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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lilrichard22Posted:

gtapro151
yo2434
Qwel 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!


i'm guessing it's a lot easier and cost effective to have a bunch of people on a server and have the cloud run the destruction calculations for the server rather than for every signle person playing single player.


but you would also think they could have sp on the server as well


If they did that, you'd have to be connected to the internet to play single player, and nobody is a fan of that.

SkittlePosted:

What does it mean when it says the game uses Microsofta servers I calculate stuff?

SpeedomPosted:

The-Professor I played the first crackdown and was hooked on it for a couple of days. It's a pretty fun game.


Same, loved that game. With all of the special abilities... haven't played it in ages though.

gtapro151Posted:

yo2434
Qwel 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!


i'm guessing it's a lot easier and cost effective to have a bunch of people on a server and have the cloud run the destruction calculations for the server rather than for every signle person playing single player.


but you would also think they could have sp on the server as well

HovaPosted:

Well that would be pretty odd to release a MP only aspect of a game then release the campaign later on. Not unheard of but, definitely a rare one. Sounds more like a MP beta to me.

yo2434Posted:

Qwel 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!


i'm guessing it's a lot easier and cost effective to have a bunch of people on a server and have the cloud run the destruction calculations for the server rather than for every signle person playing single player.

The-ProfessorPosted:

I played the first crackdown and was hooked on it for a couple of days. It's a pretty fun game.

RipPosted:

I need to look into this game is looks really good.

pqzPosted:

cant wait, loved the other crackdowns!

-PurpleHazePosted:

Thats fine for me, but I think its kind of strange to have multiplayer only!


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