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GTA is no longer the top sandbox.

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When Grand Theft Auto 3 was first released, it stunned the gaming community. It even stunned the developers working on it, who up until the last minute thought it was a mess that wouldn't work. It gave gamers a....
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Cajun Chicken - 423 days 14 hours ago
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This guy is right. Crackdown is a great game and 'refreshing' is the word.
Its just a little bit annoying that people bought it for the Halo3 beta and actually discovered a game within or just by word of mouth of those who experienced it.
And MS missed out on that window of opportunity to get a new one out as fast as possible.

I think Crackdown is a much more healthier game for the 360 than Gears and more should of been done to warrant a sequel DAY OF RELEASE and should be a game that the 360 should base its image off of instead of pretend 'hardcore' games, because we all know that audience actually doesn't exist, its just a marketing term for;
"YOU CAN KILL THINGS! FAST! AND THERE'S BLOOD! BLOODY LOADS OF IT! KILL PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW ONLINE! FOR FUN! ITS GOT FREAKING LOUD GUNS! CRUNCH! SKULLS A POPPING! FAST! LOOK! NO STORYLINE! OH, WAIT! YOU DON'T NEED ONE BECAUSE ITS HARDCORE! EMOTIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PROTAGONIST AND PLAYER? WHATS THAT? THAT SOUNDS GAY! THAT'S NOT MANLY! GET THAT STUFF AWAY FROM MY HARDCORE MACHINE NOW! F**K YEAH! I'LL GET OUT MY GUN LICENCE, CRISPS AND BEER! BECAUSE I'M A REAAAL MAN!"

I'd rather see a sequel of Crackdown any day than the line up MS are offering this year.
But the problem is as the article states if something doesn't come out soon enough, 'filler' and 'replacements' are bought out and this is why we have Prototype and inFAMOUS being made for next year and both of those can only be played on one console, unfortunately.

I'd still love to see a new Crackdown, but like GTA, the crown could be stolen by either or both next year because of MS not forward thinking and sticking in the 'hardcore' past.
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Panipal2005 - 423 days 9 hours ago
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InFamous is PS3 exclusive but Prototype is coming to both PS3 and X360
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Sitdown - 423 days 2 hours ago
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"Its just a little bit annoying that people bought it for the Halo3 beta and actually discovered a game within or just by word of mouth of those who experienced it."

I am not exactly sure why you consider it annoying........sounds like it would be great marketing.....as people who would have wrote the game off by itself......actually ended up discovering the game. It would seem annoying if the word did not get out about the game...and nobody played it.
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Cajun Chicken - 422 days 20 hours ago
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Yes, but only the PS3 will have both on the same machine. So hopefully, twice the sandbox fun if both games deliver. Unless a Crackdown2 comes out of nowhere for 360, but then maybe the above games would actually better it before the sequel is released.

Also its incredibly possible that without the Halo3 Beta, Crackdown wouldn't of sold at all, because at the time it wasn't typically the game that XBOX fans expected after hearing about Gears and the then upcoming Halo3 and was in a sea of FPS back then. That's the way I see it.
Maybe it saved this, but if Crackdown was going to come out on the PS2/XBOX/PS3 say, I don't think it would've needed that marketing move and just would of sold equally or better alone without essentially being bundled with a demo.
It was just MS saving advertising costs. For a game that should of been advertised so much in the first place.
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SteveBallmer SonyRep - 423 days 14 hours ago
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Infamous will crush the sandbox ! And make it perfect again
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Lord Shuhei Yoshida - 423 days 7 hours ago
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Glad to have Ballmer on our side.lol
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Overr8ed - 423 days 2 hours ago
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Yea I think so too, Doing actions that either help you out or bite you in the arse are good, Superpowers+sandbox= WTF moments.
You know what, GTA was good for about 1 month for me, its weird since a lot people told me that a GTA would last you a LONG time but it really didn't do it for me, i still haven't finished the story and I would probably not because of the other games coming out.
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BabyStomper5000 - 422 days 20 hours ago
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I played it about the same amount of time. I was pissed I payed $60 for it and traded it in towards... something... I can't remember what. But the point is the game was nowhere near as good as it should have been because of the fact that it was multiplat. If it were only on one system or the other they would have been able to make it twice as good considering they had to build the game from the ground up on two different systems. Oh well, maybe the new PS3 exclusive from rockstar will be the next AAA game from Rockstar. *crosses fingers and waits for the next year or two*
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villevalorox - 423 days 9 hours ago
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we cant be sure about that. I say far cry 2 is going to kick so much ass.
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SIX-0-3 - 422 days 17 hours ago
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3.1 - Yur the smartest kid ever
Far cry 2 is going to sh!t all over ANYTHING gta.
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Cynjo - 423 days 8 hours ago
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I agree far cry 2 dose look epic....19.5 sq. miles of awesomeness! While imfamious & prototype have there place i have no doubt that APB will conquer the "Sandbox" next year.
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Ludwig - 423 days 8 hours ago
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All wrong, the one who is the next-step on free roaming is Red Faction :3 .. read it up.
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Jenzo - 423 days 4 hours ago
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Their physics engine is amazing.
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Steven Colbert - 423 days 7 hours ago
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I nominate Protype,Infamous and Far Cry 2.The guys above know what I mean.
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DaTruth - 423 days 2 hours ago
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Prototype looks disgusting. It looks like Spider Man 3 movie game. They delayed that game because even the developers new it was crap. And we haven't heard of it since.
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solidsnakus - 423 days 7 hours ago
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the ending for crackdown was so stupid. cool but stupid, they could of made it soo much better but it seems like they just rushed the ending.
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Xi - 422 days 21 hours ago
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7.1 - what are you talking about.
The ending was perfect, it completely set up the sequel and actually gave you a purpose. Now it's time to take down the agency.
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edhe - 423 days 7 hours ago
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Crackdown = awesome.
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Captain Tuttle - 423 days 5 hours ago
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This. It's the only sandbox game I ever really enjoyed.
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jay2 - 423 days 6 hours ago
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I think APB will beat at least GTA4.
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JDW - 423 days 4 hours ago
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10 - Crackdown...
I loved Crackdown.....even just collecting the orbs was great fun. The sense of power from your maxed out character was awesome....leaping from rooftop to rooftop, kicking cars and people across the street.....

Did anyone ever play co-op online with a friend and play car football?

screw n4g....I'm going back to play Crackdown some more....
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JohnnyMann420 - 423 days 3 hours ago
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11 - GTA IV was good as a game...
...but lacked that sandbox feel of the old games in my opinion.

Right now I can't wait for Saints Row 2. Looks like FUN which I think people forgot about somewhere along the way....FUN.

I love GTA in general, but I can't deny that out of all of them I have played GTA IV the least.
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DaTruth - 423 days 2 hours ago
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I was really hoping 8Days would be the game to come out and re-define sandbox games.
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Xi - 422 days 21 hours ago
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13 - yeah...
crysis is by far the best sandbox game, specially with it's simple editor.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 422 days 20 hours ago
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15 - wait
What is APB?
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350ZRunner - 422 days 20 hours ago
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16 - Say what now?
"They couldn’t figure out the secret sauce behind GTA, in the last generation, but that doesn’t matter now. We have more powerful machines, with a bigger user base"

I mean its a good article and all but what is the writer smoking when he makes a statement like that? The PS2 alone has a greater install base than all three current generation consoles combined much less what the numbers look like when you add in the XBox and the Gamecube.
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3rik - 422 days 19 hours ago
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17 - Crackdown is my favorite sandbox
Mainly because it is completely over the top. I love jumping over buildings, punting cars and stuff like that. Prototype looks like it will be kind of like that, but it looks to serious. I loved how crackdown (at least in my eyes) didnt try to be serious. It is a hugely over the top game that feels kind of like good old childs play. Where things were simple and fun. That is how I like my sandboxes
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jcgamer - 422 days 18 hours ago
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18 - Crackdown was fun fun fun
My favorite part...taking down Mrs. Timbol...that was one crazy old lady...lol

good times :)
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