I made that genre up myself but it seems to be a good description. Would love to hear of any newer games with similar mechanics
I made that genre up myself but it seems to be a good description. Would love to hear of any newer games with similar mechanics
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Heck yes! I’m replaying Guerrilla right now and it’s so much fun.
The alarm of that giant tower you have to climb in crackdown is the exact same basic alarm from Apple. Had dreams of it for years
Isn’t that basically describing every Ubisoft game from the last decade? 😐
The oldies were great, but damn if it has not been ruined as a genre.
just cause still exists?
Just Cause and Far Cry would fit the bill
I wish we could have another Mercenaries game.
Crackdown was fucking awesome
Bannerlord probably qualifies, but it’s kind of hollow and the gameplay loop becomes pointless tedium after the first couple of castles you take.
Nah they murdered Crackdown 3 sadly, the first game was some how years beyond the third one.
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Guerilla was absolutely pog.
I enjoyed the previous games (even RF2 which was just “be as hard noughties as possible, maximum frosted tips”) but it was absolutely something else, loved the destruction to bits.
Bring back games with vast destruction systems
Crackdown was so good as a kid.
I LOVED upgrading his stupid huge jump and climbing stuff. It reminded me kind of like a metroidvania or Zelda game where you can finally get old powerups you missed because you got an upgrade. I don’t know why but my monkey brain loves that mechanic.
I want a game that is built upon the idea of territory wars like San Andreas and godfather 2.
Most games let you conquer territories, but once its yours… its yours.
Throw in something like the nemesis system where the game responds to your actions and choices.
I loved both these games. Crackdown 2 as well.
Red faction Armageddon was awesome. I loved the nano rebuild option.
You could destroy so much shit with a sledge hammer or driving a huge mech, and it was on 360.
Id take 360 level graphics, but all the power of the current gen. Add more physics and elements like water/fire/ice/acid. More materials that behave differently like wood/metals.
The grapple stuff you could do in just cause 4? But way more.
Could be so epic.
Crackdown, my beloved. Spent many many hours on that game. Crackdown 2 was a downgrade and we don’t talk about 3.
A new RF would really hit the spot. Physics in games have come a long way since Guerilla came out
You just reminded me I have a Crackdown 2 pre-order at GameStop. Wonder if they’d still honor it.
Mafia 3 kinda scratched this itch for me, might be worth checking out
Yes and give us another Godfather game! I’ll take another Mercenaries as well.
Last crackdown sucked and didn’t sell well. Why would they make another?
Ac3 had sone fun liberation missions. Really wish they were replayable.
Red faction is fantastic and will always be my favourite open world game besides red dead 2
Stop. Killing. Innocent. Civilians, Agent!
Crackdown 3 exists. It does the same shit as the first two games with better gunplay, but people shit on it for being shallow. Crackdown 2 and 3 never innovated. The only thing they did was add more shit, like character customization, jetpack and boost jumping, wingsuits. Whereas Crackdown 1 still feels unique to this day. It feels like a real place where the NPCs live their lives and the constant gunfights and explosions really do ruin their day.
I like these, but Just Cause, Ghost Recon and FarCry are still a thing… The formula didn’t die, these franchises did.
Crackdown 1 was literally so substantially better than 2 and 3 it’s actually wild. It’s like they actively tried to make it worse.
I do t think I ever finished a crackdown game. However, orb hunting made me hear the noise in my sleep. I was obsessed.
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What a game
Does Planetside 2 count?
I was just talking to my wife about Red Faction. Mainly how Armageddon went for an on-rails linear story instead of the open world sandbox and was therefore less good.
you get Far Cry take it or leave it
Mercenaries
Halo Infinite is pretty much this. Far Cry and Assassins Creed.
Factional Open-World Territory Liberation games? Sounds like what every Ubisoft game *wishes* it could be but never quite manages to pull off.
Red Faction: Guerrilla is one of the best games of all time. Bill me.
Red Faction Guerilla is the best single player game ever made. Puts Far Cry to shame.
Prayed through it three times.
Was on my first time through when I got the RED RING on my Xbox 360.
It was also the first game I gave my son when passing the 360 on to him. I made him play through it and he loved it.
Re-Marstered is in fact too bugged to play all the way through. I’ve tried, but as mentioned it craps out at a specific spot. Doesn’t seem like they remastered any of it besides textures.