The half-cartoony, half-gritty open world game, set to be published by Microsoft, is showing itself off in a bunch of new screenshots. The new screens don't do much to impress me, but I'm a strange guy, and you may find the images much more moving than I.
The developer's description for the game also don't get me motivated to talk about it at length. I am always interested in a new open-world action game, and there seems to be a tiny shade of Mercenaries in this new game, but I can't pretend to be excited.
Please tell me these screenshots are really good. I can't quite see it, but I need hope.

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Crackdown pushes the action-driving hybrid genre into the next generation with the introduction of the first-ever truly 3-dimensional persistent playground, highly innovative co-op gameplay and an extensive prop interaction system all while taking place in a massive and highly-stylized urban center. Players are called to unleash explosive judicial oppression on the most powerful, organized crime syndicates in existence. Restitution is the only goal. Players must crackdown on crime, decipher the organization of the gangs, and eliminate the kingpins. All strategies and tactics are acceptable provided players clean up the streets.