^ I probably should turn off pics on this site like Apsro does. Somethings are best unseen.

I'm getting a 360 the day I can play Radiant Silvergun on it.

Want DeathSmiles as well.  I think it's not out in Europe yet

I've been finding it so much fun and I think the reason is the way Realtime Worlds handled the saves.

Unlike any other open world game (except inFamous, which did the same thing), any progress is being recorded.  You could spawn, shoot one guy, die and your shooting ability will still keep that EXP that you earned.  As opposed to in GTA where you can go on a 25 minute mission, acheive the mission and then accidently flip a boat and die before getting back to the start point and you have to do the whole thing over.

The bottom line is, even when tooling around, you know you are contributing to your overall status.

I am not playing on difficult, I am playing on the default "tough".  I have found the third island to be pretty challenging up until recently. I've maxed out my strength, have 3 Star 40+ on agility and 3 star 60+ on weaponry, 3 star 40+ on explosives (and like you said driving doesn't matter).

I have found the key to making the game easier, particularly in getting hte generals is to:

1. Understand how to get through the boss level to the actual boss.  You may die a few times figuring it out, but the toughest part is generally figuring out where they are within their buildings and how to get to them.  Only 2 out of the 14 I've bagged required anything other than just running up to them and killing them a bunch.  Once you have done this and you re-spawn basically run and jump to them as fast as possible, forgetting about the goons.

2. The Russian weapon that that launches a grenade (it makes a "phompt" sound when you fire it) has been key to me killing them.  Their health regenerates if you take too long to kill them.  So I R1 to target them and then spam them with that weapon, then with greandse when I run out of ammo.

I've been using that weapon as my secondary for general gameplay along with one of the assault rifles as a primary.

Anyhoo, I won't be able to play for the next 2 days, which bums me out.

EDIT: If you are talking about the lab on the third island (near the save point Comfortorium Inc.) that is the one I just beat too.

^Yeah, I got that one too, but I find the Russian one better (not the rocket launcher but the Grenade thingee) because it puts some arc on the projectile -- which results is less blow-back when you use it in tight quarters.

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Thanks for your insights on the skills accrual. I'll have to pay more attention to that.

I was wondering about that -- since he is the second one that unlocks in that region -- I was hoping if you killed him before the others there would be enough chaos that you'd get a credit roll.  Man I wish I could play it today.

The Trifecta Achievement achieved!

Crackdown comes to a close!

Oh hey, Leo, when you finished off Wang and the boss of Sheng Whatever, was your agility level? I'm currently around 3 star 60 on agility.

And...

So I've noticed throughout that my character has been growing hari and aging -- I assume that is from the genetic experimentation that lead me to what I am -- do they do anything with that plot wise?

Also,

as epic as this thread is, may I humbly suggest that when you start each game you give it it's own thread so it's easier to find later for reference?

There is absolutely no plot advancement in the game and even the ending is like: "Um. Was that it? Was that the ending?"

Your Agents definitely DO change as they advance, but no explanation is given whatsoever!

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Edit: I guess I shouldn't say that there's no plot at all. There's something in the ending speech (done by the dude who's been yacking at you the entire game) that I suppose was supposed to be all mysterious... but I didn't "get" it. I just listened to it and went: "Huh?" I may/may not look into CrackDown 2 (it's not supposed to be as good as the first) and see if there's a continued "story" line.

aspro said:

Also,

as epic as this thread is, may I humbly suggest that when you start each game you give it it's own thread so it's easier to find later for reference?

I've thought about doing that, but then decided against it.

This thread was never going to be about individual games. It was going to be about my personal experience with the 360 System as a whole and its (back) catalogue of games.

I never expected to get so many games so quickly --AND-- complete so many games. I just thought I was going to tinker with a few of them here and there like I usually do.

I wasn't planning on focusing on any ONE game in too much depth.

The guys here tend to gravitate towards newer releases and usually NOT on the 360. If I started making a lot of little threads here and there, I feel I would clutter the forum and wouldn't get much of a response anyway.

You can discuss any game I mention in here freely and I'll respond to any questions on games I may have finished, but I plan on moving quickly from one to the next and posting somewhat abbreviated impressions of what I play as I go.

I was even originally going to make this a Blog, but decided a Forum Post would lend itself more to OTHER people sharing their experiences with the system and wanted to leave it open for more discussion.

Know what I mean?