I et interview med VG247 udtalte Billy Thomson, der er lead designer på Crackdown 2 følgende:

“Arkham Asylum is something we aimed at as a benchmark, because that does look and play really well.”

Om Crackdown 2's dybde i melee systemet kunne han udtale dette:

“Batman: Arkham Asylum, I thought, was really well done from a hand-to-hand combat point of view. That’s probably about as close as I would say our combat system is."

“I mean, it’s not as intense as that, it’s not as deep… but ours is certainly as fluid as definitely as much fun, but it’s not got quite as much depth as it’s a very, very small part of the entire game.”

Man må sige, at hvis Crackdown 2 bare kan nærme sig kvaliteten i Batman, bliver det et meget mere interessant bekendtskab end dets forgænger, som var fanget i middelmådigheds jernnæve og nok mest solgte på grund af Halo 3 multiplayer betaen, der fulgte med. Men "fluid" og "fun" fremfor "intense" og "deep" klinger ikke ligefrem i mine ører, så alarmklokkerne ringer allerede her.