There's still hope for Crackdown 2 - RTW

By Robert Purchese Published 8 August, 2008

MacDonald doesn't think the door's closed.

Realtime Worlds boss Colin MacDonald has offered a glimmer of hope for a sequel to Crackdown, the fantastic Xbox 360 openworld romp from 2007.

"It was a horrible, horrible decision that we still dwell on," Colin MacDonald, studio ringleader, told VG247 of the decision not to jump straight on a sequel.

"But I don't think the door's closed. Obviously, right now we're tied up with APB and everything else, but hopefully in the future we'll have the resource and something can be worked out with Microsoft."

MacDonald went on to illustrate the love within Realtime Worlds for Crackdown, noting some staff got tattoos of the game pricked into their arms.

But, rued MacDonald, Crackdown sales "didn't add up".

"We're not in the business of doing things because we'd like to, if we can't guarantee that it makes sense for the company. That doesn't work," he said.

Crackdown received a whopping 9/10 from Eurogamer for an explosive, co-operative, and streamlined take on a GTA sandbox theme.

Scotland-based Realtime Worlds is currently hard at work on APB, a modern-day gangland MMO for Xbox 360 and PC.

Head to our All Points Bulletin gamepage to find out more.

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Comments (40) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • asphaltcowboy #1 4 years ago

    PLEASE!

  • Quint2020 #2 4 years ago

    I thought it sold really well??

  • Penguinzoot #3 4 years ago

    I really enjoyed Crackdown. A sequel would be a must-buy for me.

  • mkreku #4 4 years ago

    I think "streamlined" is my new hate word. It always means "dumbed down".

  • LeeroyJenkins #5 4 years ago

    Yeah, I was under the impression that it sold well too... especially with the Halo 3 beta entries that came with it.

    Still... Realtime Worlds have two of the best IP's in gaming at the moment IMO - Crackdown and APB. They must be loving it up there.

  • mcmonkeyplc #6 4 years ago

    BUY MORE CRACK! DOWN!

  • Crea #7 4 years ago

    It did sell well, about 1.5 million copies.

    I think the problem was that it was something of an unexpected hit, and so by the time the possibility of a sequel came about, RTW had moved on. You can't keep a full team sitting around doing nothing while the publisher ponders whether or not to give you a deal.

  • Razz #8 4 years ago

    BRING THE CRACKDOWN!

  • ayrtonsenna #9 4 years ago

    Awesome game, truly awesome.

  • asphaltcowboy #10 4 years ago

    @Nick_JC1 - sorry, I've just been to gamerankings and it says 84%.

  • brainbird #11 4 years ago

    I'm sorry, Mr MacDonald. I bought Crackdown second-hand because I didn't expect a very good game and didn't want to spend a lot of money on it.
    I was wrong.

  • Wash #12 4 years ago

    Tbh i think it was a little too streamlined, but ultimately there were more enjoyable moments in crackdown than in GTA4 for example.

    Would love to see a sequel with a little more beef.

    APB will do till then, make it a launch title for Xbox 3, include the halo 4 b3ta.

  • Skooch #13 4 years ago

    "MacDonald went on to illustrate the love within Realtime Worlds for Crackdown, noting some staff got tattoos of the game pricked into their arms."

    Sad bastards!

    Still, Crackdown was an awesome game IMO.

  • DutchDemons #14 4 years ago

    crackdown was ok. artstyle was kind of annoying (unique doesn't mean good). and killing bosses got boring after doing it over and over again.

    creating chaos was ok, cars were really wonky to control, game was obviously aiming at using superpowers. collecting orbs was the only thing that got you going...and even that got boring once you'ver had 300-400.

    there wasn't enough to do, after a while.

    sequel would be nice though:)

  • the_dudefather #15 4 years ago

    all the fun of playing the race mode with a friend

    which basically boiled down to one person racing and the other making a barricade of charred out vehicles and helping the other player cheat by shooting the tires of the other racers

    it was like wacky races or something

  • t8yman #16 4 years ago

    Loved crackdown, and I would love crackdown 2 too.
    please make it so!
    I agree with the above poster, I had more fun with CD than I did with GTA4

  • Monkey_Puncher #17 4 years ago

    Yes please!

  • booner #18 4 years ago

    I really enjoyed Crackdown. A sequel would be a must-buy for me.

  • Doctor_What #19 4 years ago

    I would love to play a sequel with more variety, but with games like InFamous coming out there might not be much of a gap left in the market any more.

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #20 4 years ago

    I adore Crackdown, and if they announced a sequel, it would instantly jump to the top of my most wanted list (well, maybe just behind Fable 2, but then I'll have that by October, so what the fuck).

    I think the general consesus is that it's a "very good" if not "magnificently awesome" game (although it's still one of my favourite Xbox games, and a solid 9/10-er). I wonder if it was the art style that put some people off? Or maybe the lack of a proper mission structure?

    Whatever, I think it's a masterpiece and its handful of minor flaws could all be easily fixed in a sequel.

  • BraveArse #21 4 years ago

    @brainbird - i think you've hit the nail on the head.

    I've been craving Crackdown recently ( i generally fantasise about the rocket launcher every time some fuckwit in a 4x4 cuts me up on the Edinburgh City Bypass ), and wish I'd never traded it in. Like some others have said - I got way more fun out of it than I've had in the ( so far ) 30 hours of GTA4, in fact I didn't stop playing it until I'd eked every little bit of gameplay out of it ).

    I think from now on - games that I truly love are staying in my collection - less second hand copies means more money going to the developer. GTA4, however is getting traded this month, and I shan't miss it.

  • DAN.E.B #22 4 years ago

    just hurry up about it!

    this is great news!
    one of the best games ive played in years.

  • Slikz #23 4 years ago

    DO IT, I BEG OF YOU!!!

  • BoffBoff #24 4 years ago

    I'd be all over a sequel to Crackdown. Awesome game.

    MAKE IT HAPPEN!

  • Uncle_Fishboy #25 4 years ago

    Climbing right to the top of the agency tower, taking in the view, then leaping off and into the water for the first time (and getting the acheivement for it) is still one of my greatest ever gaming moments.

    I would sell at least one of my testes to medical science for the sequel to be made

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #26 4 years ago

    Come on, who got the tattoo?

  • mazzl #27 4 years ago

    a new crackdown would be cool :)
    really enjoyed the first one. sold it off, still regret that, will buy it back one day.

    please include drop in co-op in CD2! (locale co-op that is!!!)

  • Nithron #28 4 years ago

    I never quite "got" this game. It was alright, but it was basically just GTA with less varied missions and a really high jump button.

    The co-op was glitchy as hell, too...

  • Quak #29 4 years ago

    He seems to have changed his tune. Last I heard from him was something like "Well MS didn't kiss our arses as quickly as we would have liked so we couldn't be arsed, and we moved on to something else instead."

    Now they dwell on not sorting it all out.

    Sounds like a bit of an idiot.

  • bengray66 #30 4 years ago

    I didn't really like crackdown at all to be honest. I didn't like the art style and i just got bored after a few hours.

    Maybe its because im not really a gamer of sorts, and i don't really get on with the whole sandbox thing, (gave up on GTA4 after about 3 hours) I haven't even unpacked my 360 since i moved house in June. I'm still waiting for a game to come along and really grab me.

    But if you like it, gotta be good news for you.

  • muscleblade #31 4 years ago

    @Nick_JC1

    Get your facts right before posting. Its embarrasing! Crackdown was well received from both the critics and the gamers.
    84% is considered very good but it should have scored higher imo.
    Edited by 1 at 08/08/08 @ 13:37

  • Zomoniac #32 4 years ago

    Crackdown is the second reason to own a 360 (The other being Forza2).

    Forza 2 is the best reason to own a PS3...

  • CARL05 #33 4 years ago

    Maybe its because im not really a gamer of sorts, and i don't really get on with the whole sandbox thing

    Get out!

  • BertM71 #34 4 years ago

    @Mentalist(air)

    Simms Senior a very nice Los Muertos logo.

  • T-Bag #35 4 years ago

    Best co-op game ever.

  • FogHeart #36 4 years ago

    "Climbing right to the top of the agency tower, taking in the view, then leaping off and into the water for the first time (and getting the acheivement for it) is still one of my greatest ever gaming moments. "

    +1

    "I would sell at least one of my testes to medical science for the sequel to be made "

    -329

  • magicpocket #37 4 years ago

    Original rates in my top 5 games of all time. Havent been that addicted to a game for years.

    *is that an orb i hear over there?*

    Might just have to give it a replay from the start soon.

  • Artemis_Matsas #38 4 years ago

    Great game! i sure hope that a sequel is going to happen soon! I got my 360 recently, and right now i'm collecting orbs like crazy! got to make some time for Dead Rising too... oh well.

  • ScarOnTheSky #39 4 years ago

    Make it happen!

  • Matt_B #40 4 years ago

    "Climbing right to the top of the agency tower, taking in the view, then leaping off and into the water for the first time (and getting the acheivement for it) is still one of my greatest ever gaming moments. "

    +1

    I loved the wind effect that they used a on a high building. When that kicked in you knew that you had climbed to a fair height.