Overheard@TGS: Putting the 'crack' in Crackdown 2
by Xav de Matos 
{ Sep 25th 2009 at 9:45AM } 
It's true, and Iannetta says that orb fiends will not be disappointed when they go hunting for the returning collectible in Crackdown 2. Stay tuned for gameplay footage and our hands-on impressions of the upcoming sandbox title.
Gallery: Crackdown 2 (TGS 2009 #2)
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rells009 @ Sep 25th 2009 9:52AM
Are those jump zones? What's the fun in jump zones??
Vidikron @ Sep 25th 2009 10:01AM
Jump zones? What are you talking about? In the picture those orbs are the agility orbs. You collect them to raise your agility stats which allow you to jump higher and farther. The smaller orbs above the big orb are used to indicate how many agility points that orb is worth (i.e. the more small orbs the more it is worth). And the tougher orbs to get are generally worth the most. That's why the high one in the front of the picture has all those small orbs but the lower ones in the background just have the main orb with no small orbs.... they're easier to get and thus worth less.
Tiptup300 @ Sep 25th 2009 1:36PM
They better have a way of seeing which parts of town you're missing orbs.
In crackdown 1 I'm missing like one.
Porker @ Sep 25th 2009 10:03AM
I'm still a little put off by the fact that this isn't being developed by Realtime Worlds, considering the amazing job they did on the first one, but .... orbs.
Rhamsey @ Sep 25th 2009 10:36AM
God I spent so much time looking for those orbs, and finding that 400th one (although a year after the game came out) felt so good. I never found all of those hidden orbs though. I hope that for crackdown 2 it tells you if you got all of the ones in part of the city, cause I've spent hours combing the same sections.
ducttapeBigSexy @ Sep 25th 2009 10:37AM
I'm unsure how I feel about this - I liked the first one, but it felt rushed to me - seems like they could have done a lot more with it. If this is just more of the same, I might pass, but if they substantially build on the formula set by the first one, I might pick it up...
Aero @ Sep 25th 2009 11:06AM
I hope they put some way to track the orbs in this game, like number each one and have a checklist in the game or something. It was so annoying having only a few left to get and being unable to find them.
Blessed Ossoona @ Sep 25th 2009 12:47PM
Yeah, that would be really nice, it does get annoying. Somebody has a map with all of them listed tho, I don't think I have the link anymore.
Tiptup300 @ Sep 25th 2009 1:37PM
That map isn't helpful when you have 1 remaining and it's like 1 of 600.
Nick @ Sep 25th 2009 2:22PM
I'm still missing one Agility orb. :-( !!!!!!
kyte420 @ Sep 25th 2009 3:03PM
Seriously!? Did he compare it to honest to goodness crack rock damn, can't even escape that shit on the internet...............
C @ Sep 25th 2009 3:28PM
loved the first one, looking forward to this one
one of my fav games....
fun coop too
vdeogmer @ Sep 27th 2009 1:04AM
I hated trying to find those agility orbs. After I got my agility maxed out, I never touched another one. And here's hoping they fix the broken driving mechanics too!