Crackdown: Law and Order

Crackdown: Law and Order is a 2000 third-person shooter developed by Grisham Games and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released on May 15, 2000 for PlayStation 1 and Microsoft Windows.

Plot
In the city of Davenport, New York, chaos descends upon the streets as Mabel Pines, former police officer and ex-convict, is found by the Davenport Police Department and made a hired gun. Her insane boss tells her of four gangs throughout the city that she needs to wipe out in order to make a profit.

Gameplay
Crackdown: Law and Order is a third-person shooter set in a futuristic city. The player controls Mabel Pines, a rogue ex-police officer and hired gun, who must perform hit jobs for an insane boss, who is looking to clean up the city. The story missions have the player traveling to different parts of the city to carry out the missions. During these missions, the player can free-fire on enemies, use stealth to eliminate them, or use a combination of both. It is also possible to steal weapons and health supplies from the enemy when they are down.

Reception
The game received "positive to mixed" reviews on release. Aggregate review website Metacritic gave it a score of 75 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", and GameRankings gave it an average score of 7.7 out of 10, based on 16 reviews. IGN's Cassie Grandstaff gave the game a 7.5 out of 10, commenting that the physics and voice-acting made it "good fun", but that the levels were too short and that the story was predictable.

Remaster
At E3 2019, Grisham Games announced a remaster of Crackdown: Law and Order to be released on May 15, 2020, the 20th anniversary of the original release. However, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the release date to October 1, 2020.