Nerd³ Plays... Crackdown 3

[@splatooey9015]

“The fast ones on the top and the quick ones on the bottom” 7:50 well done dan 10/10 for effort

[@deltatom7]

That's just standard, real world, Terry Crews abilities.

[@caramelldansen2204]

*Crews'

[@georgeflain8230]

99!!!

[@cavendor5286]

Can’t believe that they left out the DOUBLE SUN POWER

[@gennepai22]

I'd like to think those large groups of civilians being spawned in were just people going about their lives then suddenly being teleported elsewhere, and that's why they're all dying of heart attacks

[@Gannoh]

I've noticed Dan's favorite games always seem to have wingsuits involved

[@gileee]

Who doesn't want to be able to fly

[@daggern15]

They also have 3s in them; Far Cry 3, Just Cause 3, Crackdown 3. There's definitely a pattern going on

[@AlexJonesGaming]

@@gileee you can't fly in a wingsuit you only glide

[@gileee]

@@AlexJonesGaming Pedantics. Also you can in Just Cause 3, there's a wingsuits with a jet engine DLC. Or just boost with the grappling hook.

[@AlexJonesGaming]

@@gileee that's not a wingsuit thats a jetpack with wings and using the grappling hook is more Spiderman than flying and in real fucking life you can't fly in a wingsuit

[@satisabli]

I was not expecting Dan to like this game.

[@CommanderZx2]

Forget not that Dan is really easily amused. Do you remember all of the glowing videos of the Just Cause sequels, which eventually released to a lukewarm reception.

[@BlackSun6393]

@@CommanderZx2 Just Cause games are amazing. The lukewarm reception is from overly critical morons. Dan knows fun.

[@Nereosis16]

@@BlackSun6393 except JC3 ran like shit and was boring as fuck

[@wumbosaurus9121]

@@Nereosis16 It was boring as fuck if you only do basic stuff. The game can get ridiculously fun if you can get creative with it, as with any open world game. But yes I can say that it ran like absolute ass on consoles, especially PS4. XB1 wasn't too bad though.

[@marcusborderlands6177]

@@CommanderZx2 I played this game on pc, and I can't understand how he can like it, it feels like shit, and has some terrible controls you cannot rebind, along with that annoying auto aim you cannot turn off. Why microsoft...

[@r9kv753]

"I can have toxic fists, ooh i can type on twitter"

[@WinderTP]

It's really interesting to see Dan, someone who've never played a Crackdown, having a blast playing the absolute bare bones while blissfully unknowing all the things missing from the original Crackdown. Also man this game is so empty why is the city so dead?

[@lwaves]

I'm pretty sure he has played Crackdown, I seem to remember him playing and really liking the first one. It's just this one he's never played before.

[@johnx4133]

Pretend it's during the pandemic

[@callumbrown5375]

He mentioned in the patreon version of this video where he didn't have keys to the city that he played the first Crackdown

[@willscruton2631]

I fkn love crackdown 1 n to me this was just more of that

[@EVO6-]

@@willscruton2631 but worse technically

[@prakharpaliwal8536]

Its incredible that Dan has a love for these open world momentum based jumpy glidy grind on a rail games and Dan has never played Sunset Overdrive.

[@harrymarshall7899]

I feel like Dan would enjoy 1 and 2 WAY more if he like the Keys To The City mode from this game

[@MrDavincikoden]

He said in his patreon video that he's played the others, he just prefers this one

[@3DMasterST]

16:11 Car: *Stops next to Dan* Dan: "So you have chosen death."

[@azraeliusescanorius8349]

i only just found out that crackdown 3 was released in febuary 2019

[@LookingGlass1865]

Same, I thought it was made like 5 years ago.

[@goldenblood9316]

I honestly never thought it released. I thought it was left in development hell years ago.

[@z-beeblebrox]

welcome to how all crackdown games are discovered

[@WeirdSmellyMan]

@@z-beeblebrox no for me, I discovered crackdown 2 as a demo on the xbox 360 marketplace.

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@WeirdSmellyMan Uh, that's what I mean. They're all discovered lol I ain't never met a soul who was like "So I preordered a Crackdown game"

[@devinpm]

Oh my gosh they pre-modded the game. Are we going to see challenges again like with GTA?

[@Xenuos]

They premodded every game like this

[@tigamaki1345]

> they pre-modded the game. ...no. This just used to be a thing that games had in them. Originally they were things for testing purposes that people uncovered, then it became intentional, etc. The fact that games stopped doing it and started selling these sorta things as MTX is shitty business practices evolving over time. It doesnt make the feature inherently a mod

[@shortsrus]

Yeah they basically just gave access to the debug menu and labelled it as a whole mode lol

[@willscruton2631]

Keys to the city's been a staple of crackdown since 2007

[@darrenb209-]

@@tigamaki1345 Crackdown 3 is better than 2 and 1 over this. 1 and 2 had this same mode, but it was in the purchasable Keys to the City DLC. 3's is just a built in mode rather than a DLC.

[@shandiemann6934]

i KNEW they were going to use that EXACT nuclear footage, I KNEW IT.

[@Shifsabre]

The Boys season 3 looking good

[@AccusedJ]

I’m pretty sure the Crackdown games were made to be a power fantasy, and this video exists to reinforce that

[@CreativeLethargy]

6:39 is like a call back to his video on assassins creed revelations when he did the whole "free dead guy....... Get him while he's warm" this makes me very happy as a Nerdcubed fan

[@Evan-pr3bf]

This just feels like what the later saints row games should have been

[@seannewton1798]

No

[@zg4705]

this is what the later saints row games are!

[@Evan-pr3bf]

z gaio sadly no

[@raoulmoes6278]

no, saints row 2 is what the saints row games should've been.

[@NimbleSnek]

wait isn't this the game that was revealed like ages ago with it's main selling point being cloud powered destruction of entire buildings?

[@heykak]

It was supposed to be a xbox 1 release game.

[@NimbleSnek]

@@heykak Yikes, over half a decade late and its main gimmick missing. What the hell happened??

[@heykak]

@@NimbleSnek the power of the cloud was a lie, Microsoft seemingly didnt wakt exclusives and they didn't have any actual ideas other than terry crews

[@carsonsproles7464]

The destruction thing was a multiplayer gamemode

[@arnerademacker8548]

The destruction mode is called “wrecking zone”, though it’s a good bit down scaled compared to the trailers.

[@splatooey9015]

I’m glad we have a new futuristic just cause piss around game

[@corny2092]

New? also this games trash

[@craigkingdon4424]

@@corny2092 lol, why do you say that?

[@quinnciqwothers1975]

@@corny2092 did you watch the same video I did?

[@darrenb209-]

@@quinnciqwothers1975 The problem is that, for the people who played 2 and 1 it's a step backwards in some areas and minor improvements in others. Combine this with the fact that 3 is what we got after nine years and there's a lot of salt around the game for people who've played since 1 or 2. Especially since it was supposed to be an Xbox One launch title but ended up only being released last year.

[@quinnciqwothers1975]

@@darrenb209- literally all that shit does not matter, the only question you should have when deciding whether you like a game is, "is it fun"

[@scytheseven9173]

This seems like a really great game released in 2013-2014.

[@PixelatedH2O]

You mean Saints Row 4

[@Foxtrot369]

@@PixelatedH2O No, they mean that the game looks, and plays like its a decade old even though it was released in 2019. Every single review said that same thing, which is why the game did so poorly and why its surprising *Dan likes it so much. Google it. *Dan's allowed to like it, I'm not being critical of that, its just that other gamers like Jon and Jim Sterling, called it out for not being modern or original.

[@PixelatedH2O]

@@Foxtrot369 Saints Row 4 was released in 2013. I was saying it very much like that.

[@Spudtron98]

This game was delayed pretty hard and never really caught up. It basically _is_ a game from 2013.

[@ZoeBateman]

So I'm curious... you know that matter duplication gadget? And you know that you can pick people up? Would that work?

[@blindgamer18]

Zoe yes

[@TheBradleyClarke]

This game is just giving me memories of Saints Row 3 (and a bit of 4) Just random/silly/over-the-top violence for the sake of it I mean I'm definitely not complaining about the fact its reminding me of it!

[@kerninjathefrog6569]

The original crackdowns are where the saints row 4 revs got their inspiration

[@scytheseven9173]

Saints Row IV is still by far the best Crackdown game ever made, with Saints Row: Gat out of Hell coming in second place.

[@jettthorp9444]

Feels like Saints Row meets Just Cause meets Breath of the Wild. Not complaining tbh, looks fun 👌

[@epicjakman]

now that i'm in college "hello procrastinators" just hits different

[@havak9831]

"Gently annoys peoples vehicles"... Vehicle gets disintegrated

[@3DMasterST]

02:11 "I could have Toxic Fists. Uh, the type of Twitter." Ohhh, buuurn

[@djl_cyber_yt]

Destruction: 100

[@MineCraftMichael432]

I still haven't forgotten when Dan said he was gonna play Crackdown 1 many years ago.

[@GrahamTheThe]

4:11 MADE IN HEAVEEEEEEEENNNN

[@officialtibby]

oh, so this is Just Cause: But Not

[@beetleknight4661]

Just cause is good sir

[@lui5gif]

Just Cause: But Saints Row

[@deananderson732]

I really enjoyed this game, played through the whole thing by myself and played a little with my brother afterwards. Favorite thing that happened involved the stunt rings that you are supposed to drive a car through, we tried for about ten minutes on one of them in the slums and couldn't get it. I got frustrated, picked up the car my brother was in and threw it through the ring. It gave it to him, but his strength wasn't high enough to pick up cars yet so I still don't have that ring.

[@ZaberFangAT]

That super fast day cycle must be what it was like before Maui caught and slowed the sun...

[@Retr0Rinzler]

Please play the other crackdown games, they’re honestly so good and made my childhood

[@DragonNexus]

Childhood... Stop making me feel old.

[@Retr0Rinzler]

@@DragonNexus xD only in my 20s and already got back pain lmao

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

The spawn limit is the moment when your PC catches fire. Literally. When your PC catches fire, you've hit the spawn limit.

[@wapowman]

I remember playing this right when it came out on gamepass, I thought it was pretty good but would be better if there was a sort of arena mode or mods. Little did I know...

[@jipjip3000]

Crackdown 2 had the same keys to the city feature, and features like your character changing through level ups also existed in the second game.

[@DragonNexus]

Crackdown 1 had Keys to the City as well.

[@ALH-pq3eg]

5 minutes :D a man with large guns, jumping buildings in a single bound...has Dan gone mad? FiNALLY!

[@darrenb209-]

The problem with the game is that you can feel constantly that it could be so much more, and if you played the predecessors then you can tell it's not a large improvement over them. At the same time though, if you avoided the hype or even just played it as it's own thing, Crackdown 3 is and was an excellent timewaster.

[@CboTheSecond]

You can really tell he never played Crackdown 2...

[@MrDavincikoden]

Yet he has, said so in the alternate crackdown 3 video on patreon

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug185]

Sorry for the loss dan, sad time for your family best of wishes.

[@beetleknight4661]

?

[@emingmann1400]

what happened?

[@TheCamoruneGaming]

Yep, I think most the reasons people don't like Crackdown 3 is because it's not like the original enough. It's very close to how Crackdown 2 operated which people disliked for being different and it seems that dislike continued to this game. Crackdown 2 is worth a go if you can ever get it free. The sort of zombie enemies spawning by the hundreds made the sandbox mode thing very fun to mess with.

[@fataldragons2791]

Dan: HELLLOOOO PROCRASTINATORS Me: *Wipes tear from eye*

[@kingkian0633]

I think that brought a tear to most long term viewers

[@NuSpirit_]

1:55 ahhh another classic Daniel moment :D

[@jaysonfred8313]

I think this is the first positive video I’ve seen about this game.

[@joshmalcolm1663]

I think Dan wiping out the human race would be considered mercy at this point

[@DragonsAnvil]

Imagine if he played the first two games, he’d be having a hell of a time

[@maeveballan2312]

This reminds me of your just cause 3 videos back when the game had just come out, still some of my favorite on the channel

[@CouncilofMoleMen]

4:13 made in heaven

[@kingkian0633]

Nice to know dans finally brought out his tornado attack from like 6 years ago

[@LeatherCap]

i think i got whiplash when he said it was the best game of the year

[@willscruton2631]

I was exited to see this when I saw the community post but it makes me sad to see dan love this game for everything it takes directly from crackdown 1. (other than the keys to the city menu that's much better than in the original) the cars map bosses and character where so much better in 1

[@taylorthenerd]

I wasn't expecting the end of this video to be the start of Fallout 4

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

And this video is why I decided to give this game a try. And, yeah, it's majorly underrated. It's like the best aspects of Just Cause (Complete with a gravity tether) but you're playing as a genetically engineered super soldier/god

[@oodie6284]

I just my teeth removed, this is the perfect thing to keep me entertained.

[@Balc0ra]

This is why I have the game installed "game pass". Keys to the city is indeed just a bit of silly fun now and then.

[@elatronion]

Love how the shading stops working at 0:35 for half a second.

[@benhutton3503]

You should do a ‘completes’ while on god mode or a ‘permadeath’ series on this game!

[@ottakuwarrior8518]

This feels like a ps3 game with a facelift

[@GamingMaster007]

enter the domain of the nerd cubedd, videos dropping from above like bird pooooo

[@Kiyajadie]

how is there already 1 dislike on an unlisted video...

[@Ghostkeal]

p0sthum4n it’s not unlisted

[@Kiyajadie]

@@Ghostkeal it was when I posted the comment lol

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

Why would you think it's unlisted?

[@Kiyajadie]

@@ChaoticNeutralMatt Dan uploads his videos a day early unlisted for his Patreon subscribers

[@Scarlet_Soul]

@@ChaoticNeutralMatt they are released earlier for patreons

[@ThaMythbuster]

Dan has found a new Just Cause game with another title and a SLIGHTLY different theme.

[@ThePremixedRaptor]

im glad he went back to his roots 10/10

[@connorchenery977]

Remember when this game had insane destruction physics as its selling point, that would have been fun

[@bughood2801]

This really brings me back to the saints row 3 video

[@Spudtron98]

One of the problems I have with this game is how the city is very clearly designed around destruction physics, what with all the flat concrete surfaces and reasonably simplistic architecture. And then they just... didn't do that, because the cloud computing didn't pan out. So everything looks super dull and you can't even remodel the surroundings.

[@kguy2249]

Goomba stomp gunships? I think you mean Thor Ragnanrok 'em!

[@taekinuru2]

17:07 CARKOUR BUT THE CARS ARE DOING IT

[@maxeh9879]

This game is an exact crossover between just cause 3 and saints row 4

[@llamasquad408]

I am currently procrastinating as I watch this video

[@WolftailGames]

What a cluster-duck.

[@TheeActualKeyboardWarrior]

The only reason why Dan likes this so much is because it's just a reskinned urban Just Cause accept you play as a Spartan or Terry Cruise. But I think that's a brilliant formula to copy.

[@ActonMan]

Crackdown 2 keys to the city was the best hands down

[@YankeeCherokee]

That ending is a sneak peak at how 2020 ends. Not a bad one gotta say.

[@frederikjuul4197]

Dan with superpowers is a villain

[@joechristo2]

you sound like wheatley from portal 2 and I love it

[@benvincent2063]

Dose the spawn ramp truck while driving glitch from the original still work?

[@AuroDHikoshi]

Imagine there was an expendables game where its all the action heroes and just them being awesomely stupidly overpowered by the end and all just playing up to it.

[@charliethemagpie523]

We'll always have Expendabros

[@reno_2200]

The 'beefier as you level up' thing was in the original on Xbox 360

[@gferrol118]

This feels a lot like if saints row 2 was made today

[@xXTheTalkingFishXx]

this is just saints row 4 without the expectations

[@ADTillion]

This is basically the best Saints Row style game in YEARS.

[@matow4388]

I'm glad someone got something out of this game

[@W0lfguard1997]

"Duck has gone AWOL!" _Oh - Oh no_

[@banjaxed8334]

a heavily armed psychopath running around harassing and murdering people? yeah that sounds like the police.

[@kianst1834]

Damn be careful with that edge you could hurt someone

[@banjaxed8334]

@@kianst1834 lmao i ain't being edgy that's just literally what police do.

[@WhiteWolf496]

Ive played a fair bit of crackdown 3 and its super fun but super simple. Good nonsense fun.

[@druish_]

We’ve reached the pinnacle of intros.

[@RobertJPalmer]

I am ALWAYS here for random Simpsons references

[@gman2801]

Also you don’t need to beat the game to use it, it’s a mode included from the start

[@gman2801]

Crackdown 1 doesn’t let you spawn other enemies

[@morg102]

Ahh the ol' ClusterDuck

[@Eveiron]

Nerdcubed challenges, get on the bottom of that motorway

[@rockinatmidnight]

This game got so much abuse for the false promises etc which is fair... But the game itself is so much fun, it's just crackdown, which is great.

[@YourLittleMartian]

Crack down 2 was definitely crème of the crop, I wish they had just remade that instead of making a 3rd, now the series is probably dead in the water.

[@Buggins]

ASDAY I’ve heard that before and despite having played all 3 to death I still have no idea what people mean. Oddly enough people said similar things about 2 at the time.

[@davochambo7264]

When they first showed this game and the destruction capabilities using cloud servers i was really excited for the launch of this game, it was just ashame that that never came to life as that wouldve been amazing. Instead we got a fairly fun game which couldve been even better.

[@WUHWP]

nerdcubed challenges, beat the final boss at the lowest level that you can

[@solidmasterdante]

Can you still shoot out the tires of passing cars and watch them flip out in to a corkscrew through the air? Or just target the gas tanks and make them go boom? Or get in the batmobile and drive UNDER the cars and watch them fly off in to the air? Those were some of my favorite things to do in the original...

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

This is on PC with that game pass. I need to play this. It's like a cyberpunk just cause 5

[@0ia]

Flashbacks to Just Cause 2 at 6:18

[@Jacket430]

This game is really enjoyable imo, I had quite a bit of fun with it. I'm not sure why everyone HATED it so much.

[@THE_REDACTED]

Because its incredibly empty, the graphics are kinda gross, and the previous titles are far more fleshed out despite being decades old.

[@jacktetreault9559]

Reminds me of old school videos. Just Cause 2 level stuff

[@jseph8410]

The time thing is great for machinima

[@roecomplex]

Always true to crackdown to be insanely fun to mess around in the end game

[@aqua-b7r]

This reminds me of that old superhero saints row mod

[@sabersight908]

YAY if not seen enough gameplay from this game, and even better it is DAN :D