Crackdown 3
For better or worse, Crackdown 3 was the poster child for delays and development time extensions throughout most of the eighth console generation.
Originally announced in 2014, the game suffered several delays throughout its development cycle. This included a delay in August of 2017, which saw its release date postponed indefinitely from Nov. 7, 2017 to an undisclosed date in 2018.
It then suffered yet another delay in June of 2018, wherein it was delayed into February of 2019.
Even though it would eventually make this February release, fans ended up being skeptical of the game’s quality due to the endless string of delays, especially given the delays that fell so close to its initial releases.
How it Turned Out: Sadly, when Crackdown 3 finally found its way to gamers, the response was that it was generally lackluster.
Granted, it had plenty of high points and good features. The game played like past Crackdown titles but with more polish, and some of its open world design ideas mirrored titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the best ways possible.
Overall though, it was just a solid open world action game, and given the lengthy development cycle it went through, many people were disappointed that they’d waited so long for such a middle-of-the-road title.
