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.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
