Lo nuevo de Microsoft de la mano de Sumo Digital (tras haber pasado por varios estudios antes) y después de un largo y tortuosos desarrollo, se destapa como un título discreto en el que a pesar de encontrar cierta diversión en las primeras horas, pronto se torna repetitivo y con ideas bastante desaprovechadas.
OpenCritic - 63 average - 22% recommended
Critic Reviews
Attack of the Fanboy - William Schwartz - 3 / 5 stars
Short and not very good, Crackdown 3 has few things to point to as reasons to exist.
CGMagazine - Jed Whitaker - 4.5 / 10
If you liked the original Crackdown and want basically more of that, then you've found your game. If you want a modern first party AAA game, look elsewhere
Cerealkillerz - Patrice Naderi - German - 6.5 / 10
With it`s weak story, a soulless presentation and repetetive gameplay, Crackdown 3 is a total disappointment after all. The game feels like a Remaster of the first title and continues the series of mediocre exclusives with only few, but outstanding honorable mentions for the Xbox One. Fans of the series should grab the title via Game Pass, everyone else should find plenty of other and better options.
Critical Hit - Sam Spiller - 7 / 10
Cracking the formula it set out with 12 years ago, Crackdown 3 delivers the solid and structured, though limited, gameplay of gunning down your enemies while leaping across vast distance and heights. Even if nothing especially new has been added to that formula.
Culture of Gaming - John Powell - 8.5 / 10
Despite the setbacks and delays, Crackdown 3 has put the franchise firmly back on solid ground and that is mostly because of the exceptional work and dedication of developers Sumo Digital. They have not only addressed all of the shortcomings of Crackdown 2 but they have improved upon the core gameplay and the experience itself. Crackdown’s future is so bright the cigar chomping, slave driving, blow hard, sour puss of an Agency Director would be cracking a smile if he could. Good things come to those who wait and Crackdown fans have certainly had to do that.
Daily Mirror - JC Suttun - 3 / 5 stars
This latest dose of open world superhuman crime fighting action feels like a missed opportunity
Destructoid - Brett Makedonski - 6 / 10
Crackdown 3 is a good Crackdown game, which, unfortunately, doesn't mean much anymore. Modern game design has surpassed the Crackdown model by leaps and bounds -- as high and far as an agent can jump. The most remarkable thing about Crackdown 3 is how unambitious it is. It's content to come off as dated, like a relic from a bygone era. That can be comforting in a way, but it's immeasurably more disappointing. Crackdown 3, just like its kin, is only a distraction and nothing more.
DualShockers - Logan Moore - 5 / 10
Crackdown 3 has finally arrived and instead of being a next-gen iteration of the franchise, it feels like a lost relic of the Xbox 360 era.
EGM - Michael Goroff - 7 / 10
Crackdown 3 is just more Crackdown. For some players, that will be enough. But compared to what Crackdown 3 initially promised, what we ended up with seems lacking in depth and destruction. When it's good, like with its boss fights, there's nothing like it. Unfortunately, there's just too much filler, and with its most exciting feature demoted to a fairly minor multiplayer mode, Crackdown 3 just isn't the step forward that it could have been.
Everyeye.it - Francesco Fossetti - Italian - 5 / 10
An unlucky product, born under a bad star, passed from hand to hand without anyone being able to fix it. A pity, but now that all the fears have been confirmed, we can at least look further.
Fandom - James McMahon - 2 / 5
Ultimately, time will tell whether Wrecking Zone becomes Crackdown 3’s saving grace. But despite this mode offering some (much welcome) fun, its hard to see why anyone would shell out their hard-earned cash for this
Game Revolution - Bradley Russell - 3 / 5 stars
Crackdown 3 has had years of build-up and, well, it’s just Crackdown with a tiny bit of new-gen polish. That’s not a bad thing, not by any stretch, but in a February dotted with potentially fantastic releases, it’s going to be an ultimate forgettable one.
GameMAG - Blaze - Russian - 7 / 10
Crackdown 3 is not trying to hook you with incredible graphics, interesting story, original quests or unique multiplayer. This project is primarily created for fans of the previous two games, and it's just fun. Exciting progressing system and fun acrobatics with the ability to jump over entire areas in the city are still fascinating, just like in 2007.
GamePro - Tobias Veltin - German - 65 / 100
Mechanically solid, but also outdated open-world action game without real highlights.
GameSpew - Richard Seagrave - 9 / 10
Forget Crackdown 2 ever happened, Crackdown 3 is the sequel we deserve. It takes everything that made the original game so great and expands upon it, leveraging the power of the Xbox One to make the experience bigger and better.
GameSpot - Chris Pereira - 5 / 10
Crackdown 3's campaign is short on new ideas and relies too heavily on its core loop of collecting orbs and throwing heavy objects around.
Gameblog - Jonathan Bushle - French - 7 / 10
Despite an average and sometimes problematic gameplay, despite a poor multiplayer mode, Crackdown 3 is a nice open wold game with various activities and a mafia to take down boss after boss.
Gamerheadquarters - Jason Stettner - 7 / 10
Crackdown 3 is a solid entry in the franchise, I was generally whelmed by it.
Gamersky - Catcher_L - Chinese - 8.1 / 10
Despite some flaws in terms of story and UI, Crackdown 3 is a decent sequel of the series.
GamesRadar+ - Jordan Oloman - 3 / 5 stars
Crackdown 3 is bonkers chaotic fun but also a case of wasted potential. The series deserved an iterative revival but instead, we have the tried-and-tested Crackdown backbone with remastered visuals and a touch more chaos, sadly squandering the promise of its few interesting additions in the process
GamingBolt - Will Borger - 7 / 10
Crackdown 3 maintains some of the series's inconsistencies, but it does more right than it does wrong, and it's a blast to play when everything comes together.
GamingTrend - Travis Northup - 85 / 100
Crackdown 3 makes no sense on paper. Its story is nonsense, you spend way too much time searching for hidden orbs and leveling up, and the presentation isn't anything spectacular. And yet, the over-the-top madness and hilarious, memorable moments it brought me made it impossible to put down. While the PvP multiplayer mode falls short of what it's trying to achieve, there's a lot to love about Crackdown's long overdue return.
God is a Geek - Mick Fraser - 7.5 / 10
Loud, brash and gleefully addictive at times, Crackdown 3 is unashamedly fun, even if it does feel more like a remake than a sequel.
Guardian - Keza MacDonald - 3 / 5 stars
This simple action caper where players liberate a neon-clad city from a sinister megacorp makes 15 hours disappear easily
Heavy - Elton Jones - 6.8 / 10
Crackdown 3 as a whole is certainly rough around the edges and more of a mid-tier 1st-party exclusive. There’s some fun to be had, of course. But its overall staying power is a step below other open-world games of its ilk.
Hobby Consolas - Daniel Quesada - Spanish - 84 / 100
It mantains everything that created a really enjoyable franchise: non-stop action and an enormously satisfying progression system. It's not a game changer and you won't be surprised by its graphics, but it will offer you some toooooasty action.
IGN Italy - Lorenzo Fantoni - Italian - 6.8 / 10
Crackdown 3 is an old school game that doesn't do anything to sound fresh and new. Sometimes it's fun, but in the long run it's just out of this timeline.
A tragic end to Crackdown 3's long and painful journey, with an unremarkable campaign mode and a multiplayer that is a disaster in terms of tech and design.
PCGamesN - Dustin Bailey - 6 / 10
Competent, with enough fun weapons and silly spectacle to make it inoffensive entertainment. While a half-decade of development hell could've ended with worse results, it's tough to muster much excitement for what's here.
Polygon - Colin Campbell - Unscored
Crackdown 3 is a playpen of combat and destruction that sets itself up as a liberating journey into a barbarous fantasy of wanton mayhem. But its central proposition — the freedom to do as I please — is undermined by frustrating design compromises.
Press Start - James Mitchell - 7 / 10
Crackdown 3 is without a doubt the best Crackdown yet. It successfully builds upon the previous two games to offer an open world experience that, while formulaic, is still incredibly enticing. This is in part due to the very flexible combat system, which offers heaps of different ways to be as destructive as possible. It's structure has been seen before, sure, and as such Crackdown 3 doesn't break ground in many ways, but it's still such an enjoyable experience that I'm not sure it entirely matters.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun - John Walker - Unscored
It reeks of development hell, as demoralising to play as I imagine it was to make. Yes, clearing a map of its icons can be readily distracting, and it fulfils this role at least.
Screen Rant - Mansoor Mithaiwala - 2.5 / 5 stars
Sumo Digital's Crackdown 3 releases on Xbox One and PC on February 15.
Shacknews - Sam Chandler - 7 / 10
There’s a time and place for games like Crackdown 3. It’s not bad by any means, it’s even quantifiably good and enjoyable. However, while games can be lauded for not following trends, there’s a difference between carving your own path and simply not innovating.
Spaziogames - Paolo Sirio - Italian - 6.5 / 10
Quotation Forthcoming
SquareXO - Joe Anderson - 8 / 10
My review of Crackdown 3 started with a negative, however much like the game, the further you get into it, the more you’ll begin to understand the point. Crackdown 3 may not be the prettiest game in the world, but the longer I’ve spent with it, the more I’ve come to love it.
Star News - Rod Oracheski - 4.4 / 5
Long-suffering Crackdown fans finally have a worthy sequel. The campaign was every bit as campy and fun as expected, with Terry Crews a perfect addition to the cast, and the multiplayer proving to be surprisingly entertaining.
Stevivor - Luke Lawrie - 4 / 10
Crackdown 3 feels too similar to the game that came before it; it's like Sumo has made Crackdown 2 again
Tech Advisor - Lewis Painter - 2.5 / 5 stars
Crackdown 3 is fun to play and requires very little in terms of concentration to perform well, but at the same time, it's fairly limited in scope and most players won't find enough on offer to keep coming back.
Telegraph - Olivia White - 3 / 5 stars
If you've played a Crackdown game before, then you'll know exactly what to expect from Crackdown 3.
I did enjoy the mess that is Crackdown 3. In chunks, it can be exciting, but the story, multiplayer, and milquetoast character progression inhibit the Crackdown 3.The promised mayhem is here. But it isn’t more.
The Games Machine - Daniele Dolce - Italian - 7.2 / 10
Crackdown 3 comes directly from the past, from an era in which the open-world action games focused mainly on the amount of things to do, to the detriment of the overall quality and variety of situations. This does not mean that the formula proposed by Sumo Digital doesn't work, far from it, but it's linked to a now anachronistic concept of a genre that has evolved in the last couple of years into something that goes beyond the simple repetition of the same tasks throughout the duration of the campaign.
TrueAchievements - Mark Delaney - 3 / 5 stars
It survived the purge where Fable Legends and Scalebound did not, but even in its best moments, Crackdown 3's campaign feels like it was born too late.
Twinfinite - Ed McGlone - 3.5 / 5
Ultimately, none of the flaws in Crackdown 3 are deal-breakers but they hold it back from being truly great. If you can look past them, and just enjoy Crackdown 3 for what it is: a game that gives you a wacky toolset to blast enemies away for 10-20 hours or more, then you'll definitely find value and fun here.
Crackdown 3 isn't an instant hit, but after a slow start it rapidly builds into an action-packed shooter with brilliant character control and movement. While orb collecting is the key for prolonged play, the campaign in Crackdown 3 is always entertaining and visually there's a lot to appreciate if you look at the bigger picture. Crackdown is back.
VG247 - Nic Reuben - Unscored
All things considered, Crackdown 3 being this enjoyable represents a minor miracle, and I’d love to see what these teams are capable of with the franchise without being dicked around by corporate for half a decade.
VideoGamer - Colm Ahern - 6 / 10
The mission structure is repetitive, the story's utter wallop, and the baddies are there for shooting practice. But, damn it, it's fun being an over-powered superhero scaling a building in Crackdown 3.
WellPlayed - Kieran Stockton - 8.8 / 10
Crackdown 3 revels in fuelling its superhero power fantasy with a fantastic open world to explore and destroy
Windows Central - Jez Corden - 3 / 5 stars
Crackdown 3 is a decent sandbox experience that falls short of modern standards, but as an Xbox Game Pass title, it offers some good mindless fun.
Xbox Achievements - Dan Webb - 70 / 100
The term 'more of the same' is bandied about a lot in this industry, but when it comes to Crackdown 3, it is absolutely more of the same. With a few tweaks here and there, and a new city, there's no doubting that the gameplay still absolutely holds up. The structure and busywork tasks issues still persist from previous iterations though, which is perhaps the most disappointing aspect. Fun but repetitive best sums up Crackdown 3.
