Crackdown 3 destruction is multiplayer-only

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Crackdown 3’s impressive-looking destruction will be limited to multiplayer, but some of it can be found in single-player.

Crackdown 3 showed up on Microsoft’s gamescom 2015 stage earlier this week. The demo shown was very short, but the behind-closed-doors one wasn’t, and it gave us a much better look at its brand of destruction.

Because the game is using Microsoft’s servers to power most of the calculations for this destruction tech, you’ll naturauly need an online connection for that. It’s a good idea then that developer Reagent didn’t force everyone to play the game online, and kept this fantastic tech to the online component.

“Yes, [destruction is] exclusive to the multiplayer mode. You have to be online for multiplayer, and at that point we can connect to the cloud and really expand the experience,” Dave Jones told IGN at gamescom.

Jones later confirmed what everyone believed, that the single-player won’t sport this level of destruction. One of the reasons is Crackdown’s gameplay itself, which relies on collectibles, scaling buildings and other activities that would not exist if everything was destructible.

Crackdown 3’s single-player will as a result be playable offline, and will retain some form of destructible environment, just not on the scale of multiplayer.



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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/08/07/crackdown-3-destruction-is-multiplayer-only/

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ehPosted:

weird, you think it would be the other way around, single player wuld have the full experience and multiplayer would kinda be dumbed down. Oh well I probably will be spending most of my time playing with a friend anyway so its all good. Game is still going to be great!

SensationalPosted:

Daniel- thats weird for a game to be only multiplayer , i don't really like that to be quite honest !!


Ffs, honestly do you know how to read?

SR20DETPosted:

This is totally fine for me. For me destroying everything in singleplayer would just lead to me getting distracted, so destruction online is all good by me and hell blowing things up with friends is a whole lot funnier than when alone. Another thing for me this shows that the creators care about how the experience so doing this allows the game to run smoother therefore making the game better. :D

EvoVIIIPosted:

So it's kinda like Elder Scrolls Online but way different.

VauxhallPosted:

I don't mind this still should be fun

SkyPosted:

thats weird for a game to be only multiplayer , i don't really like that to be quite honest !!

ArzuaPosted:

It makes sense. Some of the stuff in story mode is important and can't just be knocked down.

SagePosted:

Whom
Cougar i remember playing Crackdown 1/2 with friends in sandbox mode (i think thats what it was called?) back in the day, so many fun moments. Will for sure buy this one.


I agree with you on this and i will be buying this for sure.


Yeah agreed i could care less if this is multiplayer only i dont play single player anyway.

DanielPosted:

Cougar i remember playing Crackdown 1/2 with friends in sandbox mode (i think thats what it was called?) back in the day, so many fun moments. Will for sure buy this one.


I agree with you on this and i will be buying this for sure.

CougarPosted:

i remember playing Crackdown 1/2 with friends in sandbox mode (i think thats what it was called?) back in the day, so many fun moments. Will for sure buy this one.