Crackdown

Collectible-orb vertical traversal and drop-in co-op reshaped how open cities reward exploration.

Released 2007 Developer Realtime Worlds Publisher Xbox Game Studios Platform Xbox 360 Genre Action-adventure Era Broadband & the console shooter Website crackdownoncrime.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Crackdown inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Experience Points and Levels ~~1980~~Contextual Lock-On Targeting ~~1998~~Seamless Streaming Open World ~~2001~~Drop-In Co-op Campaign ~~2001~~Platform Achievements ~~2005~~

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