Finally a 2008 release that makes good on it's promise. After sitting through one disappointing release after another since the new year i'm talking to you Devil May Cry, Army Of Two, Lost Odyssey. Condemned 2 breaks the trend and delivers a immersing next-gen experience with a nice shiny black & blood soaked coat of paint. This is survival horror meets fight klub in the best way. The game picks up a few months after Orgins left off and are boy Ethan Thomas has developed a massive drinking problem, hey don't judge you would too after what he went through in Orgins. So the game opens with Ethan in a bar enjoying his favorite drink will some pills. Long story short he's called back in to duty to find someone you may remember from the original Orgins, no spoiler here spoiler boy. The first chapter is really well done and introduces you to the new combat system that Monolith has added. Which includes a new combo system with finishing moves. Think if mortal combat & fight klub had a baby it would be called Condemned Bloodshot. Once you have a enemy dazed you can pull in the left and right triggers to put them in a choke hold when this is active skulls pop up within the enviroment. Take your victim toward say a TV and smash there head through it or how bought the toilet over there that has not been flushed it quite some time and you get the idea. The graphics are done really well and coated with a thick black blood soacked detail that looks sick. The levels consist of back alleys abandoned warehouse's & a creepy second chapter that if you have seen Kubricks The Shining you will feel right at home with by the way "Stay away from room 203". Also of note the foresinc tools from the orginal are back but have recieved a significant upgrade. Now when you use theses tools you are asked a series of questions about the evidence you have collected. Get them right or almost right and you will recieve a upgrade at the end of the mission. I'm about have way through this one as I write this but I would have to say this is one worth the investment. The multiplayer is a bonus but won't keep you for very long. That said this is not a multiplayer game like Silent Hill and Resident Evil you play this for the single player experiance. The best complement I can give this one is I played it for 5 hours straight in the dark and the hairs on the back off my neck stood up the whole play through. See you in the dark. -Stu-
Last Fall I played the original Condemned and it was one of the most memorable videogaming experiences I've had. Putting an action-heavy survival-horror game into a first person perspective turned out to be a great succ... Read Full Review
We all know that the first game was a sleeper hit. It scared the crap out of us and really brought a new meaning to FPS suspense. Condemned 2 not only brings that all back but it adds much more to the table. Check it ... Read Full Review
