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Crackdown 3

Released: 2/15/2019

Time to step up your boom and stop crime as a super-powered Agent in Crackdown 3's open-world sandbox of mayhem and destruction. Explore the heights of New Providence, tear up the streets in iconic vehicles, and use your powerful abilities to stop a ruthless criminal empire. Play the campaign solo or with a friend in co-op mode or compete in the all-new “Wrecking Zone,” a multiplayer mode where destruction is your ultimate weapon. Online multiplayer requires Xbox Live Gold subscription (sold separately). Level Up Your Agent • Level up your super-Agent skills to move as fast as lightning, jump over skyscrapers, hurl trucks at your enemies and protect the city from cold-blooded criminals. Dangerous Open-World Playground • Play solo or with a friend in co-op mode to explore an expansive, vertical world to infiltrate crime lords and take down their syndicates. Take a BOOM Out of Crime • Lure vindictive crime lords out of hiding by completing objectives, attacking criminal operations and taking out high-value captains. All-New Multiplayer “Wrecking Zone” • Crackdown 3 includes the all-new “Wrecking Zone” – an explosive competition with unique modes where destruction is your ultimate weapon against friends and rivals.

Time to step up your boom and stop crime as a super-powered Agent in Crackdown 3's open-world sandbox of mayhem and destruction. Explore the heights of New Providence, tear up the streets in iconic vehicles, and use your powerful abilities to stop a ruthless criminal empire. Play the campaign solo or with a friend in co-op mode or compete in the all-new “Wrecking Zone,” a multiplayer mode where destruction is your ultimate weapon. Online multiplayer requires Xbox Live Gold subscription (sold separately). Level Up Your Agent • Level up your super-Agent skills to move as fast as lightning, jump over skyscrapers, hurl trucks at your enemies and protect the city from cold-blooded criminals. Dangerous Open-World Playground • Play solo or with a friend in co-op mode to explore an expansive, vertical world to infiltrate crime lords and take down their syndicates. Take a BOOM Out of Crime • Lure vindictive crime lords out of hiding by completing objectives, attacking criminal operations and taking out high-value captains. All-New Multiplayer “Wrecking Zone” • Crackdown 3 includes the all-new “Wrecking Zone” – an explosive competition with unique modes where destruction is your ultimate weapon against friends and rivals.

Time to step up your boom and stop crime as a super-powered Agent in Crackdown 3's open-world sandbox of mayhem and destruction. Explore the heights of New Providence, tear up the streets in iconic vehicles, and use your powerful abilities to stop a ruthless criminal empire. Play the campaign solo or with a friend in co-op mode or compete in the all-new “Wrecking Zone,” a multiplayer mode where destruction is your ultimate weapon. Online multiplayer requires Xbox Live Gold subscription (sold separately). Level Up Your Agent • Level up your super-Agent skills to move as fast as lightning, jump over skyscrapers, hurl trucks at your enemies and protect the city from cold-blooded criminals. Dangerous Open-World Playground • Play solo or with a friend in co-op mode to explore an expansive, vertical world to infiltrate crime lords and take down their syndicates. Take a BOOM Out of Crime • Lure vindictive crime lords out of hiding by completing objectives, attacking criminal operations and taking out high-value captains. All-New Multiplayer “Wrecking Zone” • Crackdown 3 includes the all-new “Wrecking Zone” – an explosive competition with unique modes where destruction is your ultimate weapon against friends and rivals.

Critics
63
Metacritic
43

Score Breakdown

62.9

Critic Average

105 reviews

N/A

Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

43

Metacritic User Score

1,059 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
N/A
Metacritic Disparity
+19.9
Combined Disparity
+19.9

Average of both sources

Review Timing

54 early (51%)50 launch window (48%)1 late (1%)

Review summary

Updated Apr 23, 2019

Based on 105 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 62.9/100. Critics score this game 19.9 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 105)+
  1. Petr DuppalviaINDIANTVCZ
    Apr 23, 2019·Late review
    40/100View review
    Metacritic 43/100 · -3.0 pts
  2. Konstantinos KalkanisviaEnternity.gr
    Mar 27, 2019·Launch window
    60/100View review
    Metacritic 43/100 · +17.0 pts
  3. Lynley JamesviaNexus Hub
    Mar 10, 2019·Launch window
    40/100View review
    Metacritic 43/100 · -3.0 pts
  4. Evan NorrisviaVGChartz
    Mar 9, 2019·Launch window
    50/100View review
    Metacritic 43/100 · +7.0 pts
  5. Diego EscalaviaMonsterVine
    Mar 8, 2019·Launch window
    60/100View review
    Metacritic 43/100 · +17.0 pts