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Vinnems
Joined: 02 Nov 2009
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:48 am
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How weird. My brother bought this game a few days ago and I've been playing it a bit. Seems pretty crappy, but it lets me jump high along buildings so I'm cool with it! Can't believe it's getting this kind of promotion though.
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teh*darkness
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:53 am
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It may seem crappy to you, but to a lot of people, it's just what they wanted. That's the only reason it took so long for them to make the sequel. The first one pulled a Family Guy/Futurama... it bombed on initial sales cause people only wanted it for the Halo 3 MP Beta, but then others like myself picked it up when the price was slashed and found it thoroughly enjoyable. And we made enough sales on it and enough of an outcry that Microsoft optioned a sequel for us. There isn't much to the game besides blowing stuff up, so if you're looking for anything besides mindless destruction, yeah, it'll seem crappy. I, for one, can't wait for it to come out in 4 weeks.
"Would you like to blow it up with me?"
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Unholy_Nny
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:09 am
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Crackdown was fun because you could jump over buildings and punch cars. I'm hoping the sequel raises the insanity levels and doesn't try to bog down the game with "substance".
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Maciste
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:34 am
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"How much is the fish?", concerning XBoxlive.
I'd cream my pants if they were to release it for free!
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mdo7
Joined: 23 May 2007
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Location: Katy, Texas, USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:30 am
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OMG, are we now seeing more western franchises getting anime adaptation and tie-in? This is crazy. We now got Thundercats anime from WB, Funimation/Bioware Dragon Age anime, Supernatural anime, and now a Crackdown 2 anime. Looks like we're seeing a new trend in anime.
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Greed1914
Joined: 28 Oct 2007
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:42 am
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I don't have anything against Crackdown, it's a pretty decent game, but it's about the last thing to get some sort of anime tie-in that I would expect.
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Onizuka666
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
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Location: U.K
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:01 pm
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Crackdown was a cool game in its own right. It gives you the park to play in, and is insane fun once you open up to it.
The day may come when most games have their own animated series attached. It can allow developers to use material that ends up on the editing room floor, or spread ther wings a bit more. Very good to see series being done, tha just a one shot OAV.
Again, good pay day for anime studios. Because they know that they can make more money, by getting in bed with the games industry, this trend will continue. Not at all a bad thing.
Crackdown 2 is on my July buy list.
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Gratch
Joined: 07 Oct 2008
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:31 pm
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mdo7 wrote: | OMG, are we now seeing more western franchises getting anime adaptation and tie-in? This is crazy. We now got Thundercats anime from WB, Funimation/Bioware Dragon Age anime, Supernatural anime, and now a Crackdown 2 anime. Looks like we're seeing a new trend in anime. |
Except Thundercats isn't going to be anime. It's just animated in Japan, a lot of US cartoons were animated there.
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mdo7
Joined: 23 May 2007
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Location: Katy, Texas, USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:05 pm
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Gratch wrote: |
mdo7 wrote: | OMG, are we now seeing more western franchises getting anime adaptation and tie-in? This is crazy. We now got Thundercats anime from WB, Funimation/Bioware Dragon Age anime, Supernatural anime, and now a Crackdown 2 anime. Looks like we're seeing a new trend in anime. |
Except Thundercats isn't going to be anime. It's just animated in Japan, a lot of US cartoons were animated there. |
Hold on, WB did confirm Thundercats will be their "anime project". We have to wait to see who's the director for the new Thundercats project is. If it's a famous anime director doing Thundercats, then I'll considered Thundercats as anime. I recalled Litte Nemo has been reclassified as anime because of it Japanese-US co-production. Little Nemo came out in Japan first, then it came out in USA few years later. I would also consider Mighty Orbots and Bionic Six as anime because it was directed by a famous anime director, Osamu Dezaki.
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reanimator
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:31 pm
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What a surprise. "Something Yoshimatsu" (nickname of character designer Takahiro Yoshimatsu) is directing a video game anime. I guess he's trying to get directorial gig. He likes video games and gadgets like other geeks out there, so it's kind of natural thing.
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