All it costs is some of your data cap
Anyone who hasn’t had the pleasure of playing the originalCrackdowncan do so now at no price. In the lead-up to the launch ofCrackdown 3,Microsoft has made 2007’sCrackdownfree for everyone. It can be played on Xbox One through backward compatibility.
Crackdownis one of those mindlessly enjoyable games that should be played at some point. It’s a lot of bounding across buildings and landing in a thick mob of armed enemies. It’s finding agility orb after agility orb because there are 500 of them. It’s the frustration of not being able to find the last few agility orbs.
Looking back, it’s sort of incredible that the originalCrackdownwas never remastered during all those years we were waiting onCrackdown 3. Gussy up the visuals and add an orb map, and it’d fit in nicely among all the other remasters this generation. It seems like a prime candidate for that sort of thing.
If there’s a problem with this promotion, it’s that it might be too muchCrackdownin too short of a space. The original might inadvertently scratch theCrackdownitch for some people, rather than make them wantCrackdown 3more. But, this isn’t the first timeCrackdownhas been free, so a lot of folks probably already know what they’re getting themselves into. (Ridiculous jumping and explosive shooting — that’s what they’re getting themselves into.)
