I recieved Crackdown 2 on friday the release date in the UK and as much as i had been anticipating Crackdown 2 from its announcement up until recieving it, the reviews started coming through the floodgates and my excitement dropped a little, but i held out hope because i thought, 4 player co-op and multiplayer would be great to play with my friends.
However, when me and my friend started to co-op together, the excitement that i initially expected just wasnt there, it wasnt the graphics being poor (its cell shaded i cant really see there ever being a big advancement over crackdown 1 anyway) it was the fact that after the lets say 2 hour long campaign (if that) there really is nothing to do, the city doesnt feel alive there is so little to really grab you and take hold of you.
Quite often the civilians serve as an annoyance when they should be helping breathe life into the world, orb hunting is initially exciting bounding over rooftops in search of that little green glow high in the sky, but in the end... its just boring. The whole game even with its short development time seems to have more fun sucked out of it than put in it, as far as i can see there just isnt enough things to do for 2 people in co-op nevermind 4 people.
Now i know this is just my opinion and i dont want anyone thinking im saying "Dont get this game its shit" because im not i just feel let down and i can honestly say that using "8 months development time" as an excuse just doesnt cut it with me when i could play crackdown 1 and have more variety to an extent and atleast i would know in crackdown 1 99% of the game wasnt copy and pasted onto a new disc 4 player co op and a shoddy multiplayer added and branded for £40.
As a 16 year old the money i spend on games i expect them to give me some entertainment (everyone does really) but 3 hours after playing crackdown 2 i felt like id been a victim of daylight robbery.
Mountains can be moved, opinions too… paradise has never been so presidential in Tropico 7.
Starting today, Game Pass Ultimate drops from $29.99 to $22.99 a month. PC Game Pass will also drop from $16.49 to $13.99 a month. Prices may vary by region.
Beginning this year, future Call of Duty titles won’t join Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass at launch. New Call of Duty games will be added to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass during the following holiday season (about a year later), while existing Call of Duty titles already in the library will continue to be available.
Its nice there is some kind of drop... but is that all they really value CoD to be, a lousy $7 a month?
I was hoping it would drop by $10.
Can’t wait to hear how this will be spun extremely positive. 🤣
I wonder why knowing Microsoft thick head something must has happened in the background in the levels of Xbox one and Kinect 🤷🏿
Well, they're removing their biggest game from being Day 1 on the service so GamePass users can buy it instead. That's the intention.
They increased the price to $30, then removed COD and dropped it to still be above the old price.
It's an understandable compromise but the consumer Ultimately is getting less.
Think the calculation is that *most* COD users don't play that many games and aren't interested in GamePass. The GamePass users who do like COD would just buy it anyway. MS reportedly lost out a lot of money last year putting COD on GamePass.
Well Call of duty could just be the beginning. What other games can they trim from the service to get the price down? How long before it's just the Xbox core first party studio games and not the one to everquired?
Create an interesting scenario with Call of duty as well. Will people wait a year to play it? Does that split the fan base? Will it hurt to Call of duty more than a benefits Game pass? These are all legitimate questions which we will find the answers to in the coming years
And I don't consider my post negative spin just realistic observation. At the very least this backtracking can be seen as an admittance that the previous strategy of gamepass was not sustainable as most of us said.
They’ll say no one is buying game pass so they had to drop the price , even though it’s been extremely profitable.
In my region, it’s still more expensive than it was before the last price hike, but it’s a far more viable price point.
Losing Call of Duty from the service, honestly, has zero effect on me, and given they chose to make it so, it’s probably not the big seller they originally thought. Overall, it’s really good news, but I still think they have work to do on the tier structure, having Premium and PC at the same price point with different features feels odd.
Yep take COD out. Them waiting a year is interesting but it make sense. They don't want certain ppl waiting 4 to 6 months they want fomo and maximum sales. Wait a year while the new one releases.
Ok so far so good.
Today, Team Coreupt officially announced its next title in development, an action and hack-and-slash game called Kirk Mephisto.
