Crackdown (360)

First impressions after running around the demo a couple of times. It all feels a bit cheap and rough, graphically, but the gameplay seems reasonably intact. Feels a bit like Crackdown fan fiction, but it’s still very enjoyable stuff. I just don’t know whether it offers much more than just playing through the original game

First! Ever! Co-op! Played with a friend of mine and it was great fun when it wasn’t disconnecting (when I was winning a checkpoint race) or crashing (when I won rocket tag). I also got my first achievement for a while – the one for killing a boss in co-op.

So, there’s new DLC. It’s good stuff, too. The best bit is the simple “reset gangs” option, which means I’ve spent the morning killing all the Los Muertos bosses again. The new vehicles are fun and the guns are a novelty, but I suspect the new modes are where the main fun will come from.

I’m a bit lost now I’ve found all the agility orbs. There are the hidden orbs, but they’re in such odd places I don’t think I could find them all without some amazing luck or several weeks of daily play. There are car stunts to do, but I find the driving a bit too clumsy

More searching for agility orbs. More failure. I did find a fair few secret orbs, but the others are proving most elusive.