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Crackdown 2 |OT| of Orbs, Freaks, and Exploding Pedestrians
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goldenticket
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Net_Wrecker said:
whats the trick to increase its radius
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
499 Agility Orbs and I have just spent the past two hours going over Green Bay with a fine tooth comb and I just cannot find that last little fucker! :'(
Here's a guy getting pissed at Renegade orbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egxjuLkhXUw
Here's a guy getting pissed at Renegade orbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egxjuLkhXUw
Opus Angelorum
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cjelly said:
The last few seconds were hilarious.
:lol
Aaron said:
Yeah you start out pretty weak. It is somewhat like Crackdown in a way, at first everything seems cumbersome because your main character seems too weak. As you level up though you become a beast.
At least Sony is changing voice actors with Infamous 2 so it should get rid of this issue. :lol Cole was a bit grumbling in the first one! Playing Crackdown 2 is inspiring me to do another Infamous run when I'm done with this game.
Imperial Hot
Banned
My relationship with Crackdown 2 has been very, very strange. Looking back on my time playing, I don't think I had fun playing at all. There were points when I couldn't stop playing, but I would never describe my time with the game as being fun.
I reached the "end" of the game last night, and it left a really bad taste in my mouth. As I went from area to area, my character mostly maxed out, I cleared out the Cell hideouts, activated the AUs, detonated the beacon, and repeated that process nine times, all I could do was hope that their was more to this game. But once the ending rolled around, my hopes were dashed. This game has absolutely no substance. Sure its fun to dick around with friend's in co-op mode, which isn't a real feat since pretty much any game is fun with friends. Ruffian created a 45 minute gameplay loop that they repeated nine times throughout the game, sprinkled some orbs around, and shipped.
I never use Goozex or trade games but as soon as the ending credits rolled I set up a trade to get rid of Crackdown 2. The game left such a bad taste that I had it shipped out within the hour. I usually pick my purchases wisely, and was on the fence about keeping this game. I should have sent it back when I received it from Amazon. What a waste of money. After playing the game, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone for over $20, let alone the $60 they are charging. I am so disappoint, I was looking forward to this game as my "summer game". :/
I reached the "end" of the game last night, and it left a really bad taste in my mouth. As I went from area to area, my character mostly maxed out, I cleared out the Cell hideouts, activated the AUs, detonated the beacon, and repeated that process nine times, all I could do was hope that their was more to this game. But once the ending rolled around, my hopes were dashed. This game has absolutely no substance. Sure its fun to dick around with friend's in co-op mode, which isn't a real feat since pretty much any game is fun with friends. Ruffian created a 45 minute gameplay loop that they repeated nine times throughout the game, sprinkled some orbs around, and shipped.
I never use Goozex or trade games but as soon as the ending credits rolled I set up a trade to get rid of Crackdown 2. The game left such a bad taste that I had it shipped out within the hour. I usually pick my purchases wisely, and was on the fence about keeping this game. I should have sent it back when I received it from Amazon. What a waste of money. After playing the game, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone for over $20, let alone the $60 they are charging. I am so disappoint, I was looking forward to this game as my "summer game". :/
I ran into a strange bug last night.
After one of my whim rockets into a crowd of innocents, everyone went into their predictable panic mode, running around like crazy. Except, instead of running away from me, everyone was running toward me. When they got to me, they didn't seem to know what to do, so they stayed in sprint mode and just ran back and forth on either side of me. After a few moments, I had a couple hundred panicked civilians swarming all over me like a cloud of angry bees. It was the largest crowd I've seen in the game, and there have been some truly epic Freak gatherings at night. I couldn't move anywhere other than jumping straight up.
Fortunately, I'm level 5 Strength, so I had the ground pound. Upon striking the ground there's this enormous, screen-covering gout of blood and bodies far more gruesome than anything I'd seen in Crackdown before. I had to repeat this a good half dozen times to clear the street so I could walk around again.
Of course, the cops were pissed.
Oh what I'd give for saved films and screenshots in this game.
After one of my whim rockets into a crowd of innocents, everyone went into their predictable panic mode, running around like crazy. Except, instead of running away from me, everyone was running toward me. When they got to me, they didn't seem to know what to do, so they stayed in sprint mode and just ran back and forth on either side of me. After a few moments, I had a couple hundred panicked civilians swarming all over me like a cloud of angry bees. It was the largest crowd I've seen in the game, and there have been some truly epic Freak gatherings at night. I couldn't move anywhere other than jumping straight up.
Fortunately, I'm level 5 Strength, so I had the ground pound. Upon striking the ground there's this enormous, screen-covering gout of blood and bodies far more gruesome than anything I'd seen in Crackdown before. I had to repeat this a good half dozen times to clear the street so I could walk around again.
Of course, the cops were pissed.
Oh what I'd give for saved films and screenshots in this game.
Beer Monkey
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This game is so addictive it is fucking sick. I've noted that even the podcasters who complain about the development approach seem to be putting a lot of hours into it. 
Riding in the helicopter is insane. I wish you could store it. Being able to see EVERYTHING from up there is awesome, the lack of draw-in is startling. Are there any other games that have taken LOD management to this level? Are there any interviews where they talk about how many levels of detail the city has? Other open-world developers really should take note.
Riding in the helicopter is insane. I wish you could store it. Being able to see EVERYTHING from up there is awesome, the lack of draw-in is startling. Are there any other games that have taken LOD management to this level? Are there any interviews where they talk about how many levels of detail the city has? Other open-world developers really should take note.
AndyMoogle
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That's exactly how it was for me. A friend decided to start playing Crackdown, I joined him and found the last orb. So awesome.Net_Wrecker said:
They could have at least put in an achievement tracker like Crackdown 2 has, so that you can see in which area you have orbs left to get.
RiccochetJ
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Team Deathmatch on the Shai-Gen tower map is way more fun than it has any right to be. I was chasing somebody who used a launching pad to go to the top of one of the towers and we both leapt off into a suicide swan dive race to the bottom. I went into a ground pound and was about to catch him when he suddenly pulled up and swooped away. So intense!
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
My last agility orb. Had to take a picture to capture the moment. :lol
Cornballer
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I died when I hit the water, but it gave me the achievement. Not sure what that's all about.
AndyMoogle
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It says in the achievement description that the tower has to be at its full size. Or something to that extent.
Major Williams
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Is there an official Crackdown 2 site that can track all of your progress/offer insight?
Or is it only Xbox.com and Ruffian's lackluster site and small forum?
Or is it only Xbox.com and Ruffian's lackluster site and small forum?
goldenpp72
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Does anyone in here still need that achievement for jumping off a fast car onto another vehicle? I do, and would be willing to help someone else get it (or another of similar nature)
Hit me up! GT is goldenpp75
It's my last novelty achievement, I just finished the last rooftop race
Hit me up! GT is goldenpp75
It's my last novelty achievement, I just finished the last rooftop race
Rented this yesterday and so glad it I did only rent it. The aiming is fucking appalling. So awesome to be surrounded by five dozen freaks to squeeze left trigger and aim at an Agency car all the way down the street.
I loved the original but I'm finding it incredibly difficult to like this for some reason
I loved the original but I'm finding it incredibly difficult to like this for some reason
goldenpp72 said:Does anyone in here still need that achievement for jumping off a fast car onto another vehicle? I do, and would be willing to help someone else get it (or another of similar nature)
Hit me up! GT is goldenpp75
It's my last novelty achievement, I just finished the last rooftop race
You can just jump off cars being driven by civilians for it, I did it back in the demo.
And then there were 500.
I think, if I'm not done, then I'm taking a good long break from the game. I was going to go achievement hunting, and took a crack at a couple, but they were all either unappealing (I have no interest in road races or rooftop races or renegade orbs or stunt rings or wing suit rings) or frustrating. I mowed down an epic mobof Freaks in just a few seconds with a minigun - twice - but didn't get the 20 in 10 second achievement. Didn't feel like trying again. Made three leaps from the top of the tower toward the smokestack, missed all of them badly; it's really hard to judge placement in ways it wasn't in the first game. Didn't feel motivated to keep it up as I did in the first game.
The rest are similar, or co-op in nature which I'll never get as I don't play co-op with anyone (one one on my list is ever on CD2).
I'll post some wrap up thoughts once I have them organized and have the energy to put them down.
Right now I'll say that I think Crackdown 1 is the better game. I thought almost everything added was for the worse, either because the addition were poorly designed or because they exacerbated flaws from the first game that weren't fixed in the sequel (I'm looking at you, camera, melee and targeting systems). Still a fun romp, as there were some great shoot outs and the iconic leaping about that made CD1 so good. But I don't think Ruffian brought much to the table here, not that Microsoft gave them much of a chance to set it in the first place.
I think, if I'm not done, then I'm taking a good long break from the game. I was going to go achievement hunting, and took a crack at a couple, but they were all either unappealing (I have no interest in road races or rooftop races or renegade orbs or stunt rings or wing suit rings) or frustrating. I mowed down an epic mobof Freaks in just a few seconds with a minigun - twice - but didn't get the 20 in 10 second achievement. Didn't feel like trying again. Made three leaps from the top of the tower toward the smokestack, missed all of them badly; it's really hard to judge placement in ways it wasn't in the first game. Didn't feel motivated to keep it up as I did in the first game.
The rest are similar, or co-op in nature which I'll never get as I don't play co-op with anyone (one one on my list is ever on CD2).
I'll post some wrap up thoughts once I have them organized and have the energy to put them down.
Right now I'll say that I think Crackdown 1 is the better game. I thought almost everything added was for the worse, either because the addition were poorly designed or because they exacerbated flaws from the first game that weren't fixed in the sequel (I'm looking at you, camera, melee and targeting systems). Still a fun romp, as there were some great shoot outs and the iconic leaping about that made CD1 so good. But I don't think Ruffian brought much to the table here, not that Microsoft gave them much of a chance to set it in the first place.
Net_Wrecker
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GhaleonEB said:
HixxSAFC said:Rented this yesterday and so glad it I did only rent it. The aiming is fucking appalling. So awesome to be surrounded by five dozen freaks to squeeze left trigger and aim at an Agency car all the way down the street.
I loved the original but I'm finding it incredibly difficult to like this for some reason
If you're aiming at the Freaks, you're doing it wrong, there are WAY too many. Use the UV Shotgun in free aim for them. As for anything else, it's not as bad as you might think. Just get your target near your reticule FIRST, THEN press the lock on button. Sometimes a car will still get in the way, but it's not that annoying, especially when you're using explosive weaponry.
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WickedLaharl
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GhaleonEB said:
this is how i feel about it so far.
the camera issue is what annoys me the most (well that and the obnoxious hitstun).
please for the sake of my sanity add camera sensitivity settings in crackdown 3.
goldenpp72
Member
Just got the last audio log.. hard as hell I thought.
Dr Zhivago
Member
S1kkZ said:
Don't the orbs show up on the map in the pause menu?
I've just got one beacon left to activate, but I have to agree with people who think this is inferior to the first game. The destroyed city has no character, and the freaks are pretty tedious to fight.
Also, if you're using a turret weapon and a freak lands right in front of you, the gun fires vertically upwards. I've written third-person targetting for games in the past so I know why this sort of thing happens*, but it's pretty embarrassing that they didn't fix it.
*They're probably doing a raycast from the camera position toward the projected crosshair position, but the freak is intersecting the gun & fecking it up.
TacticalFox88
Banned
If only they had started development the minute after C1 was done. Oh, what could've bee. Ah, well. Still enjoy it.
The Librarian
Banned
My friend and I will gladly help you out with the co-op stuff.GhaleonEB said:
desertdroog
Member
Even with its warts and flaws, Crackdown 2 continues to be a timesink. The game has a perfect formula for fun, where you have to get that next orb...and then you should close that new freak hole you spotted...and hey now you should get in a vehicle to level up your driving by running through throngs of freaks.. and hey, you just discovered a bunch of visible orbs so you get out and collect them..
All the while you have three other players engaging in mayhem which makes the experience special.
The game is an ADD nightmare/dream, your mileage will vary. CD1 and CD2 do the overpowered superhero simulation pretty well.
It is more of the same with nice additions, and the issues with control and traversal are accommodated by my familiarity with the first game. I did not have an issue with the Hope Tower as I started to think like a platformer player once my levels were high enough to make proper leaps. The pounder freaks are cheap bastards, but so is the agent when powered up and in a rhythm of destruction and leaping. Timing is crucial and when you get your destructive flow going, the game is a pleasure. Get out of sync and it becomes maddening.
I want Crackdown 3 with proper dev time and correct resources, please. My praise to Ruffian for doing what they did with so many constraints. You made THIS Crackdown fan happy.
All the while you have three other players engaging in mayhem which makes the experience special.
The game is an ADD nightmare/dream, your mileage will vary. CD1 and CD2 do the overpowered superhero simulation pretty well.
It is more of the same with nice additions, and the issues with control and traversal are accommodated by my familiarity with the first game. I did not have an issue with the Hope Tower as I started to think like a platformer player once my levels were high enough to make proper leaps. The pounder freaks are cheap bastards, but so is the agent when powered up and in a rhythm of destruction and leaping. Timing is crucial and when you get your destructive flow going, the game is a pleasure. Get out of sync and it becomes maddening.
I want Crackdown 3 with proper dev time and correct resources, please. My praise to Ruffian for doing what they did with so many constraints. You made THIS Crackdown fan happy.
I'm stuck on the last beacon. The one in the stadium surrounded by water on the top right side of the map.
All the other beacons have been fine, but this one has these giant rock thrower guys and I kill each one that appears but the beacon health keeps dropping like crazy. I can't even make it to 50%
Any tips or anyone free now to join my game coop and help me clear it? I've been doing solo this whole time and it's been doable until this spot.
All the other beacons have been fine, but this one has these giant rock thrower guys and I kill each one that appears but the beacon health keeps dropping like crazy. I can't even make it to 50%
Any tips or anyone free now to join my game coop and help me clear it? I've been doing solo this whole time and it's been doable until this spot.
Yeah it's that one. But what's weird is that even after I kill the big guys and there are NO freak indicators on my radar the core keeps dropping like crazy. Until now I've ignored the non-radar grunts in beacons, but it seems like they're the ones killing the beacon here. But then if I fight them off I can't be fighting the ones at the edges off. I watched some youtube vids of the beacon but they were always doing 2-4p with one guy in the center and one guy fighting the edge giants. :\
Also I just realized that pre-release wasn't the main new feature (besides 4p coop) that the devs were touting and showing off, some sort of physics gravity weapon like Just Cause 2? That you could make car slingshots and all kinds of physics based weapons to fight against the enemies.
I'm at like the end of the game pretty much here and I've never seen this and I haven't heard many people talking about it or seen any youtube vids showing off crazy physics weapons.
...did that still make it into the game?
I'm at like the end of the game pretty much here and I've never seen this and I haven't heard many people talking about it or seen any youtube vids showing off crazy physics weapons.
...did that still make it into the game?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
No, they don't.derFeef said:
Pause > Achievements > King of the World.
All the green icons in that map are of orbs that you have already got.
Compare your map with the completed maps here: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=241457
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
Bebpo said:
The mag grenade. Throw one at a car and then another at a building or whatever you want.
Circle T said:I know given my previous posts, this might sound like a broken record, but you can make quick work of that one with a helicopter, especially the rocket one. Lower it right down the hole, hover it over the spot to start the beacon drop, and then unleash hell.
You can activate it without getting out of the helicopter? I actually tried bringing a heli in, but I got out to activate it and the freaks broke the helicopter so I couldn't get back in. Was frustrating :\
RiccochetJ said:
Cool, will try that. Is it actually useful?