As you might have already guessed, last night's Spike Video Game Awards show's "World Premiere" trailers have landed on the web via GameTrailers.com. First up for us this morning: Crackdown 2. Featuring the first campaign footage from the game that we've seen, it looks as though we'll be cooperatively taking down enemies with other agents when the game launches. Moreover, the entire trailer glories in the mass destruction introduced to us in the first Crackdown, backed up by a "Would you like to blow &%^$ up with me?" soundtrack. Color us excited.
Crackdown 2's VGA trailer invites you to 'blow #&$^ up' with it
by Ben Gilbert 
on Dec 13th 2009 11:30AM
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:34AM Chibi Chaingun said
Somehow these games have an appeal that GTA was never able to strike with me. Guess that's why we have choices. :)
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:36AM I AM IRONHIDE said
Everyone likes something different.
Well, except for republicans...
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Well, except for republicans...
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:43PM SisypheanLife said
Same here. Saint's Row 2 had a lot more appeal for me than GTA IV did or does. I loved SR2 to tiny pieces, but GTA IV just seems boring.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:50PM Assmar said
I'm just hoping the Gay Tony content comes to PC, because it's the only part of GTA IV that interest me, and I'm holding out for a Game of the Year edition.
My friend Morgan said the trailer was unimpressive, but I thought it looked really fine, although all open world game trailers look so strikingly similar.
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My friend Morgan said the trailer was unimpressive, but I thought it looked really fine, although all open world game trailers look so strikingly similar.
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 1:21PM p dot t said
I think the first Crackdadown was just an average shooter game. Thus, I expect more from this game. I saw its trailer and I thought it was awesome. Most game trailers were good, except for True Crime. See video compilation here:
http://bit.ly/VGA-World-Premiere-trailer
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http://bit.ly/VGA-World-Premiere-trailer
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 1:56PM Chibi Chaingun said
@Levi - Yeah, I was faced with the same dilemma. ...So I upvoted you. :P
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 2:55PM atrimus said
@Chibi
agreed. haven't even beaten GTAIV since i got it at launch, but i beat inFamous twice (good and evil) in little more than two weeks, including majority of the side missions.
i never played the original Crackdown, but this looks pretty sweet! i'll have to find the original somewhere cheap to brush up on the story before the sequel.
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agreed. haven't even beaten GTAIV since i got it at launch, but i beat inFamous twice (good and evil) in little more than two weeks, including majority of the side missions.
i never played the original Crackdown, but this looks pretty sweet! i'll have to find the original somewhere cheap to brush up on the story before the sequel.
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 6:01PM Alphathon said
@Jose: You'd better hope you have a damn good PC. GTA IV runs like shit on almost any PC. I'm not kidding when I say that Crysis on max settings at 1920x1200 has a better framerate than GTA IV on medium (same res). It really needs some optimisation work. Would be nice if the DLC came to GFWL though.
@atrimus: The original Crackdown was (and is) great fun as long as you are prepared to put up with the rediculousness of it (not a bad thing...it's not like Mario is any more realistic but its amazing anyway). Also, don't play it if you're after any kind of storyline. It's just mindless destruction based fun with a rather interesting graphical style (Crackdown 2 looks slightly more realistic graphically, but not much).
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@atrimus: The original Crackdown was (and is) great fun as long as you are prepared to put up with the rediculousness of it (not a bad thing...it's not like Mario is any more realistic but its amazing anyway). Also, don't play it if you're after any kind of storyline. It's just mindless destruction based fun with a rather interesting graphical style (Crackdown 2 looks slightly more realistic graphically, but not much).
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 10:34PM (Unverified) said
Ok, I don't have anything related to say in regards of the OP, but the song is
Richard Swift - Would You
I spent a good 5 minutes looking for it myself.
Props to: http://www.ripten.com/2009/12/12/vga09-crackdown-2-trailer-asks-would-you-like-to-blow-shit-up-with-me/
Link to song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cTrQGOGT_g
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Richard Swift - Would You
I spent a good 5 minutes looking for it myself.
Props to: http://www.ripten.com/2009/12/12/vga09-crackdown-2-trailer-asks-would-you-like-to-blow-shit-up-with-me/
Link to song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cTrQGOGT_g
Posted: Dec 14th 2009 10:36AM robertlibert said
"Most game trailers were good, except for True Crime. See video compilation here"
http://bit.ly/VGA-World-Premiere-trailer - Tnx for this link, ah nostalgia once more...
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http://bit.ly/VGA-World-Premiere-trailer - Tnx for this link, ah nostalgia once more...
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:35AM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said
Saw the vid last night as was unimpressed with what I saw.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:37AM (Unverified) said
Is the first game any good? The fact that Microsoft used it as a launch vehicle for the Halo 3 Beta didn't exactly speak volumes about their confidence in the title.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:47AM Chibi Chaingun said
I think the 7s and 8s review scores it got were pretty accurate. Very fun game, nothing too ground breaking though...well except that I think you could literally break the ground. :)
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:29PM (Unverified) said
It turned out to be better than the Halo 3 beta.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:34PM (Unverified) said
Crackdown was way better than Halo 3 (like a lot of games, lol). A lot of people got it just for that, then ended up enjoying the game.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:39PM (Unverified) said
It also doesn't help how many copies hit used game store shelves. No replay value, I take it?
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 1:06PM Dale P said
I enjoyed the crap out of it, but yes, once you see and do everything there is in the game, there's not much point to replaying. A problem with all of these sandbox games.
I have to agree with other posters, Crackdown, Saints Row 2, [prototype] and The Saboteur are all way more fun than GTA IV.
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I have to agree with other posters, Crackdown, Saints Row 2, [prototype] and The Saboteur are all way more fun than GTA IV.
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 2:23PM Vcize said
Playing the first one in co-op makes it one of the three most fun games of this generation.
Seriously, people that couldn't have fun with Crackdown have no soul. NO SOUL. That game was awesome, and even before it was announced I said that if it were, Crackdown 2 would likely be one of my most anticipated sequels of this gen (behind only a new Uncharted and a new Gears).
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Seriously, people that couldn't have fun with Crackdown have no soul. NO SOUL. That game was awesome, and even before it was announced I said that if it were, Crackdown 2 would likely be one of my most anticipated sequels of this gen (behind only a new Uncharted and a new Gears).
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 3:35PM (Unverified) said
You know how Saint's Row is like GTA but more insane? Crackdown is like Saint's Row but more insane.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:41AM (Unverified) said
This is gonna get a 9.5 out of 10. The first one was great, this one looks better.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:41AM (Unverified) said
I wasn't very impressed by what I saw last night, but after playing Prototype and even Infamous (which I hated), I guess I just expect a higher level of quality and production in my open world action games than Crackdown gives. I even enjoyed Spiderman Web of Shadows more than Crackdown.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:52AM (Unverified) said
It got old after a couple hours. The slow climbing, being forced to use the same 2 powers through the whole game, the mediocre story, the technical issues.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:54AM (Unverified) said
well, he had to hate SOMETHING in order to comment, didn't he? that's how he operates. (jk, tmac. i loved the game, but it wasn't perfect)
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:02PM CheeziePotato said
I like Jmac better than tmac. tmac seems so boring and sad all the time.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:09PM (Unverified) said
Prototype was fun though, quick moving running/climbing, great set of moves and abilities. The game being fun let me overlook the technical problems, unlike Infamous.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:20PM Shady3011 said
Prototype relied too heavily on throwing shit at you constantly. That's the game in a nutshell. The parkour was weak (once you can glide there's no point to climbing buildings except for altitude), the mission structure was incredibly repetitive (the side missions are no fun), and the combat becomes rote after you figure out what's the most effective way to take out enemies (hint: a chopper).
I'm not going to take away your love of Prototype, but it really is the inferior game of the two in terms of design.
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I'm not going to take away your love of Prototype, but it really is the inferior game of the two in terms of design.
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:23PM (Unverified) said
Design alone doesn't make a game fun, as Infamous proved.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:26PM Kleptomaniac said
The climbing was one of the few things that annoyed me in inFamous, basically mash X until you get to where you want. I hope they can improve on this in the sequel. The controls though were perfect and felt great unlike Assassins creed 2 (Which I do love) where I'm almost 100% sure there is input lag.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:56PM sonicspike41 said
Gotta go with tmac on this one. Not saying infamous is a bad game, but I really preferred Prototype more.
At one point the camera was right behind me, tailing me as I was doing 60 mph up a sky scraper with helicopters shooting missiles straight up on either side of me. It really felt like something out of an insane action movie. I actually had to pause the game and tell my friend about it, I was so impressed.
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At one point the camera was right behind me, tailing me as I was doing 60 mph up a sky scraper with helicopters shooting missiles straight up on either side of me. It really felt like something out of an insane action movie. I actually had to pause the game and tell my friend about it, I was so impressed.
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 1:03PM (Unverified) said
Why didn't they just make a next-gen Sly Cooper game.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 1:13PM (Unverified) said
They supposedly are. There's a movie theater in Infamous and on the playlist it says Sly Cooper 4, and I think it said coming soon after it but I don't remember now.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 2:45PM (Unverified) said
Co op is ok if it's an addition and not the selling point, it's too shallow to be the main selling point of a video game. But Crackdown as a whole was a game of no substance, it's just mean to turn on and run around blowing shit up. It was definitely too casual for me.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 11:58AM (Unverified) said
an open-world co-op superhero-ish game. sounds awesome! hopefully it works well.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 9:37PM (Unverified) said
sorry, i should have clarified. i never played the co-op in the original, so i don't know how well it worked. the first game was just ok, in my opinion. but, co-op could add so much to it, so i hope it works well.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:24PM (Unverified) said
I bet/hope the zombies only represent one slice of town. I bet/hope they'll be the last act, following a plotline about gangs failing to make supersoldiers.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:16PM plus eight said
So excited for this one. First one provided hours of fun with a friend.
Also to everyone saying they added zombies blah blah blah, they are the "freaks" from the first game, and they only come out at night. If they behave anything like they do in the first, it's gonna make for a very challenging experience because they are fast, powerful, and like to make you their bitch.
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Also to everyone saying they added zombies blah blah blah, they are the "freaks" from the first game, and they only come out at night. If they behave anything like they do in the first, it's gonna make for a very challenging experience because they are fast, powerful, and like to make you their bitch.
Posted: Dec 13th 2009 12:21PM (Unverified) said
I love the first game, but I'm a little surprised the graphics aren't any better. Saints Row 2 was an improvement over 1. But if you told me this trailer was for a belated DLC pack I'd believe you.
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