Crackdown Demo Breaks Records Posted by XanTium | January 30 19:26 EST

From xbox360.ign.com: [QUOTE] Microsoft's recent Crackdown demo, a free download available only for Gold Tier members on Marketplace, this week made Microsoft history. That's right, beating out top downloads like Lost Planet and Fight Night among others, Microsoft's Crackdown demo, released on January 23, kicked everyone else's asses. Microsoft told IGN that this week the Crackdown playable demo was the most downloaded demo for a 24-hour period and the most downloaded demo during a seven day (week-long) period. [/QUOTE] Full Story: xbox360.ign.com

Hahah...I'm not surprised.

I also wouldnt be surprised if some people downloaded it hoping to also get a demo of the halo 3 multiplayer beta!

I downloaded it because I know if I don't get 2nd wave of halo 3 beta (and im not holding my breathe) then I'm going to buy the game. I was actually surprised by how much fun I had playing this game. It looks like GTA, but in a cartoon world which is seriously awesome.

i only played it for the 30 mins the demo allowed. although, it was a decent game. things i didn't like is that when you killed a gang boss, it didn't feel like i was killing someone important. in fact, i couldn't even really tell which one the boss was at first. the targeting system was a little off sometimes and it would be nice to be able to carry more guns. also, i felt a little overwhelmed at first with all of the gun choices. the battles could be a little big more of a "big deal". when you take over one of the orange points it feels just like killing random gangsters in the street. amazing with all of these things i listed above that i still enjoyed playing the game also, the jumping in the game is awesome and i like the idea of getting powerups for killing and the green orbs on top of the buildings. i might get it when it comes out, we'll see.

This game's pretty damn fun.. I played for about 10 minutes and decided to wait for the full version to come out. The co-op is going to be huge.

I bet your right lol

i downloaded it to see if it is worth buying so i can get the halo 3 beta but its not worth shit. the halo 3 beta will be worth more than that game imo

even if its not true, its a good way to create buzz for a game :/

i also agree it was halo 3 people holding their breath for a beta code

Yup, like previously mentioned, 90%+ of the people that downloaded that demo just wanted to see what kinda game they were buying for the halo3 beta.

I played it at my friend's house. I wasn't too impressed. It was like a poor rip off of GTA. The fact that a [black] guy can jump 30 feet [with agility upgrades] didn't particularly surprise me, and it was fun for the first 2 minutes, jumping from building to building across the city and what not..But ehh, I just didn't like it. Of course, I've never really been to fond of the GTA series either. I've also never been too fond of the whole "comic book" looking graphics. I guess picking up cars and trucks and throwing them 100 feet away doesn't interest me..at least not as much as it would have if I was a wii bit younger.

But, luckily for me, I don't need to buy crackdown

I don't care anything about halo 3 and downloaded the game. I loved it. Co-op is awsome. If you play co-op and with someone that knows how to play the game, I think more people would like it. I didn't like it the first time I play, then played with someone that knew how to do some things, like level up. Now I've played quite a few times till the demo is up.

what does surprise me about this is that it is one of the larger demos to date at 1.24gb so having that big of a download community that is a lot of bandwidth.

I personally love the game, I will be buying it for sure, not necessarily for the halo 3 beta.

To the person who said the gangster kills didnt seem like a big deal, I partially agree though it said that the demo is "accelerated" so I am sure things will be harder and have more of an impact.

Where do you DL Fight Night? I can't find it anywhere.. was it recently removed?

Well at least we all know that Crackdown won't be bought just for Halo 3!

- or maybe fanboys are trying to justify purchasing Crackdown for Halo 3, and make sure their buying something worth it

oh i can definately agree thats where a lot of its DLs came from, but I feel a lot will be converted back to a $60 game that happens to come with a halo3 beta invite

Had it not been for the 30 minute limit, I wouldn't have made it to work. I was having a blast and can't wait for the full game to come out in a few weeks.

-Erich

This game rocks. I love how there is constant fast paced action and your guy runs really fast and gets places for more action! GTA takes forever to get anywhere thats why I stopped playing the GTA series.

For me, this is another sand box game that is not even on par with the original ps2 GTA game. It does not even cut it when compaired to Saints Row.

I was hoping for a little more indepth gameplay, such as riffling through peoples personal belongings (Shenmue style) with a GTA futureistic twist. Sadly not.

Sure the game looks "cool" but I'd rather have cool gameplay than cool graphics.

crackdown is a top class game and any pleb who buys it just for the H3 beta needs their head checked, gah halo fanboys piss me off.

I will definatley be playing halo3 , but in any case, this game is most incredible!

Played it again last night before bed with the roommate, we were going off! Killing huge gangs and making explosions crazy. I went off on a tangent and collected as many ability orbs as I could see, and got my level maxed. I then went for the tallest building on the skyline and climbed to the top. It was very rad. I need this game, I need a new game!!

I can see part of that, but can you really dislike a game for what it dosent have, without appreciating the things it does. You said its too much like other games but you want features added that are similar to other games?

You are obviously entitled to your opinion, just my thoughts

Yes! I want to break into your house, rape the cat, drown the goldfish and steal a sock.

What more could you want than being able to roundhouse kick everyone to death. I mean I'm gonna change my gamertag to xXxCHUCKxNORRISxXx and play the sh*t out of this game when it comes out.

definitely one of the best demos i have played. i will be getting this one for sure