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Russell Marks <russell.marks@spam^H^H^H^Hntlworld.com> wrote:
> Tim Miller <news@economic-truth.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Russell Marks <russell.marks@spam^H^H^H^Hntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> A sandbox game which is actually properly good as a sandbox for me. I
>>> feel like the PS3 ones I've played so far haven't really managed it
>>> somehow. Part of the problem is inevitably that you never get the
>>> details and variety of GTA:SA, and vertical movement can be
>>> frustratingly limited without vehicles. A few get the latter right
>>> (JC2's grapple/parachute combination is particularly good for it), but
>>> it doesn't seem like any have really managed the former (AC1 and JC2
>>> are the closest I've seen so far).
>>>
>> For vertical movement, two games immediately spring to mind - and you're
>> not going to like this, because they're exclusive to the Xbox 360 -
>> Crackdown and Crackdown 2. Even in the initial state, you can climb
>
> Crackdown is perhaps the main exclusive I knew I'd be annoyed at
> "missing" if I got a PS3 (that or PGR, at any rate). I'll probably get a
> 360 eventually, but that's some years off yet I'd imagine.
>
>> I've heard that InFamous is a similar game, but I've not played it to
>
> Judging from the demo, the movement in Infamous is by far the best bit
> of the game, to the point that I might even get it somewhen just for
> that (another Spider-Man 2 situation basically). That said, the movement
> in the Assassin's Creed games has quite a similar feel and they seem to
> be much more my sort of thing overall.
>
> -Rus.

Infamous basically is Super Altair In Crackdown World.

Only not as good as either game, as I said, because it is shit.
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