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The outstanding Crackdown has been added Xbox Live's Games on Demand for £14.99.
It's cheaper (and in stock) at Amazon, Play and HMV, but only by a few pounds.
You can queue Crackdown for download from the Xbox website. The file is 6GB.
Crackdown was released fairly quietly at the start of February 2007, but soon gained momentum (and copycats) for its approachable openworld style, online co-op, rooftop jumping and unashamedly powerful hero. Head over to our Crackdown review for a full analysis.
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Kazzahdrane
01/12/09 @ 11:43
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Worth noting that this is the only 360 game (AFAIK) that you can't install to the HDD. So if you're desperate for quicker load times in Crackdown this might be an option...
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Eraserhead
01/12/09 @ 11:48
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It *can* now be installed to disc - there was a patch recently and it installs just fine. I know because I've just bought it brand new from Argos Clearance on ebay for £6.50. £15? Pfff...
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kangarootoo
01/12/09 @ 11:49
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Fantastic game. Buy it. Either from GOD or from Argos. What matters most is that you play it :)
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Monkey_Puncher
01/12/09 @ 11:49
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You can actually download this to hard drive now, they brought out a patch that fixes that.
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kangarootoo
01/12/09 @ 11:51
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And personally, I would pay a few quid more just to do away with a disc.
I'm not going to trade in a game I bought for a few quid anyway, and I personally find discs to be an unneccessary inconvenience. |
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Kazzahdrane makes a very good point, though Crackdown works great from disc it'd be nice to have a way to install it, should you chose to. EDIT: Unless I read the other comment in between which state that's changed. Sorry for missing that one!
For some reason Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 also doesn't install, should anyone not only own that (I do) and play it so much they feel it needs installed.
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This was the first HD game I played and remains one of the most compelling experiences you can have on the Box. Brief, but so much fun. I've got fond memories of it, and it's great co-op. Nice to see it a reasonable price too.
£15 is a price point where you don't feel like you're being ripped off and I can see a lot more people taking GOD up at this price point, I'd certainly buy a game for £15 on a rainy day to save the ballache of going out. If you've never played this I'd say it's definitely worth a punt. |
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AaronTurner
01/12/09 @ 11:59
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£15 sounds a fair price to me, it's certainly a lot better than £20. I like GOD for their convenience and will probably buy this at some point in the futur
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Monkey_Puncher
01/12/09 @ 12:02
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If all GOD were £15 I might even use the service occasionally, I'd love to pick up Dead Space and Far Cry 2 but they're far too expensive at £20 a pop.
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"15 pounds and 6GB off my HDD? If you paid 120 for 120 HDD as some did, then the cost of keeping this game on your HDD alone is about 6 quid itself.
Lame." If you paid £200k for your house, then the cost of keeping a game in your house is £10. /made up figures
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actionfitz
01/12/09 @ 12:08
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"It's cheaper (and in stock) at Amazon, Play and HMV..."
as per usual. screw GOD ( :O ) and its fleecing of stupid / impatient gamers. |
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@kangarootoo
Except for those of us in the dark ages with download caps, small HDD and most importantly WANTING TO SAVE MONEY... I thought the whole point of DD was to eliminate overheads and make stuff cheaper as its being sold directly to the consumer? That’s one reason why online retail is cheaper than the high street after all... |
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Crackdown is £15 to download, or 1600 points if you choose to pay by points instead. 2100 points costs £14.73 at thehut.com so that works out as £11.22 for 1600 points.
£11.22 to download Crackdown seems great value to me (I'm incredibly lazy and it's already a massive chore constantly switching left 4 dead and fifa out of the disc drive). The other GOD games are 2400 points which was too much for me, but I'll be downloading this. |
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Crackdown is £15 to download, or 1600 points if you choose to pay by points instead. 2100 points costs £14.73 at thehut.com so that works out as £11.22 for 1600 points."
Does anyone else not see the irony here? So I have to buy points from on online retailer and wait for them to be delivered just so I can buy a GOD? And you say you're incredibly lazy, yet you’re quite happy to go through that rigmarole just to get it. :P
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15 pounds and 6GB off my HDD? If you paid 120 for 120 HDD as some did, then the cost of keeping this game on your HDD alone is about 6 quid itself.
It's amazing what lengths some people will go to. How about calculating in the cost of wear and tear on your shoes when you walk to the shops to buy it, or the food you need to buy and the time you need to eat it int, in order to get the energy to go out and buy the game from a retailer? Does anyone else not see the irony here? No idea, but I'm pretty sure you're the only one who doesn't realise that you can buy points and have them delivered instantly through email or just do away with points altogether and pay with a credit card. |
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interceptor
01/12/09 @ 12:37
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Omg are Microsoft actually listening?
£14.99 is a much better price point for Games on Demand. I've lost count of the amount of times I've bought games off ebay which have ended up being scratched. And for those people moaning about HDD space - don't forget that you can delete and re-download games as often as you want. You don't need to keep the game on there if you need space for other things. Oh, and if you're moaning about your small broadband cap, then WTF. It's your fault for being such a tight wad, not Microsofts. Get a BB supplier with a higher limit
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Der_tolle_Emil
01/12/09 @ 12:38
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@Shinetop: With the 360 HDD prices I think this is a very reasonable argument. Harddrive space is limited and very expensive, why would I bother "wasting" it when I can just order the disc from Amazon which will be even cheaper? Unless I feel the need to play this game right now in the next 20 minutes ordering online makes much more sense.
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"Crackdown is £15 to download, or 1600 points if you choose to pay by points instead. 2100 points costs £14.73 at thehut.com so that works out as £11.22 for 1600 points."
Does anyone else not see the irony here? So I have to buy points from on online retailer and wait for them to be delivered just so I can buy a GOD? And you say you're incredibly lazy, yet you’re quite happy to go through that rigmarole just to get it. :P Yes it is sort of ironic - but I can live with it. And yes I am lazy! I actually bought loads of 2100 packs from thehut a while ago so it was just a single delivery, so now if I need to purchase something I just need to turn my Xbox on - at the moment I mainly just get Live Arcade titles as I was waiting for the GOD games to drop in price, hopefully Crackdown is just the start (still haven't played Mass Effect or Bioshock). I also used a 10% voucher when I bought all the 2100 points and I also got cashback with my Egg credit card and more cashback with quidco (not just lazy, but a scrooge as well!). |
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Does anyone else not see the irony here? So I have to buy points from on online retailer and wait for them to be delivered just so I can buy a GOD?
huh? GoD games can be bought with a credit card..., I say ppl are loosing the focus when they try *too* hard to bash something. This time it's not that *outrageous*, or if it is, GoD games are not your problem, you need to find a real job 15 pound/euro is not that much. Not to mention I buy all my points online and the *code* is delivered to me almost imediately.
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Popa_Ramjet
01/12/09 @ 12:40
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Just noticed that the DLC has been reduced in price too....was 800points, now 400points....might just buy it all....ace game.
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Der_tolle_Emil
01/12/09 @ 12:41
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And for those people moaning about HDD space - don't forget that you can delete and re-download games as often as you want. You don't need to keep the game on there if you need space for other things.
That is true but totally ruins the idea behind games on "demand". Getting the disc and putting it in the drive takes a minute or so, searching for items to delete so that you have enough space to download the game again plus the time it actually takes to download the game will be much, much more. I'm not saying Games on Demand is bad, far from it. I think it's great but the costs of a 360 hard drive are ridiculous and if you don't already have a 120gb disc I'm not sure if buying a bigger HDD just for Games on Demand is justified when the discs are still cheaper. |
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interceptor
01/12/09 @ 12:49
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That is true but totally ruins the idea behind games on "demand". Getting the disc and putting it in the drive takes a minute or so, searching for items to delete so that you have enough space to download the game again plus the time it actually takes to download the game will be much, much more.
You make it sound like you have to re-download it every time you want to play it. I'm just saying - when you've played it to death and are done with it you can delete it and come back to it in, say, a year's time and download it again. |
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kangarootoo
01/12/09 @ 12:53
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@Ringot
I tried the demo way back, and didn't like it either. Crackdown is a game that lots of people don't get into the first time, especially when trying the demo. Give it another shot. Work on getting your athletics skill levelled up so you can hop about easily. You may still like it at the end of the day, but you might be missing out if you don't give it another go. |
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kangarootoo
01/12/09 @ 12:54
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@sugapunk
You are suggesting the £6 on storage is not recoverable, when of course it is. See if like a piggy bank :) |
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@miiiguel
I just meant it was ironic in that specific instance, esp. as the argument was for making it cheaper. AFAIK The HUT doesn't send you a code via email, you have to wait for it to arrive via snailmail. You might have other means of acquiring LIVE codes cheaply, but that doesn’t mean that everyone does. @millerlfc Sorry, I wasn't having a go, i just found it kind of funny that’s all. That’s a good plan, next time i see a load going cheaply i will grab a couple as atm i have my CC linked to my LIVE account and it’s a dangerous thing indeed. It’s one of the reasons i’m quite defensive about the pricing of LIVE stuff as I always end up playing Microsoft’s RRP (does "RRP" still apply to DD pricing? :S).
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@ Sugapunk.
That was a good rejoinder. But I thought it'd be appropriate to bring up HDD because Crackdown is cheaper on a disc. My point wasn't really the cost of 6GB on the HDD. I'll clarify what my is: you could have Crackdown at half the price it's sold for on GOD and allocate an additional 6GB for films/music/XBLA on your HDD.
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farticusmaximus
01/12/09 @ 13:40
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Crackdown is another example of a demo not being able to put across the true nature of the game. The compulsive orb collection really doesnt kick in when playing a demo, and the sense of progression in skills and reclaimed territory isnt there.
It truly is one of the defining games of this generation. No other sandbox game has come close to it. Graphics may have been bettered, cities more detailed, varied and interactive, but the sheer rediculous fun of the game and the exploration and orb collecting compulsion can't be beat. The price is pretty reasonable too. Hopefully a GOD trend, as there are a few that I'd be tempted at for £15 (even moreso at £12 worth of points). |
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