Crackdown 3

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Language — strong
SandboxSci-fiShooter

What's in it

Language strong
High

Strong profanity appears in scripted dialogue and character banter.

Violence realistic
Moderate

Stylized third-person gunfire, melee, and explosions against human enemy soldiers and gang forces, with some blood but no gore or dismemberment.

Substances referenced
Low

Drug trafficking by the criminal organization is referenced in the story's premise and dialogue.

Dark themes mild
Low

The setting is an authoritarian corporate-controlled city where a private force represses the population.

Crime & lawlessness crime depicted
Low

Criminal syndicates and their operations are depicted, but the player acts as an enhanced Agent hunting the gangs rather than committing crimes.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangersDirect messagesStranger friend requests

What it is

Crackdown 3 is an open-world third-person shooter in which you play a superpowered law-enforcement Agent working to bring down criminal gangs in a futuristic city. Movement and combat are exaggerated and comic-book styled: you leap between rooftops, hurl vehicles, and blast waves of armed human enemies, collecting glowing orbs to level up your abilities. Fighting is frequent and shows blood, but it stays stylized with no gore or dismemberment. The game includes strong language in its dialogue and references to the gangs' illegal drug trade, and there is no sexual content or nudity. A separate online multiplayer mode pits players against each other in destructible arenas, which brings the usual Xbox online chat with strangers.

How it's framed

The game frames the player as a heroic, biologically enhanced agent cleaning up a crime-ridden city, casting the violence as over-the-top superhero action against clearly villainous gangs rather than presenting crime as something to admire or perform.

Details

Developer
Sumo Digital
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Released
2019-02-15
Metacritic 60critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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