Crackdown 3 was supposed to launch many months ago, but was pushed back to February 15 to polish up the experience. Luckily, it's available right now through the Microsoft Store. You can buy it for $60, or you can grab it with Xbox Game Pass for $10 a month.
Crackdown 3 is split into two different downloads and supports Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox One X. The campaign is separate from the "Wrecking Zone" multiplayer mode. The campaign doesn't feature the cloud-powered destruction, so you'll have to battle other players if you want a taste of that. Unfortunately, there are some other problems PC users have to contend with. According to a report by PC Gamer, the co-op campaign is locked at 30 FPS even on PC. The outlet said the following.
The co-op campaign is locked at 30 FPS, even when both players are on PC. Several threads have already popped up on Reddit, with players a bit confused. The single-player campaign doesn't have the same restrictions — you can unlock the framerate — and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Crackdown having cross-play. Forza Horizon 4 and Sea of Thieves, for instance, both have uncapped frame rates.
Hopefully the developer will release a patch which will allow the co-op campaign to go beyond 30 FPS. We'll keep you posted as soon as we know more. This is quite the oversight.
In our review, we said, "Crackdown 3 just doesn't meet contemporary standards as a premium $60 title, with dated visuals, thin gameplay features, and an under-delivered story. There are too many open world superhero-style games that simply do it better. That said, it's not a bad game, by any means. To enjoy Crackdown 3, you probably need to be the type of person who really likes basic sandbox mayhem, because that's effectively all Crackdown 3 has to offer."
Your every day sandbox
Crackdown 3 is a decent sandbox experience that falls short of modern standards, but as an Xbox Game Pass title, it offers some good mindless fun.
