After playing through the demo twice, I thought I'd post a small write up of my impressions of Crackdown thus far.  First off, when playing the demo the first time around I had a very hard time adjusting to its controls compared to Saints Row, which I've been playing the **** out of lately.  Thus, when playing it through the second time I paid closer attention to the tips given to the player.  Once I figured out that capturing the control points on the map was the first objective, I concentrated my efforts on traversing the city to get to each.  It was when I was doing this that I realized how fun just moving though the city really is once you figure out that you can grab any pole, ledge, building, etc.  Freakn' amazing!  Once my agility was upgraded twice I was able to move more fluently though the city on the rooftops than I ever could in Spiderman 2.  For once I really felt like a true superhero has come to life on the screen.  I had total control where I was moving, how high I wanted to go, what I wanted to do, and what I wanted to accomplish. 

Once learned, I found the controls to be absolutely wonderful.  The left trigger in aiding the auto aim was a brilliant touch.  Here's a hint; once you hold down the left trigger, tap the right stick up and you'll see that in the aim indicator the head of your opponent will now be in red.  Wait for the recticle to center around the head and you have an easy headshot.  Of course, I was able to do this later once my weapons skills had increased.  But having the ability to not only auto-aim, but take further control past just pointing your weapon towards the enemy was awesome!

When I saw first saw screenshots of the game I wasn't too sure what to think.  But I can tell you that the graphical style presented fit this title perfectly.  The explosions are top-notch visually and audibly.  My only concern is that most of the weapons I've played with so far have the a similar rattling noise when fired. 

I haven't played co-op yet, but once I get the chance I'm sure I'll enjoy it. 

So far I've had an absolute blast playing this, I can't wait to get a hold of the retail version.

 

-Mordeux