I really hope it online, and not mp only destruction. Cause it its online and in the sp then this game will be epic.
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Crackdown 3 Gameplay First Look
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I really hope it online, and not mp only destruction. Cause it its online and in the sp then this game will be epic.
AzureFlame
Member
Hell yeah! So now it's called Crackdown 3? Not a reboot?
Can't wait for this.
Can't wait for this.
tiebreaker
Member
The destruction looks awesome, but the animation needs some work. Though it!s only an alpha footage.
It's also good that cloud is reseved only for MP, which means SP shoul be playable offline. No always only to connect to the cloud bs
It's also good that cloud is reseved only for MP, which means SP shoul be playable offline. No always only to connect to the cloud bs
"but the cloud is just a marketing gimmick"
it says in the video the destructibility is multiplayer.
I assume they'll be some destruction in the single player but you won't just be able to level the city. It wouldn't make sense.
So it seems all the speculation did make sense. Sumo Digital is making Crackdown 3, with leadership from ReAgent and tech from Cloudgine.
gamechanger87
Member
Why would you not want the destruction? That's the core of the game.
I really hope the multiplayer is simultaneous and you can just opt out of people joining.
Augustiner
Neo Member
That's unfortunate. Co-op centric, sure, but I played the first two single player during periods when I didn't have an Xbox subscription. The games were still quite enjoyable.
Disappointing if the option is not there in this sequel.
Garrett 2U
Member
I just can't get over how "okay" this looks
That gif of the building collapsing on 2 other buildings is blowing my mind
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
Holy shit that's definitely crackdown and the city looks huge
why all the complaints about the cloud feature :/ seems like a welcome addition to MP
why all the complaints about the cloud feature :/ seems like a welcome addition to MP
seentursch
Member
Curious if the entire campaign can be played multiplayer. Yeah the animations look stiff, but it's pre alpha and kinda the look of crackdown games. It's all about gameplay.
I'm slightly confused doesn't Gamescom technically start tomorrow? Like, from the 5th?
Why are we getting all these Microsoft announcements today? Unless these are all just press releases not related to the Microsoft presentation (if that's how Gamescom works, I don't know much about it).
Why are we getting all these Microsoft announcements today? Unless these are all just press releases not related to the Microsoft presentation (if that's how Gamescom works, I don't know much about it).
gamechanger87
Member
They had a 90 min conference today.
It's just like E3. All the press conferences happen before the doors open.
SenseiAsad
Member
Liking that they lived up to the initial trailer's destruction. Need to see a full gameplay demo though, I guess it's still a little far out for that. There is still an offline component right? I don't mind if they leave the destruction MP exclusive if I can still satisfy my orb hunting addiction in peace.
Indeed.
people are never satisfied. in every crackdown thread there's people that think the cloud is just a gimmick and would never have any tangible effect on gameplay, those hoping the game wouldn't be online only, etc.
I'm sure it can be. The other two were.
this looks insane to me. I can't wait for more footage; hope a beta comes soon.
The Albatross
Member
Uhh, no, they're not implying that. What they're saying is that games have access to the cloud compute power of Microsoft's azure distributed computing platform.
This guy..
Was being cross, but what you (Rivyn) hypothesized they mean is not closed to what distributed compute clouds are.
I'm no expert, but for a very simplified introduction into elastic computing and distributed computing models, check out Amazon's introduction to EC2:
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/
Now, obviously, we don't know exactly how Crackdown uses it, but it's likely that they're leveraging the computing power of Azure to handle mathematical computations for the physics environments and then sending this information back to the console, instead of, say, leveraging the console's processor to do those calculations. That's a very simplified description because, while I have some understanding of distributed computing mostly from my job, I'm not an expert or even close to it. Now, this isn't something that a developer couldn't necessarily do on a PS4 or on a PC, but Microsoft is -- allegedly -- providing Azure services for free to developers who partner with them, something that would be very costly otherwise.
If you want to learn more about cloud computing systems, there's a free Coursera course and this is a good introduction to fundamentals behind Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Application Engine, and others.
https://www.coursera.org/course/cloudcomputing
not_so_special
Banned
not exactly,x20 power because of the "cloud"
they are still selling that bs..but alas,some people believe that ( look at this thread) they really believe that destruction is achieved by the cloud so i dont blame them for triying
Lol memories. Funny how the game was fun and solid and many on that thread ain't feeling it.
Is that gif really that impressive?
IAmRandom31
Banned
they need to make a Rampage game using this engine
It is for a console.
these are and the closest i've seen to that first gif outside of RF is dynamic bullet holes in windows. people flipped out about that when the division was shown off.
LukasTaves
Member
This look amazing on all fronts (despite some obvious rough stuff from still being early).
Love the level of detail on the city, and the destruction is just nuts.
This is definitely a worth sequel!
Love the level of detail on the city, and the destruction is just nuts.
This is definitely a worth sequel!
not_so_special
Banned
i loved the cloud when it was used by the people from volition three or four years ago,no seriously its funny when people without tech knowledge just put gifs to asume they have "won" the conversation.
Pathfinder
Member
And here comes the downplaying. Right on schedule.
Red Faction destruction was nowhere near this.
yeah, if only it wasn't desolate mars and instead an actual city.
Oh? I suppose you work on the game then. How is the destruction done, then?
We had stuff like this years ago, on considerably weaker hardware, without the power of cloud or whatever else….I'm sure they're using the cloud to help, but it's certainly not necessary for the specific example shown in that GIF.
not_so_special
Banned
in a console much less powerfull
you dont need to work on this game,just have dev background to know the x20 the power because of the cloud its bs,they put you some nice video and people will pull these gifs on any thread to proved the point as if thats is a proof of anything..seriously people
We had stuff like this years ago, on considerably weaker hardware, without the power of cloud or whatever else….I'm sure they're using the cloud to help, but it's certainly not necessary for the example shown in that GIF.
You're comparing destructible huts to the levelling of a dense, next-generation city?
with a game world much less impressive
Basketball
Member
IF you can still pickup pedestrians and Cars etc
im down
im down
Lil'DigiOp
Member
I loved the first Crackdown, I need for 3 to be more like that one than 2. Lol.
Looks really good so far
Looks really good so far
That undersell wow..
Pathfinder
Member
We had stuff like this years ago, on considerably weaker hardware, without the power of cloud or whatever else .I'm sure they're using the cloud to help, but it's certainly not necessary for the specific example shown in that GIF.
Wow, are you really trying to do this?
Using these as examples?