:03:13 +0000

Nice write-up, I know you’ve been gnawing at the bit to roll this out.

I’m glad you tossed that ZOE reference in there as well. It’s a very close parallel.