In an interview with develop magazine, Realtime Worlds producer Phil Wilson chats about Crackdown's growing pains, its somewhat awkward path to market, the game's image and how much they really needed the Halo 3 beta code. Wilson also goes on to talk about how they would love to make the Crackdown community grow by creating tools that'd allow players to share videos and experiences. But the most startling factoid Wilson points out is that they are not working on a Crackdown sequel and are instead focusing their efforts on two other projects, one being the cops and robbers MMO All Points Bulletin. So, sadly, no Crackdown sequel will be headed our way for the foreseeable future.All in all the interview is a good read that showcases a very honest look back at the game and the inner workings of the dev team, but darned if we wouldn't like to see what they could do with Crackdown 2. Maybe someday, just maybe ...
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9-08-2007 @ 12:35AM
Brian said...
I'm very disappointed that they aren't making Crackdown 2.
Crackdown was one of the best games for the 360. It's the most fun I've ever had in a sandbox game!
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9-08-2007 @ 10:53AM
Diamondxp said...
I am cool with waiting a couple of years for the next one.
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9-08-2007 @ 4:08PM
why not the LS2/LS7? said...
It's weird to say Crackdown would have a sequel. Would they call it Crackdown 1?
Cause Crackdown almost wasn't a game at all. It was mostly a Parkour simulator. It was fun jumping around and all. But EVERY bit of the game that involved battling baddies or whatever felt completely tacked on.
So I'm not surprised the "writers" of the first one aren't at work on more "story".
That having been said, I had fun with it for a few days, and I'd love to see them make an actual game from the engine and world design.
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9-09-2007 @ 8:38PM
Grant said...
oh it's coming.
they just won't admit it until after H3 comes out and everyone finds out that it has a major cliff hanger ending and Halo 4 will exist.
and then they will ship the H4 Beta with crackdown 2 on whatever part of the disc isn't full.
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9-09-2007 @ 10:18PM
mec11 said...
Me I bought Crackdown b/c it was what I always wanted out of GTA and more. In a game like that I did not want a specific story, but to leap tall buildings while shooting rockets and vehicles that suction to buildings.
@5. "Sad to here I was hoping for a part 2 with some better multiplayer options!"
As others have said... why not just more DLC. So far they have demonstrated that with the latest.
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9-10-2007 @ 9:07AM
xenocidic said...
problem with more DLC is there's no room for more cheevos!~~~ (1250 limit already reached)
how about a crackdown 1.5 new campaign, 1000 more cheevos !!! woot !
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9-16-2007 @ 2:52PM
2k8 steve said...
i would of loved a crackdown 2 but apb looks like a sweet game so im not to disapointed
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