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  I didn't like it. Didn't have the same feel as the original. At the risk of using another shackmeme, I ... : silent77
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    it doesn't have the same feel as the original, but i would give it another go whilst trying to view it as... : purekillforce
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      I played solo. Yeah the jump height bothered me too. Also, can you only hold one weapon at a time? May... : silent77
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        X changes weapons. no duel-wielding if that's what you mean. although that would be an awesome skill to a... : purekillforce
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          Not duel-wielding, switching weapons. It felt like if I stood over a weapon and held X it would just pic... : silent77
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            yeh, holding X over a weapon replaces the one you are using. tapping x will swap your weapon to your seco... : purekillforce
            • basically the same as Halo. : riptyde
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  I thought it was great. i mean it's no fun because of the time limit, but the core gameplay is a riot.
  
  Friends and I strung up a big truck between a bridge arch using the mag grenades. We made a sling shot out of it, releasing the grenades as the truck started to fly. It was awesome.

  Jun 22, 2010 5:13am PDT
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  I thought it was great. i mean it's no fun because of the time limit, but the core gameplay is a riot. ... : slickdoody
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    how do you release mag grenades? i played around with them a little. me and a friend were drivin round... : purekillforce
    • hold down RB to explode / release. : slickdoody
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  The time limit really kills it, and all the guns look identical, so I never have any idea what I'm really... : Clasifyd
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    How many guns can I carry? : Dave-A
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      Only 2 at a time, and a grenade : Clasifyd
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        How do you swap between 'em? : Dave-A
        • Press X : Clasifyd
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          RB is reload aswel :p : purekillforce
          • LB! : slickdoody
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            I think RB is grenades, isn't it? : Dave-A
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              now im not so sure. i think slickdoody is right with LB. ive been learning so many new games this past we... : purekillforce
              • Yes, RB is grenades, LB is reload : Clasifyd
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  I really want to like the first one and this demo but both games' art style, camera distance and physics ... : gooblerampling
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    you just have to try to let go of realism and enjoy it for how it looks. i had a problem with wind waker ... : purekillforce
    • Oh, I have no problem with stylized art. It's more the "feel" compounded with that. Maybe I shouldn't hav... : gooblerampling
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  I ran out of ammo a few times which never happened to me in the first one. It was weird. : warcrow
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    I was constantly out in my SMG. I didn't even make it though the initial drop point before I ran out. : Clasifyd
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      Yup. The default difficultly appears to be a little more tough--the weapons are weaker or the bad guys ha... : warcrow
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        I didn't mind it so bad, I ended up just punching the shit out of people or hitting them with a car door.... : Clasifyd
        • I think I was around 400 bullets max with all the automatic weapons. The default shorty is lime 60 max I ... : prime8
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        I didn't have much trouble with it. I remember them saying the default difficulty on the first game was w... : Dave-A
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          That last part sounded like a backhanded suggestion, David. : Clasifyd
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            Isn't that what the easier difficulty option was called? : Dave-A
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              Oh yes, it is. But it's hard to say "Did you try 'Fragile'?" without implying, "Did you try letting a rea... : Clasifyd
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                I wonder if the higher difficulty is there to make co-op more challenging. : Dave-A
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                  Did it unlock? I saw Major Nelson's tweet last night about us needing to unlock it somehow. : Clasifyd
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                    Ah, looks like some crap you have to do: http://gamerscoreblog.com/press/archive/2010/06/21/fj375.aspx : Dave-A
                    • I hate that all these stupid things go through Facebook... : Clasifyd
                  • i will probably be playing it on the hard, if not hardest difficulty. from the trailors, dev diaries e... : purekillforce
    • The SMG is kinda weaksauce anyway. I swapped it for the carbines the Cell carry as soon as I had the cha... : Arcanum
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  There's a fun game in there somewhere, but it doesn't hold a candle to the original. : Silent Wolf
  • Eh? It seemed very, very similar to the demo for the first game. : Arcanum
  • Wha? it's basically the same game, look! C1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfb4U9m_2Fc C2: http://www.... : niceguynick
• For some reason it was giving me motion sickness, which I normally don't get while playing games. I'm goi... : Gore87
• I liked it though the target lock often locked on a barrel or car when I was wanting it to target a Cell : prime8
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  I found I wanted to do too much in one go. I'd kill a few guys, then start jumping after orbs, then try ... : UselessHack
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    If I remember right, the driving was 'off' in the first one until you leveled it up some, too. I didn't ... : Clasifyd
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      I got to level 4 driving. The buggy seemed too twitchy, but that might be because it's considered the st... : UselessHack
      • i was driving around in the agency supercar for about 15mins and loved it. handled nicely and was able to... : purekillforce
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  I was a huge fan of Crackdown, so the changes to the look of the game were a bit jarring. I must have mis... : Dave-A
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    Agree with auto targeting. Agency voice guy got less chatty as my 30 minutes progressed, but super c... : slickdoody
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      targeting could do with an improvement but it only messed up for me a couple times. agency voice got t... : purekillforce
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        What is the orb ping? I didn't see/hear about that. : Clasifyd
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          Press the top of the D-Pad and Agility/Hidden Orbs will appear 2-dimensionally on the mini map in your HU... : Dave-A
          • Sounds just like inFamous, interesting : Begawkiness
        • press up on the d-pad and you send out a radar ping on your minimap and for a second all the orbs appear ... : purekillforce
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    The auto-targeting was jacked up in the first game too, IIRC. I agree that the agent appearance is...l... : Arcanum
    • The one white agent on the bottom left of the selection screen looked like he had a stroke. That's the o... : Clasifyd
  • which changes to the look exactly? : niceguynick
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    i vastly prefer the targeting system to R*'s. i get all confused in theirs when it jumps to a different "... : biskits
    • See I like how you're describing it here, but I was having trouble getting it to target what I was pointi... : Dave-A
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  I have a feeling that the demo is hyped up on everything, giving you little time to get used to what's ha... : Masem
  • Crackdown was a bit of a slow burn for me. I tried the demo a few times before it really hooked me. : Dave-A
• I really wish the climbing was faster. There is a long pause as your guy grabs a ledge and settles before... : byorn
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  I had a lot of fun, but it felt much like the first one, but I feel demos lately don't show the overall p... : Tattoo Trav
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    What? The Just Cause 2 demo sold it for me and seemed a perfect indication of what you would get in-game. : gooblerampling
    • The demo didnt show the scope of the game world, I was surprised at how many cool things there were when ... : Tattoo Trav
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  I don't understand why people are saying it doesn't have the same feel, it's pretty much identical to the... : niceguynick
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    I feel the same on everything except the targeting. The targeting on this one is pretty fucked. Is there... : Clasifyd
    • the targeting could definitely be tightened up a little but it's not too different from the first, I don'... : niceguynick
  • Yeah, I had never played either before yesterday but I downloaded the demo for 1 and 2 to give them a try... : mrwolf710
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  they should rename it to Crackdown Again, because it's just more of the exact same. that said, i'm happy ... : biskits
  • I can't wait to try this in 4 player co-op, there could be some funny shack battles...such as a race to t... : niceguynick
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    Crackdown 2: Crack Downer : Dave-A
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      Crackdown and Bound : Dave-A
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        Crackdown Periscope : Head Rush
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          Crackdowns : zakazi
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            Rescuers Crackdown Under : Clasifyd
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              Crackdown and Out in Beverly Hills : dumb.
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                Black Hawk Crackdown : prime8
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                  Hot Tube Crackdown Machine : metalremains
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                    I don't think you understand how this works... : Clasifyd
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                      I'm going to start calling you fyd. : one random winner
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                        K. Why? : Clasifyd
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                          Fuck Yo Downs : Head Rush
                          • System of a Crackdown : Klebold
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                            Crackdownsyndrome : Korban
                            • Crackdown Smackdown in Shacktown : GoodBoy
                            • Crackdown Wid Da Kidz : node
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                              At the Crack of Down. : FirstPersonCooter
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                                Churchill Crackdowns : kungfusquirrel
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                                  I get cracked down, then i get up again. : corey
                                  • Crackdown Vs Raw : purekillforce
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                          It was slightly more random than your response to metalremains, also, I like the sound as it comes off my... : one random winner
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                            Lovely. Whatever creams your twinkie. : Clasifyd
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                              lol, I'm just yanking your chain. : one random winner
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                                No no, I'm not getting sore. I was really okay with it. ha ha It's almost like we're friends now. /tea... : Clasifyd
                                • +1 Internet Friends : one random winner
                  • Crackdown 2: Crack Down Syndrome : Dynotaku
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    The name Crackdown 2 kind of already means exactly that doesn't it? : OverloadUT
    • Sorta, I think Twilight: Crackdown might be more appropriate? : zakazi
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  Here's a good analysis of the demo compared to the original Crackdown http://www.eurogamer.net/article... : Masem
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    thanks for posting this, it answered a few things in my head :D : niceguynick
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      What does it mean near the end when they said the first Crackdown has another layer or texturing? I could... : h o s t i l e
      • CD1 had a cel-like rendering layer that gave the characters thicker outlines like in a comic book though ... : Masem
      • There's a pair of comparison shots in the article that illustrate what it's talking about. There are lan... : Johnny Law
• The combat didn't quite grab me at first, but as soon as I started going after agility orbs I was quickly... : riptyde
• I love it, more of the same and allot of new stuff has been added, it feels much better. Talked a bit ... : valcan_s
• I was kind of meh. All the running and jumping and getting orbs and stuff is cool, but the combat is stil... : PointlesS76
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  Wasn't nearly as enamored with it as I was the original. Being dumped with no prep or explanation sucked... : brickmatt
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    Not feeling the auto-targeting either... couldn't figure out how to switch to different body locations l... : tangles
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      just flick the stick in the location you want to shoot when locked on. : DarkWolf5
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        Although it appears that if you want a really specific shot (like a head shot), you have to wait a second... : riptyde
        • That decreases in time as your agent skill goes up. Also decreases by getting closer to the targer. Take... : DarkWolf5
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      Do you use inverted Y-axis like a good American? I found in the demo that if your camera Y-axis is inver... : DinK
      • yeh, i noticed that, took me a while to lock onto car tyres. i got confused for a second and had to work ... : purekillforce
  • a character used to select a loadout when they joined a coop game or or respawned at a safe house, so it'... : purekillforce
• It made me go back and play the first one til 2AM last night. So yeah I'll be picking up the sequel. : beanman101283
• I played one round of the demo solo today. It was fun and all, but seriously we're talking about 4-playe... : DinK
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  What's with not being able to melee while locked on? : ChibiJosh
  • i know, seemed like a backwards and pointless decision, if indeed it was and they didn't just forget to i... : purekillforce
• I didn't find it fun, and it feels super outdated. : thebigbeefsandwich
• another 2.5 weeks until it's out, speed up time god damn you! : niceguynick
• Fun demo, played 15 times now. Pre-Ordered'd'd'd'd''d'd'd''d'd'd'd'd'd''d'd : Old8Leg
• Very pleasantly surprised. I loved it. It's funny, I dislike APB but I love Crackdown 2. I thought i... : Derringer
• There is a bug that disables the 30 minute limit (as long as you don't start any races) 1) Start up th... : Dalnor