

However, as the main agent discovers audio logs during their adventure, a conspiracy begins to reveal itself. As the city descends into chaos, the Agency sends out their finest agents to return peace to the streets. Soon after, an unknown virus is unleashed across Pacific City, turning citizens into beastly mutated freaks. During a press conference, a terrorist group known as Cell detonates an explosive, killing dozens of reporters and Agency personnel. Despite the city experiencing an all-time low crime rate, many citizens still believe the Agency to be a sinister operation at its core. Explore and complete missions at your own paceĬrackdown 2 takes place 10 years after the events of the first game, with the Agency under public scrutiny for their handling of Pacific City.Supports either solo or up to 4 players online.While the overall narrative is thin, Crackdown 2 is loads of fun to play, especially with friends. With an emphasis on hectic, superhero-style gameplay and loads of activities and collectibles to find, Crackdown 2 is an action-packed thrill ride. Using both your large arsenal of traditional weapons and your enhanced strength, agility, and combat prowess, you'll sweep the streets clean of criminals and viral freaks. However, a dozen years after the first Crackdown offered that same experience but failed to provide you with enough interesting content surrounding that, it's truly disappointing to see this latest iteration suffer from the very same problems.Crackdown 2 is a zombie-themed open-world third-person shooter where you play as a superpowered Agent tasked with cleaning up the metropolitan Pacific City. It certainly delivers on letting you blow things up and jump around the city. Exploring the vast city, grabbing orbs, pulling off stunts, and flexing your abilities can keep you entertained for hours, and it's even more enjoyable when you have some friends along to add their own sparks of diversion."įinally, in our Crackdown 3 review, Chris Pereira gave the game a 5/10, writing, ".it soon becomes apparent that the game has little new to offer beyond cool destruction tech that never gets put to good use.

In our Crackdown 2 review, Chris Watters gave the game a 7/10, writing, "What Crackdown 2 does offer is a whole bunch of room to have fun. It feels like the developers sat down and crafted a wonderful-looking city and carefully considered how the gameplay and abilities should work, and then they didn't have enough time to plug in enough activities to take advantage of it all." In our Crackdown review, Jeff Gerstmann gave the game a 7.8/10, writing, "Crackdown feels unfinished. Now Playing: Crackdown 3 Quick Video Review By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
