Does not feel like the original
User Rating: 6.5 | Crackdown 2 X360
As other reviews and reviewers have stated that Crackdown 2 is just like the original Crackdown. Not true. I started playing Crackdown 2 just after finishing the original. Crackdown 2 does have the same character, voice actor, bad storyline, open world, freaks and a gang but Crackdown 2 is missing what the original had and that is the fun factor. Missing from the original are the cars transforming based on your experience which was very cool to see a basic agent car turning into a souped up demon vehicle. Another missing fun factor was the buggy. They completely messed up the physics of the vehicle and it is horrible over rocks and other rough terrain which it was made to handle! One of the most annoying parts of the game wasn't the ledge as stated in the Gamespot review ( similar to the original so I didn't get too annoyed with that aspect) but when the player crossed the line say with the police by running over too many people and/or peace keepers, there was no icon in the upper right corner like the original to tell you when everything calmed down or heated up so you had no idea if you tick off the police until they started shooting at you! The last major complaint I had was the civilians. In the original they walked on the sidewalk but not in Crackdown 2. They walk anywhere they please so you might accident hit one to many (not on purpose) then the police are after you! Lame! Gamespot is dead on when they stated its much more gritty. The original had a lame storyline, bad voice acting but that was the charm. This one felt completely different in a bad way. I finished the game but I don't plan on playing it again unlike the original.
