There is a loose structure to the Terra Nova corporation when it comes to how you dismantle it, at least.

So keep in mind as I tell you about the rest of what Crackdown 3 does, which is almost entirely combat, that the combat isn’t good. Running up to an enemy to punch it to death is slower and less efficient in almost every situation. There’s simply no need to rely on melee combat, because it’s just more efficient to run into an outpost and mindlessly cycle through enemies with automatic fire or one of the explosive ordinance launchers. “I’m not exaggerating when I say the majority of my experience through the entirety of the campaign was as follows: left trigger to lock on, right trigger to fire, left trigger to lock on, right trigger to fire, left trigger, right trigger, left trigger, right trigger. But even in co-op, it’s extremely forgettable – which is a damning thing to say about a game that tries so hard to be over the top.Ĭrackdown 3’s story is never more complex than, to paraphrase, “Oh no! Evil megacorp Terra Nova has sucked out the world’s power and you must stop it!” It’s so thin that even a talented personality like Terry Crews can’t save it, especially when his infectiously energetic and hammy performance as Commander Jaxon is mostly confined to the opening cutscene and then some random bits of dialogue before he’s reduced to effectively just a skin for your character with his own bonuses, like all other agents. There’s some fun toward the end, once you’re effectively a superhero and springing around the lifeless world like Ang Lee’s Hulk. Outside of a few decent bosses, most of the eight to 10-hour campaign is the same rehashed lock-on shooting gallery across a huge but relentlessly bland city map. And just like all but the best B action movies, it’s not stylish or substantial enough to pull it off. Like a B action movie, Crackdown 3 is solely concerned with trying to deliver a hamfisted, high-octane, kaleidoscopically techno explosion-fest. This review covers my thoughts on the single-player campaign read here for my review of Crackdown 3's Wrecking Zone multiplayer mode. Editor's Note: Because Crackdown 3’s single and multiplayer modes are so different, and because the multiplayer was barely available ahead of time, we’re reviewing them separately.

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