Crackdown 3 Review Thread - MC: 60 OC: 62

[Mr Puggsly]

Azzanation said:

I think the debate for games in general comes down to playing it rather than ignoring it because critics say so. Without a personal experience with the game, it makes everyone's point who hasn't played the game invalid.

I was a little worried about buying CD3 because the reviews told me the game was average at best. Well 20 hours later I finally finished the game and I actually enjoyed it. That's my personal experience with the game. Just like the reviewers, who can cast spite on games based on development time, downgrades etc, I also ignore gamers opinions as well, unless they have actually played the games, and if they haven't, than they need to talk about something else. That's my 2 cents.

Reviewers are not me, majority of reviewers today probably haven't been playing video games as long I have so I take it with a grain of salt.

I saw the Digital Foundry video before I saw the reviews. After watching that video, I assumed Crackdown 3 was gonna get solid scores because they delivered what Crackdown fans want.

To the contrary, what Crackdown fans wanted doesn't appear to be what critics wanted. Too much of a throwback, not fresh enough, not doing what modern open world games are doing, etc. Some critics just don't enjoy the arcade action either I guess. Yet the New Super Mario Bros U port on Switch gets an 80? As a long time Mario fan, that game was a huge disappointment and a half assed rehash. But hey, to each his own.