Crackdown 3 vs State of Emergency

Stop crime as a super‑powered Agent in the hyper‑powered sandbox of New Providence, where you can race through streets, transform vehicles and wreak havoc with destructive abilities. Ten years after Crackdown 2, a global power outage draws the Agency back to battle a mysterious terrorist organization, Terra Nova. The game offers a single‑player campaign and a cooperative multiplayer mode that lets you team up with friends to cause massive destruction, all set in a sci‑fi open‑world city that reacts to your actions.

State of Emergency drops you into a riotous city where you pick one of five distinct characters—each with their own backstory—to complete a range of wild missions, from rescues to targeted assassinations. The game blends hack‑and‑slash combat with open‑world mayhem, letting you wield everything from shotguns to improvised street props. With split‑screen multiplayer on PC and PlayStation 2, you can team up or compete in destructive mayhem, using an arsenal of weapons and environmental objects to crush gang members, skinheads, and corporate forces. The game’s gritty urban setting and varied mission design keep the action fresh and relentless.

• Massive, destructible open world
• Co‑operative multiplayer adds replay value
• Variety of super‑powered abilities
• Cross‑play between PC and Xbox One

• Huge variety of weapons and improvised tools
• Five distinct playable characters
• Split‑screen multiplayer adds replay value
• Diverse mission types keep gameplay fresh

• Critics gave it mixed reviews, score 62/100
• Destruction mechanics can feel repetitive after extended play
• Multiplayer matchmaking sometimes slow

• Graphics are dated by modern standards
• AI can be inconsistent during large crowds
• Level design can feel repetitive after many hours