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[Redbeard]

I'm thinking... bleh.

 

[Razoric]

:lol wtf

 

[dark10x]

The hell? I don't even know what to make of it. It actually confuses my senses to the point that I am unable to decide whether or not it looks good.

 

[Suikoguy]

err..

Huh?

 

[Az987]

Is this game about a black guy finally taking it to the wiggers?

 

[Syb]

Was the rest of the city blown up or something?

 

[G-Fex]

if I can run around throwing cars at gangster idiots, i'm sold.

 

[Tenacious-V]

LOL :lol :lol that's some funny shit....

Check out the chick in black, now that's a FAT AZZ!!

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Random guy from crazy ass European comic in Heavy Metal gets lost in The Sims, WTF?!

 

[Father_Brain]

Blacklining looks kinda out of place. Not a very impressive-looking game.

Does anyone else think this looks like they're performing an extremely badly-choreographed dance number?

 

[Rhindle]

Is this the game where you get to stand around and shit?

 

[Speevy]

Is this game about a black guy finally taking it to the wiggers?

You just made my night. And he can fly, with the abilities of both Spiderman and Hulk.

 

[Wario64]

Is this the game where you get to stand around and shit?

:lol

i want to know why they're hanging around on a billboard

 

[Ferrarisimo]

It's kinda like West SIIIIIIIDE Story

 

[Razoric]

You just made my night. And he can fly, with the abilities of both Spiderman and Hulk.

Does he also have the ability to make the game not look like shit?

 

[newsguy]

I love the guy in the red shirt flipping the bird. I consistently disagree with alot of the 360 hate on this forum, but this is just odd looking.

 

[imastalker co.]

well, it looks better than what im used to on the system i guess.

 

[Suikoguy]

wait a sec.. is this the game Gameinformer is hyping up to be the next GTA on Xbox 360?

It can't be :lol

 

[Spastic Colon]

Blacklining looks kinda out of place. Not a very impressive-looking game.

Does anyone else think this looks like they're performing an extremely badly-choreographed dance number?

West Side Story...THE GAME!

 

[Wunderchu]

next gen cell-shading

 

[Az987]

YEa yea... hes a super hero... what should we call him hmmm...

how bout... Cracka Smasha !

 

[PhatSaqs]

Defintely has a unique look to it :lol

Whos making this?

 

[Meier]

God this is hilariously bad looking. Wtf? :lol

 

[Mr_Furious]

Classic case of don't show anything this early in development.

 

[Amir0x]

Boy, these images are projecting a billion conflicting thoughts to me. Some aspects look great for a game of this time, others look out of place to bad, still others just WTF.

GOOD:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Nightmare181980/10CrackdownScreen_Aug2005_16.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Nightmare181980/11CrackdownScreen_Aug2005_18.jpg

Lots of people. Very solid looking vehicles. And it showcases a gameplay mechanic which I think is gonna be hella fun. Decent textures/geometry for buildings.

BAD:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Nightmare181980/07CrackdownScreen_Aug2005_11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Nightmare181980/03CrackdownScreen_Aug2005_03.jpg

Ugh. Those brick textures are terrible. The character model with him looking at the camera is just unattractive, decent polygon count or not. His face is especially nasty. Cel-shading looks totally out of place, and is a design choice I cannot agree with. A game mixing GTA and superheroics sounds like a great idea, but cel-shading does not make it more unattractive. In this case, it's distracting.

WTF:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Nightmare181980/12CrackdownScreen_Aug2005_26.jpg

Primary Colors GANGSTAS? The hell? If this is the way you distinguish different gangsters or criminals or something, the game needs to use less obtuse colors. It's honestly grotesque, hilariously bad hand gestures aside.

Defintely has a unique look to it

Whos making this?

Real Time Worlds. The thing started by Ex-DMA Design founder David Jones.

 

[BobTheFork]

The hell? I don't even know what to make of it. It actually confuses my senses to the point that I am unable to decide whether or not it looks good.

Thats what I was about to say. I keep putting in more Visine because i think it will look different.

 

[jett]

Holy shit is this game ugly.

 

[littlewig]

What's with the GTA rip offs?

An Urban setting sucks for video games! I don't want to play as a thug and pretend I'm out on the streets.

 

[Shabaz]

I have always wanted to be a gang member, standing on a roof, throwing up gang signs. Now I can on the Xbox 360!

 

[raYne]

well, it looks better than what im used to on the system i guess.

 

[Amir0x]

What's with the GTA rip offs?

An Urban setting sucks for video games! I don't want to play as a thug and pretend I'm out on the streets.

Well since GTA and many other games have proven the urban setting does, in fact, own... you're wrong. If you don't like GTA inspired games stop commenting on them. Works for you, no?

 

[Redbeard]

What's with the GTA rip offs?

An Urban setting sucks for video games! I don't want to play as a thug and pretend I'm out on the streets.

Well you don't play as a ganster, you play some kind of agent who apparently gets superhero-like abilities from experimental drugs.

Sounds cool but looks terrible. I wish they would just make it all futuristic with flying cars and stuff. Enough of the goddamn gangsters throwing signs. :/

 

[op_ivy]

i'm still trying to decide what everyone is doing on the rooftops...

otherwise, i kinda dig the style with the black outlines. and theres lots of pedestrians. the cars look fairly well modeled.... but those environments look pretty weak. it looks about on par with saints row though (assuming everything casts a shadow, which maybe they dont, or only at a certain range?), which is passable.

sounds kinda cool too.

basically, the jury is still out on whether i give a shit, but i'm not impressed by what i've seen so far

 

[PS2 KID]

This is just a bad screenshot.. he's standing there.. on something.. we think. It's better if they just left the character out of the shot cause he looks pasted on. Come to think of it, they all have a pasted on look. Like decorations for the scenery.

The artstyle is.. different.. realistic background and cell shaded realistic characters.. Plus they just picked bad screens to show. You have the action about to happen but no actual action (like collision, bullets flying, explosions) on the screen. Frankly, they shouldn't have released these.

 

[IJoel]

Lighting and texture work is horrible.

Why are they even showing this game now?

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Frame City Killer looks much better

 

[TheJollyCorner]

wasn't this the game Luna Aura was calling X360's "GTA killer" a few months ago? :lol

 

[Amir0x]

And speaking of nitpicking, since this is next-gen I would like more variety in the civilians PLEASE. Put a little effort into it. In every screen civilians are duplicated way too often.

 

[GhaleonEB]

WHAT HAPPEN

 

[Bebpo]

I was going to say something negative about the weak visuals until I saw this pic:

Any game where you can throw cars at people is alright in my book.

 

[dorio]

This game is actually looking better than it used too.

 

[crunker99]

It has a very stylaized look, almost cel shaded but not really. I don;t like it but it looks ok i suppose.

Is it me or is the main character the only guy who looks totally out of place?

 

[Iceman]

if this game has nothing to do with defusing bombs, -1 sales.

 

[Mrbob]

Read the 10 page Game Informer preview before dissing this game. Yeah the game looks only OK but then the scope of this game dwarfs what has been possible in GTA. Next gen GTA is dead. Long live the new king Crackdown!!!

 

[StarscreamLSU]

But will Velocity Girl find something to do in this game?

 

[Excelion]

The contrast in these screens are WAY off. Check out the new GI to see what I mean, they have much better quality pics.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Read the 10 page Game Informer preview before dissing this game. Yeah the game looks only OK but then the scope of this game dwarfs what has been possible in GTA. Next gen GTA is dead. Long live the new king Crackdown!!!

Can you please summarize the info for us?

 

[ForzaItalia]

Looks like "wall guy" has some competition :lol

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Read the 10 page Game Informer preview before dissing this game. Yeah the game looks only OK but then the scope of this game dwarfs what has been possible in GTA. Next gen GTA is dead. Long live the new king Crackdown!!!

Massive scope for a game that has embarrassing character designs/laughable textures/shitty lighting?

No... I'd rather screw a Russian whore with a penis growing out of her back.

 

[Amir0x]

Read the 10 page Game Informer preview before dissing this game. Yeah the game looks only OK but then the scope of this game dwarfs what has been possible in GTA. Next gen GTA is dead. Long live the new king Crackdown!!!

:lol :lol :lol

You've been a real riot lately, MrBob. Keep up the good work.

Can you please summarize the info for us?

Basically all you need to know is that you have super powers. And you can carry a car up to a roof. And then you can drive the car off a roof. And then you can jump out of the car as it plummets to the ground. And then you can take out a gun in midair and shoot the car as it falls toward the floor. And then the car will explode, taking out part of the building its falling next to.