Developed/Published By: Microsoft
Date of Release: February 15, 2019
Price: $59.99
Back in 2007 on the good old Xbox 360 there was this wonderful title called Crackdown. In a time where there were plenty of open world games like Grand Theft Auto and Saints Row saturating the market where you always played as a criminal on the run from the law, it was refreshing to play from the opposite perspective. Crackdown's signature brand of superhero cop action was fresh and exciting, with a vast city to explore and plenty of collectables to find strewn about. It was almost like GTA meets a RARE collectathon.
After the slightly mediocre Crackdown 2 came out however, the series went dark for quite some time. However that's all changed with the launch of Crackdown 3. Crackdown 3 takes everything that's good about the series, cranks it up to 11, bolts on some chrome rims, and then shoves Terry Crews up it's tailpipe. The gorgeous comic book graphics are present and accounted for, the batsh*t crazy storyline is in full effect, and the gameplay is just as good as ever. Not to mentions Terry Crews. Also, Terry Crews anyone?
Not EVERYTHING is all sunshine and Old Spice though. As is the usual for Crackdown games after a while things do get a bit repetitive, but at least this time around there's enough variety to keep it from becoming a slogfest of Crackdown 2's proportions. Oh, and Terry Crews. All the Terry Crews. Anyway, back on track. As this is the first Crackdown outing to be released on PC it's nice to see how well optimized it is. it ran flawlessly at 1440p60 maxed out on my GTX 1070TI. I'm sure with a 1080TI and up it would be a comfortable 4K60. All in all Crackdown 3 on PC is a good experience, and and there's a lot to keep you busy.
