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Since that summer, Obama won a second term, and then we got a new president.
There have been two moreDespicable Mefilms (three if you countMinions).
Whether Microsoft hit that sweet spot by accident or intentionally, I cannot say.
A lot has changed since the lastCrackdown; luckilyCrackdownhas not.
I was pleasantly surprised to find the muscle memory still there, almost a decade later.
Shooting enemies levels up your firearms skill, running them over boosts your driving abilities, and so on.
Every character and location has a bit of backstory or context, and absolutely none of it matters.
In my head, I know that I should dingCrackdown 3for how little its formula has changed.
And yet, I found myself charmed by the games strict adherence to its core competencies.
In the past decade, open-world games have only grown more complex.
Crackdown 3also comes with a multiplayer mode called Wrecking Zone, which is … nice?
And there are only two game modes, a bland Team Deathmatch and a bland King of the Hill.
Maybe hitting that sweet spot was the plan all along.
