Terrifying and scary like hell.. I freaked completely out
The Developers created a dark and chilling atmosphere so unique... I never experienced such kind of personal panic whilst playing a horrorgame before.
This game is so intense... no music... you can hear every cough and snort of your enemies... listen to scraping footsteps surrounding you...
But the worst things are those flashbacks and beginning hallucinations.
Whilst playing the "mall" level with all those damaged mannequins standing around I jumped several times when the "puppets" came to live and began attacking you.
Nothing is scary about mannequins running around and wielding pipes in your direction. But those terribly distorted faces... I got gooseskin all over my body.
And the moment that hallucination occured... with all those mannequins surrounding you out of nowhere... and the terrible background sounds... I freaked completely out. :)
This may sound so harmless, but watching all those things happening ... the player feels really lonely and threatened. Thats the spirit of Condemned - making you feeling really disturbed, haunted and frightened. I never played a game like this one and I think I never will. If a sequel will be made I'm definetely not going to buy. Because I'm scared to death already.
I would like to finish this one, but people in forums are saying the game is getting much worse and a lot more desturbing. I'm already unable to finish the game at this early point - I'm already having nightmares about Condemed and freaky creatures hunting me down. Jeez... this game is a "masterpiece" but it's quite too intense for the weak of heart...